The Penn's Grove record., 1882-07-29
Farm Statistics.

The sugar beet forms starch In its
leaves, hut in The leaf stalk this is con-
verttd into eisl e sugar, and into cane
sut ar in the thick top root in which II
is stored up.
Dslrymple, the great wheat farmer
of Dakota, has sold $4,000 worth OF
his il nd TO George Howe, o Bradford,
Pa. DslIymIle found it necessary to
decrease his acresge in order to farm
it effectually.
Algerian wheat planted in Bohemia
and Austria is said TO give very salts
factory results, yielding more largely
than other varieties. ii is q hard va
riety, and yields almost twenty i've
bushels per acre.
According to the Government re-
turn there was imported into Canada
in 1881 1919 297 worth of flour ana
1858 235 vorth of eorn-meal, compared
with 1884 6SS worth of -four in 1880,
and $41s 1903 worth of coln.meal.
Breed eIs OF Herefords claim for
their favorites that they are among
the most hardy of all breeds Of cattle,
and thus are particularly adapted tor
countries where it Is impossible to
take special care of cattle through the
winter.
In selecting paints for out-of-door
work, the lighter cofors should be
preferred in point of durability, though
at present fashion dictates the darker
tiuts. The dark colOrs absorb the
suns rays and occasion earlier decay
of the material painted.
To make a cement for stoves take
iron filings and mix to about the con.
sistepcy of putty for glazing with
white lead and linseed oil. Fill in the
joints IS securely as Iossible when
the stove is cold, and let ii stand a day
or two before using.
By growing deeply re oted crops as
part of q rotation The subsoil Is made
to contribute to the general fertility.
Shallow rooted crops, on The other
hand, have generally q special faculty
for appropriating food accumulated at
the surface.
The blacksmith often Injuries the
" oodwork of a carriage by fitting his
irons when TOO hot. If the wooo burns
ever so little it weakens it, and if a
joint is near the latter it is sure to
open A blacksmith who cannot fit an
iron without depending upon its burn
ing Is way down should never be al.
lowed 10 work at the forge.
The average OF German observations
show that the annual yield of milk
gradually FROM the birth of the
first cal till the fifth, reaches its max.
imum after the sixth, sinks gradual.
till after the tenth calf, when it is
about the same as at the first calving,
and after the thirteenth or fourteenth
calf is only one-fourth or one fifth of
the MAXIMUM y1eld.
The secret OF raising winter squashes
is to plant them late. When maggots
get into the vines the only way to a w
the crop is to cover the vine about SIX
iLehes deep wi b earth. Burying the
worm kills it, and does not hurt the
vines. The Crescent strawberry is
the best variety for all purposes. The
way to get rich in farming is to keep
down weeds and use plenty of manure.
Farm contain all, while
commercial fertilizers may contain
only a portion of the ingredients
plants use for food. But if a
were to find it profitable to
apply large quantities of phosphates to
his fields, AS is often the case, he
would probably secure that material
more chesply by purchasing a super
phosphate or bone meal, than by get
ting horse anu from city stables at
large expense.
Probably there is no crop so profita-
BILE for soiling purposes as corn fodder
II should be sOwn at different times to
keep up a succession until cold
weather. Oats and then barley may
be sown earlier t. an is proper for corn
to be sown, The larger growing va
rieties of sweet corn are best for this
purpose ; this crop affords a profitable
supply of ears for market or home use,
and an abundant growth of fodder for
the milch cows.