Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1883-11-08
THE FARM.
FATENING ANIMALS.

THE FARM.
PATENING ANIMALS.
Now Is the time to crowd the feed
if you are fattening swine, beef or
poultry.
SAW DUST.
Where sawdust is used for bedding
xthe manure is considered as very good
for celery.
STORING POTATOES.
A light sprinkling of lime upon po-
tatoes when storing is an excellent pre-.
ventative of rot.
WATERPROOF.
To make cloth waterproof apply a
strong solution of soap to the wrong
side of the cloth, and when dry wash
the other side with solution of
alum.
FOWLS IN FRANCE.
The feathers are carefully collected
and sorted, and when well dried are
sold to dealers. The intestines are
boiled, the fat SKINNED off, which is
sold separate; the intestines are then
minced as food for poultry, and the
liquid is used for feeding pigs. The
comb and kidneys are sold to pastry
cooks-the first for decorating and
the later for havoring pies. The head,
neck and feet are sold to hotels, res
taurants, &c, for tlavoring sauces, or
boiled down TO make chicken jelly
George X. Geyelin.
PERENNIAL PESTS.
American Cultivator: ga great
many farmers stopped just short of
entire success in destroying Canada
thistles, quack and other perennial
weeds. They destroy most of the
enemy, but like Israel in the land of
Canaan, leave enough Philistines to be
a thorn in their patience in after years.
A war of entire determination should
be waged. and it must never be for
gotten that the very best time to en-
tirely finish a thistle patch is after it
has been exhausted by persistent war
fare during the summer months
TOBACCO IN HEN HOUSES.
s.Tobacco, in its raw state, or pre-
vious to sweating in bulk" says the
American Poultry Yard, "is very pow
erful in its effects. and will certainly
drive vermin from the hens nest. TIE
whole leaves nay be thoroughly dried
so as to crumble easily, and put in the
nest of the setting hen as lining un'
der the eggs. With this precaatior
she will not be driven from her nes
by vermin before the time of Matching
arrives. Tobacco is often enormously
supposed to be difficult to cultivate
But is is really as easily raised as corr
or potatoes A few plants only will
give the poulterer plenty of leaves.
SORGHUM.
GAS forage crop" says DR.. Kediz
"it is of great promise, because it i
very nutritious and is eagerly con
sumed by stock of all kinds. 1t ha
been found by some who have trie'
sorghum for fattening beef cattle tha
it has wonderful fattening propertie
and that the quality of the beef is yer
superior. The sorghum must be fe
cautiously at first until cattle becom
used to it, on account of danger c
their eating too freely of the materla
causing securing, &c. The seeds of th
cane are equal IN value, pound 70
pound, to oats or corn
YOUNG PEACH ORCHARDS.
awe think" says the editor Of RI
raj Home, ''tbe peach growers of west
ern New York make a mistake in nc
planting young orchards more fire
ouently. The peach tree is becomin
quite short lived, but one full crop wi
pay cost of trees. planting and cult
walton, and for the first two or thre
wears, paying crops of corn, potatoe
beans or squashes can be grown upo
the land. We think it would be wei
on good peach land, to plant sma
orchard, detached from all others, ey
cry year. Then, when older orchare
begin to show symptoms ofyellow, d
out the trees and burn them and p'
their ashes around the young trees.
potash is not certain remedy for tt
yellows, it is good to produce tt
growth Of trees.