The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1882-07-08
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
HOUSE, FARM AND PRESIDE.

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more profitable than corn, but corn il
cash to the farmer, arr may be relied
upon every year if properly managed.
1t can usually be grown at less cost
than it can be bought Especially when
due allowance is made for the feeding
value Of the stover;) and when you have
it you can change it into milk, butter or
beef, mutton or wool, eggs Or chickens,
pork or turkey, just as you please, and
in either of these changes it will contrib
ute, as it goes to the manure-heap upon
which you will depend for the next
years crop.
The Rugby Colonyin Tennessee, has
sent communication to the Commits
sioners of Emigration in New York,
virtually admitting the failure ofthe en-
terprise, because those who have hither-
to Joined the colony have not been prac-
teal people, and cannot be looked to for
the energetic opening Of new lands.
For this reason they ask the Commission
ers to send them 100 or 200 families of
people who are willing to work for a
living.
A COW reared on a farm where she is
to remain is more valuable to her owner
than astrange COW. She is acclimated.
She is acquainted with the herd with
which she must associate. She is fam
liar with the land from which she OBJ
tains her food, and can travel over it
with greater ease than strange COW.
In consequence of these things she will
yield more milk and be more profitable.
A warning, to be careful in the use
of guano, comes from Orange, Mass,
where we'll known farmer, and his
wife, are said to have died few days
ago from the effect of poisoning from
this cause. 1t is understood that
while using guano on his land his
hands became poisoned, and his wife
in dressing the sores received the poi
son into her own system.
The Rurol Nep Yorker says:
"There is quite as much necessity for
barn cleaning on the farm as for
house cleaning, and if farmers were
punctilious about the renovation and
publication about the out-dwellings
as farmerines are about the dwelling,
there would be an improvement in
the appearance of things; and of con
veniences, toe"
A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman gives the following as his
method of destroying sprouts from
roots of trees; HBore three fourth
inch hole in the center of the stump,
10 inches deep; pnt in an ounce of the
oil of vitriol, and plug it up tight"
Farm-yard manure is often serious
ly injured by allowing too much water
to fall upon it, whereby some of its
most important elements are washed
out of it. This with the loose of am
monia by drying, makes it useless.
In judging of horse, the Scotch be-
gin with the feet, and study up, well
knowing that if he is weak in the ex-
tremities, he isn't much of horse,
whatever the appearance of his shout
ders, middle, and quarters.
1t has been suggested that if peas
were planted further apart than is
generally the case, they would prove
more productive. Three inches apart
is recommended as about the right
distance.
Milk tastes of the can after stand
ing two or three hours in can which
has been in use ten years. This is
because the tin is off and the milk
comes in contact with the rusty iron.
Cabbages respond quickly to fire.
quent hoeing. 1t is one of the
crops upon which too much labor
cannot be bestowed. They should
be cultivated often, even when there
are no weeds among them.
Certain varieties of evergreens,
such as arbor vitae, are furnished
with a thick mass of roots. These
should be cut away somewhat, in
order to admit of close contact Of
the soil around the base of the plants.
A New York chemist declares
that the refuse fat of pork houses
Al budb Slty 10 oOlit w sli tiuCldl OuI-
ter factories. He has also found in
oleomargarine horse grease and 9th
er refuse such as is used in making
candles.
Soft coal ashes are used to prevent
the ravages of the currant worm
They are scattered thickly around
the currant and gooseberry bushes,
care being taken to keep the bushes
well supplied with them as long as
there is danger.
The best of Jerseys are being
brought to this country. 1t would
not be surprise if the Jersey breed
ers resorted to us for cattle after we
have further improved them.
In rotating vegetables, the land
should not be used for crops having
similarity to those preceding them.
Cabbage for instance should follow
peas, and celery follow cabbages.
A spoonful of Paris green in pail
of water is recommended for killing
canker worms. 1t should not be