The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-08-16
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FARM NOTES.

EAat,t amber cane KRs successfully
raised in Connecticut last year. The
cost OF the sirup was about 20 cents per
gallon. Chicago Journal.
TIM best condition for the growth OF
grass is soil firm, we'll disihtegrated
rs whole, but with asmooth and fine
surface filth. This condition also
answers fot the cereal grains with
which grass Is us,ta1ly 4own, Winter
wheat is the best crop with which to
SOW grass seed, spring wheat next and
oats the worst Of oil.
Ar the last meeting Of the North
American Bee Association committee
was appointed TO gather statistics 1t
is believed that full statistics NJ to She
number of colonies OF bees in the couf1-
try and the product from them will
surprise everybody and lead agriculture
to be better appreciated as one Of the
important industries Of the country,
IF sheep are allowed to Craze wheat
during the winter and early spring. it
is said, they will destroy great num-
bers Of the eggs and lavrm Of chinch
bugs, army worms, and the Hessian fy.
These insects lay their eggs in the
spring and fall, and they ore hatched
by the first warm spell. They are many
instances where wheat has been saved
from destruction BY The grazing Of
sheep.
ONE Of the most. successful bee-keep-
ers in the country-Mr Heddon, of Dow
agiac, Mich. abandoned the sys-
tenn of transferring combs, and thinks
1t better to drive the bees into new
hives filled with wired foundations,
leaving few bees to nurse the brood
in the old hive. At the end of three
weeks these are treated in the same way,
or are united with other colonies. Chi
cogo Journal.
I. y. TERRY reminds farmers that a
"stitch in time" saves labor in looking
after potato-beetles as we'll as in any
other business. BY picking of the first
beetles that appear, the second crop
will be largely diminished. For those
which escape, and there are always some,
he uses a pan with a handle and q long
baddle. With these implements man
heed not stoop, and can gather from
two rows at once, the tups nre not in
jured, and there is no danger OF poison.
A coRREspoNpENr writes the Cou,a-
try Gentleman that not long ago he
noticed among q flock of ducks that
some were SO paralvzed as to lose all
power of locomotion and lie flat on the
ground with both feet thrown up. On
examination he discovered that the ones
thus affected were literally swarmina
| with vermin which infested their head,
and necks. He ut once applied lard te
the affected parts, and in less than ar
hour the ducks were on foot, and to all
Appearances sound and we'll.
/ A BosToN wool firm Is credited with
being about to build seDuring-mill IL
1 Texas, near San Antonio. It is get
ting through the heads Of manufactnr
ers that there is no use Of paying freight
on pound and three-qnarters Of WOO
and dirt, when they only want ths
three-quarters Of pound of wool tha'
it contains. The day is not far distant
when sheep will be shorn unwashed
and wool secured before it leaves tn,
State IN which it WAS sheered. Wool
growers will then be able tn sell thei
wool on ita merits. Michigan Farme,'
SAYS an exchange: Glover stands a
the head Of all the grasses in the pro
portion Of nutriment it contains. Thi
Is not the general opinion. but it is
fact nevertheless. As usually treated
much of the goodness of the clover i
lost. The common plan Is to dry il il
the sun, whereas it ought to be cnret
In the cock. There is all the differ
ence in the world between these tw,
methods of treatment. The drying pro
cess evaporates and wastes much Of tn
nutriment contained in clover. Whel
cured, this is retained, and its presenc
is what imparts its peculiar sweetnes
to well-made clover hay. Sun-drie,
clover has but little virtue in it, TIL
leaves crumble into powder, causin,
that Well-known dustiness which ha
led to the general impression that Glove
hay is largely the canse Of heaves /
horses. While dried clover is one G
the worst OF folders for horses atfccte,
in their wind, cured clover is one Of til
best. Precisely "a large amount Z
human food is spoiled by bad cooker.
SO is great proportion Of clover ha
rendered valueless by the way it
made
, @THE jersey says the New lor
Herald, "is far too good for the mill
man, who would find Holstein or on
of the deep-milking stripes Of til
short-horns much more profitable. III
good-all-ronnd COW is an anachronisn
she might have done very well whe
every man was his own butcher an
baker. Nowadays the farmer is oblige
to consider what particular line will be.
suit his circumstances and surroun,
ings-whether beef or milk or chees
or butter-and he must act aeeordingl,
. or on this depends his success or failur,
Ii he decided on butter, there is no co
/ viii suit him SO well as the Jersey, *
. she il the only one that has been bre
, persistently for butter alone, and she
the accumulated result Of son
hundreds of years of persevering effo
in that direction. We will sum h,
merits up as briefly ms we can. "
! hold that the jersey is the most prof
, able of butter COWS: she will yield mo-
/ butter for her size and the food co
snmed than COW Of any other bree
whatever; that good Jersey will vie
halt her own weight Of butter in We,
she rarely exceeds son pounds
] weight, and her average Is about a
: pounds COWS that yield half til
amount of butter in year are 81
. found in every good herd; that h
i milk is richer than that Of any bree
5 six quarts very commonly products
i one pound Of butter. There is, ther
: fore, less water to handle, to mil
!. manage, and find pans for: that Il
/ butter il better in color, in texture N
/ in flavor, and commands higher prize
! that she comes into profit early, Il
& first calf being commonly dropp,
) when she is years old, and often |
q fore, and that she is SO gentle til
/ women can easily handle her"