Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1883-10-04
FARM NOTES.

Do not let Il weed go to seed on The
farm.
Dig bitches for drains and put road,
in repair.
Dig the potatoes as soon as they arc
ripe or done growing.
A good lawn is luxury that every
farmers home should have.
Put up fences left open during hay.
ing harvesting and threshing.
Sow more grass and more Glove,
this fall. Sow it with the fall wheat.
Burn your wheat stubblc to DESTROY
the Hessian fly and other insects and
eggs.
Sow plat Of ry" this mo- h for win.
ter pasture for lwr, stock and mitch
cows.
Save your seed corn this year before
cold weather. Go through the field and
select the best ears.
If corn is TO be used for fodder, cut
it before the ears are fully ripe-when
the kernels arc glazed.
English sparrows and Canada thistle
are curse too serious to trillc with.
determination is the only safety.
Thorough preparation of the soil for
wheat and the best plump, clean seed
are tho surest route TO successful wheat
growing,
Oil and place under cover, after
thoroughly cleaning, all farm implc.
ments and machinery with which YOU
are through for the season.
lfpumpkins are fed to milch cows.
the seed should not be allowed to be
eaten. They reduce the flow of milk
through their action on the kidneys.
Sheep that 90 into winter quarters in
a declining state will demand extra
feed and care during winter. and pro-
duce light clip of wool in tho spring.
Fix Governor Furncss, of Nebraska.
considers the Russian mulberry valu-
able for hedge purposes, from its ten
dency to grow thickly at tho bottom.
Belgium, with an area of seven and
u quarter millions of acres of land.
raises annually over five millions of
ducks, which are sold at one dollar
per pair.
All neat cattle arriving in the United
States from any part of tho world. cx-
cept North and South America, will be
subjected to quarantine of ninety
days, counting from the date of shin.
ment' As the Dominion of Canada
MAINTAINS quarantine for all imported
cattle, no quarantine for cattle import
ed from Canada is provided.
Luccrnc has been known and culti-
waited for over 1000 years. Theyoung
plants grow rather slowly and look |
slender for some time, but after the
roots get down the plant becomes lar
ger, and looks as though it had come
to stay. 1t should be moved as soon
us the llowers begin toappear, as much
OF the nourishment soon passes into
woody fiber.
The dcprodations of insects on crops
are compelling farmers to learn GOOD
deal OF entomology. 1t is much less
common than ii was Il few years ago TO
XIII n worm or bug merely because it
looked ugly. Some of our best insect
friends are neither pretty in looks nor
IN disposition. 1t is in the fall thai
heir predatory character benefits MS,
Ior Their energies arc then devoted 10
l"Stroying our worst enemies.
Farmers are having to meet some of
he most trying meteorological difficult
res the present season all over the
'latcS, such as Tomatoes, thunder
'tormS, watcr.Spouts, drought. frost.
'ic'i destructive forces against which
10 fore thought or scientific KNOWLEDGE
an provide. The season has been re-
narkablo and quite extraordinary for
he frequency and dcstrucliycncss of
heso forces.
Dr. Nichols says, in Popular Science
%cws, that he has noted on one of his
Experiment. grass pats, dressed in 1881 I
With fertilizer supplying potential
and which, during the two j
'aSt seasons produced little beside Il |
iEorouS growth Of sorrcl, has this ,
ear shown complete Transformation. s
The sorrcl disappeared and Il heavy ,
rop Of timothy and red top took its {
lace. lie is at u loss how 10 explain i
his fact. \
The amount Of the crop Of strawbcr-
les next year will depend much on /;
ho treatment # the bed this wear. A
trong growth late in summer and dur !
ng the first hall Of the autumn will I
i've good crop next year. Scatter =
manure between the rows Or about the I
Iool', ard work into the surface soil q
With steel rake or hoe, if in the gar {
en-, or with horse culture if in tho l
eld. Keep the runners cut and fine I
rowth will be the result.