Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-14

Farm and Hive Stock Notes. Wean the lambs. Save your own seeds. Drainage prevents heaving. Use crude petroleum for strains. When you build, build for comfort It pays to properly thin the root crops. Do the heaviest work in the cool of the l day.
 Cows like a change of pasture sometimes. 1 When weaning animals feed little oil meal
 Point the fence posts and the frost will not l lift them.
 New York has more acres of forest than of farms
 Farmers should have the best of food and plenty Many of them work harder than their horses.
 The hen-hawk will sometimes take chick en, but it's principal food is mice, frogs and other vermin.
 Reduce the fencing; the number of acres thus occupied, and which virtually a waste, is enormous
 It has been estimated that various insects damage the crops of this country, to an annual amount of three hundred million dollars.
 Do not think that because lands lay high they may need no drainage. Land on emi- nences may often be wet and need draining more than some that is much lower. Contents of Grain Bins.-An easy rule for determining the contents of bins, or rooms, in bushels, may be carried in one's mind Take the length, breadth and height and multiply them together to get the cubic feet, Divide the product by ifty-six and multiply this quotient by forty-fve, and the result will show the contents in bushels, struck measure
 A Waste of Time and Strength.-Ride
 
 and it is remarkable how often one may see the old custom kept up, of having boy lead or ride the horse that draws the cultivator. Sometimes two men may be met stupidly at this work, the one guiding the horse and the other holding the implement. This is sheer waste of the time of one person, and of strength and comfort to the animal, whether he is ridden or led, for every horse possesses sufficient intelligence to be quickly taught to keep row. We believe even an animal is more devoted to his work and master when due trust of his capabilities is shown.
 TiIlage During Growth.-One has only to experiment by cultivating a field of titled crops perfectly, with the exception of three or four rows side by side, here and there, in the average season, to see the good effects of thorough tillage The first object to be ac- complished by tinage is to destroy those rob- bers of the soil we call weeds. The extent to which they will reduce the growth and product of crop of potatoes, corn, beets, or other titled crops, particularly in dry seasons if al lowed to, is great. But besides killing the weeds stirring the soil has the effect of fitting it to receive the full benefit of the rains, the dews and the atmosphere A loose soil may absorb enough moisture from dew-fall night after night in dry spells, to completely freshen crop of corn that has felt the effects of drouth from lack of good culture to the ex- tent of the leaves curling. Growth is also promoted by the better circulation of air in the soil among the roots. During rains small amount of ammonia is brought to the earth, and if the soil is porous the roots get the benefit of this. The practice is increas- ing in Europe for farmers to SOW their wheat in drills, with direct view to cultivation, aud the course is found to largely increase the yield