The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-06-29

colt' rains "blcn deisy corn painting
are not without their compensation.
Tie general failure oftLe apple crop,
a year ago, has greatly lrssenee The
numbers Of the codiing moth. We
may, therefore. hope for a fnIi crop oi
fruit, free from worms, the coming
season.
In cutting ont the bliebtsd portion
Of pear trees, the knifs, saw or rrun-
ing shears should he frequently rinsed
In carbolic acid and water u, prevent
the spread of the disease To healthy
trees.
If any disease attacks peach tree,
dig IL up and put another IN its place.
10 AL probability IL In case of the
yellows, and the loss of tree il a triHe
as compared with the danger of " read
inc the iLfscticn.
A young calf will begin 10 rat grain
or good bright hay at i've or AK months
oil. A little scHIied meal ~ this age
Is better than an allmilk ration, as IL
Is hest to sccnstom them 10 solid food
as early as possible.
IL Is the belief Of many c'osr otserv-
ers that the CESSATION of domestic ami
mails II retarded 10y severe winter,
like the last, ana hss,rned by warm
winter. Some reported facts this year
tend to confirm this theory.
By actual trial the past season one
hundred bushels Of shelled corn shrsnk
70 ninety bs.~-en Dscemi'sr and the
first Of May. IL was pot in tight
bin, aud the shIink.ge was from svsp-
orstion--not frnm rats ~ mice.
The Iudia wheat crop ~ said 10 be
larger than ever before. Tue export of
wbsat from that fAr-of country has
greatly increased within fe~ years,
and Indications are that India, rather
than Russia, will be our chief cOmpeti-
TOT in supplying Europe With bread.
II n fearel that much of the corn
crop in Iowa and Illinois viii prove a
failure from poor seed. j; has long
bccn known that homegrown ssed was
doubtful az the best, end the more en-
terpriaing farmers sent % Nebraska
and Kansas where seed VAS letter.
A cold rain-storm in Spring or even
ia Summer is more likely TO injnre
cows than tho severest cold, dry wealth
sr 0f Winter. Good shelter and q
little -xtra fsedine should lie provided,
snl even with these precautions the
yield of milk will probably show a
shrinkpge.
A great many fields. especially those
long and narrow, are always rlowed the
same way. Simply changing the direc-
tion Of working will often make great
increase in prodnctiveness. The fur
row cut across the old lines of fhrrows
Is not stopped by the same stones,
while new soil is opened 10 the growth
Of plant roots
When rye is rnrned under ss grees
manure, il shodld he plo~ed just he'
fore the stem and head appear. Al
this time the leaves are full Of sap and
the whole mass il decqmpased very
rapidly. Ii the field il left until The
straw forms, decomposition depends OF
. the weather, and very dry Summer
NAV leave some unchanged till Fall.
The water that flows over plowee
field washes off the most soluble por
! tiohs oil the soil, and deposits them il
the bottom of bitches. When is per
colates through the sill to an under
drain, the loss is reduced to the smalles
possible amonnt. There is some los
! in undertaking water hnt even thi
> is in great part prevented by having |
growing crop on the giound all th'
Z time.
What shall be d dsne with sour milk
> Is ths question for farmers wher'
: many COWS are kept and much butter j
made. Ifanywhere near village o
: city good market can be had for cot
tsge cheese, made by heating the mill
to the cnrdling point, pressing aad Al
ding little salt. In any place n
many pigs may he kepO as there ar
: cows, and they will only need a littl
corn ia fall to make good pork.
We have noticed that when rye o
other green manure is plowrd under th
y soil IL easily worked aud fee frol
: weeds. Ii we examine under th
= leaves of strong growing green Gro
of any kind, we win find thousands {
punny weeds. that have germinate
while che ground was uncovered an
been smothed by the fair growth
When weed seed thus pefishes
benefits the soil more than it can b
" growing larger before being plcwed M
der.
LuspuNcToS, MICK, Feb. 2, 1880.
have sold Hop Bitters for nu