The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-23
FARM NOTES,

keep who can not ford TO take paper?
How long will the average farmer con
time to do double work and board i,
sell?' sl-ss..'I.I IN
At IS to $40 per ton English farmers pre-
fer to feed potatoes to stock rather than eel
them and buy oilcake.
NuSe,ymen report very p,ospcrou
season In their business, the demand FOL
fruit trees having been unusually large.
Mold the will OF d horse; neyer break Il
because the will OF horse Is Just as i'm
portant force as his muscles aud nerves
The prospect Ia tina. a gang.plow, seeder,
and grain harvester all drawn by steam
power, will be in operation during the pres
entseason. soy
a good garden Is a sovereign remedy 10,
dyspepsia and liver complaint, the friend
OF growing children, and a peacem6ker in
the family, provided man does the work
Hens will lay ns we'll when not in com.
pany with the male as when they are KEEP.
together lteggs are not deaired Tor hatch.
ing 1t ID an advantage 10 keep them sepa.
rate. f.s .u.s 'HH. -,
Several successful onion,aiaers prepare
the ground for q crop in the fall, and sim.
ply harrow the surface q few inches deep
IN the spring. This couIne enables them to
plant early. ..H
For three years the Rio G.ands Sugar
company in New Jersey have iattenei
swine on sorghum seed. Thers has been
no sickness, ald they value this feed as
equal TO corn. It Ia cooked by steam pipe
cooled in tank.
D3n't to,gefo p!a1s 10. Of corn 10 be
Gu. up Tor selling The milk coSs. ahould
the pastures fail .nro Ugh drought. German
mtllss also ia good fos soiling, as 1t pro.
duees heavy crop Of leaves, and II is
quite nutritious. II no. needed 70. soiIiny.
/. will make good feed for next winter.
1t Is said that Russian fcrestcrs Gu. trees
Just before the bark tightens in the spring
o.mEch for peellng. They strip the bark
OF, butleave the upper branches and their
leaves untouched. Through these leaves
much Of the sap in the body OF the tree
evaporstes before they become dry, tbs
trunk seasons rapidly, and makes timber
much more valuable for any purpose, than
tHal CuI Ii winter.
A successful culsivator OF rsspberries
says the canes OF the blackcscs are MOI
usually pinched back early enough TO OBJ.
tain the beat results, and that the Dool;,tle
will not grow much higher after II Is head.
ed back, while the Mammoth Cluster and
h'egz, headed back at the aane time, will
!ncreass in heigh. about one.shird. Hence
the reason that some sorts mus. BE- headed
lower than others.
Inc pest way, says 4 correspondent, to
apply aalt to paths, to destroy weeds, ia as
follows: Boil the salt in water, one pound
10 one gallon, and apply the mixture boil.
ing hot with watering pot that hiss
s2readiu: nose. this will keep weeds and
worms away Tor two Or three years. Put
one pound to tEs square yard the frs.
yea:: aIterTa.d weaver solution may be
applied when desired.
4 Dakota farmer in 1851 planted a sin.
gle grain OF wheat in one OF his ca. zelda
From it grew twenty-five stalks, each bear.
ing a Huh head. These yielded $50 grains.
go OF which we're planted the mex; wear
producing one.aith OF buahel CT epleldid
Aoo "nl P'aulcU Ia3L epginp.
yielding seventeen bushels, making | ,0a0
pounds OF wheat from one grain in three
years. -
Extracted holey iG thu. whica is seps.
rated from the comb by rapidly whir!inc
the comb in separator thus throwing out
the honey. That from poplar and buck.
wheat Is gs clear as crystal and is the ONLY
pure honey, being wholly free rom bee
bEesd snd wax. Alter the honey ia eI-
trscted from the comb the comb is placed
back in the hives to be refilled, the object
IN using the comb over again being 10 save
the bees the work OF making it again, thus
allowing them 10 gather more honey.
Some time Aimee In strollins through
the market garden OF Bridgeport
aad Birmingham, Conn, / was much in.
telested in meeting ". II. Benjamin and
lesEnilg h:s method of bleaching celery.
Instead OF earshing i. up, I'd ia usually
done, Slr. Barjlmin simply ties in up
closely in old news or other papers when
It is ready Tor bleaching, and a. the end OF
IRON twelve to twenty days finds it IS
nicely b!eacEed e though it had bean
lsborous!y banked Up. He says ore-!hi,d
more celery can be get from an acre, be.
cause when it IS not banked it dces rot
need to be planted so lar apart; that a
great amount Of labor is savej, and By this
process the celery never ,rusts.-Cancd:cn
Hortic-lturtst. ia