Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-04-10
NOTES

Speaking OF ensilAse tue Gs' mdnforn
Telegraph says: For our twl part, We
chou d prefer to wait few years longer
before giving 1t our full endorsement, aud
scarcely expect to do 1t the3.
English butchers say that in killing
sheep, When the pelt is removed the hands
should be wlshed, IN order to remove sill
danger of IN liking the meat taste woolly.
Some pers ,us who raise sheep and
annually slaughter many do not eat the
meat simply on account Of this woollv
flavor, aid yet they never imagined the
reason OF t
The mors finely pulveriz ID any manure
Is made the more efficient It will be. But
II the pulver 2ing is accomplished by
fermentation care must bs taken to pre-
vent the loss of the valuable volatile
elements. Covering the compost heaps
with soda from the roadside will do this,
and when the heap ID rotted down the
earth will then be as rich in nitrogen as
the manure.
There is quite waste of poultry ma
nure from fowls that roost on trees and
out. o. the.way places. While the value
Of this may appear small on a single farm
Il becomes very large when estimated tor
the whole country. Professor Horton
says that 800 pounds OF we'll kept poultry
manure is equal in vslne to IA loads Of
ordinary stable manure, and should not
| be allowed 10 90 10 waste The extra
care required to have the coops properly
arranged for saving the droppings is a
small item in the cost.
The special foods to cause hens to lay
are secret preparations but the following
lie considered good formula Two pounds
each OF bone, linse.d cake, dried meat,
oats aud oyster shells, all finely ground,
one ounce sulphur, two ounces red pepper,
fOur ounces each Of common salt and
ooppersa, snd one onnce OF bread soda
Mix the whole thoroughly, and allow a
tablespoonful three times week 20 each
fowl. AZ the cost OF these substances
will be ont little, quite large quantity
csn he made at one time.
Professor Henry OF Wisconsin expert.
mental farm, holds 1t is economy on the
part OF the farmer who has a great STRAW
stack and small herd OF cattle and some
hay, to sell the hay at " or IS per tor
and spend the money in buying bran a,
al and sl2, and fesd 1t with the straw
together with soma Gilmeal. Good bright
straw is made equal to hay by the addi
tlou to the protein in the bran and meal
and the whole is thus made into ia
/ better quality Of manure than usually
comes from the usual way OF feeding tn
hay, and half wasting the straw.
, Do not forget clover it ia the founda
! to Of profitable farming. 1t ehould b
the fl 81 and constant aim of the farme
, to k ep 3 portion of the farm in clover
l, isep-ns the soil aud prepares for othe
crops 1t ia the best milk producer
, either IL the green or dry state. Glove
! !, bset is rich, juicy and chsaply raised
4 Hoss cannot be maintained in good orde
! without it Where the grouud is yer
!, poor 1t ia good plan to mix the ssed
compost aud sow thiakly. The seed 1
} tue heads oi:en take when clean seed wi
r not.
!, Luminou7 plants have peculiar CHI 81
!. TO the grow r and observer. One OF Il
y best is Fraxinells, or gas plant IL IA
4 old fsvofite, perfectly hardy, a perer nj
OF the very easiest culture, and shou
/, be in every garden. Ia the calm SUNNI
n evenings, when in bloom, light appli,
"a to the sse OF the stack will envelope II
=, whole plant in flame This can be I
NJ pestei time and again, and it sppea
IN with benefit to the ripening aeed. I'll
a property was discovered by the dsusht
=. of Linneus. The flowers are white
10 red, and are very fine.
IN ttt,ar