The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-30
TILE DAILY ARGUS.
General Farm Notes.

1t is not best to renew the orchard by
planting young apple trees in the places
made vacant BY the decay and destruc-
ton of the old ones To certain ex-
tent the material needed for the growth
of the apple wood has been extracted
from the soil. and many of the enemies
with which the apple has to contend
have found location there. 1t is bet
ter to supply a vacancy with a tree of
some other fruit, or perhaps leave it va
cant, and plant new orchard in some
other locality. \
Care in choosing valuable varieties of
fruit, in preparing the soil, in planting
the trees, in cultivat;ng and pruning
them, in thinning the surplus off and in
picking the fruit-all this goes for
naught in the final outcome unless the
marketing of the fruit is well done.
Many man tolls hard the year through,
and vet fails to reap his deserved re-
ward because he has neglected the art
of neat packing.
|. The observations of Dumas, Peyen
and Bouissingault have shown the fact
that COW gives healthy milk in exact
proportion to the surplus of food be-
yond what is necessary for her own
maintenance. If the animal is kept on
food barely sufficient for proper nourish-
ment, the milk produced must be at a
loss of animal tissue, with general de-
terioration of the milk and also of the
cow.
Two or three hives of bees can be
kept as well as not on every farm. and
with the present progress of bee keep
ing large quantity of good extracted
honey can be procured at no expense,
except for starting. With movable
frames and smoker, bees are as tract
able as chickens, and comb foundation
can be bought and placed in the hive
and the bees can go right to work.
A novelty in the utilization of wire
fences consists in insulating one of the
continuous wires and connecting its
ends with the opposite poles of a bat
tely. Animals coming in contact with
this wire viii receive shock from the
electric current which will effectually
debar them. it is said, from, attempting
to break down or override fences of this
description
A correspondent of the Blacksmith
and HheeiHY1ght says: 1.-The best RENE
DIV that | have ever found for horses
clicking, or striking their hind shoes
against the forward ones, is to put ON
HIGH toe calks and low heels on the
hind shoes. Ii my brother smiths are
incredulous concerning this remedy, |
advise them to try it and be con-
WINGED.
Hundreds of farmers in Pennsylvania
have turned their attention to fish Gull
ture Many have stocked ponds and
streams, and in most eases they have
been successful, especially with carp,
and in few years they viii depend up
on fish for subsistence as much as up
on any other farm produet.
In order OF earliness of green fodder
plants that have been cultivated at the
experimental farms, lucerne is first,
then cumfrey, red clover, rye. tares,
oats, millet, rape, corn, and cabbage.
An average production OF thirteen tons
green weight and three tons dry weight
was secured
Pine stumps NAV be more profitably
removed by blasting with dynamite
than by stump puller. A large pine
stump requires very great force to be
pulled out of the ground, but it is easily
torn to pieces and thrown out by two
| to four ounces of dynamite.
For iron rust, take dry cream OF tar
| tar and rub on with the finger while the
cloth is wet. Hang or place where the
sun will shine directly upon it. Should
the rust not come out with the first APP
| plication, repeat.
Proteine, the basis of animal tissue,
is in many vegetable substances. Anal
| yses have shown that MANFRED meadow
grass contains II per cent of proteine,
| while unmanured contains only 8 per
| cent.
All concentrated fertilizers should be
| applied by broadcasting, in preference
| to placing them in the hill, as too large
| a quantity in small area is sometimes
| fatal fxI seeds