The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-09
FARM NOTEH,
A piece Of land 200 feet square contains
an acre, within an inch. MI

"A piece Of land 200 feet square contains
an acre, within an inch.
Unworked butter melted and mixed will
vinegar md simmered together makes 8
good ointment for sore or chapped cows
teals. .grT1aa
A box 10 inches long, s inches deep, and
$50 Inches wide will hold bali a bushel.
II made 10 by. 10 by 8 inches It will
contain a bushel.
Paris green and London purple NAV be
diluted with zoo parts by weight Of land
plaster, and the mixture will be a~bundantly
strong to destroy potato bugs and many
other pests. -.
a French experimenter finds that Il TO-
malo leaves arc stepped, the dilute LIQUOR
VIII make an inSectiGide. The LIQUID nav
30 sprinkled on bushes or other plants,
and tho insects will leave.
Tho demand for black currauts has in.
creased greatly In this market during the
pest few years. Last season very good
prices were realized for them, and the de-.
mand was not half supplied.
Naturallsts urge that humble bees nests
should be carefully preserved, the insect
being the most valuable we have In the
fertilization Of fruits and other crops. their
tongues being longer than those Of honey
Deets, and therefore better adapted TO Sc.
curing pollen and depositing It on other
blossoms.
No less than six varieties OF the Chinese
pe,simmon are now raised In the Southern
States. The display OF them at the Horti.
cultural Exposition at New Orleans noxt
winter promises to be v ~ large. In tho
opinion OF many, the Chinese persimmon
Is the most promising fruit that can be
raised In this country.
Farming Is an art which REQUIRES a
thorough practical knowledge OF many arts
and sciences to bring 1t to q high degree Of
perfection. Yet there are many whose
knowledge Is confined almost exclusively
to one profession, art, or trade who affect
to look with contempt Upon the farmers
calling as one which any ignoramus NAV
follow with success.
L. W. Andrews. near LynnGeld, Msss,.
keeps on q farm Of half a dozen acres I'll.
teen hundred hens in summer and from
four TO five thousand in winter, and figures
up his profit at from 81 25 to 81 so per
fowl. He has two men 10 help him, and
seems to be making q success OF raising
fowls on q large scale, a business recurring
considerable experience.
The agricultural returns of Great Britain
for b year 1888 show a growing tendency
to substitute grazing for cultivation. Com.
pared with 1882, there was a falling off in
the area devoted 10 grain and root CROPS
OF 2l4,7O5 acres. There was a diminution
Of 100000 acres in the tillage devoted TO
wheat, but an increase in barley and oats.
The increase Of permanent pasturage
amounted to 243. 100 acres.
A poultry f%ancier, who believes in the
value OF enailage for fowls during the win
ter, thinks it does not pay to construct silos
to preserve 1t in. He uses old but tipht
casks, liquor barrels, or molasses hocs.
heada. 10 keep their conten;s at the pro.
per temperature he sinks them under
ground. He finds that short clover, rye
and tender grass, like that cut from a lawn.
make the best ensilege for fowls.
Potatoes as a farm crop pay as we'll as
almost any other that can be named, one
with another. One farmer near Cleveland
sold from Il acre, last year, over SlG0
worth, and he counts 500 Of it profit.
which is very liberal allowance for culture.
harvesting and marketing. The average
value of the potato crop in Ohio last wear
was $50 per acre, and it was a poor year for
potatoes.