The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-08-04
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"ohOPoly caulo Lo an emu In looOs I'M
ports and produce have been free
since the lst Of January, 1871.
The Guinea fowl will eat petato bugs
"A point for those who do not use
poison, and caution for those who do.
They are great forager and rarely
scratch.
A Rockingham (N. c. despatch
says that the limbs Of the peach trees
are breaking with their weight Of fruit.
Pear and apple trees are full, and plums
abundant.
Barley ID one Of the best grains Ter q
soiling crop. IL grows more vigorous
ly at the start than oats and has q
peculiarly rich, sweet O avor which all
animals relish. 1t should be cnt, how
ever, before getting into head.
The curing Of clover IL always diff
cult. and this year more so than ever
on account Of frequent rains. Keep
ing il in cock and covering with hay
caps Is the bOst way, and this year the
only way TO have good clover hay.
w. B. Todhunter OF Wyoming, Kan
sas, one Of the most extensive cattle
men in the country branded ever 5000
calves last Spring. He has over 20,-
900 head Of stock cattle, and over
loo, 600 acres Of patented land.
Chesnuts arc staple article OF food
in some parts of Southern Europe,
chiefly in mountainous regions where
grain growing is difficult. The nuts
are made into -four and used for bread,
either alone or mixed with grin -four.
Should hoed crops he cultivated
deply or only on the suifacel II the
first blowing has been we'll done and TO
good depth frequent and shallow culti-
vAtion is preferable, but if weeds are
allowed TO gain foothOld deep culture
may be needed to uproot them.
The common black ant Is the friend
Of the farmer and fruit grower, destroy
ing millions Of the plant lice which
often infsst crops and trees.
Il is slovenly practice to take q
reaper in harvest field without first
cutting around the fold with 4 cradle.
IL IN done, however, more and more
every year, one reason being that few
fai mers have cradles in good condition
for using, and few men nowadays know
how TO use them.
Fowls eat great deal Of grass, and
If not provided with il will not do well
This is one cause Of the general failure
in keeping large number on a small
area. In the Winter. when grass can
not we'll DO bad, hay or straw, cut IL
6ne bits, will be gaeedily eaten. En
silage is capital Winter feed for fowls
The Eoglish Government gave Al
impetus to tile draining in that coun
try many J ears ago by loaning none!
ut two per cent. 10 farmers who woult
agree TO use it for that purpose. Ii
this country most farmers can &c
moaey at nine to ten per cent. ant
judieious undertaking will repa.
three times that interest.
Instead Of trying TO save money
wise economy in farmer dictates tn
policy OF seeking profitable modes c
investing it. The saying is more tru
in farming than in anything els
"There is that which scattereth an
yet increasoth, and there il that whic
withholdeth more than is meet an
tendeth to poverty"
Il We shall probably have a bette
class of milch COWS now that ensilaG
J is coming into vogue. 1t should
} fed not only to cows giving milk, b'
to heifers from calfhoOd till they b
come cows. Without ensilage the q
tempt to keep heifer calves in goo
J condition usually resulted in makir
them fat and decreasing the tendent
} to milk production.
The codling moth may be trappt
by ssaspending wide-mouthed sottl
in bearing apple trees. The bottl
3 should lie partially filled with vineg
] and water, sweetened by one quart
, its bulk Of molasses The bottl
: should be examined once in three
four days and the moths destroye
r Old fruit cans that will hold water u
just the thing for this use.
The farmer who gets in corn
with his work, should see that his be
Land is most thoroughly cultivate
!, If any thing must be neglected let
be the poorest. Tie best land is us
ally the weedisst, and if not attend
to promptly will soon be beyond hel
: After the hurry of harvesting, the {
ira help then employed will probal
be needed in hoed crops.
1t The old practice of putting san
= handful of manure in the hill W
d corn or potatoes has mostly given W