The National tribune., 1881-08-27
FARM AND GARDEN.

PUTTING IN FALL CROPS.-In almost ali parts
of the country the cool wet spring brought
forth an abundant crop of grass. Wherever the
crop is thin from a scarcity of plants 1t will pay
to plow up the ground and put in some fall crop.
Hungarian grass put in now would give good
crop in the fall as it soon natures. Corn for
green fodder should be put in if needed for this
purpose. 1t should be remembered that corn
must have sun and air to he nutrtive II is
therefore of very little value sOwn broadcast and
thick together. 1t should he sOwn in drills, as
this affords more chance for a serviceable growth
These crops serve to get ground in good order for
fall or spring sowing of other crops. II is much
better to make this use of the ground than to let
it remain in sod, which affords but little pasture
or moving.
CHARCOAL FOR FOwLs-The PouItrg Yard
which is looked on an authority in matters
relating to fowls, says the benefits which these
birds derive from eating charcoal is acknowledged
The method of putting it before them however
is not well understood. Pounded charcoal is not
in the shape in which fowls usually find their
food and. consequently is not very enticing to
them. Corn burnt on the cob. and the refuse
which consists almost entirely of the grains re-
shape if placed before them is greedily eaten by
them, and with a marked improvement i'm their
health, as shown by the bright color OF their
combs and their sooner production OF a greater
average of eggs to the flock than before.
PUMPKIN SEEDS act as a diuretic on cattle.
Cows in milk should never have access to them
Before pumpkins are fed the seeds should always
be removed for they decrease the flow of milk
very rapidly.
WHEN COW disgOrges her food it is symptom
of irritation in the stomach and indigestion.
probably arising from the presence of too much
acid. Give her two drachms of carbonate of
ammonia, with one ounce of ground ginger, in
some scalded bran once day for a week After
ward she should have a little salt and pounded
chalk to lick every day as long as she will take it.
If YOUR chickens are dying OF so-called cholera
perhaps you need look no further than their water
vessels for the cause. At night every trough and
pan used for water should be emptied Fill in
the morning with fresh water and as many times
through the day necessary. If possible keep
the water in the shade, and where chickens are
kept at all shade should be abundant
PRODUCTIVE APPLE ORCHARD. THE
most productive apple orchard, for its size which
| saw, was in Niagara County some miles north
of LOckport and which l was enabled to visit
through the kindness of J. S. Woodward 1t be-
longs to Peter ID. Miller occupies but eleven
asres, and contains $50 trees, fifty to the acre
1t was not planted on land suited to ANYTHING
else, such, for instance, untilable hillside as
some have recommended for orchards but on the
finest, deepest, and richest soil which the hun
dreed-acre farm afforded. and this had been well
cultivated and moderately manured alternate
years The trees set twenty-five years ago.
and, although thirty-One feet apart many of the
branches have met from opposite rows and some
have extended several feet past each other. None
of the trunks were less than a foot in diameter
and | measured some that were fifteen inches
Now for the result of this treatment In some
years the fruit has sold for more than So 600 and
for the last twelve Years of bearing in alternate
seasons, the crops, taken together with the bar
rels, have brought $4,000 or more than $4,000
net above all expenses. There are seven acres of
the eleven planted with the Baldwin and from
these seven acres nearly all the profits come. The
best portion OF these, containing 40 Baldwins.
when sixteen years old in 1915 and gathered sep
arately from the rest yielded 1880 barrels which
sold at S5.25 per barrel-TriJune Farmer