The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-11-28
Farm Notes.

tArm NObeh,
New York and Pennsylvania grow
two-thirds of all the buckwheat pro.
duced in this country.
In feeding corn to pigs that are
being fatted better results will be OBJ.
.aned il the corn is fed in connection
with bran, shipstuff and vegetables.
The ground is not safe place for
the fowls st night, as roup is engen-
dered by the cold earth. Always procure
roosts, and have them 80 situated as to
be out of the way of draughts or cur
rents of air.
Milk is excellent for fowls, and it
will pay to buy and use it for them, as
it materially increases the number of
eggs. 1t is given either in dishes or
mixed 18th the soft feed
Layering grapevines may be attempt
cd at any time after the wood has be-
come firm, and before the buds start in
the spring. The difference between
layers and cuttings is that the layers
are not detached from the parent vine,
which is thus enabled 20 noursh the
new plant
Corn that is to be cribbed should be
thoroughly dry or free from swell. The
crib floor should be several inches
above the ground so that the corn may
not be exposed to dampness or mois-
ture. The crib should also be thorough
ly cleaned out and well aired before
storing the corn.
The Jefferson County Union says
the poisonous acid iu cheese may be
detected by any grocer by applying
blue litmus paper to the fresh cut sur
face, when, if the acid be present, the
blue paper will instantly turn red. If it
reddens quickly the cheese should be
rejected rs unsafe,
A Wisconsin farmer stoutly main
tains that he prevents the ravages OF
the beetles in his potatoes by planting
one or two faxseed in each hill. He
says the bugs will shun the flax every
time, and that he has grown potatoes
in this way for ten years and secured
good crops when others failed.
Although some of the breeders OF
heavy draft horses maintain that all
the French breeds are classed as Nor
mans, the French only recognize the
Percherons as the true thoroughbreds,
and admit no Others to be classed in
the stud horses. The term Norman IL
an American one, and unknown in
France.
From 60 to 63 degrees Is considered
the proper temperature for churning
though the temperatures vary in differ
ent dairies, for much depends upon the
conditions Sweet cream should be
churned at lower temperature, and
for a longer time. than sour cream
The amounts OF butter obtained vary
under apparently the same conditions
and although fair yisld may be oh
tanned one day IL may be much les:
the next.
1t ia said that there are very few 10
calities in Europe where the honey bee
prospers, there being no staple bloc"
upon which they could depend for hon
ey. The most progressive people il
agriculture are the Swiss, who success
fully maintain great apialies at grea
altitude in the Alps. France is depen
dent on Switzerland for her honey sup
ply, but the time is not far distant wher
America will be exporting largely t.
all the European nations
The healthiesL pork cannot be ob
tanned from a clear feed of dry corn
The digestive organs of the animal 81
fed are sure to get out of order upol
so heating food, and thus the Who'll,
system becomes tainted and impure.
Nbickon Hints