The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1882-03-16
GENERAL FARM NOTES.

Sunfiower seeds, fed in small quaint
ties, impart a beautiful gloss to the
plumage Of poultry.
Remember this, that apples keeI
better in damp, moist cellars than dry
ones. In the latter they become dry
and shriveled; in the former PLUMP
and juicy.
Keep the fowls warm and dry, feed
some warm food and give them a va
riety of it, Take out all the old hens
aud keep only young ones, and the
egg basket will be well filed, even al
| this season.
| \ veterinary writer condemns high
managers for horses, claiming that they
irrifaie the throat and create a ten
dency 10 heaves. He says the man
gers should be- OH a level with the feet
rs that Is i'm accordance with nature.
4 writer 10 the Scientific .imrri-
caa reports success in growing potatoes
on top of the ground, i'm rows two feet
| Ia three feet apart, covered with saw
dus, six to twelve inches thick.
This weight of hens eggs ranges
from Fifteen To twenty-four ounces
per dozen. 4 weight Of twenty-five
and One-half ounces may be taken as a
fair average for good-sized eggs, al
though q weight Of nearly four ounces
is not unknown for single speci-
mems of eggs.
Stable manure is preferable to any
other fertilizer. No farmer can afford
to waste his manure. All Of il should
he saved and utilized. In many cases
farming would be more profitable IL
less land was cultivated, with higher
fertilization. One acre highly MANFRED
should pay better than three but half
MANFRED and half cultivated.
1t Is the opinion of many that fowl
fattened quickly will make far more
juicy and tOothsOme meal than chick
One thing Is certain, a three year-Old
fowl will make much better broth for
an invalid than six months chicken.
Pigs thrive 20 much better when kept
clean and comfortable. that it Is sur
prising any farmer should let them
wailow in filth. A dry, warm bed,
with the same food, will add onehalf
more weight to a pig over and above
one that Is kept in filth and,wretched-
ness.
According to Dr. Won Leibenburg all
air-dry soils, at the same temperature,
radiate heat equally. He insists strong
ly on the injurious effect Of any agency
that lowers the temperature Of the
ground In Spring. rs that will certain
ly influence the quantity and quality
of the crop.
Design and Works says that grease
for belts, which renders them more
adhesive and more durable, can be Oh
tanned by mixing oil Of rosin with 10
per cent. tale. The grease Is spread on
the belt with q brush several times, or
until the leather will not absorb any
more. The operation Is repeated after
some weeks. . amaller quantity OF
grease being used. The belts acquire
more fiexibility and resistance, adhere
better to the drums and do not slip
The greasing Is only required every
few months.
Potatoe culture il reving in every
part of the United Kingdom. In Ire
land the acreage has risen since 1880
from 80, 900 to S54 900, notwithstand-
ing the increase In beans, rye, oats and
peas. In Scotland there was also an
increase, though not large. In Eng
land 3D. 900 additional acres were put
under this crop. Wales, this Summer.
had Il, 40 acres devoted to the potatoe,
against 80 900 acres In the preceding
year. The total increase IL put down |
by some agricultural statisticians at |
u, 600 acres.