Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-07-05


Prof. Sanborn has conducted se-
ries Of experiments which prove con-
ClusiVely that Il takes more corn to
make pound Of pork when the hogs
were allowed to run at large than
when they were confined to tho pen.
Skinned milk Is one Of the very
best articles Of diet for laying hens.
and, 20 far as they can use it, it can be
put to no more profitable nse. Mixed
with wheat bran it makes an excel
lent feed for growing chicks.
There does not seem to be any feas-
ible way Of getting rid OF the rose bug
except by manipulating. The rose
slug is another depredator which
should be kept under by busting the
plants with powdered hellebore.
Many so-calIed cases Of pear blight
on ounce stock are not blight at all,
but are simply the killing Of the
ounce roots from being planted too
shallow. The ounce root il very ten
der, and in localities where winters
are severe should always be heavily
mulched. AS the ounce likes cool,
moist soil, the mulch may be left on
during the following summer.
Henry Stewart says that when a
dairyman intends to permanently pas
ture bis COWS he can recommend the
common qnack grass as a splendid
early pasture, orchard grass next,
then red-top and blue grass, with
white clover mixed in, and red clover
or incerne to help out deficiencies.
lie considers these the most produc-
tive milk material for the dairy.
A correspondent Of the Country
GcntIcmGn deprecates the practice OF
burning weeds, stubble and vegetable
refuse ON the farm. saying that the
soil is being deprived of the very ma
terlal absolutel y necessary to its per-
manent fertility-both plant food and
the capacity for holding moisture,
without which the former is compar-
atively useless. To this destruction
Of vegetable matter is due the impov-
erishinent OF the soil far more than TO
exhaustion by the crops, and not un-
tll the destructive custom is stopped
can anything like former fertility be
restored.
The GermantowE Telegraph says
that Sin selecting old apple aud pear
trees for the purpose Of grating care
should be exercised to take only those
that retain their foliage late in the
autumn. They will insure the grow
ing of the graft sufficiently long to
firmly establish it aud cause it to re-
main unaffected during the winter.
In every instance that we have tried
TO raise fruit from CRAFTS on old trees
which shed their leaves early we have
failed. They grow for few years,
bear few specimens, and then die. 7"
In setting plants make the ground
Rcllow and rich with manure for
considerable space around where the
roots are place':, so they may have .
shance to reach out. The roots should
have ample room, do not cramp them.
When the earth is well drawn up
around the plant, place your feet care
fully upon each side of it, and firm"
the earth down solldly. This will
greatly increase the chance of its liv-
Ing, rs it prevents the soil from dry
Ing down to the roots.
The american Cultirator saws -
"Did you ever try planting peas in
hills? Make large hill, rich with
well-rotted compost or fertilizer; then
take a nail keg, or something about
that size, and press it into the ground
80 as to make deep circle upon the
hill; sow your peas in that circle,
and plant q large Ell brush in the
center. YoG can grow as many peas
TO the acre in this way as in the drills.
They are convenient for the pickers,
and they have a neat and tasty look
IN the garden, which is not a small
item, especially when you are trying
new method.
The wonderful benefits of drain til
ing are becoming more apparent dali
ly. Mr.. james Gibson, of Franklin
township, has reclaimed field of six
ty acres by thing. This piece OF land
Was little better than a swamp. Only
here and there were there patches Of
ground that conld be cultivated in
the dryest of weather. By laying a
few hundred rods OF thing, he is en-
abled TO cultivate nearly the whole
field. In addition thereto the land
has been increased in value about $40
per acre. The value and benefits OF
tlling are only beginning to be fully
understood. Thousands Of acres in
Story county would be speedily re-
claimed by understanding, which will
make it one of the richest stock coun-
les in the State.-ATTte'S LntciLigen-
ceT.
Il is often desirable to know which
Is the most profitable way to sell
i1wls-alive, dressed or both dressed
and drawn. To find out weigh the
fowls alive, then after it is dressed
and again after being drawn. Record
the weight in each case. and then lit
tie figuring, with weight and marke,
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