The Press., 1884-12-25
NE. Homestead Notes.l THE MERIDEy FARMERS MEETING.


 The differences in the value of different foods depend upon the kind and amount of the different nutritiye materials which they contain. Hence we must know what foods are composedsof toeget at theirEfeed- ing value Then we want t9R knoY Whak each ingredient has to do ihN baiihn8 up anlmal bodies and in suppl ying theif wants. And if we find out how muc of each class of ingredients is required to supply these wants, we can economize in stock feeding. This is the way Prof. Atwater puts it.
 MT. Hadyea said 3 geew ! stable 2. , should ! ee | in an ell to the barn, and has a concrete floor with Q trough in the rear to catch the liquid manure. An air-tight scuttle opens into the manure cellar below, so the inn pure gases don't reach the COWS. They are fed from the floor. The hay is kept in the barn adjoining, which is separated from the CON. stable by tight doors so that the hay issnot affected by stable odors. This suggests the idea, before advanced by The Homestead, that barns for shelter ilg hay and tools may be cheaply built without clapboarding Sfi other expensive flishings. The stables for stock may Ebe i l d comfortably built ell This would be a great saving in expense and would be ample for all practical purposes.
 B ack walnhts,. with the shhck on should be planted three inches below the surface as soon after dropping in the fall as may be. This is the best way to prevent ,n- ger fr.,m frost. Prof. Brewer argued the profit ,bleness of either planting trees oI seeds where land is to be permitted .o grow up to wood. It will pay as much as to plant other crops. The seeds are slow to sprout don't be discouraged if they fail to come up for year or more. The idea of improving our native nut trees for market was urged with emphasis. This may be done by selection and grafting. Connecticut hard wood has especially good qualities as timber, and may be. grown to profit in worn aeat soils. He doubted Ii the black walnut would thrive in southern New England, but vefy' mary instanc-s to the contrary were gifted. If nuts aud tree seeds are covered with mulch and coarse manure they will come up much quicker. On the rough soil of Holland county, char acteristic of much of New England, one of the most profitable trees to g4ow is white ash. It should be set out when one year old most all trees should be set at this age. They may be mulched. Hickory trees may be, grafted.in early spring.
 Richard. Van Deusen, ,swho is one of the most successful peach growers in Connec- ticut, says more peach trees are. starved to death than die from the4yellows. The peach is a gross feeder its roots ramify far and wide in search of food. When trees are set as closely as usual, their roots occupy nearly the whole soil at four or five years of age, and must have a large amount of food. .ss J. H. Hale set $500 peach trees on land dressed with 800 lbs muriste ot potash per acre 1t has since It ceivld ar annual application of 500 lbs per@al.res oi the potash salts. Not single tree in the lot has become affected with yellows. Two hundred trees set at the same time, which have receiEed no potash, have one third got the willows This sstrorg confrma tion of Dr. Goessmann's s potash theory was agreed in by J. B. Rogers of the New England horticultural society, who ex plained that the muriate was best. bc cause it stimulated sap activity while su1phate of potash had an ossifying effect on the sap. Dr. E. H. Jenkins of the state ex pertinent station said MT. Rogers state ment was correct. Investigation at the station showed yellow" peach trees to be lacking in potash and all ash constituents Muriate of potash best supplied this want
 Prof. Chamberlain believes manure is never so valuable as when first excreted The:longer it is kept, the greater the loss so he advocates spreading It on the lan6 as often as may be from December to March. He has spread it even on quite steep 'hillsides. in winter with, good results It should be broadcasted and not put II heaps. IHere was an essential gain in thil