The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-06-08
FARM

FARM NOTES.
DRIED brewers grains are a novelty In
British markets. Fed to sheep it is
claimed they have an influence in pre-
venting or checking the "rot" in sheep.
ONE p~raiseworthy act of the Iowa
Legislature was the adoption of a law
directing that at least twelve shade trees
shall be set out in every school-house
yard.
IT HAS been estimated by an entomol-
ogist that 1900 chinch-bugs on a farm,
in spring, will, m a favorable season, if
undisturbed by quail or other enemies,
increase in one year to 2 1000, 000, 600.
CANE syrups show a greater tendency
than beet syrups to become acid and
pass into the invert form of sugar In the
process of boiling down. The loss OF
crystallized sugar from this cane is very
large.
FLAX is cultivated as a field crop in
California for the seed only. The crop
of 1881 produced 10, 167, 545 pounds OF
seed, grown on 10, 952 acres. The fibre
is not utilized in any general way, and is
only to some small extent locally.
THE principal food of the farm laborers
of Orkney Islands is oatmeal, potatoes,
fish and milk. Bread of fine wheat flour
does not give strength to work, and
English tourists express surprise at the
apparent vigor and yo%uthfulness of the
Orkney o-ctogenarians.
In FLANDERS it is customary to churb
the milk In summer after t~wenty-four
hours. but in winter three days are al
owed to expire, when the milk is poured
into the tub that stands In the cellar.
IF it then does not become sour, the
dairymen place a can with warm water
In the tub to accelerate it. -
FoR dis~infectants about poultry houses
and sheds, smoke from q wood fire is
one of the best; also sulphur. In using
the latter close every opening and chink
where air can escape, place a pound OF
two of birthstone, in small pieces, into
an ircn pan and let it gently burn,
leaving the house shut up for the day i
possible.
THE average of German observations
show that the annual yield of milk rises
gradually from the birth of the first cali
till the fifth, reaches its maximum aftel
the sixth, sinks then gradually till the
tenth calf, when it is about the same al
at the first calving, and, after the thir.
teenth or fourteenth calf, is only one
fourtho o. one-ffth of the maximum yield.
IT HAS been estimated that sugar-cans
contains about eighteen per cent. O
sugar, of which about one-third is left il
the canes after crushing, and is, there
fore, lost; that an acre of land will grow
thirty tones of canes but that, owing
to the loss In crushing and boiling down
the acre does not produce more In aetna
practice than two and one-half tons o
raw sugar.
THE usual theory es to crooked breast
bones is that they are caused by giving
perches to chickens too early in life, O
by the perch being too large O. too mar
row. Experience shows, however, tina
crooked breast-bones are found if tn,
chicken is a weakly n and wanting il
constitutional vigor, or if the birds ar,
pampered and brought up at high pres
sure In confined and over-crowded pens
where stimulating condiments and exces;
of feeding take the place of free range
fresh air, and ample, nutritious food.
SPEAKING OF the hereditary diseases
and the Importance of sound breedin,
stock, Manly Miles gives the following
case In illustration : A mare affected witt
ring-bone, that untitled her for farm
work, was kept as a breeder for severa
years. Hen colts were quite uniform i
form and color, and, as they showed N
Indications Of the disease when tw
or three years old, they found ready buy
ers at good prices. At the age of five O
six years, however, they all had ring
bone, to a greater or less extent, an
several were entirely disabled.
Coop food and pure water, regularl,
given, are most essential points in feed
ing COWS. It has been proven that cows
which have been fed regularly ON foo
somewhat inferior, have yielded NOR
milk than those to which richer food ha
been given, yet not at regular intervals
I~rregularity in the hours of feeding j
invariably followed by a smaller suppl
of milk, and where this falling off ha
taken place it takes some time for th
COW to resume giving herproper quantity
or that which she has been accustome
to do with regular feeding.
The pig acquires a full mouth of IL
~ UOOoA4 Nv hoOu b1l1O0 4uOllGll6 Otl
some time previous to which thre
molars have appeared in each jaw, vi,
thefirst, second and third. At six month
the primolars and the fourth permaner
molars appear ; In nine months the tusk
and fifth permanent molar are changed
Three months later the first, secon
and third temporary molars are she6
and replaced by permanent ones. A
eighteen months the sixth or last moia
and the lateral incisor are cast, and th
changes at this time are complete.
WITH every improvement in "b1ood
a corresponding Improvement in feed
ing and managing live stock must b
made or nature will surely thwart til
breeders plans by asserting her supren
acy and adapting the animal to the COZ
ditions in which it is placed. In th
cross of asuperior breed upon the averae
stock of the farm, the best results ca
be obtained by Q better system of feet
ing than the original stock had bee
accustomed to. An increase in size an
the ability to fatten rapidly would b,
come a source of weakness rather tina
an advantage in animals that are unabl
to obtain a sufficient supply of food
give a full and active development
the system.
MAMMOTH squashes, though of b.
little value for table use, on rich lane
and in those sections where roots are bl
little cultivated are very profitable
food for cattle. James j. ii. Oregon
says a half-acre of these squashes ha,
averaged seventy-fve pounds each ]
weight. Among prolific varieties fl
stock the vegetable marrow holds hig
rank. Fourteen tons have been raise
on a single acre of land. A single spec
men of the mammoth Yellow Obi
squash grew to the weight of 1872 pound,
another in Nebraska reached a weight
239 pounds; from two seeds the sam
party raised nine squashes weighing. "a
pounds. From the seeds of Mammot
squashes q Minnesota grower report
squashes weighing 115, 1877 and 1a
pounds each, and several others frol
rs up to 104 pounds, and all from thre
vines.
MILK, either of COWS or goats, is easiI
obtained in Italy, and is n thing j
which the Italians are scrupulously hol
est, and they cannot help that eithe
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