The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-09-08
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harvests.
Fowls ike cabbage in Winter. In
fact, if they have the run of tie cab
bags patch in Summer there will be
none left for Winter use.
There is general complaint of light
crops of potatoes in western New York,
Poor seed and dry, hot weather are
the causes.
AT this seDson NEST farmers are feed
ing their pigs less than they should.
A little grain fed while pigs are rum
ming in clover will put on more flesh
and fat than three times as much grain
fed in December.
More sweet corn will be canned this
year than ever before. There is a
growing demand for it which win be In
creased by the scarcity and high price
of fruits, 4 factory in Wells. Me-,
expects to put up 100000 cans this
season.
IF one will take trouble, says Mr.
Felch, to count the rows of scales on a
cocks les, in front down to the first
joint in the middle toe, he viii find
that there are seventeen, and that no
matter what the length of the shank is,
the number viii be the same.
Prussia has seven agricultural col
leges, fifteen agricultural schools, eigh
teen winter agricultural schools, twenty
fve farm schools, 253 country agricul-
tural schools and about forty special
schools for gardening, ETC.. making
35S agricultural schools.
Crops Of thirty-Gve to forty bushels
of wheat per acre are common IN wes-
tern New York this year. Such crops
pay. The prics never goes 80 low as
to make large grain crop ike this un-
profitable, though such may be the case
with hoed crops involving more labor.
Peter Collier, chemist of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture, says that sorghum
should not be ground for sugar or
syrup until the seed is fully mature,
and it is better several days after cut
ting. To cut While the seed is in the
dough and grind Immediately has bee n
generally recommended.
The preservation of straw fer feed
ius purposes is very important. Il is
best secured At or immediatel after
thresning time. The chat especially
of wheat straw, is most valuable and
shsuld, so far as possible, be distribui-
ed through the stack. That which is
left in rear of the straw carrier should
be put under shelter, a. it rots easily.
The late cultivation of corn is very
important where the soil is infested
with Canada thistles and quack grass.
As the corn completely shades The
ground. the weeds turn yellow and
push up weakly. 4 little care in re-
moving every sprout now will insure
their entire destruction, which viii be
more than repaid in the next and sue
eeeding crops.
It is estimated that in making 100
pounds sf pork from corn We get SLAP
worth of mannre. This added to the
price Of the pork as it should be makes
pig-feeding profitable business at
present prices Of pork products. Much
of the feed Of a pig while growing may
be less expensive material than corn.
Iffed on clever the cost is much less.
and the manure is even more valuable.
The London Livestock Journal
presents an interesting, If not very ap-
petizing. picture of the possibilities Of
oleomargarine, when it quotes state
ment that In one wear the fat has been
extracted from II tons ef fish and tripe
refuse, thirteen tons of cats and seven
tons of dogs, aud suggests that the fat
thus obtained is "Just that identical
q 1imal oil which suits the purpose
bes.9 Of makers of olsomargarine.
The action of plaster is so peculiar
that it can never be depended on as
staple fertilizer. Still it is generally
b beneficial aod cheap that Is usually
a ivisable TO sow it as an auxiliary at
the rate Of 100 pounds per acre on all
broad leaved plants. It is supposed
by some authorities that its main bene-
&c /. derived from It's falling upon ths
leaf, while that which falls on the soil
may prove inert. 1t Is almost uniyee-
taiiY helpful % clover.
The following hints are useful to
rhoss engaged in vanishing carriage
work; Body varnish brushes should not
be used on carriage parts. The varnishI
room shoui | be carefully swept ii e
evening previous to finishing. An
8 ,en tempe, atnre should be kept in
every ysrisish room. Abont Gs' or 70'
Is most s4ynraste. AL things considered
Do net u,s too nttch water on tie
Go 'r If lie vernIsh room, as the vapor
sr 1ag tI.rrrfronl nlsy have deItteri-
usfffrct nlon ttar vanish.
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