The Penn's Grove record., 1883-09-29

proved that they cannot do without
them. He predicts that the day is not
far off when some humane benefactor of
his kind and horse kind will produce
a breed of horses having such firm,
tough feet, in addition, to all other
good qualities, that shoeing will be un-
necessary.
"A great many farmers, says Seed
Time and HdrUest, believe that the
breed of hogs is determined by the
amount of corn in thu crib. 1t is true
that the best bred bogs require the
most liberal feeding. In fact, it is one
of the advantages of a good breed that
it will make better use of the greatest
amount of feed than a poor animal, but
a starved pig of the best breed is the
worst kind of a scrub.
The Chicago Inter Ocean claims
that hay can be shipped proftably from
the West because the improved method
III baling overeomes the disadvantages
of being far from market. In the West
improved presses and wire are used in
baling hay. and a third more weight is
put into the same space than in the
Eastern States, where old-fashiOned
presses and wooden hoops are used.
One advantage in planting fruit
trees by roadsides is found in the fact
that they are less liable to attack from
insects. 1t is believed that the road
dust is helpful in driving insects away.
If this theory be true, busting trees i'll
orchards with lime should prove effec-
tual. Ashes are still bettei, where
they can be had, as in ripening lruit IA
considerable amount of potash is
always required.-Americap CHiti-
pdt0r.
The Farmers Magazine, comment
ing ON the experiment of permitting the
students of Amherst College to cultivate
land, states that the luminosity of the
farmers in that section does not arise
from fear of competition, for the pro-
duction would be too little for such
purpose, but the farmers are averse to
''book farming" and new methods,
which are liable to throw experience
only in the shade. 1t advises the
farmers to watch the boys closely, and
if they succeed adopt the improved
methods.
Sheep prefer upland pastures and a
great variety of grasses. 1t has been
proved that the pasture has a greater
influence than climate on the fineness
of wool. Fat sheep yield heavier and
coarser f~ieeces, than those that are poor
in flesh. The fine liOcks East, when
taken to the Western prairies in the
same latitude, willin a few years change
their character. The quantity Of feeces
and size of sheep will increase but the
6neness of the wool will not be retained.
Sweet or upland heritage is the best for
fine wool.
The Germantown Telegraph says /:
''Peach leaves are poisonous, and often
prove fatal when eaten by animals.
The leaves are said to contain prussic
acid, and a number of instances are
recorded of sheep being killed by eating
them. Instances have occurred in
which cattle and sheep have been poi
ao,ad bu aatinu tho Ioavae IF tho wild
cherry. 1t has been said that the leaves
Of the cultivated cherry are free from
poison until they have wilted but
cases have been known in which the
green leaves have proved poisonous and
fatal to animals"
Herbs for winter use should be
gathered when the plants are in flower.
Just as the flowers begin to fade is con-
sidered to be the best time to harvest
them. The herb garden was formerly
of greater domestic Importance than in
these days of patent medicines, but
whether this change is an advantage to
1ealth may well be questioned. To dry
herbs it is best to tie them in small
bundles and hang them up in an airy
she'd Washington Tribune,
The Michigan Farmer gently re-
marks that "a farmer who has tried the
no-road-side-fen plan, declares his
pious soul to have been greatly vexed
because of the trouble and damage
caused by any transfer of stock from
parts of his own farm, or the passing
droves in the highway, and also that in
crop rotation the want of a fence com
| PEELED him to omit pasturing fields
| when such forage would have been OF
great advantage to him. He thinks hi
cannot quite spare the fences yet"