The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-31
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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
The structural difference between
soft and hard wood is In the relative
thickness Of the walls of the minute
cells which compose 1t.
Grapevines which overbear seldom
recover their full strength. a fair
crop Of most any fruit is more profit
able, IN the long run, than heavy
crop.
Rust and smut feed differently on
the wheat plant. Rust is usually on
the stalk and feeds on the pal ulum
prepared for the seed, but smut feeds
on the seed itself.
The toughest trees are those ex-
posed TO fierce winds. A tree grow
ing upon an exposed cliff or hill makes
excellent timber for any implement
where great strength is required.
Let he.iltter in the sta bles be kept
dry at all times. StandiI & oxAot or
fermenting manure has tercehcy to
make the hoofs Of the LorSes brittle,
and eventually brings on lameness.
English beef, which is largely made
by feeding roots, Is said not to be as
nutritious as American beef, which Is
made from corn and grass; but the
English beeI is regaIded as the best
Favored.
D. \. Jones, of BeetOn, Ont, had
$1,000 pounds of honey on exhibition
at the September meeting of the North
American Bee-kt epers' Association.
at Toronto. He is the largest apiarist
in the country.
Prof. BurriIl, of Illinois. finds soft
soap and kerosene, in equal quantities,
well mixed and diluted with twenty
parts OF water, a good remedy for the
cabbage worm. The solution should
be sprin6led on the cabbages.
IIorseradish yields from two to
four tons per acre and sells for from
tive TO ten cents per pound. The
worst drawback to its culture Is
the difficulty of eradicating it when
once it gets firm hold on the land.
Says The Iowa Register: One hun
| dred bushels of corn will shrink to
ninety in the crib, and to an extent
more than that, depending on
the openness of the crib and the hon
esty of the neiahbors.
1t Is said that If common salt he
added to poultry droppirgs il VIII pre-
vent its burning up pl"nis when ap-
piled to them; the theory being that
the great afiluity of salt for moisture
prevents the rapid drying Of the
droppings.
The Guernsey COW kathleen" -
gave in seven days, ending November
%, 303l& pounds of milk. from which
were made eighteen pounds and fiji
teen ounces of butter. She is The
property of L. W. Ledyard. Of Cdss-
ovia, n. y.
In trimming grapevines il should i've
remembered that the wood OF this
seasons growth will be the portion 10
bear next, and enough of it should Ice
left on the vine for that purpose.
The object. of trimming is 10 remove
only the superiluous wood, and the
vines should not be cut too close.
A good manure for fruit trees may
be ulade by mixing four loads of dry
peat or swamp muck with one lead OF
J stable manure, and one barrel OF dry
ashes. or two barrels of leached ashes.
Let it lie in heap for a few weeks
and work it over before applying. 1t
would do no harm to add barrel of
ground bone to the above. When 1t
is applied, cover the ground well as
far as the roots of the tree extend.
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when the leaves are coming out, 1t sell
: dom dies. The bark will generally
grow over during the season. This
: process checks growth and therefore
induces fruitfulness. We have known
, of apple growers to resort to this
practice TO get trees to bear. 1t is
2 needless 10 say that the practice is a.
danger GUS and Improbable one, for,
although the trees may not die, their
he.lthfuIness will usually be impaired
= and their longevity lessened.
/, Prof. Brown, of the Ontario Agri-
cultural College, says he feels assured
that the cause of thesomewhat preva-
lent animal consumption, or tubercu-
losis, among cattle, and lung disease
among sheep, is due largely to sudden
variations of temperature in winter,
brought about mainly by the over
, anxiety of many men IN regard to the
comfort. so-called, of their animals,
who believe in having the thermome-
ter at 20 degrees inside whan it stands
at 10 degrees outside. He thinks it is
clear mistake, under any circum-
stances, to shut the door on sheep.
Much difficulty is often experienced
by farmers in making cuttings of
grape and other wood grown when
! planted in cold soil in the SR.
. The trouble partly arises fro NJ me
+ fact that Air is much warmer then the
!, soil, which starts the bud before root
! action commences. If cuttings are
placed with their base ends in dry
, soil in the cellar bottom, she base
will callous and be ready to emit roots
as soon az planted. Market garden
ers make every cutting live by fur
nishing bottom heat, which simply
means keeping the soil in which the
cutting is planted warmer than the
bud, which is exposed to the air.
Poultry need lime with their food.
The common food alone will not fur
nish lime enough for full supply of
eggs. In state of nature hen
would lay single litter of eggs,
hatch them, rear the chicks, and then
give up business for the season. The
, ordinary food would supply this small
; demand. But when hen lays 100
eggs she Will want as much lime in
a month az she would naturally get
in year. This excess must be sup
piled. Crushed bone and oyster shells
are the best, and should be kept al
ways within reach Of the hens. 1t is
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