Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-10-03
Farm Notes.

The Orange County Farmer states
that the eyes next to the stems of pOta
toes are of but little value, as they sell
dom grow or produce. The eye end is
most prolific, and should be halved,
and, when large, quartered. The body
may be cut to suit.
Dry sand poured into the filled bar
rels of apples and potatoes after storing
in the cellar has been found to be
decided improvement on all other plans
for keeping them, they remaining till
late Spring as "crisp and apparently as
fresh as when first gathered. NORTH
Carolina Farmer.
1t costs but very little to try expert
ments with the new varieties of wheat,
and every wheat grower should give
them all fair trial. Wheat is easily
improved by selection, and the intro
duction of new varieties can be greatly
assisted if the farmers will make i'm
provement of wheat special object.
The Elkton Fair managers have
hired for an attraction at their exhibit
ton band of once wild Indians who
have reformed and are now leading a
different life. An Elkton paper says
they will be allowed to scalp five per-
sons each day of the exhibition, the
persons to be selected from the crowd.
Baldheaded editors are exempt of
course.
The RnrdL Messenger says the hog is
very sensitive to cold, and should be
well sheltered when the season be-
comes severe. He will try to keep
warm by burrowing into his litter, and
when hogs are in large numbers they
will crowd together or upon each
other for the same purpose. This is in
furious, as it is opposed to a supply of
pure air, The same journal also re-
marks that potatoes should always be
coaked when fed to hogs.
The horse show to be held at Madi-
son Square Garden, New York, next
month is attracting considerable atten-
ton, and promises to be the most at
tractive exhibition of thoroughbreds
ever held in this country. Many of
the best stables of the country have
made their entries, and the success OF
the undertaking is assured. Among
the horses to be exhibited is pure
Arabian, owned by U. S. Grant. Jr. II
is expected that the exhibition will be
formally opened by President Arthur
One day is to be specially set apart fol
showing up the old-time favorites, in
Guiding Dexter and other heroes of The
race-cOurSe.
The poultry breeders of Hammonton
n. j., have endeaVOred to settle tn,
To xryIs
poultry is the best for general purposes
The Brahmas, Plymouth Rocks, Wyan
dOttes, LeghOrns, Langshans and Hou
dams were experimental with, not onl,
for egg production but for market pur
poses. The Houdans and Wyandotte
were too late in the trial, but the ver
dict of the majority of the breeders i
in favor of the Langshans, which groy
to large size, lay very early and unit
late i'll the season, rarely sit, and stan
the climate well. The chicks of tina
breed grew very fast, are compact an
realize the highest market prices.
The greatest enemy of the whes
crop is too much water, says the Drai1
age and Farm Journal, and the crop
more susceptible to injury from ia
much water than many of us believ
If any one will dig up a plant
the Spring which has stood all Wintt
in wet place he will see exactly no
this is. Only living roots will be foun
close to the surface, and below tn
they may be injured. The Englis
provide against this by numerous flu
rows, and in some cases of fiattish Ian
one twentieth of the whole area ma
be counted as surface burrows, and v
with this waste ground, as some won
say, they beat US considerably in Il
number of bushels they get per acre.