Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-10-03
Farm Notes.

nr Farm Notes.
The castor bean plant is said to
- kill grasshoppers by the million.
- Remove all brush and litter from
'g the apple orchard before picking
time.
. This years crops in the United
nails. States are estimated to be worth
S3,OOO,O 100000.
, Tho In setting out fruit trees it is bet
That ter 20 select new ground than to
,ettar take the site Of an old orchard.
piled Nebraska has nearly 100000
listed acres of planted forests in good con-
,erva- dition.
salt Keep accounts with every field
cattle you cultivate, and you will be gra'
then tilted at the result at the end ofthe
clined season.
own The shortening of a tap-root IS
$, not of no more injury to a tree than IS
bad, the shortening of the 6nger-nails to
On at man.
Need o., .
gem Mixing hen feed with a strong
B. buds of common soft soap is recon-
then thaRded both as preventive and a
farmer pay the gapes.
F. No, goods -lish authority says boiled
England had MIXED with cut hay or
made us pay the pplesome and econo'
good calicoes and coses.
cheaper than from 1866 to Santa Barba.
can buy steel now as cheap sars old, is
bought iron then. l get protectnd in 1882
for wool so that can sell it fit.
more than the Canadian and stileds NAV
buy cheap WOODEN goods, such as ubeds
we wear here cheaper than we did elton.
20 years ago. My store accounts rlred.
snow tnlS' dot a
d. but you ala not answer the pull
of tho question oron
f. Yes, l see your point. In worms
truth the man who produces pays
all the taxes at last; but we prefer .oooo
q tariff that protects while it taxes 49,
20 a system that levies directly "U0 -
lpon property and let's the impoc NV "
er here and the exporter abro
70 free. We have tried both
md the indirect system is be,r CRUST Vi
armers. Free trade mean iore putting IL
armers shall pay the taxes. oe d licn anu
leans that importers, city wl.hou' O"A'"s
Tres and dudes shall pay ""O.0''
'esldes, we have Learned Stahu oil alnoS'
'ade increases the cunt oil manure al
over of money, Will fermented manure has
le value of proper injurious.
ucts of labor. ID that the milking quail
B. Do you rea COW depend more upon
10 difference If her sire's mother than mp
I'd protectionose of her own mother.
F. Yes, siSo cattle of any kind are allow
AIDE ed to be imported into Jersey and
y ytv Guernsey in order that the cattle
'9are ofthose islands may be kept strictly
{ and pure.
GO - When a horse is troubled with
,wors indigestion, says the New Ham
and pshire Mirror, it should not have
,ugbs large quartity of hay or grain. Dat
stont meal is the best food, being easily
vidod digested. Feeding often, with a
have small quantity each meal, is better
less than large quantity at once.
mong Corn loses one.ffth by drying
nown and wheat one-fourteenth. From
where this the estimate is made that it is
shed. more profitable for the farmer to
sell unshelled corn in the fall at
70 cents than at 81 bushel i'll fol-
lowing summer, and that wheat at
S1.25 in December isequal to Sl.5O
sie"' in the succeeding June.
have - Wv
ond Ifland is to be Fall plowed for
fnnv any purpose the earlier it is done
owo, the better. If a growth of annual
,ooly weeds start they will not have time
+hov to ripen their seeds if the blowing
,hort is done early in the Fall. All the
norm seeds thus terminated help to make
: Of the land cleaner and by their decay
s.ho richer.
/, the No greater mistake can be made,
The says the the Maine Farmer, than to
1aner turn calves to pasture at from
r its three to FIVE months of age, and
If of then leave them on the pastures
chant for dependence on that alone
the However plentiful the feed may be
!. not the calf will not keep up a fresh,
ad. plump condition on the grass food
w. alone. The great business of the
every growing call Is 10 make n'uSc'o'""u
king for this nothing is better than oats
he is which are not injurious to young
n.up animals.
.iaee Kerosene is better than crude
the petroleum for the softenng and
love clearing ont the gummed an har-
bout dened oil in the boxes OF mowers,
en- reapers and other farm machinery.
ar IN An oft.recurring question among
! the farmers is, what is the average
re- for Weld of straw to an acre? The
OF Pennsylvania farmers believe the
RS OF average crop of rye straw to be
using one ton.
All Top dress grass land pastures OF
shall meadows which will give the
eliest grass a vigorous start through fall
ucNy and make good growth to with
litter o.on1 nio,or and start early in