Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-03-27
FARM AND GARDEN.

be specific for sheep poisoned by eat
ing laurel. A farmer who has used |
this remedy for many years says he
has saved hundreds of sheep by it,
Canadian farmers send large quanti-
ties of ashes to New Jersey, selling
them at five cents per bushel. New
Jersey farmers pay thirty cents for
them and are glad to get them at that
price.
The sheep returns of Canada for 1888
show diminution of $4,000 head from
1882. This is wholly in the fine wool
breeds, there having been an increase
in the coarse wooled breeds of 16,463
head.
II is common in some quarters to use
any kind of salt for butter, but unless
the best be used the butter will be in
ferior, and necessarily sell low. 1t is
economical to procure good salt for
such purposes,
1t is shrcwdly suggested that one
reason why farms do not pay their
owners is that the farm does not owe
them anything. There are no better
investments for farmers than those
made in the farm itself
fyou have any spare land, with no
prospect of its being put to remuncra-
tiva use, suppose you plant few for
est trees. 1t will pay, and even If you
don't live to see the day of golden har
vest your children will
Nearly half the weight of wool as it
is removed from sheep is oil and yolk.
They are both wasted in the process
of securing. A fortune is waiting the
person who will invent process for
saving and utilizing them
1t is bad policy for Il farmer to cult
vatc only one crop. If that fails he
has lost his years work; but if he cul-
tivates several crops some of them are
almost sure to succeed, and some will
command rcmuneratiye price.
4 New York potato grower has sue
ceeded in bringing the old Peachblow
potato up to its former standard Of eX-
ccllcncc, both rs regards productive
ness and quality, by simply selecting
the most productive hills for term OF
years.
| A Pennsylvania horscman says we
should remember that two parts OF
barley are worth more as horse food
than three parts Of oats. In Great
Britain barley is boiled and fed to
horses. fattcning them and giving them
glossy coat of hair.
The United States Economist Scnsibly
says that there is too much wool grown
of Il miscellaneous character and toe
little good, healthy, long staple, from
medium TO the finer grades, which al
ways find the most ready sale, and
the former, or trash, so to speak, is
not only Il drug but drag on the mar
kct, affecting prices adversely in seek
ing an outlet; as it will, at some price,
for consumption.
An Austrian chemist gives his rccip,
, for detecting false butter: Melt littl,
, of the suspected article; soak a wick il
, it, When again solid, light il like ,
candle; blow it out If it smells o
, blown out candle, it is olcOmargarinc
/ if fresh butter, why, butter it is,
4 correspondent writes: Please sa,
1 to your readers that one tablespoon o
saltpctcr to pail Of water will kill Gu
$ worms. If any are troubled with pea
q wccvil to pour boiling water on thci
@ peas and let stand till cold befor,
y planting, and they are rid Of them.
i, Are You going to sew asparagu
l seeds this springP You will have t,
Il wait Il year longer before the stalk
+ can be cut than if roots were planted
: But the seeds will cost you five or tel
= cents. Better SOW the seeds than t
! wait another year before planting
t roots.
1t is time to set the hens. But be
fore doing so, do by all means clea
= the house of all vermin. ThorQughl
= whitcwash the premises, clean out tn
y cXcremcnts and old straw from tn
g nests. Then tumigatc the house we
- with flour of sulphur; it will kill a
" animal life, sure.
:, The roller on the wheat should b
/ the first work on the farm when tn
n. frost gets out Of the ground and bcfor
# the high, driving winds blow the fin
"a particles of soil from the root of tn
A. plant. Wheat suffers more from til
10 spring winds than the winter frost
h. The remedy is the roller.
s. Very early turnips can be raised o
ID new land or wcll-broken clover Sot
is They are easily sent TO market IN
t. bring good price. The crop can |
n got rid OF in time for late potatoes.
il little supcr-phosphatc will pcrsuad
s. the turnips to be crisp and get out
st the way quickly and do no harm to Il
OF potatoes.
IT, The calves and lambs need exit
d, care through the early spring wcathc
ST with its sudden changes, says Il
n New York Herdld, Do not let the
10 begin life on losing basis. Gual
ed them from exposure to sudden change
IT. cold winds and storms. 1t may co
r. much extra feed in the future to atol
n,g for slight check in growth now,
~ ~ The true idea of farm life is to bui
h, up comfortable home, not Il temp
Js rary stopping place for year or fl
hr years or until it can be sold. 1t
.lv next to impossible for Il man TO p
ed the same zeal and thoughtful, pain
,t. taking work upon such farm as {
IN one that he intends to be his and Il
family's so long as they need one.
al Many man has had his pork fail
We keep properly because it was salted
nd Il frozen condition: Frozen mea
III whether beef, pork or mutton, will n
Dr. properly assimilatc with salt, and CT
nd not be depended upon to keep in h
he weather. A moments reflection W
he make this seem so reasonable that o
Up will wonder why he did not think of
re- before.
III A writer suggests papering h,
NIL houses with old newspapers to ma
IDS them warmer. Lay the papers on
two layers, using the paste plentiful
When the paper is all in place, whit
wash it with thick whitewash to whi
ties should be added flour paste and lit
raj coal tar. The lime paste stifiens t
on paper, while the coal tar keeps {
a lice away.
Is To make pork of the best qualit
GO; especially for smoking, no strol
ool tasting food should be given duril
Al IL & Z