Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-07-26
AGRICULTURE.

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good quantity of turHips at once. An
exchange says: Everybody who farms
understands how to grew turnips, but
everybody will not take the precautlon
to use plenty of seed. The fly is the
scourgs of this crop, and can only be
beaten by using seed libsrally. After
the seed is up sprinkle ashes around the
plants, but net In direct contact with
them chen very young. Gas tar. when
| used for impregnating water, which
/ should be sprinklsd over plants, is very
obnoxious 10 all kinds Df insects, and
may be used freely On turnips, cabbages,
suuaehes, meiess, and other vegetables.
as il is not In injurious 10 plants.
No crop will give better returns for
thorough cultivation and stirring up of
the soil, although many farmers make
the mistake Of leaving the turnip patch
to shift for itself after the plants are
once we'll started.
WHEN TO CUT TIMOTHY.
A writer In the Tribune says: My
rule for cutting umCthy j., when it is
in its very best estate, if possible, ana
that Is when the major part of the field
Is in bloom. Some OF the seeds then art
in milk, and most Of them. perhaps, he
fore am through, for | never cut my
grass, vet or dry, because / AIN ready, as
some do. But my rule is to begin the
6rst day after l think the gluten, starch
and sugar are most abundant in thu
stalk and leaves, and hurry on the werk
as fast as possible during the dry wealth
or and while there is plenty of hot sun
shine. | never cut grass for hay when
il is wet from much dew sr even light
rain"
Low-PEICED WOOL.
II there is ANY one lesson taught by
the history of wool-sroving in the Uni
ted States, it is that the best results are
secured by the msn cautiously pursuing
the business through all vicissitudes of
the market-placing and keeping about
their tlocks all the economies and COM
forts experience has shown to be neces-
sary to their locality or condition nsi
ther selling when others are discourag-
ed, nor buying when others are over
sanguins. Experience has repeatedly
shown that sheep of some kind, in Ger
tain numbers, can be made profitable on
a majority of farms. Exceptions can be
tions or faulty handling Of focks in re-
spect to the breed at the crossing to Sc
cure best results in wool and n matteR,
and the most serious disappointment
will be borne by those who have either
just gone into business. lured on by the
brilliant prospects of year or two
since, and those whose land has become
teo valuable TO pursue sheep husbandry
as specially.
ONE of the NEST plainly disesrnibls
things in business these days is the gem
Live stock, grain, wool, and farm pro-
ducts throughout, are lower than they
were at any time ia the year 1882. Av
ersgihg these thiRgs, they are not below
the limit Of profitable production, yet
as compared with those ruling year
ago, many lines Of values seem very low.
The country has been enjoying boom,
in fact: and now that things are settling
to the point of average production and
| compensation, the change seems greater
than 1t really Is. Because our cattle and
hogs bring less money than we have
been realizing for some time is no rea-
son why we shsuld overlook the fact
that both kiHds Of stock can still be
be grown and ripsRed with profit. To
sell stock at the ruling prices Of 1882 is
AN experience which one can strike but
once or twice in q lifetime; while the
country is now getting down toward the
basis of values on which the great bulk
of eur agricultural wealth has been
amassed. In comparison with last years
prices, stock is levin comparison with
the prices Of 1879 and 1880, ID is high.
The outlook is full of hope and promise,
and 1883 bids fair to be one of ths most
successful agricultural years in the his
tory Of the country.-Pittsburgh Stock
| man.
AN Esglish exchange thus answers
two inquiries touching teeth and age: /.
PIease let me know the exact age of a
horse, when The bride teeth appear. De
these teeth appear in mares? 2. How
do you ascertain the age of 4 horse by
the mouth when he has reached fourteen
or fifteen years ?-1. The tusks of the
bride teeth always appear in horses at
from four to four and half years.
Wsll-brsd animals present them at an
earlier psried than draught or heavy
breeds. Tusks appear In mares, but are
not So marked as in stallisns or geld
ings, and in some mares are not present
at all. 2. In cid horses the teeth are all
stripped of flesh or gum to great ex-
tent; the upper ones, when the mouth
is closed. reach beyond the lower. The
teeth are round and triangular shaped in
stead of being fiat, and extending later
ally to meet each other. This is an ap-
Proclamation, more than given datum,
since the marks being lost at eight
years, the after treatment of the animal
will affect the appearance Of bis mouth,
particularly the kind of food supplied
him.
IN. discussing the farmers horse, q
correspondent Of the Breeders Gazette
says: "Ths question is, where does the
farmers principal basiness lie, on the
road in the buggy or carriage, or on ths
farm on the road in the farm
| wagon? think the farm and wagon
is the proper place for his horse at least
if not for himself, if he wishes to make
his farm productive. IL SO, he wants Z
horse that can turn good. deep furrOw
draw heavy load on the road; to be
able to do his work at walk as fast a:
he can possibly be trained to. This
combined with strong. closely-built bo
dy and limbs, good style and steady
mild disposition, should, to my mind
constitute the principal points of tht
farmers horse