The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-10-12
FARM NOTES.

Coarse straw makes a good mulch, II free
from weed seeds.
1t is best TO clean out the granaries be,
fore storing grain every season, in order
TO prevent weeyil.
All fruits ripen better in the dark than
In the light, tomatoes included, says the
Farm Journal.
The shoots Of this seasons growth should
be cut from grape vines, gooseberty and
currant bushes any time from the lst OIL
November to the middleoi December.
One cause Of u failure to procure eggs al
this time is the moulting OF the hens
Those that m0uit the earliest will begin to
lay the soonest, aud should be kept for win
ter laying.
Young calves should not be allowed to
become stunted for want OF proper care OF
a sufficient supply oil milk. Push them
nom the start whether intended for veal OF
the dairy.
Says Fuller, in bis Small Fruit Cultural:
~ do not believe there is one acre OF straw
berries in a thousand cultivated in this
country that yields over one-balt what 1t
would II the ground were properly pre-
pared before planning.
The thorough airing given to cream by
the centrifugal machine has q very purify
| ing effect With 1000 revolutions min
ute the cream gets more airing in that time
than In day in still atmosphere. 1t
also purifes the skim milk.
The Southern Lie Sock Journal recon-
mends the growing Of peas for hogs. Peas
may be grown and fed to hogs prohtably-
either In q green or matured state. They
should be sown at different dates, and the
hogs turned in on them.
Crors OF 200 bushels and occasionally
ovor that amount, OF strawberries are re-
ported 10 an acre, $50 bushels being only
fair crop, states Dr.. Hoskins, oil Vermont,
and at 10 cents quart such crop will re.
turn $40 per acre, more than half OF which
is clear profit.
AS o remedy for bee stings, correspon-
dent OF the Sheffield (Eng) Independent
says: "When person is stung by bee or
wasp let them take little common whit.
ing, mix it with cold water into paste, and
apply it to the part affected. In afew min
utes the pain will cease"
Saws the American Clltiuator: 1.-THE anxl-
ely about frosted corn may be partially re.
lieyed by the IaCt that when untimely
frost Comes the grain robs the stalk to per.
feet itself. Hence, there will be more and
better grain than Is now expected, but the
fodder will possess less feeding value"
The American AOriculturia thinks that
melons should be allowed TO become dead
ripe" before the seeds are taken from them
for next season, as they will grow better
Tho same is true Of nearly all fruits and
vegetables, for perfect maturity OF the seed
is essential to termination.
A correspondent OF the Fruit Recorder
mentions that he used carbolic acid and
soap suds on his plum trees, with perfect
success, us remrdy for curculio. He used
one large spoonful Of the acid to bucket Of
suds, stirred it thoroughly and dashed it
up through the trees with tin cup.
The New York Times suggests that
farmers steep their seed wheat in some
caustic solution that will destroy the germs
OF rust and smut. These substances destroy
the spores or seeds Of the minute plants
that produce the diseases. Smut is rapidly
increasing, and precautions should be taken
to prevent it.