The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-12-13
FARM NOTES.

pRoF. SAMrEL JOHNSON, Of the
Michigan State. Agricultural college,
. q Strong advocate Of the rise Of en-
,ilaga He claims that ensilage is 70
become the cheap substitute for roots
n feeding cattle through the winter,
when some succnlent food 10 80 desir.
able. In his opinion, he Is Sustained
by maiiy who have studied this subject
carefully:
SAYS the Michigan Fdrmer:: II is a
well-known fact that the meat Of hogs
) or 8 months Of age is Tar more
tender, juicy and valuable than is the
meat of hogs that are from II to
Is months old. The English
cured bacon has always had the repu.
tation Of being q very superior article
Of its kind, and one Of the reasons for
This Is probably owing to the fact that
Il il all made Of young hogs; and
anne lg til. packing houses in onr
country that are engaged in supplying
the English market with American
cured bacon, there is constant, strong
demand being kept up oil the time for
light, middling fat bacon hogs. that is,
young hogs, 9 to 3 months old, weigh
ing ITO to 200 pounds.
AN old Ohio farmer is in the habit Of
hiring q man in August Of each year. to
NOW and collect into heaps in his barn
yard great quantities Of weeds. These
he piles up in great heaps, alternating
weeds with layer Of stable manure,
sprinkled with lime. He has cistern
into which the DRAWINGS OF his barnyard
are drained with the fluid thus gathered
he occasionally saturates his compost
heaps, and the result is that in the
spring he has an immense quantity of
first-class fertilizing material ready for
use. Farmers often wonder what weeds
are good for. The above gives one
answer to the question. Chicago Tri-
Lune.
IT is not generally known or appre-
ciated by gardeners that in raising
tomatoes the character Of the soil has
everything to do with the quality OF
this most excellent table fruit. 1t often
occurs that they contain so much acid
as to iniure their favor so greatly as
to render them scarcely fit for use.
One basket of tomatoes from the mar
ket may be delicious, while the next
basket purchased may be SO sour as to
almost spoil ones taste for the rest OF
the season. The character of the soil
in which the tomatoes have been grown
is the xcause Of the difference. When
grows ii Z. light, or rather poor soil,
and, in o &arn, sheltered situation they
will be sweet, unless, indeed, the season
should be most unfavorable one,
while in rich soil, with insufficient sun.
shine, they will be sour and wanting
that pleasant favor which belongs tC
perfect specimens of the fruit-Chica.
90 Tribune. J.
PorLTRY-RAIsERs should remember
that many Of the ailments affecting
Young chickens are due to a lack Of con
stitutional vigor on the part Of the
parent birds. Fowls which have been
strongly fed on egg-food are not fit tc
use as breeders. Another prolific
source of evil is that Of breeding in and
IL. When one finds his young fowls
lacking that health and yigor which
they ought to possess, it will he vel
to look to the condition of the parent
stock. The best thing to do, in man,
cases, viii be to put new, young and
vigorous cocks into the yard, bird.
which are in no way related to the fowl.
the breeder already has. II the youn(
chicks have lice, simple and effectiv,
remedy. one that will kill the lice ant
not harm the chicks, is salty grease
This remedy has been used in hun
dreds of cases, and experience shows
that it is better than many OF til,
patent remedies which, if not handle.
properly, kill both lice and chicks.
PRoF. SANBoRS, Of the Missouri Ag
ricultural college, reports upon experi
ments conducted to ascertain wha
kinds of seed potatoes would give tn
best yield. The average WELD for th'
four seasons is represented as follows
Whole potatoes, large, yield: Table po
tatoes, 1872 bushels: small potatoes
1853 bushels; total, a55 bushels
Whole potatoes, small, yield: Tabl,
potatoes, 1918 bushels; small potatoes
1915 bushels: total, 1898 bushels
! One eye to a hill, yield: Table pota
toes, go. 1 bushels; small potatoes, a.
bushels; total, IS bushels. Two eve
to hill, yield: Table potatoes, 81.
bushels; small potatoes, 1913 bushels
: total, 1913 bushels. Three eyes to
hill, yield. Table potatoes, los.
bushels; small potatoes, 4S.4 bushels
. total, l54.l bushels. Seed end yields
Table potatoes. ia bushels small pc
tatoes, 6S.7 bushels; total, 1924 bush
els. Stem end yields: Table potatoes
9O.7 bushels; small potatoes. 6l.8 bush
: els; total, 1875 bushels.
]. Mut has been said on both sides {
, the question, "When should trees b
! transplanted? A practical answer j
!, that farmers transplant deciduous tree
!, |, in both spring and fall, and with n
: material difference in results. Th
main point in fall transplanting is to SC
: : the trees deep enough and firm enong
] to stand the fierce winter winds whic
: ut times whip them numerically. Al
other object in planting should be I
! guard against the wasting of the tree
: |. juices. 1t is, therefore, important ths
! they be transplanted as soon rs possibl
after the leaves are fully ripe. Tn
will give the severed and mutilate
: roots time to partially heal before til
heavy winter frosts cope. Care shoul
! be observed to trim back the wea
!, twigs at the time of setting; in otht
words, too much top should not be lef
Trees carefully set, with all these pr,
cautions observed, will, as rule, do I
4 well IS though transplanted in I'll
/, spring. Many farmers are inclined
favor fall planting from the fact that
:. is done at less busy season of I'll
4 year, and hence they are willing to d
the extra work necessary to insure I'll
" steady growth Of fall-planted trees.
t J. $. LEANING, the farmer and corr
!. grower who has brought to high stat
i Of perfection the variety of corn bea
ing his name, says his plan for thirt
I. years has been to go into the field eac
autumn and select his seed from tt
It ears showing earliest signs Of riptnin,
L lie claims by such annual selections
" have attained the following desirab
points as characteristic Of his corn: