The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-10-27
FARM NOTES.

by the 6arbn does no. I6turu ~ H.
FRESH eggs have a lime-like. appear
ance to the shells, whereas the outer
covering of stale eggs is glossy and
smooth.
A MIXTURE of muriate of potash, fish
guano, or sulphat of ammoniate and SUI
per-phosphate of lime, is an excellent
fertilizer for corn.
MATTHEW SoorT, of England, has a
crossed Black-faced and South-down eve
twenty-one years old, that has reared
thirty-six lambs.
The value of barnyard manure depends
upon the potash, phosphoric acid and
nitrogen which it contains and the me-
chanical effect it has upon the soil.
THERE Is q wonderful variety of apples
not confined solely to the taste but also
to size, ranging all the way from the size
of a pea to near o pound in weight.
EARLY maturity is the most valuable
characteristic of improved stock. To
keep young stock growing is the only
way to attend success in stock raising.
JERSEY QUEEN, the famous Vermont
COW owned in Peacham, gave 4,403
pounds of milk during the first 100 days
of her yearly test, making 251 pounds Of
butter.
CAPITAL acts an important part in the
successful management Of the farm, and
is quite as requisite as good soil, favor
able location, enduring muscle or mental
capacity.
IRRIGATION is q subject in farm econ
omy which requires more attention than
it has yet received, and the counterpart
of drainage, it may in many cases be
madeia co-worker with it.
GEORGE PLArT. of Roy, N. T., has
raised wheat on n piece of land for
twenty successive years with one excep-
ton, harvesting in that time $3.50
bushels, an average of twenty-four
bushels per acre for nineteen years.
PRoBABLY the largest hog in the United
States was lately exhibited at Junction
City, Kansas. His length is z feet, girth
Of neck 6ffeet, girth of chest u. girth
of center s feet, width across the hips
80 inches, and weight 1852 pounds.
To SAVE girdled trees connect the
girdled space by twigs tapered at each
end as if for grating, then insert each
end Just under the bark. Do not be
sparing of twigs, but do not teal up the
bark cover the whole wound with graft
ing wax.
Poor shelter, care and feed will, in q
few generations make scrubs out of the
finest thoroughbred stock. Thorough
scrubs, and the farmer who raises either
will always be poor. Breeding the best
stock and keeping it in the best manner
possible, pays the largest profits.
The half-bred merino or medium WOO
has for several years past sold for five tc
ten cents per pound more than the
coarse, and during ten years has brought
more than the fine. Medium and half
bred wool has W been In over-sup
ply, and to-day commands a higher
price and is most wsnted of all the quail
tiles.
UNE OF the opstac1es to improved
farming is the amount of land needlessly
wasted even on the best farms by stont
heaps, bushes and weeds. The stones
are too often gathered into insight,
heaps in the fields, or thrown into tn
corners of the fences. Perhaps the bes
use to which they can be put, if ther,
is no need of them for the purposes O
drainage, is for utilization in road beds
TIE location of farm houses and barn
is something receiving much wisdom
and Judgment. Some build so that prac
tically the barn is almost in the house
or the house almost in the barn. Thes
buildings should be some distauc
apart. and so located in relation to eacl
othes that the barn drainage is in a di
rectly opposite direction from the house
IF this is observed much sickness in tn
family may be prevented.
THERE is quite rs much necessity 70
barn cleaning on the farm as for hous
cleaning, and if farmers were as pune
tilious about the renovation and puri6cs
ton of the outbuildings as farmers
wives are about the dwelling, there woul
speedily be an improvement about th
appearance of things as we'll as of cor
%genience. Lost or misplaced tools al
brought to light, barn, shed and sho
furnishings put in order, space gained
and there is a revival of cheerfulnes
everywhere. Find time for barn clear
ing.
To PROTECT horses from flies an Eng
Iish veterinarian authority gives the fo
lowing advice Before Harvesting,
mixture of one part of crude carboli
acid with six or more parts of olive o
should be rubbed lightly all over the al
imal with arag, and applied more thickl
to the interior of the ears and othe
parts most likely to be attacked Thi
application may need to be repeated j
the course of the day, but while any ode
of the acid remains the flies decline I
settle and the horse is completely fire
from all their annoyance.
IT Is stated on good authority that a
acre of the best Lincolnshire, England
III - $3.50
for its grass-will carry an OK and
sheep from New Monday till Old M
chaelmas, and that while grazing fl
this period the former will gain 2s
pounds and the latter forty pounds
net weight of meat when slaughtered
The acre will thus yield 800 pounds
meat. Its produce OF grass may best
teen tons, perhaps more. This is on
pound of meat for every hundred weigl
of grass; but we must remember tn
the grass of such land differs from Il
q average in the quality As well as Il
quantity of its product.
In A recent address on the subject
. Corn, Professor Beal remarked that Il
: topmost ear was the best for seed. I
: two fields, one planted with seed taxi
at random and the other selected in Il
m field, the latter yielded as much aga
y as the former. Manure and cultivate
may the thrown away on poor seed. TT
W best time to cultivate corn is befo
NJ planting. A shallow cultivation W
8 recommended. -Twenty-three ears
= corn can be produced from one kern,
and by proper cultivation and the be
a. seeds a. high as twenty-five ears. SIN
I. is a great damage to corn, and smut
: corn is very injurious to cattle.
J LATE chickens can be kept me
n profitably than early ones. Chicke
Y from eggs set in August and Septemf
- may be kept warm In a tight glaz
house, so that they will grow contir
TX ally through the winter, and if til
u came later all the better. If they are