The Penn's Grove record., 1882-04-22
Farm Items.

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No system of farming is complete
that dispenses with clover as a rota
ton crop.
A horses hoof is of the same nature
as horn. A hot shoe makes the hoo
brittle instead of tough.
1t is getting rather late for onions.
They do not thrive if overtaken by
hot weather before getting well rooted.
Melons, cucumbers and squashes are
cult waited in the same manner, but
they should never be planted near
each other.
An amateur botanist in Wisconsin
is said to have prepared 500 specimens
of Towering plants, all of which have
been identified.
A strong cement is made by dissolv-
ing caustic linle with boiling water.
When dry mix with white of egg to a
thick paste. 1t sets instantly.
Nc class of real property is appre-
ciating in value 81 rapidly as forest
lands or well wooded areas. They will
also be rich legacies to future genera
tons.
The flour made from sorgo seed is
nutrtiive and healthy, and many
Western experts claim that in the near
future it will be largely used for hui
man food.
1t appears by Western papers that
the factory diaries of large districts
are apt to fall under one strong man.
agement by purchase, after a while as
railways do.
An old orchard can never be made
young again, but by good care, prun-
ing and cultivating it can be made to
bear a fair crop until a young orchard
can be set out and brought into bear
ing.
1t is not proper to keep ducks and
chickens in the same yard. The broad
bill of the duck enables it to german
die, and being a voracious feeder, it
is likely to deprive other fowls of their
share of feed.
The following formula is a good m
for a tobacco fertilizer: Ammonia, 6
per cent. phospheric acid, s per cent.
potash, s per cent. plaster 80 per
cent. Plaster may be put in in any
desired quantity.
Satisfy, or vegetable oyster, is Guilt
waited the same as carrots or parsnips,
and is considered by many as aluxury.
1t is used tor soup boiled, or can be
sliced and fried in batter, when it
makes a fair substitute for fried
oysters.
The fertility of a soil is nearly con
nected with ats power of retaining
plant food. Sandy soils, from their
small chemical retentive power and
free drainage, are of small natural fer
tility and dependent on immediate
supplies of manure.
Paint, to last long, should be put oil
early in winter or spring, when it is
cold and 10 dust flying. Paint put on
in cold weather forms q body or coat
upon the surface of the wood that be-
comes hard and resists weather, or an
edged tool even, like slate.
A German paper says that a roof can
be made fire-proof by covering it with
a mixture of lime, salt and wood ashes,
adding a little lampblack TO give a
dark color. This not only guards
against fire, it is claimed, but also in a
measure prevents decay.
To maintain fowls in a really healthy
state appetite must be kept up, and it
is good management to have the poul.
try in such a state that they will fly
up to meet the poultry ma and scram-
BILE for their food. Loss of appetite
comes from unwise feeding on over
spiced food.
Mouse holes in walls and closets
should lie first filled with lime and
afterwards plastered over with plaster
of Paris mixed with water. 1t is a
good plan to keep a paper of the latter
in every house, as it is useful in fill
ing cracks, and in many other ways
in household economy.
Pigs narrowed in May will do better
than those that come in earlier, unless
the early pigs are carefully sheltered
and kept warm. When once q pig is
stunted by cold and neglect it is apt to
remain backward. Young pigs should
never be weaned until moderate
weather has wslrset in.
Probably the largest COW in the
world is owned by Martin s. States, of
GRANVILLE, White county, Ill. She is
7 years old and weighs 5000 pounds,
is III hands high, 10 feet, 8 inches
long from the nos to the end of
the tail, s feet 8 inches around the
girth, 26 inches around the forearm,
and 81 inches across the hips.
Waterproof muslin is better for GOV.
erings to chicken coops in cold
weather than boards, a. 1t admits
heat from the sun. To render fabrics
waterproof dip them into water which
contains one-fifth of its bulk of soap In
solution. Let the cloth dry and ther
immerse in water containing 20 pei
cent. of sulphate of copper in solution
A second early crop of potatoes fully
matured more profitable than a very
esrly one, as the latter are dug before
completing their growth, and the prize
!, received is not equal to the value of
full-grown crop. The Early Rose anC
Beauty of Hebron car be dug in Jul,
and the ground put in turnips, givin,
two crops the same year.
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