The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-09-01
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ing, from the ripest or best developed
portions Of the field, keeping il separate
from the main crop when hauling and
at threshing time.
Early in the Fall is the proper time
Tor applying manure TO pear trees,
which should be spread OF the surface
where rains and SHOWS can mix it with
the soil. If pear trees. are heavily
manured in the Spring or Summer il Is
apt to cause an unhealthfal growth aud
result in blight.
The test as TO whether a yonng tree
is making sufficient growth or not is
made by examining Its new shoots. II
these grow twelve to fifteen inches an.
nually neither manure nor additional
culture is probably needed. II less
than this length Of new wood Is grown
something is nee d,d 10 stimulate the
growu, and increase the vigor of the
tree.
IL is c1mmonly supp' sea tl.at barley
isa difficult crop 10 harvest. With
fair weather this is not the case. Il
does not need binding and cut with .
mower or reaper with all the rskes
4 Ixkha axgfs ID l. l.Fs - Il A
easily gathered iato windows with 4
wire horne rake, The cost Of harves
ing feld estimated at forty bushels
per acre in western New York, was
this year not more than $3.50 per acre.
OF the thirty Eve TO forty million
h1gs in the United States, throe- 6fths
are raised in tsn strictly Misaissippi
Valley States, viz illinois, Iowa,
Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky,
Tennessee. Kansas, Nsbraska aud Wis
Oonsin. These States produce annually
nearly three :ourtks of the entire corn
crop Of the coun,ry.
From some sections there still como
inquiries AS b what kind If weed the
Canada thistle il, what it looks like,
etc. Verify, "where ignorenee Is bllss,
twere folly 10 he wise" The Canada
thistle Is easily kept on; Of neigbbor-
hood II It's 6rst appearances Is looked
to', bat once in it is very difficult to
entirely destray it, espcsially in stony
land.
A three year-old HolsteiA COW, own
ed by Arthur u. Sutton of the orton.
dale Stock Farm, Indiana, Pa, dropped
a calf recently that weighed I35 pounds,
measured four feet three inches long
and tbirtyseven inches high. immedi-
ately after It's birth. This fellow u
we'll named "Jumbo,1 for be Is probah-
ly the largest ca.f "on record.n The
sire and dam were hotk imported.
The fact is often forgotten that th.
farther north the longer The suns rays
shine during the moaths from Marcel
TO September II is this fact which
, carries the latitude Of successful corr
growing far north of what il would
otherwise be. Corn loves hot weather
! but the average product per acre il
}. New England is considerably NOR
n than in the Southern States, where, il
Q home might naturally be supposed I
be located.
Stubble ground intended for whea
should be plowed as soon as pOssibl
after ths crop is removed. With earl
plowing an oAt or barlsv st,.bble ma
DO made almost equal to a Sunms
fallow by the tpie the ground is wsn'
= cd Cor whea. seeding. There is usu
ally period OF six weeks between ha
- vest and wheat sowing. Ia that tim
thisties and quack can be greatly Ohecl
:. ed if no spear of either is allowc
above ground
J. At all seasons plenty of pure, cles
water is essential to the health OF fow
and especially to. egg productions.
:" Summer dronghts, where there are !
springs or running water near b
IT. hena often suffer, and this is frequen
I'D ly main cause of their csasing TO il
!" at this season. A low fat dish, raa'
shallow so that little chickens can 6
90 to the water without danger Of drow
20 ing is best. This should be filed
IS, least three times day. ana Clean
of whenever necessary.
'A Lambs are liable 10 suffer from scot
= which is sonatimea due to the presen
> of parasites in the stomach or inte
ne tines. 1t is dangerous to permit the
. TO Craze upon land which has be
n previously very heavily stocked
older sheep, and upon which the clov
ID or grass has sprSRS up again in da
Il. green luxuriGnee. Pasture land
10 high condition, the result of libel
r manuring, for feeding stock with I
"a. cake. Is often unsafe for young shes
er which in such circumstances som
10 times suffer from fatal kind Of few
it In the sheep, as in the OK, all t