Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-12-22

that was not very vigorous, which had prooa-
bly, been injured by the pillow. He
ed putting u piece of strong soap in the crotch OF
every tree, and the rams would wash the soap
down over the trunk. By the middle OF June
the beetle has done Its work Trees only neea
such protection from the first OF May I'LL Inc
middle of June. In September examine the
trees, and il holes are found in Them follow the
holes with the point of q knife. This takes time.
but must be done, or the trees will be lost. lie
thought whitewash oflittle value to trees.
Mr.. Goodman said the surest protection from
the borer was to put tobacco stems around tue
trunks of the trees, Siems are scarce, and other
methods must be adopted. He thought
the beetle put Its eggs at the root Of the tree IN
the boil. He had planted 1000 trees. and each
fall he went through the orchard with . spade
and banked DIRT up eight or ten inches around
the trees. and in the eprlng he pulled 1t away
with Q hoe. and in I'VE years had not seen .
borer. He then, Dy request gave directions for
fruit packing. He said 1t was very important
that all fruit be packed in the most attractive
manner possible, The farmer should tell the
commission merchant that HE reputation is at
stake, and If any fruit is not up to the STAN
dard. to send it back. The market is often
glutted with poor fruit, when there 10 . strong
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asked for the ordinary article. Put the largest
and reddest peaches in the crate first. where they
| can be seen. II necessary to fill spaces with
| smaller peaches do 20. But have fruit as near
uniform as possible.
Prof. Tracy said that last summer he had q
strawberry crop which he had to sell at home.
His neighbors had as good berries, and the
market was glutted at Is cents q box. while he
had u demand greater than he could supply, At
25 cents q box. When the boys were picking
the berries. each:one carried two boxss-onef for
fine berries only, and the other for the common
snes. He got about four good boxes to one COM
mon one. :The fineberrIes were uniformly good
and attractive, and he used the boxes only once,
"a they cost but . cent each. He sold his poor
berries At Is cents, the same price his neighbors
got for their mixed fruit.
" Nav. NELSON HcLAlN, -.
Editor of the Kansas City Journal and Agri-
culturist. delivered an address on ''Feeding."
he said he had devoted much time and money
to the subject. In order to rlpen y S-year-old-
past steer We usually put 80 bushels OF corn
through him during the winter. This Is q big
waste. So, IN feeding hogs. We put 20 bushels
Of corn through them. he had e~xperimented to
remedy this. He bought a ten-hohse engine and
twenty horse boiler, built good barns and sheds,
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alone, meal and potatoes. meal and turnips.
sour and sweet feed, He made q saving of rs
per cent. In the amount of feed. and . gain OF
from IS to SO per cent. In the time necessary to
ripen an animal. Since the Improvement OF the
| blood Of western cattle, beef can be put down
1t our doors at less than we can raise them by the
old process. He found that corn and COO, crush
ed, were good for rnminants. but the cob 10 Of
no use to hogs. Hogs will not thrive behind
cattle fed on cooked food. because there ID MOTH
ing for them 10 get. The question was asked If
cattle did not scour on ground feed. He replied
that they often did on ground feed, but not on
cooked feed.
Prof. Sanborn SAID he and his neighbors never
fed anything but cooked feed. Securing 10
caused by overlooking. Last spring he put one
pig behind three steers, and the pig nearly
starved.
Mr.. Walker said he hoped the legislature
would make an appropriation which would al
low experiments to be made In all branches of
agricultural economy. We have the finest men
and prettiest women. and have mountains of all
minerals except the precious ones. and the
precious ones are not always the safest to have.
NIGHT SESSION
The meeting was called to order at7:s0 O'Clock
BY President Walker. The crowd was small,
OOiutu6 uoiOWiys 1TOl. SanDOEQ occupied
the frst-half hour in speaking Of '.Scientlfo
Farming" He said there is nothing in the
world Of Importance except man, and nothing
of importance In man except brain. The avoca-
ton which calls for NO brain power 10 degrad-
ing, and that which calls for the greatest amount
Of brain power lie the most ennobling. and there
is no industry which requires so much study and
brain IS agriculture. 1t is not what we eat, but
what we digest that makes us strong. The en-
blem Of agriculture for the past four thousand
years has been the pillow. So many improve
ments have recently been made In farming I'm
plements that many now think the emblem
ought to be changed.
HON. JOHN WALKER,
President of the Board, said that as Mr.. More
had not arrived, he would do his best to enter
tain the audience. He gave q review of agrl-
caiture for the past afy years. The emperor Of
China. 4 600 years ago. in order to make sgri-
culture popular and honorable, only appeared
to the common people once a year, ana then
came out and held the pillow. He plowed with
his head uncovered. He gave a most ludicrous
description of the old bsr-share plow, with COW
horns for handles, and said that In stumpy or
rocky soil the horns Were more dangerous than
when Oh the heads of the living animals. He
described all piows up to the present pat. nted
cast steel polished riding concern. with An UNI
brells over it. He text took up the ancient
manner of failing wheat. and al Intervening
methods up to the present perfect machine that
cleans Its thousand bushels . day. Then the
old mortar and pestle; next the old horse-mill,
and the boy going to mill with corn in one end
Of a sack and a rock In the other; then the tin
crater for soft corn. and now our Immense
mills that turn out hundreds of barrels q day.
He then described the ancient mode OF printing,
where the lines were 10 crooked they could
scarcely be read. and compared it to the present
method, where the perfected newspaper Is turn
ed out at the rate Of %. 900 an hour, and said if
he was compelled to mlss one meal or give up
his paper. he would live on two meals. Every.
body ought to take his home paper. 1t is a ne
cessity. He then gave q description Of the old
method of eioth-making. and Its improvements
up to the present. Then cloth had no price;
never heard Of q piece being sold; sometimes
exchanged it for other goods, but never for
money. Now good calico can be bought In
bales at i've cents q yard. Then. il man vi
plated the laws Of society he had better be hung
than turned loose. He told of the hauling OF .
wagon load of silver and gold from Fayette to
Jefferson City. and nobody thought of its being
molested. The speech was lengthy, and full of
the most absorbing interest frem beginning to
end. We regret that we can not give it more
space.
Observation-Disclosures SESSION.
Meeting called to order at 10 o'clock Gy the
president. who asked the farmers present to give
their views on all matters that came up. No
responses were made.
NIB. n. =. DoUD,
OF the Kansas City Farm and Stock Journal
spoke on the subject Of practical Farming"
He asked how many farmers could tell at the
end of the year whether they had made or lost
money on stock; whether one branch Of agricul-
ture was not being carried on out of the profits
of another branch. Twenty years ago one man
could cultivate five acres of corn o DAY with q
pillow and horse. Now. with a riding cultivstor
he can only cultivate three acres .
day. The walking plow does as good
work. and q little more OF it. The break
ing pillow Is the same; a man can break more
Land, and do 1t better with the walking pillow
and two horses. than he could with a riding
plow and three horses.
This statement brought forth q lively discus
sion, many taking sides with the rid ing %cultiva-
tors and plows, and many moro siding with the
walking article.
Mr. T. Ferguson had bought a riding pillow,
and In a week his team was broken down.
When q man walks he don't kill his team.
Mr., w. H. Robnett said he had farmed con-
slderably, and had used both plows. He could
take = walking pillow and break more land In .
DAY, and do it better than any man could do