The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-18
FARM NOTES.

have much to do with keeping eggs in
good condition.
4 PRIZE Of $50 was given to Rhode
Island boy for raising the best crop Of
corn in competition eighteen bushels
on one-eighth Of m acre.
ACCORDING to tho results Of the ex-
perimcnts made ut the Maine State Ag-
ricultnral College. the pigs fed on nn.
cooked meal grew better than those fed
on cooked meal.
IT is reported that sometimes in
India, il prices are too low to snit
native grain-dealers. they bury the
wheat in holes dug in the ground, in
which it keeps for many months, il
carefully covered. Sometimes suffi-
Gent care is not taken in uneartlling the
grain. and dirt is mixed with it to
quantity Of 5 per cent. and upward.
Mn. $. II. HART. OF Brighton, near
Rochester, n. T., has used, during two
years past. water impregnated with gas
tar for the purpose Of destroying in
sects on his potato vines. 1t has proved
more effective than Paris green, and has
been used with equal effect on his cur
rant bushes. Two quarts Of gas-tar to
pailful Of water are the proportions
used, and the vines and bushes are
sprinkled by means Of watering-pot.
CAREFUL experiments have proved
that corn which is killed. will blow down
more readily than that which has level
culture. This can be accounted for by
the fact that corn roots run very near
the surface. and when hills are made
they are confined to the small space
covered by the hill; while in level cult
ure the roots run from one row to the
other. thus enabling the corn to stand
strong. rs nature intended. and in no
way liable to be blown down except by
winds Of unusual violence.
The hemlock makes beautiful
screen when kept moderately cut back,
the foliage retaining its fresh green hue
through the winter, and growing better
in shade than most evergreens. For
this reason the interior Of the hedge
does not become SO denuded and bare
as those OF the arbor Vita and some
other trees. In addition to its beauty
it may be made strong barrier by
stretching lengthwise through its GEN.
ter two good galvanized barbed wires
~ the hedge is growing up and form
ing. The best plants can be had OF
nurserymen, who sell them by the 100
or 100, and If some earth is retained
on their roots in removal they will all
live.
ASHES As A FERTILIZER.-Charl A.
Green, of New York, holds that ashes
are fertilizer of unquestionable value.
Most constituents of the soil are found
in the ashes Of vegetation. Ashes having
been once used in the growth Of vege-
tation may be largely used again to
nourish renewed productions. The
farmer il Indifferent, careless and waste
full of this great ally; though. if a supply
chances to he lying about in the way,
he will, from necessity, apply it to the
fields. often inconsiderately, and breathe
freer for the radiance. A large part Of
the most valuable ingredients Of ashes
is lost to the farmer through exposure
to the rain. as ashes are often out in
boxes or barrels six months.
IMPROVING A FARM. Ohio farmer
gives his experience in improving o
farm that was in poor condition when
he bought it. ut was difficult. !" he says,
"for me to get from twelve to fifteen
bushels Of wheat per acre, but, by saw
ing all my manure and carefully apply
ing it. / have raised for the past six
years thirty-three bushels per acre on
IN average. My manner Of rotation is
Break to sod. plant to corn. follow with
oats. l apply all my manure ON the
stubble and plow-row, and drag and
harrow and roll and drill Mt least three
inches deep. and seed to timothy and
clover. four quarts of each, in March.
seldom fail to get good catch. Keep
to grass three years. BE sure and save
oil your farm manure, and You will
need no artificial fertilizers"
pRorIT IN FEEDING cows.-Maj.
Alvord. Of Houghton farm. New York,
believes that. if the present large i'm
portation Of COWS into this country is
not stopped, nine-tenths Of the COWS in
Orange county will die Of contagious
disease. He suggests that small past
ures and few cows are better than large
ranges with many cows. Next to the
grasses in the pastures he would look
to shade and water, and have these in
as many places as possible. He believes
that. by the feeding Of ensilage, the
period of change from the pasture to
the stable can be wiped out, and the
transition from outdoor feed to that oi
the stable not noticed. The supply oi
good. pure water should he kept up,
and roots and other green food freely
| given. He claims that nothing will
take the place Of Indian corn in feeding
1 for milk
CARE II TRIMMING TREES. - In
trimming apple trees and gathering
apples men should not lie allowed to
climb upon the limbs with heavy boots
on. 4 little injury to the bark is apt
to cause the tree to wither, If not die.
lndia-rubl,er boots or bare feet will not
do any injury. A gentleman relates
the following circumstances: A hired
man dropped pole heavily into the
fork of thrifty lO-year-old red
astrachan tree This was in December.
In June following the bark separated
from the wood and dried up over the
bruises by September the foliage on
that limb became pale and light. The
dead bark was trimmed away and the
bruise covered with clay, but by the
next fall the limb was entirely dead
The limb next it is feeble now and viii
die. as the entire tree will soon
Chicago Times.
/ TRAINING HEIFER.-A heifer should
he trained as soon as it is weaned. She
thould then be battered and made USED
to he tied up and handled and led b.
the halter. She should be carded ant
brushed, and her ndder and teat
handled frequently until she becomes
used to it. A month or two before sh
calves she should be tied up on.
brushed, and the udder rubbed. an,
teats pulled; taught to lift the leg ant
keep it ont Of the way of the mixer
and generally disciplined. All thi
should be done gradually and gently
and the young animal made to under
1foni that there 10 nothing tn fear Ia