The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-11-17
AGnIcuLrAnAGr rrKms.

sold annually In the United States,
Baltimore furnishes Sne-thlrd, oil
200, 900 tons.
Hay contains much larger proper
tIOn Of potash and line than the CO.
real crops, and a much smaller amour {
Of phosphorIc acid.
The Fall Is as good time 10 plant
fruit trees as any ether, provided The
trees are protected from swaylng by
the wind until their roots are set.
Top dressing should be evenly
spread over the surface Of the ground.
To SECURE this result it must be flrss
sufficiently fernsntea TO destroy the
coarser particles.
The Texas Wool CrOsoer expresses
oplnI0R that a ram shearing thirty
Ave pounds In Vermont would Proba-
bly, shrink 10 twenty-five pounds In
IeASS lu thTe6 years.
Between tho years 1870 and 1880
thore has been a large Increase In
farms Of twenty acres or less In the
Eastern States but, in the West, the
tendency Is still 10 lsrge FIRMS.
Both the solid and liquid exers-
ments Of The sheep are far drier, and
therefore more concentrated, than
those Of the OK, whOee food includes
q much larger quantity II water.
The Kansas Post says that 1t looks
now ~ though the local ranchmen win
have TO fence or 60 without grass IN
the future, a. every available Spet Is
being occupied by new herds.
A single experiment in farming Is
very rarely conclusive. As q rule,
however, It Is not safe TO plant large
ly that crop which has not previously
been successfully grown In the VI
eInity.
It may be generally stated that as
q plant natures the proportion Of wat
or, nitreRenous matter and ash con.
stItuents dImInishes, while the pro.
portiOn Of carbohydrates largely In
sreases.
Draining soil helps it for both
fieods and droughts. The rapid pass
Ing away Of surplus water In flosds
leaves the soil more porous, - that 1t
retains moisture better In time Of
drought.
II Is not likely that good sound ap-
pies viii be anywhere used as feed
for steck this year. but II any unsala-
BILE specimens are found they can do
better service as feed for horses than
for anything else.
Grass that has suffered from rain
during hay-making will contain less
soluble matter than welI-made hay,
and this loss win be greatly Increased
II the hay has been l0ng in the field,
and undergone Fermentation as well
as washing.
In feeding sweet milk to pigs, trials
made at the Wisconsin Experiment
Farm showed that, on "a average,
four pounds Of corn meal were equa
to twenty pounds Ofswest skim-milk,
or one pound Of meal to five OF milk,
II fed separately.
| +. A. Danforth, Of Norway, lie.
raised csrn to all 1896 cans from on
acre, and take,the fifteen dollar prem
ium offered By the winslow Packinl
Company. The largest number Q
cans from three acres was $500, rails
ed by Benjamin Tucker, and he get
$40.
4 The legitimate way for farmers (
make money Is to sell as much a
possible from their farms at the leas
expense. There are ether ways Oft
en.suggested, but they are not To b
commended, and generally resalt j
loss and disappointment.
| Il Is possible that among our for
eign purchasers Of wheat and cor
this Autumn and Winter wi
be Mexico as far as It is connect
ed with our railroad system. Ord
nariIy, Mexico ought TO be self-suE
porting as to breadstuHs, but thl
] year the country is not well sur
piled.
1 IN trees plant food is stored up q
1 the end OF the Summer in the pith
the plth rays, and In the layer bt
/ tween the wood and bark. Tn
4 Ieaves which fall Ia autumn have lee
nearly oil their starch, albuminoids
\ phesphoric acid aud potash, thes
having been transformed to tn
stem.
Il The. movement OF hogs In tn
West has commenced gaining /
numbers, bat is still largely short
both In numbers and weight, Of th
figures ofa year ago. The high pric
Of pork all the season has probahl
induced the marketing Of everythin
that would answer for slaughter.
Il On every farm there are some po.