The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-07
FARM NOTES,

FARM NOTES.
It is estimated that the value Of the gar.
den products OF Massachusot,p, exclusive Of
potatoes and beans raised on the farma,
equaled 100000 last year. /,
Mr.. Green, Of New Albany, Ind, says he
finished the bearers in his elgh,een.acre
peach orchard by scalding them with hot
water, poured on from the spout Of tea
kettle. g.,r. ...,...
The want Of pure and fresh water &C.
counts In many instances for the lack OF
eggs during the winter season. Fowls re.
quire constant supply OF water, and with.
out 1t will not lay. s zeg5. +
It is common in some quarters to USE
any kind Of salt for butter, but unless the
best be used tho butter will b. inferior
and necessarily sell low. It Is economical
to procure good salt Tor such purposes. 4
In California considerable fruit Is can
ned in the orchard where 1t grows, the
canned product bearing transportation
better than the fruit which has to be ship
ped even a short distance from the factory.
Next to Australia, we are now producing
more clothing wool than any other country
on the face OF the earth. In 1876 our wool
product was ll5,000,000 pounds, while the
present year twill not be far from 350,000,.
900 pounds. .I.5. ..n.,y
It has been noticed by members Of tbs
Kansas State horticultural Society that in
Bects injurious to fruits arc more numer.
GUS about the railroad stations. The aver.
age loss in that State by the deprodations
OF insects was "a percent. ae saatt
at the Kansas Agricultural College there
were cut during the present season four
crops OF alfalfa hay from the same land.
The fourth crop OF hay was not as heavy as
the average Of tho first three cuttings, but
the four crops will give easily six tons to
the acre. E'7'N7 ri
The american Cultirator says that il bar.
ley has not terminated the TACT OF It's having
been slightly stained by wet is no actual
detriment whatsoever. The grain is not
really injured, and ought to bring to the
farmer just as much as the bright samples
Of equal plumpness.
The american Cultirator suggests that one
great reason why go much dilapidated
wire fence is seen is because the wires are
stretched too tightly. Cold contracts iron,
making the wire shorter in winter than
when the fence WIS built at e milder tenn
perature, and something has to give wsy.
A Western writer Gays that the m.44 u
the butter sold goes for half price. y7afll
and out, largely because it is cLuin.4 ..:e"
wrong Temperature by persons 100 sli. "
or too stupid to invest in good I!psIn0nt.
eter. A variation OF five degrees from the
standard spoils or greatly Injuries si.h.r
butter or cheese. '.....
The following is said to be al ,2celioI,
method for corning beef: Pack the beef
solidly in good strong barrel, and then
pour over it, boiling hot, a liquid composed
OF sufficient water to cover tns beef, iato
which has been dissolved two ounces OF
saltpetre, eight pounds Of salt and one
quart OF molasaes for every 100 pounds oil
beef. - y
An indianapolis, Gnd.) fruit grower
says: "Last year put twelve m1les III
my strawberry patch Of five acres to catch
the grubs, and they did the work. never
had dozen plants injured during the sun.
mer, either by the grubs or moles, unow
some people do not care for molss Oh their
farms, but I want them in my strawberry
patch"
Professor E. N. Shelton, OF the Kansas
Agricultural College Farm, having tired Of
the necessarily wasteful way Of feeding
loose salt to stock, now finds that six
inch square lump OF rock salt in box to
which the animals have free access at all
times is an economical and healthfnl plan
which proves entirely satisfactory" ~
Cooked potatoes are eaten gleedily by
hogs, and unstable potatoes can best be
disposed of in this way. Careful expert.
ments show that on an average cooked po-
tatoes are three-iourths the value Of corn
for feeding, while raw ones are less than
one-half. This year the relative value Of
potatoes and corn will give etill better
showing for the tubers.
A lady advises those who are troubled
with little flies about their plants in winter
to use separate saucers for the pots, and to
water the plants from the bottom by filling
the saucers with boiling wafer S.nce be-
ginning this practice, she writes, sne is not
troubled by the flies, and thinks tho plants
do much better watered in this way than
by pouring the water on the Top.
Drainage not only deepens the soil but
improves its texture and quality. The
roots Of the crops will penetrate only to the
depth at which the soil is drained. The
land that is we'll drained can be worked
sooner after rains and endures the drought
better, while the ground WARNS earlier in
the spring, and permits Of more abundant
crops and better tillage.
Attention to little things abou. the farm,
as in any other business, is what increases
the profits. Plenty Of eggs, few chickens,
a few, calves, a colt or 80, help wonderfully.
II some Of the perquisites 'ariainga are given
to the children Tor the care bestowed they
will cheeriully help in the garden, and
thus another important item Is added to
the well being Of the family. !