Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-11-13
AGRICULTURAL.

A correspondent of the New York
Herald writes: Here is the way celery
is earthed up to the blanch In this neigh
borhood-Fiist, the earth is worked up
to it with the hands, the leaves being
held close together with one hand.
Then it is allowed TO grow for a week or
ten days, when common brown wrap,
ping paper is wrapped around the stalks
with twine, and the earth is worked up
to within one inch of the top of the pa
per. In a week or ten days it is wrap
ped and tied as before, and the earth IS
partially worked up to the top of the
paper. In short time it will be blanch-
ed sufficiently for use, which may be
known by the blanched stalks growing
out at the top of The paper. For crisp
ness, tenderness, aid fine flavor, | think
celery grown in this way cannot be ex>
cellled. Certainly, it takes work to tie
and wrap it, but I think all lovers of
this excellent vegetable will feel repaid
for the extra werk when they have eat
en- it treated in this fashion.
One great aim of progressive agricul-
ture and stalk-raising is to increase the
ratio of return for the labor, seed, feed
or capital invested. This is obtained by
securing more bushels of grain or tons
of hay TO the acre, more pounds of beef
to the bullock, more wool TO the sheep
or more butter to the cow. The only
other point OF equal Importance is to get
all this increase at minimum of ex-
pense and of the best quality. The live
farmer is always aiming to increase his
production, and no better evidence of
lack of enterprise is needed than to
find man who cares nothing about an
advance in this direction. How to OBJ
tain better results from the various Ope-
rations of farming is problem in which
every farmer should be interested, and
efforts to solve il. afford the best posi-
ble evidence of the agricultural pro-
gress of the times. Notwithstanding
the vast amount of 5lipshOd farming i'll
the country, Improvement in the line
indicated is patent on all sides. AmeTi-
can agriculture is on the mOVe.-Stock+
man.
No youth, says an exchange, should be
permitted to have, own or drive good
horse for pleasure, until he understands
how to care for it properly, and does SO.
The only way to keep a good horse so,
is by care. If you do not have to do the
work yourself, it is necessary to know
how, SO that you can intelligently direct
the labOrs of others. Before starting
for a long drive, do not, as some foolish
ly do, give yeur horses an extra heavy
feed; but give him only his regular feed,
and leave the extra for him when he
Comes back. Drive moderately for the
trst few miles, until your horse gets set
lied, then you can go faster without iR+
Jury. Many ine horse has been spoil
I'd by feeding heavily, harnessiBg at
once, and then putting him down to his
speed from she start. When returning,
'low up and walk your horse, or only
og him, for a mile OF so from home, if
you have had long or spirited drive.
10 as to cool him off. 1t does not hurt
horse to water him while en- route, even
f he is warm, unless be is much over
4 ated. if you do not give him too much,
Ind do not stop longer than to have him
gatered.
What constitutes good sbeep9 The
Iowa Homestead answers this question
Is follows; "a good sheep is one that
will pay its own expenses with wool
market, and will pay profit if kept for
Increase. This applies to all kinds of
heep on farm or range On one il may
axe ten-pound fleece to pay out, and
m the other a five-pound fleece will
over the expense. The carcass is the
,reat test of value on ordinary sheep. 50
hat the weight should be the first con-
liberation" This is true in some re-
20 0f
he locality. Where mutton market is
Jnvenient and the object is muttoD.the
weight is of prime Importance, and none
'ut the mutton breeds should be raised.
Where markets are at q distance, and ia
II cases in which the sheep are kept fer
heir wool, the weight and quality of
he fleece are of the first consideration.
dutton is not everything to be looked
t in sheep, nor is wool everything:
ut each must have due weight in deci-
ing the main question, which is ths
est adapted to certain locality.
One of the most wasteful practices in
heep husbandry is the too common one
f feeding On the ground. Go where
ou will, you find some farmers feeding
heir sheep on the ground in the worst
CdlllCl lildt CNCl olOl uiCA lucy LuAOW
he hay on the soaking wet ground TO
e trampled down in the mud. And the
anne way of feeding grain is practiced.
t is thrown on the ground, and on wet
avs much of it is lost. The expense Of
lakiDg feed troughs and racks is so
mall that the waste of one seasons
eediDg on the ground to fair-SiZed
Ock would more than pay for all neces>
iry appurtenances of economical feed
lg. What is more, as every fockmaster
nOws, sheep are very particular about
heir feed and if it is the least bit dam
yed will not touch it. And this system
feeding often forces the dock to go
ithOut a meal rather than touch the
,ed when wet and muddy. CeRsidera-
on for dumb animals should have some
eight with their owners; but If IL has
Ot, the knowledge that the flock will
rive much better, and the loss will be
uch less in number. should certainly
ave the effect of turning the farmers
.tention to the advantages of feeding
troughs and racks.
Cabbage Soup.-Take head of Savoy
Lbbape cut in fnur blanch it. then tie