Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-05-01
FARM AND GARDEN.
The coddling moth is just becoming
established in Nevada.

the results OF other people 5.
One-fourth of the cotton in this
country is produced in Texas.
Georgia farmers suffered loss by
dogs last year of 10000 sheep.
The orange crop this year will net
the Florida growers Sl,jOO,000.
Do not depend upon seeds of doubt
full vitality, but test them beforehand.
A COW properly fed and cared for is
the most profitable animal on the
farm.
Some fine horses have recently been
purchased in Kentucky to be taken to
Cuba
Cross bred animals mature earlier
and are better feeders than pure bred
stock.
Pennsylvania farmers say the Chcs-
ter white breed of hogs is the best for
their section.
The seeds of tender vegetables
should not be sown until the proper
time to plant corn.
Military lands of an area of 2.92O.-
$50 acres are to be sold by the United
States government.
1t is as easy to raise Strawberries aS
potatoes, and they are greater luz
ury in their season.
Improved breeds of all kinds Of
stock increase the income many times
the cost Of obtaining them.
The smcst way to get cheap frcights
is to cOndenSc the products of the soil
within the hides of animals.
The production OF fine wool in the
United States is increasing even more
rapidly than the consumption.
There are twcnty-nine glucose fac
tories in the United States. with an
estimated capital of $j,OoO,ooO.
1t is said that the average daily al
lowancc of wheat for each person is
three and thrcc-fourths bushcl
Ina dry spring the English farmer
feeds off his wheat by sheep, in order
To put it back and strengthen ii.
\ potato that ha, eyes that show
no fullncss and are small, is unit for
planting, no matter what its form and
size.
The seeds of parsley are very slow
in starting often remaining in the
ground several weeks before the plant
appears.
1t is estimated that there will be
more than $4,000, 600 worth Of eggs I'M
ported to this country during the pres.
cnt year,
ShHd were introduced into California
waters seven years ago, and now they
are SO plentiful that they are q drug ol
the market
An asparagus bed may be made Il
last twenty or thirty years, the plant'
are ncvcrinfcStcd with insects and The
crop never fails.
The refuse Of glue works is dillicul
to handle. butwhcn plowcd into mois
grass lands and orchards the effect i
visible for years.
During the past six years Illinois
Iowa. Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota
Missouri and Ohio have cStabishc,
over 900 crcamcries.
Orchard planting is an importan
work this month. Bear in mind tina
tree, are not to be- "sct, posts are set
but trees should be planted.
Do not be tempted by nice wcathc
to get in beans, SquaShcS and melon
too early. Wait till the earth is warm
Such crops can not endure cold,
Ilot-bcd's at this time need close at
tcntion If the sashcs are left close,
u short time the heat of the sun vii
often destroy the plants, and the wor'
Of weeks be lost,
The roller can be made to serve
useful purpose in pressing into the sol
gras, and clover seed that have bee
sow, on sod surface. II SOwn Will
the ground ismoi,t thrywill gcrminat
readily.
When Il nursery tree is taken up it
. deprived Of half or more of its roots
Thcfull top is left, because the nursery
man knows that the incXpcricncc,
buyer will judge of the trees by the siz
Of the top. 1t is important that cac
, branch be cut back 10 diminish the de
! ili''iu iilli.i,u upon '"' r"o'N "'l"'' 'n' 'l""'
! '''S Is ""hr'
e Several Iowa farmers recently d.m
= onstratcd by careful experiments lha
: one acre OF clover would make tvs
Y pounds of pork to one of beef. ThcS
- parties insist that hogs should run ON
\ month at least with no grain, even
! they make no increase in weight dun
j ing that time, as it puts the system j
+ the best possible condition to con
+ mcncc fattcning with corn.
i The Toronto Mail says that sows il
: tended for breeding should be Scpal
l atcd from those intended for tn
:. butcher, and fed Il generous but nC
Il fattcning diet. Select those with Ion
h bodies, straight backs and having tl
II largest number Of tcatS, AS these max
e the best breeders, When a goo
; breeder is thus secured she Shoul
= have at least two or three littcrS, an
It as many more as She will breed will
4 out becoming unruly or getting an
II bad habits.
Il The low price of potatoes is lcadin
: farmers in many places to use them {
e feed for stock, They are mainly con
l. poscd of water and starch, containin
h comparatiycly little nitrorcuous ma
e fer. Hence they are NOT SO GOOD fc
n COWS as is GENERALLY smnoscd- maxim
r, a thin. moor milk Cooked and 10
n with meal TO pirs they make roo