The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-11-03
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ia which these pests breed.
Holstein COWS were shown in larger
aanbsrs than ever hefors at the New
Ysrk State Fair and at moa. other
fairs. This Is significant Of the In
sreasing popularity Of this excellent
breed.
The lack Of the wheat and most
small graia passed over the Geld two
or three weeks after sowing will in al
most every case 10 beneficial.
Wheat may often Be sown on potato
ground without plOwing, If the weeds
have been we'll kept dewn during the
Sammer. Some of the best wheat
this year was sown ~ late as the mid
die Of October after potatoes.
The Hungari.ms look upon the de-
6siency Of this Years Spanish wheat
crop as favorable opportunity fer
them to extend their -four trade. The
duty, however, is practically prohibitory
amounting To $2 per sack of go
pounds.
Ne Fixed nutritivs value can be ap.
piled 70 fodder crops, or to the hay
made from them, a. both their compost
tea and digestihility are largely in.
hueAced BY their age and condition
wAsn cut. The young plant Is always
the most nutritive.
An experienced pear gtowsr prefers,
BAFtlstts fer profit. Their only draw
back is tendency to blight, but they
pay TO. themselves and for new trees
to put in their places. The Bartlett
is net the highest favored pear, but
goOa enough to bs always profitable.
Whils fodder crops detsriOrats to
wards maturity, from tie conversion
ot soluble carbo-hydrAtss into fibre,
crops such ns potatoes and mangels
Improve, the, carbohydrates pre-
duoea in their case being respectively
starch and sugar, both sf them sub
stances sf great feeding value
The best mulch for strawberries in
Pseato vines spread thinly As sson -
the ground is frozen They afford
sufficient protection during the Winter,
hut By early Spring are 90 rOttsd away
shst they do not interfere With plant
srO@tA. Another important eonsidera-
tisa is that they contain no weed seeds.
The rows Of bushes and trees which
have grswn at random. and frequently
liHs roAdsidss and inside feners, are
rsrsly either useful or ornamental.
Let any faim~ ~hO has there adioin-
ing any hoed crop calcuE~ts ~hAt they
cast him 10 HinRis year and then de-.
eide whether be can longer afford such
3 feature.
The wsevil or midgs in wheat is
making much less trouble thaA former
ly. Early sowing, early varieties ana
the use Of commercial fertilizers, which
hasten riPening, are aneng the
reasons for exemption from its attacks.
Another reason is that The wLest
nidge has its parasite, which greatly
Tsdaees It's numbers.
The German potash salts known as
kAinit contain twelve to fhirtesn per
cent pare potash and forty to fifty per
eeat Of mariAte Of potash They are .
valuable fertilizer for sandy or mncky
soil, the first L4 cause of deficiency OF
minernI matter, and The last for their
effect IN making vege, able matter avail
sbls as plant food
The failure Of al the patented milk
iag machines is asciibed TO the fact
that they all aim at wrong method,
Initiating the saeking OF a calf rather
thaa the maniPulatieus of hand milking.
This last Is essential to getting the
largest secretion Of milk, and unless
some machine can rival the hand fer
milking. the old way mnst be followed
= while longer.
Wheat from the time il il tbreshed
will shrink six per cent. in six months.
Corn sbdnks much more from the time
it is busked. One hundred bushels
gathered Ia Novemher will BY March |
shrink to eightv. In estimating ex-
pscted increase of prics hy holding. this
loss by shrinkage of the grain should |
De considersd. a. well ~ the care and !
risks of storage.
Ten wears ago Sour hern stra wkerriea
shipped 10 the North brought an aver.
age of ffty-ssven cents per quart. Two
years later the price was reduced to |
thirty.sigbt cents, and now twelve tn |
fifteen Cents r'er qnart is fsnnd to paw
fairl= we'll, The result es this decreas
Ing price Is that strawberries are used
by three times rs many people, and
lseTmaHeut demand il thus established. |
Heavy malcbing is injurious to
slever during the growing season, but
late in the Fail light dressing of al.
most anything manuri2l may be ape
Dlied With ben4ft Rsfora Gor;nc H.