Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-09-25
Farm Notes.
AUTUMN POINTS FOR FARMS.

Insure TIE farm buildings.
Prepare for the fall campaisn-in the
fields.
Turn-d-undsr strawberry beds suit fall
spinach.
Save the hest patches of timothy meadow.
for seed.
The value of manure depends chiefly on
the food
Young orchard. should ALWAYS be kept
cultivated.
Don't lei YOUR Wis roost where their REF
use will be lost.
Don, pillow more land for your wheat than
YOU can manure well.
In selecting trees from nurser, see that
the roots are not all on one side.
Eight hundred thousand bushels Of wheat
are used every day in the United States.
A common cold may be broken in a horse
by giving six drop. Of aconite every three
hours.
| Nebraska sets good example IN having
nearly 100000 acres Of planted forests in
1 good condition.
/ Swine in pens will turn vast quantity Of
! weeds into manure If given the chance, be-
sides thriving.
one imporian, result Of 'Ilagr i, that the
soil i, benefcially exposed 10 the air each
time IT Is stirred.
Wire fence should not We stretched too
tightly, The contraction 81 the iron in cold
weather breaks many wires.
Borien's tanGird-of eight and fi,+-
.i-h,hs pounds per -'allou IL nov taken and
accepted as tie standard fir milk
An English authority says boiled pntaio,.,
mixed With cut Ia, or straw. are a whole
scne and economical f,,od fir horses
After the bearing season i. over cut the
old canes of rasrecrrir., and later on thin
the new shoot, TO four in num' er
Prevent pastures from being grazed too
closely. b, FEEDING >nne corn f,!der ~ even
ha,
Top Dire, grass .nl. pastures 81 mead
ows. which viii cNe The grass a vigorous
starr through the fall aud make good
growth 20 Withstand winter aud start early
in spring.
Pull up by hand All weed, n potato, and
other growing cIo &. aud cart ;h,m u the
bru,h-hcsp Ger bur az.
Commence the preparation 81 lanl for
sowing winter wheat hy thorough and deep
meiowinG. a, crops are often doubled by
this thorough preparation, compared with
careless. .'ip,hod mode
Ike goo! care Of the straw after early
,nreshing. for The many valuable purposes
for which il may he used.
Keep pigs well Uttered and fhei- quarter,
clean. which viii promote faster growth
than in dirt, quarter, and be in less danger
of making unwholesome pork.
See that all domestic animals are vel
supplied with pur. water At this dry season
Of the wear
When potatoes have ceased grow ns it !,
better 10 di. them now when they will come
out clean than to wait till the >oi Incomes
muddy They ma, he stored in a cold, we'll
ventilated cellar. or otherwise in cool out
house, or on barn floor. or in a heap ur-
der the shade Of tree, well covered with
straw in each case. and not placed IN the
cellar tai near freezing weather.
In feeding fresh corn fodder 10 COW. let
il wilt one day.
In the orchard II fallen sPples are rrgu-
larry picked up 70 pig-feed or for sheep. a
tvo-fold bcnef; will be derived F: insects in
those infested with them wall be DESTROY
ed, and useful food will be secured for these
ANIMALS.
Young and rapidly growing orchard, may
BE- lightly pruned at this season Of the wear
TO prevent the heads from becoming TOO
thick and dense, taking care 10 Thin in from
the outside. and not. as is too often the case.
thinning the interior below and allouin. the
near the cessation Of growth, the same check
will not lie given when performed earlier
in the summer, and the remaining growth
will cause ripen.ng Of the wood and the
healing Of the wounds. These remarks APP
ply to the pruning Of limbs not in any case
over an inch in diameter.