New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-11
FARM AND GARDEN.
From The Weekly Tribune Of Jane O.
crprpIrTORY NOTES AND QUERIES.

CONTRIBUTORS NOIES AND QUEhiEo.
r,rofessor w. A. Henry reports in reference tc
...ooc,. at the Experimental Farm of the Univer-
IT. Of Wisconsin, that cows were fed with all the
s,,rsd corn fodder they would eat by stripping Oh
ths leaves and other tender portions for themselves
Sooetber with one pound each of bran ana Oh corn
ssi and one and half pounds of oil meal for each
snimaL Other cows had the same grain and all
shs epsilage they would eat made from fodder corn
from the same field. Comparing the effect of the
Yields of equal areas in corn fodder the fodder OF
one area being cured rs usual and fed as above,
that of the other made into enNlage. the iatter
went about twice as far as the former Inns Is en
planned at least mainly, by the fact that tne oIm
Ate the enslage clean, but would not eat Tue s'a,H
of the fodder; but the Professor thinks tne sly
should be credited with thus securing Ine
utilization of the fodder Ing COWS i eer o cent more
butter than those fed on cured iodaer no d, %
ence could be perceived between the samples vi
fo calves with very good results, and steers maze
n fair gain in weight on ensilage alone Inc ehI,Ie
cost Of ton of the ensilage slowed away "a Tue Blu
Was estimated TO be about 81 oO.--lC y. W.
While making some new fence we lately
CHANGED upon a nopel economy We were stretching
barbed wire along a line of hedge of barbeTy ana
sweet brier planted last year and had set chestnut
posts or stakes to support the wire. About every
40 feet young tree of catalpa on one line ana To-
cust ON another were planted in the hedge rev ior
fnture holding OF the wire. The posts were peeed,
the bark coming of freely lin May) and the feet
long and or 10 inches wide plates of bark were
curling no as they dried when 1t occurred 10 US taI
tbey were the very thing 10 give completeness anu
security to our job Cattle turned IN would no1
touch the barberry or brier, but would browse the
trees or bend them down and break them, 10 pre-
vent this we incased each tree with an S-foot GYM
der of bark a perfect armOr of defence and support
We have since armored some young street trees IN
the way, aud by tying with three narrow panIs
rs tidy as a churn with polshed hoops. Inc
cutting of the posts in April or May IS not recon-
mended late June would be better Tor dufaDlilty,
Int these will last well until the safely secured trees
become competent supports.-lW.
-. Nearly three-fourths of an inch of water fel
during the heavy thunder shower on the 10th ult.
The orchards were in bloom, and we talked OF the
effect of such a rdia-,cdshiag Of the blossoms. They
were so abundant it was well they should be
thinned But rain did not affect them much.
Many were not open, many inclined downward
were sheltered by the umbrellalike calyx. OF those
exposed the pollen cases were not yet open IN many
and as 10 the most critically vital point, the gum
like drop IN the funnel-hke mouth OF the stigma, IL
may perhaps be washed away or reduced by long
continued heavy rain, but III an experiment male
upon grape blossoms under glass, continued dash
OF water from the coarsest rose of syringe seemed
to have no i'll effect upon the drop Ii looked after
ward as capable as ever OF receiving ana reIaiHng
the fertilziDg grain of pollen that II was waluhg
for.-lBairco.
" | have been tying up canes OF rdsp6aT1es,
Clarke and other antwerps, which were protected
well by simply sticking some evergreen prunings
among them IN November. | set light hye-toot
stakes kept for the purpose in the middle of scat
tered cump of canes, draw their tops one by one
srch-wise in 10 the stake and tie fast with shreds
OF the leaves of Yucca tilamentosa This material
find WORTHY for its hardness and durability OF ali
that has been said in commentator OF 10. Only a
part of the seedlings afford the very long tough
leaves that are best such do are worthy OF prop
agation by taking off side root bulls in the spring
for a stock for garden and vineyard USE These
shre1s are more easily and rapidly manipulated
than twiue.-lQnartus.
ITO show the effects Of different seasons: one
spring had early peas May 20; this year they only
began poisoning May 20, and there will probably
be none for table before about the middle Of June.
Apple trees began poisoning here May 5--soIne
week later and still In full bloom In cold the
poisoning period continues longer than in warm
OF hot ones FOrsythia usually is only three weeks
in blossom this spring it has continued full
month.-[Subscriber. Toms River, n. j.
MIR. j. c. Pierce relates that last winter cow
dfqed up prematarely four months before calying;
she had been IN the habit of giving milk up TO tho
time of coming in. He could think of no reason for
ii except the free use of buckwheat bran Tor feed,
"as she was in good flesh" lack of nutntioD always
tends 10 drying down milk, and the scanty nutrl-
ment afforded BY buckwbeat bran could hardly be
expected to have any other efect.-l A Dairyinan.