The Osceola times., 1882-08-12
VALUE OF FARM LIFE.

/ you to leave the farm. Ask your father
tosbuy you books. If he will not, borrow
them from some of your friends. Borrow
ing is bad practice, but still, would
advise it in this case; and spend every
spare moment in reading which will give
you food for thought during your working
hours.
Let us compare the city life with the
country. In the city they have smoke,
din and confusion, with temptations al
ways before you. How is it on the farm?
Where are all the bankrupts Certainly
not on the farm. Who are the healthiest
class of people in the world? The tillers
of the soil.
Now, young man, | beg of you, don't
leave the farm, the most noble and the
most independent of all pursuits, to take
up with the city, with all of its ups and
downs and uncertainties, but stick to the
farm, boys, and when thinking of it in
after life, you will never regret it.
Geo. III. Hopkins.
CLOVER FOR HOGS.
| 1t came in my way last summer to fire.
quently pass a field Of clover which had
been fenced off for hog pasture, and no.
ticing tho amount of feed and the thrift
and general appearance of the hogs, l
called upon the owner of the farm for an
| interview.
"Oh, yes, | can give my opinion and
| the results. That lot we call twenty acres,
including the small grove and the spring
in one corner. We sowed ii with oats
last season, and stocked down with clover,
part medium and the balance mammoth
! The first of June, that summer, we turned
in 90 hogs, but this made no impression
on the clover so we turned in 10 colts, ID
head of young cattle and 80 sheep, and
all together they managed to keep it
within bounds. About the first of August
we took ont the cattle and commenced
| feeding corn
Gould you discover any difference be-
tween the medium and the mammoth
| clover as to its food value?"
"Yes, the mammoth was much the best;
it kept green longer, and would have
yielded larger quantity of hay. Now as
| to the results: A few days ago took a
carload of those hogs to Chicago, and the
average weight of the A. to fill the car,
was fraction less than 400 pounds, or in
other words, the AZ hogs weighed l7,940
pounds, netting the snug little sum of
| 81 ,07S, and | received five cents more per
| hundred than any hogs sold in the market
that day, because they were nice, even
| lot and in splendid condition for the Phil
adelphia market. The balance of the lot
will he ready to ship in a few days"
Drovers' Journal.
WASHING FRUIT TREES.
| There are insects common to all trees,
and il is only by constant care that we
can get satisfaction from our trees. On
the pear and apple there is a scale insect
which attaches itself to the bark and in
| lures the trees if allowed to remain. 1t
/ is known that any greasy matter is death
/ TO insects Thus there are many COM
/ pounds of this nature used for washing
/ trees. Kerosene oil for hard wood has
| been used with success by many person
| out it must not get on the foliage. One
/ firm of wash is made by adding one ID.
of whale oil soap to three gallons of warm
water, stirring well and applying with
| stiff broom or brush. The trunk should
be rubbed thoroughly and hard, to re-
move as much as possible of loose bark,
so that the liquid may reach every part
of the surface.
Another good wash is a weak lie from
wood ashes. 4 third wash is made by
adding two quarts of soft water 10 one
gallon of soft soap Place these in YES
sci over the fire, and when warm the soap
and water readily combine by stirring.
and should be applied like the whale oil
wash.
The best results are obtained by wash
| ing the tree about three times during
the season, applying the first in March or
/ April. the second in June, the last in Au-
gust. The insects, as well as moss, will
be efectually removed, leaving the bark
in fine healthy condition.
SHEEP IN THE ORCHARD.
A given case stated in substance; The
orchard occupies 81 acres, and is made
the run of 80 hogs, $50 TO 200 sheep and
lambs during the summer Enough bran
and grain is given them to place them in
good condition. They eat every blade OF
grass and green thing close down, and
every fallen apple as soon as dropped, for
which purpose sheep are better than hogs,
I which sleep so soundly as not to hear an
apple fall, but sheep are always on hand
and devour everything as soon as 1t
touches the ground. The fruit each year
grow fairer, with fewer wormy specimens
and the manure from feeding so much
grain. has given a healthy growth to the
trees. ITtNtllt tilt
| ing the bark, the trunks are washed over
once month with mixture of soap suds,
whale oil and sheep manure. If the ami
mails are given a constant supply of fresh
water, they will have less disposition to
eat the bark. The profits of this practice
consist in the placing of the sheep in the
best condition, in finely growing lambs,
and in heavy crops of perfect fruit for
market.
PLANTING PosTs UPSIDE DOWN.
Isaac Eyre, writing TO local journal, re-
lates the following; Just 20 years ago |
cut down several small white oak trees
for the purpose of making gate posts, for
Is new gates to be used on my farm, in
stead of having to use bars in entering
the different fields. These posts made
top down. That is, hewed the butt end
and put the other in the ground. They
were all set in the spring of 1872, and all
of them, with one or two exceptions, are
still standing, and are pretty good posts,
and will perhaps stand 10 or 10 years
| longer. Now have no doubt that if the
other end had been hewed, and the post
planted as il grew, they would all have