New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-27
CONTEMPORARY FARM TOPICS.

Manitoba settler writes TO The London Agricul-
t,val Gazette that for six weeks of last winter the
mercury in that "NEw NORTHWEST" generally
ranged between 200 and 45o. and only twice or
thrice got above 100 below Sometimes it was
"a perfect terror working" even at such brisk labor
as threshing grain lie goes 20 say tlat for one
wear of good crops and good prices there are four
bad ones; adds that " half Of the farms out
here have heavy mortgages, and very few ever
manage TO clear their places again" and then ex-
presses md gpation 10 this forcbe way
"Yet TINS ia the country poor people are told TO
60 to- and If any people deserve hanging those GER
tainly do who make up the hand-bOOks and Dllls
which are given out the ole country TO intending
settlers One great piece of vlliaIny which Is
being practised IS the way agents are getting young
fellows TO pay them so mucn money, ana they the
agents are find farmers who want n lad, ana are
wiling to take green hand TO teachIlenty OF good
trainers would take green hands Tor ther grhn' ana
would ask no premium for teaching. So that the
agents have little or no bother, and pocket All
they get from their dupes."
Mr.. II. w. Dewey, Sidney Centre. n. Y. 10
test question of POTATO SEEDING, planted side by
side eight rows of Snowflake tubers differently cut
gave the same fertilizer and TO all, and the crop
convinced him. The Orange County Farmer says. that
the larger the potato the larger the yield"
Row 1. Whole large potatoes. with all eyes cut
out except two Oh seed enu, gave oA2 pdsE iaie~
ROW.. SIX eyes, three pieces. yielded large, pig
bush, small, 1-3 bush. o
Row 3. -Four eyes, two pieces, yleided push
large; ls busb small
Row 4. Two eyes. seed end, bush large; IL
Row 5. Two eyes, stem end, yielded 1s4 bush
Row 6. Two eyes, one piece. yielded 1 1-3 bush.
large; Il bush. small.
Row 8. Two eyes cut from potato two weeks be-
fore planting yielded Ito bnsh. In ALL"
n;r.c,or S,ur,ovant ~ the State EXperlment
Station. infers from observation of over 100 differ
ent VARIETIES OF CORN. at least 80 per cent Of
which showed naturalization. that most of
tho kinds raised in our fields not pure, but
crcss- bred. Concerning the few exceptions he
SAYS:
"Iu the small percentage OF seed which appears
true we may notice that the majority are of those
varieties winch, through earlneSs, bloom lar IN 40
vance of .he varieties ordinarily grown, ana through
this accidental relation have been able TO pre-
serve their variety intact. Thus the Golden FOp
may be grown with almost any variety, II planted
az the same time without danger OF mixing az IT'S
pollen has already disappeared before other Vafie-
ties commence to show their bloom"
Taste of the sweet, refreshing juice OF water
melon rendered icy-cod by being suspended for
thr DAYS just above the water III his well set a
correspondent of The COuunt thinking about posi-
bilities of REFEIGERATToN WITHOUT ICE:
How long pray, before shall BE- able TO make
q deep and lasting refrigerator OF an improved we'll
pattern with large and a small cement pipe-one
for the galvanized iron closet and one Tor tue pat
anced weight suspended over bls pulley III a
kitchen porch so as to bring our preserved cnld
goods to the surface with an added pound weight
aud a touch OF the maud SUCH a contrvance Is
possible at every mans door. 1t would wear ior
generations and involve no expense or trouble Ior
ice think would raise cream perfectly, and the
principles involved have all been approved IN prac
tice or hundreds of years"
MIR. Carey X. Smith, OF Iowa City, in the midst
of having had to take a broken pc from the pull
leys attached to his horse fork, carry 1T TO town,
hunt up a man who could MAKE A SPLICE. and pay
him ST. for doing it, besides losing day and delay
ing the work at home II resolved not to be under
similar necessity second time and 30 learned the
art himself and now can do such job III ten MIN
utes Tho "how" of 1t he explained in The IoTa
Homestead, and says any boy can become an adept
by a little practice:
"Unravel eight inches of the ends to be spliced;
,nterock them 40 that no two strands OF the same
niece will be together. Beginning with the strands
of one piece put each one and under the next
strand Of the other piece; draw all the ends up
tight: repeat this three times. then fray out the
short ends so as TO reduce them one-hal aud con-
tipue az before. Treat the upper end the same
Way Law the splice on the floor ana roll
il under foot 10 press il well together. and i
will warrant 1t 10 break any here else rather than
there A hardwood stick sbarpened smoothly ~
one end will be needed TO open way under the
strands This 10 all that Ia necessary for common
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