Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19
FARM NOTES.


culiar. The miller that lays the egg
for the worm commences coming out
Of the ground as soon as 1t begins to
thaw in the spring, and Immediately
crawls up the tree and lays its eggs in
and on the buds, which hatch as soon
rs the tree begins 10 leaf, when its
work begins. These millers are hard
ly ever seen in the daytime. and they
never climb the trees except at night
From n half 10 an hour after shutdown
they appear 10 pop out Of the ground
and start straight for the tree. The
female has no wings and gets stuck in
the tar or printers ink that should be
applied 10 the trunk Of every tree, and
that Is the end Of il.
A Kentucky COW raised on the farm
OF Erastus Ellsworth, of East Windsor
Hill, has remarkable recoul. April
10, 1877, she gave birth TO twiRs, one
male and one female: March Is, 1873,
she gave birth 10 triplets, two males
and one female, making five calves in
eleven months and three days; July 9.
1879. she gave birth to twins, both
males: Oct z. 1880. she gave birth to
riplets. two males and one female.
making ten calves I'm three years 1--WE
months and twenty-One days. The
calves have all been of good size,
healthy and handsome, and have all
been raised on the farm.
The Hartford Courant indorses the
recommendation Of a reforming laud
surveyor that every town should have
stones set at some available place, on
the true meridian, for n permanent
north and south line. This would fur
nlsh n ready key 20 town surveys i'm fu-
ture and enable surveyors at any time
10 adjust their instruments and secure
uniform work. Any person who has
ever had occasion 10 look up old bOun.
diaries. or the locations of old highways,
will see the common sense Of this sug.
gestion. and wonder that IL has never
been thought Of before.
From all accounts California; going
TO have n great wheat crop next year.
The crop for 1882 is computed at 80
per cent above that Of 1880 OF 1881.
II no accident or catastrophe arises 10
destroy the hopes Of the farmers of the
golden state, they look for u yield Of
sixty million bushels, putting the av-
erage crop at about fourteen bushels
10 the acre. The high prices prevail
Ing last fall for wheat gave great
impetus 10 the business on the Pacific
coast. and largely increased the acreage
devoted 10 wheat. 10 had a similar eff
feet throughout the United States.
A farmer living near Schooley's
Mountain, n. j., has for the last three
years carefully watched a remarkable
maple tree In the woods that Is entire
ly unlike the others surrounding il.
The leaves never fall off, continuing
green all winter, and i'm April were
just rs fresh rs In December. The |
tree was tapped every week, and fur
nished a plentiful supply of sap. At
the present time the tree is full OF foil |
age, though every other one on the |
mountain except the evergreens are
bare Of leaves.
The cattle commissioners Of COnnec. |
ticut have n singular case of horse dis
ease 10 deal with. A pair of horses
were brought to the notice of the
commissioners, and, after examination |
by the board. and also by one of the
most noted veterinarians i'm the coun- |
try, pronounced glandCred, and ordered |
TO be killed. but they have not been
killed yet, and instead of dying of
CHAMBERS are gaining in flesh. The
case has created a great deal of talk
among horsemen and Others through
out the state.
Quite large business has been done
In Maine the past season i'm the ship
ment Of young spruce trees To Kansas.
Trees from twelve to eighteen inches
In height are selected. packed in hogs
heads or crates, and forwarded by rail. |
The spruce Is found To take more kind !
ly TO the soil and climate of Kansas
than any other evergreen, and grows
very rapidly, making efficient protec-
ton against high winds
The New Yrok state fish commission
will send any parties i'm the United |
states from three hundred To- five hun. |
dred eggs Of the California mountain
trout for experiment I'm fish culture on |
receipt of fifty cents 10 pay for the |
package. This species Is very hardy |
and easy To raise in comparison with |
eastern brook trout. Applications
must be made before March 1. 1882 |
Address, Seth Green. Rochester. ". Y. |
During the year ending Dac = Tho
Delavan. Wis. cheese factory received |
SlO,632 pounds of milk, from which |
was manufactured I'LL pounds of
cheese and 1862 pounds Of butter.
The average net price per hundred !
weight Of milk was S7.7g cents. and
average price per pound received for
cheese was 9.9i cents. Average price
OF butter, 1872 cents. Pounds of milk
per pound Of cheese, l0i; per pound
Of butter, 739.
Some large and important sales of
Shropshiredown sheep have recently
been held in England. The sales were
largely attended and highly successful.
Some Of the most famous rams brought
astonishing prices, one of them going
at 40 guineas (t2,050). Prices ranged
oil the way down to few dollars per
head. The Shropshires have won for
themselves an established place.
The turkey crop of Kentucky is said
10 be the largest known for many years.
Japanese Life.