The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-11-25
FARM NOTES.

found to extend twenty-six feet or more.
An agreeable flavor In cattle food stim.
ulates appetite and probably promotes
! digestion.
A cIsTERN four feet In diameter viii
hold ninety -four gallons of water to every
foot In depth.
GREEEBURG, Ind, can boast of several
trees growing on her courthouse tower,
100 feet above the ground
| PLINY tells us that Dedalus invented
the saw. The earliest saw-mill of which
We have mention was built at Madeira In
1920. f
PRoFEssoR RILEY says that kerosene
oil is sure death to insects in all stages,
and the only substance with which we
may hope to destroy their eggs.
THERE are 13,OO0,O 900 cows in the
United States. This is more than are
kept by any nation of Europe, Germany
having the highest, or 1866. 221.
THE digestibility of fodder plants is
| largely determined by their age. All the
constituents of young plants are more
| dgestibIe than In the same plant Of
| greater age.
GEESE are easily kept; grass and
water form their chief requirements.
These, with fair supply Of corn, oats
and boiled potatoes, make up their bill
of fare.
IT HAS been proved by experiments
that if young turkeys be fed on soft
food mixed with milk, instead of water,
much superior and more tender meat
will be produced.
A FARMER has recently died in Pen
obscot County, Maine, whose property
exceeded 500, 900, every dollar Of which
was made in farming, and without specu
lating in real estate.
NEWLY painted rooms are very I'M
pleasant for several days, but if hand
| full of hay is strewn ON the floor upon
which is sprinkled q little chloride of
| lime, after a couple Of hours the often
sive smell will have entirely disappeared.
FATTEN1Nd ANIMALS Sheep fatten
most rapidly at two to three years
of age. By feeding rich fodder, one
year old sheep will increase in weight
more rapidly than when older, for
the period of growth is not yet passed.
Whilst they will fatten also at this age,
the flesh is not esteemed as when older,
as it Is more watery. Lambs taken very
young and fed high are fattened and
made palatable. But when fattened
for profit as we'll as palatable flesh,
sheep, as of other animals, should
be matured in growth first. It is
also true that after animals have
become too old, neither profitable fat
tening nor the most palatable flesh can be
secured with the best of food Whether
for economy in feeding, or choice
meat, the best is attainable when the
animal is we'll matured neither before,
nor much after that period. -Lndiana
Farmer.
PROGRESS OF HORTICULTURE Among
most gratifying evidences of progress
are the numerous acquisitions OF new
and valuable varieties, by which the sea-
son Of our fruits is greatly prolonged
with the accession of early and late varie-
ties. By the better knowledge in the
keeping and packing Of fruits, and the
facilities of transportation, our markets
are now supplied with fruits throughout
the whole year. Instead of the straw
berry for three or four weeks, as for
merly, we now have it for four or five
months, the peach from four to six
months, the grape from six to eight
months, the pear from eight to ten
months, the orange and apple the year
round, and the smaller fruits in their
season so he who has the means may
replenish his table daily with such
variety as no other nation can produce
= The process OF hybridization
is simple, whether by the air, insects,
or the hand OF man, and we have only to
have due regard to the characteristics of
the parents from which we breed. Thus,
as it were, "line upon line and precept
upon precept, )" l have endeavored to i'm
press on you the Importance of this
branch OF our science, and as it was my
first, 30 it shall be my continual and last
advice: "Plant the most mature and
perfect seeds of the most hardy, vigorous,
and valuable varieties and as shorter
process, insuring more certain and happy
fruits. -Tfon, The A9aasuae 1 ESar Se 81
President Wilder of the american
Pathological Society.
How TO TELL Coop BUTTER.
Legislature of Ohio recently passed a
bill providing for the inspection of but
ter and cheese, ''and all substances hav-
ing the resemblance of butter and
cheese, and of diaries and other places
where milk is sold or butter or cheese
manufactured; to be done by inspectors
appointed by the State Board of Health.
The Superintendent of inspectors of but
ter and cheese, Mr. Robert Orr, has is
sued circular of instructions to his sub
ordinates, giving information which may
be of value to butter-makers generally.
He says: "When butter is properly
churned, both as to the time and tenn
perature, it becomes firm with very little
working, and it is tenacious but the
most desirable state is that of waxy,
when it is easily nodded into any shape,
and may be drawn out a considerable
length without breaking. It is then
st led giltsedged. It is only in this state
that butter possesses that rich nutty fla
yor and smell, and shows up rich,
golden yellow color, which imparts SO
high degree of pleasure in eating it,
aDd which increases its value manifold.
It is rot always necessary, when it smells
sweet to taste butter in Judging it. The
smooth, unctuous feeling in rubbing lit
lie between the finger and thumb express
IS atenceits rich quality the nutty smell
and rich aroma indicate similar taste:
and the bright golden glistening cream
colored surface shows its high state of
cleanliness. It may be necessary at
times to use the trier, or even use it until
you become an expert in testing by taste,
smell and rubbing"
Tile DRAINING. "A correspondent
asks us to give some rules for laying
tiles in different kinds of soil and under
different circumstances. This we can
do only in general terms. Drains should
never be less than three feet deep, and
in black mucky soil the ditch may be
four feet, In very compact clay, the
tile may not drain satisfactorily the first
year or two; but it will improve each
year for. ten years or more. The adm1s-
sion of air into the soil breaks its adhe-
siveness and renders it more porous
every year, and consequently its drain
age is improved. The deeper drains are
sunk, the wider the surface which they
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