The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-07-14
FARM NOTES.


under ground, when planting squashes,
so that the worms will gnaw the cobs in
preference to the roots of the squash
vines.
WINTER RYE FOR GRAIN.-The time
TO SOW winter rye is from July to No.
vember-the earlier the better. Early
sown furnishes abundant feed, beside
getting we'll set. Just before winter sets
in il is better to SOW spring rye. The
time TO harvest is when the kernel is the
largest ii cut then, it shrinks the least,
it thrashes easier, and it makes whittier
fiour.-NeU England Farmer.
CURING SCAB.-In the treatment OF
the sheep-scab use the following recipe:
Four ounces of tobacco to one ounce of
sulphur, for one gallon of water. Bring
the water to the boiling point, then put
In the tobacco and let 1T steep until Its
strength is exhausted, then stir in the
sulphur with little soft soap. These
are ratios to be used according to the
quantity of "dip" required. 1t should
be tepid or moderately warm, and kept
SO during the process of dipping or APP
plication to diseased sheep. American
Cuitivator.
CARE OF GRINDsToNEs.- Mechanical
Journal, Patriot, n. H.: The following
rules should be observed i'll the care OF
grindstones: l. Don't waste the stone
running it in water, nor allow it to stand
in water when not in use, as this will
cause soft place, and consequent un-
even wear. 2. Wet the stone 10y drip
ping water on it from o pot suspended
above the stone, and stop off the water
when not in use. 3. Do not allow the
stone to get out of round, but true up
with piece OF gas-pipe or "hacker.
4. Do not leave the stone out of doors in
the wind and weather, as this hardens 1t
and makes it less effective. 5. Clean off
all greasy tools before grinding, as
grease or oil destroys the grit. 6. When
you get stone that suits your purpose,
keep sample OF the grit to send to the
dealer to select by, as in this way you
can always secure one that suits.
The PoLLED ANGUs.-A New York
Tribune correspondent, writing from
! Western Kansas, remarks that at Vic
| toria the cattle rasers are introducing
from Scotland q rival to the shorthorns,
called the "Polled Angus" A true
specimen of this breed is hornless, with
a prominent bump which he uses in place
of horns when he has an enemy to pun
| ish. He is so short in leg that he hardly
stands above the grass upon which he Is
/ feeding. His body is round. long and
massive. His color Is black and glossy.
He is so hardy that he can endure colds
and droughts that tell sadly on the short
/ horn. That which will most interest the
student of heredity is contained III the
| first four or five lines of the following
extract "The Angus crosses are
strongly marked by their sire. The
slenderest, scrawny, long-horned yellow
Texas COW presents to her black lord q
COW after his own heart, solid, standing
close to the ground, generally black,
and without germ of future horns.
This lack OF horns, though a secondary
matter, is certainly an advantage when
the steers ~are TO be shipped long dis
tances in crowded cars. The quiet, easy
nature of the animals may also diminish
the loss of weight which more-excitable
breeds suffer in transit, though perhaps
the shorthorn has an equal claim to this
excellence. The Angus cattle must wait
some time before their asserted superb
GRITTY can be considered as fully estab-
lished, but they have made an excellent
beginning in their new surroundings,
and it seems not improbable that they
may gain their case, and that the gray
plains of the interior may one day be
thiclly spotted with the brilliant black
ness of their mixed posterity."
TRUE EcoNoMY.-Many farmer
would save time, money and labor by a
little exercise of energy and gumptlon.
Here Is n man who carries all the water
his stock drinks and all that is used in
the house, from well at some distance
from the house, making several rods
travel for every pail of water. The time
and strength used up IN this way m the
course of year would earn money
enough to pay for pump for the house
and another for the barn, with the pipe
and labor OF putting them in. Ten years
of such waste OF labor represent a large
sum of money. Here is another family
who spend more time taking down and
putting up bars in one season than
would pay for a set of convenient gates.
| A third farmer loses more corn by rats
than would pay the interest on u rat
proof corn crib. The wife of fourth
keeps her milk in back bedroom and
her cream submerged in the well, when
little energy would furnish an ice
house with creamery attachment, which
would pay for itself over and over again
in five years in the improved quality and
extra quantity OF butter. And 80 we
might go on enumerating the little leaks
which keep some farmers poor and con-
stantly curlail their comforts. The ex-
penditure of time and force in single
year in doing things at disadvantage
would fit out the farms with all those
modern convenlences which alone make
any kind of business. profitable in these
DAYS. -h'depende't statesman.
DIsPosING OF DEAD ANIMALS. Many
farmers make no attempt to utilize the
carcasses of animals and fowls that die
on their premises, and do not even give
them burial. The favorite method Of
disposing of them is to draw them out
onto a vacant piece Of ground and leave
them to go to decay and to pollute the
atmosphere. Sometimes they are taken
to the woods and allowed to attract wild
animals aud birds. Occasionally they
are thrown into streams and lakes where