The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-06-20
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The average prics Of egg IN England
= shout 30 cents per dozen. and 76O ,0OO,-
600. egg ass annually imported.
There are few farms on which money,
invested in improved machinery and
better tillage viii NOT bring greater
return than savings-bank interest.
There are 70 many useful purposes
for straw. that the wise farmer will
scarcely need to have recourse 10 Are
10 get rid Of IL. Il makes an excellent
mulch for all kinds Of fruit trees and
berry vines. Use it for beading and by
frequent changing increase the compost
heap. spread il ON dry knolls and
places in meadows aud pasture where
the grass has been burned or dried out
Township fairs at which farmers bring
together any animals or articles they
wish to sell or exchange have proved to
be Of great advantage in some parts Of
New York. In many cases they are ct
tended by city buyers who make liberal
purchases. s& u
Kentucky blue grass is fitted only for
dry, warm, calcareous soils, ON which
il is considered the most valuable of
American pasture grasses. It may be
sown at the same time as other grasses,
but it will in time displace all others in
the same field.
Buckwheat can be sown any time in
June. It is not necessary to wait until
July, as it is as hardy as corn and may
be sown in May. 1t pays very we'll for
good work and care, and is not crop
to be despised, because it is quite Us
valuable as an average crop of oats or
wheat when equally good care is given
to it. The ground should Ike well
plowed and narrowed and the seed sown
and narrowed in thoroughly. A peck
Of seed to the acre is quite enough, as
the plants branch better with thin SOW
ing, and SO yield more grain. On good
soil Is bushels per acre have been pro-
duced, although Is bushels Is q more
common crop. Timothy aud clover may
he sown early, and, being taken of
early, gives the grass good chance to
get established before the winter.
As we looked over the surging masses
on Wall Street, the other day, and saw
the care-worn, haggard faces, wethought
how many of the anxious throng who
had been reared on the farm would he
thousand times more happy were they
still the owners and occupants of the
paternal acres. Though they might not
be owners of princely fortune, and
maybe, might have to economize some
what, we thought their sleep would be
sweeter and their faces more content
and happy than now. Surely, money
should not be the end and aim Of mans
life. There is something in home
and contentment and happiness. Boys.
think twice before you leave the farm
Rural New Yorker.
A Vermont farmer who has fed ensil-
age for several years reports very favor.
sbly Of the results. The past winter
his stock has been fed for five months
upon this fodder. Calves bought in
October for % to $40 per head have
been fed upon bushel Of ensilage and
pint of middlings and bran daily, and
are now worth $2O each. These year.
lings are in the best condition, smooth
and thrifty. The number Of stock kept
has been trebled since ensilage has been
made and fed, and the experience of the
past winter proves that the stock may
be doubled, making an increase Of elk
fold as the result of growing fodder
crops and curing them in the silo.
People who didn't cut firewood in win
ter, as we advised, will please note this
from the Rural World: "Of green wood
one-third to one-half or more of its
weight is water, partly depending upon
the time of cutting. All kinds of wood
cut In January in thenorthern and vest
ern states contain from Is to 25 per cent.
less water than they do in spring. Ex-
periments have shown that 100 pounds
Of ashwood cut in January contained
twenty-nine pounds of water, while the
same amount cut in April contained thir-
ty-eight pounds of water; 100 pounds of
sycamore cut in January contained thir-
ty-three pounds of water, and forty cut
In April. White pine cut in January
contained fifty two pounds ;.ut in April,
sixty-one pounds of water"