The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-01-31

value even in these, when compared with Iu-
cerne OF alfalfa, which Is specially suited to hot
countries.
THE CARP As A FooD FISH.
There is much inquiry concerning the Ger
man.earp introduced into this eonntrv PanDla
want to know where it viii live. how fast it viii
grow. and generally what it is worth now that
we have it. Cap are not frst-class fsh az
all, when a fish dinner is wanted. They are
not as good to eat as the bullhead for instance.
but then it may be said that the buIlhead is a
very excellent fish when well understood So
the carp can be made a t0othsome feature at
the dinner table, if the mistress Of the kitchen
comprehends the mysteries Of the saueeb0ak
In very cold spring brooks carp viii not grow
az All they rather seem 20 shrink, IL We can
imagine a fish shrinking. with the cold. But
IA warm waters, especially in the Southern
states, where there is no trouble with frost
they attain an enormous size quickly. There
nave been instances Of their growing 60 seven
pounds weight IN two years, which far surpasses
anything known OF any other species CT fish
In the north if the ponds have hard bottoms and
freeze their entire depth, the carp viii be killed
But II the bottom is soft and muddy, they will
burTow into it aud protect themselves. They
are said 20 feed on vegetables, either the nat
ural growth in the water. or the refuse from gar
denS, but / imagine they are greatly improved
that are found on all aquatic plants. Not only
viii carp never supply the place Of trout but
they VIII hardly live in the same water They
need little care, and VIII exist on poorer food,
are content in less fine water and they are in
| the emu an inferior fish. The common pT0verb
says that whatever is worth having. IS worth
working for, and that, translated into sh Iitera-
ture, means that an ordinary variety IS more
easily maintained than q superior class Sill
there IS always more need OF the lower class.
Few men cat trout, more eat shad. and infinitely
/ more use cod, while the ponds that are adapted
to trout are not as one in a hundred 10 those
fitted for carp Any old sluggish pond above
mud hole, viii answer for them In conclu-
sion, 1t IS almost sef-evident that carp are no
more game fish, than a fattened hog is a game
animaI.-4nseriean Agriesit'srist.
PREPARING POOP FOR ANIMALS
There has never been time when the saeiIi-
ties for preparing food 20 the best advantage for
feeding stock were SO good as now Invention
has done as much for this as for any other
branch of farm work, and there are net many
farmers who do not find substantial machinery
for this purpose within the reach Of their means.
hay, straw and fodder cutters, grain ernshers,
farm grist-miils cOrn-shellers etc. without
limit are now erOwdiug the market and eoIn-
petition and increased simplicity of construction
have brought them down To very low prices.
A very moderate investment VIII supply farm
with a fall outfit OF needed food preparing
machinery, and in a great majority OF cases
/ such an investment is wisely made. It Is not
necessary st this advanced day to produce argu-
ments IN favor Of the special preparation of food
/ Tor 1attenIng purposes. The feeders who are
everywhere recognized as foremost in their
business are a unit IN favor of grinding and
/ chOpping their grain and rough food This
subject IS well worthy the thoughtful investi-
/ CATION OF every reader.-P Pjtts5uTg St0ckgaGu
BEES EATING GRAPES
/ It has been clearly demonstrated By Aussra-
I Ian experience that the honey bee can open
/ flowers from outside IS well as the humble bee
| IN this country. We have never had any doubt
ourselves that they do manage to cut open grapes
somehow, and eat them but rs good ent0TROl0-
gists' declare that their tongues are net equal
to the task, it was not wise to argue the point
too strongly. But now that it has been clearly
proved that they can cut open flowers 10 get
/ the honey easy, there is no reason Why they
cannot cut a delicate grape skin also. We now
regard the question settled. Bees DO cut into
and eat grapes, and to that extentare an injury
/ TO the fruit grower Gardeners Uoathly.
SIZE OF HORSES.
| Size is an important consideration in the
farm horse In drawing loads, weight in the
horse is quite as important as muscle. 4 Light
horse put 70 work beyond his strength soon
wears out and IS only an expense until disposed
! on The desire for fast horses on the road has
led to the breeding of lighter stock thar IS gem
/ orally desirable for farm use. But this fashion
/ IS now giving way, as the cost Of keeping the
/ light horses Is very nearly as great as that OF
heavier animals. Their nervousness and excl
liability make them specially liable to accidents
and disease, particularly il put 20 work for
/ which their build units them EFsstsrs 4gri-
calturist.
SAVING cABBAGE
| The Orange County Farmer has this: 8 Place
your cabbage IN long rows heads down and
| close to each other. Then take a small pIow
| with a very short whipple-tree, and ran a fur
row on each side of your row, throwing the
| earth against the cabbage. Then 90 along with
3 shovel and cover mp with earth that which
| the plOW failed TO cover. In this way you can
/ bnry it with great speed. It is high and dry,
| the water draining into the trenches made by
the plows and having only thin covering Of
earth, it can be taken out any time in the WIN
[ ter, 10 matter how hard the ground IS frozen.
Cabbage thus buried win keep well.7
/ HOW TO GET RID OF MoLEs
/ A gardener who was pestered with nIoles IN
t his flower beds where be could not. without
injuring his carpet bedding place traps to
catch them, succeeded IN getting rid of them
/ BY boring snail holes over the mole tracts aud
+! pouring into them water mixed with keroseGe
/ oil at the rate Of a gill to four gallons Of the
/ water, after which he had no further tr0abIs
/ from the animals
| N0TELETS
i 1t is said that the succuIcnt portion Of
| stems Of lettUeeS which have gone to seed is an
/ excellent Substitutes for preserved ginger when
| properly prepared.
Yellow tomatoes are not popular and ret
/ for sm0othHess OF surface, solidity fine flavor,
/ prOduetIyeness and beanty, there is no tomato
/ that e1cels the variety called Yellow Trophy.
! "A New York farmer states that after two
/ years trial OF sixteen varieties of potatoes. he
/ found the following five to be the best: CIark's
Seeding, Burbank, Beauty Of Hebron, St Pat
rick and Susy.
/ Mr.. Gregory, Of Massachusetts,. says that
/ the idea that onions do better ON the same land
/ year after year is pretty wei exploded as the
/ land SO used VIII be found more productive OF
I smut and maggOts.
! An Ohio strawberry grower, IN selecting
| six varieties Of strawberries for a supply of
/ fruit in tie following order of ripening, nanles
/ Bidwell, Cumberland Triumph, Sharpless.
| Charles Downing, Jersey Queen, and Mount
| Vernon.
/ Its stated that European chemist has sue
/ eeeded In obtaining from distilled coal white
J chrystalIine powder, which, as far Is regards
| its action on the human system, cannot be dis
| tinguished from quinine, except that It assimi-
( lates even more readily with the stomach.
/ To get butter out of winter cream. one
/ who has tried it says he scalds the milk
before setting for cream b,- plaesrr, 81 "a ,.,