Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1884-10-24
naIMers' Column.
Ag icultul al Items.

New Hampshire paid bounties last
year on 10000 cows.
The sweepstakes premium on dairy
butter at the Iowa State Fair was a.
warded to Thomas B Wales & Son
and was made from pure bred Holsteiu
COWS.
The apple orchards on the Kansas
Agricultural College farm, though
bearing only half a crop. bid fair to
put $1,000 this year into the treasury
of that useful institution.
The number of animals shown at the
New York State Fair at Eimira was
as follows: Cattle, sly; horses, Isl
(they have no trotting); sheep, 364
swine, 147; poultry, 32S.
1t is estimated that ten to fourteen
million head of sheep have paris he'd in
the recent drouth in Australia, and ii
is believed will affect the price of wool
in the near future Australians may
want some more Vermont Merinoes
after all.
Saltpetre, the nitrate of potash, is
an excellent fertilizer for any crop. Il
will have an additional value for cab
bages. since in many tests it has pro
ven efficacious in DESTROYING the worms
that eat the leaves. In quite strong
doses it can do no harm, as it is not as
active poison as Paris green.
Perches for F6Wzs.-Don't make
perches for fowls too high, nor on an
inclined plane. If low down, they
will be just as we'll satisfied. and be
less liable to injury from flying or fall
ing down No matter how high the
perch is, fowls will not be safe from
thieves unless the hen house is locked
every night.
1fearly lambs are wanted next spring Q
the ram should be put with the ewes
this month. If the flock is large il
will be better to keep him at the sta
BILE, giving him little extra feed, and
turning him out with them an hour
each morning. Separate all old and
unthrifty sheep and fit them for the
butcher as quickly as possible. In
sheep, as iu- other stock, it will pay to
procure good male from which to
breed, Though he may cost much more
than an ordinary animal, \ half dol
lar of extra value on each lamb will
amount to tidy sum in good flock,
and that is the difference easily male
by the services Of a good male.
Young orchards, where il is desired
to have good growth of wood, may
be treated to a manuring this mon tn,
but care should be taken not to leave
much strawy manure piled az ainst the
trunks of the trees, as 1t may form a
harbor for mice, which will gnaw the
bark and often entirely ruin the tree,
ifa deep snow happens to prevent their
getting out to procure better food
The blossom buds having already been
formed, manuring now will not in
crease their number, although it may
increase the ability of the tree to ma
ture the blossoms into fruit. As it is
desirable to increase the size Of young
trees and not to force a large crop up
on them, it follows that a manuring
now is better than it would be in the
spring or summer, when the strength
might 60 to make blossom buds, and
thus induce over bearing, to the future
weakening of the tree.
Beets and Mangolds are so apt to
wilt and grow tough and tasteless dur
ing winter, unless kept cool and in the
dark. As it is very desirable to keep
Il large part Of them for use in early
spring, since they are then most valua-
BILE to feed to stock, it may be we'll to
bury them. All such heaps or pits
should be so made that water will not
enter them or stand under them. -
These roots, with the carrots, should
be harvested this month, and the white
or fat turnips also. The rutabagas
should stand until next month, as they
are now growing faster than at anv
other season, and they will not be in
jured by heavy frost, or even by the
ground freezing an iuch or two deep
around them if they are not disturbed
while frozen.
lfthe celaris damp, all roots should
be placed in bins with slotted BOTTOMS,
slightly raised from the ground, that
the air may draw up through the heap,
thereby preventing the gathering of
too much moisture. If, on the con
trary, it be dry and warm, put them
directly upon the cellar bottom and
cover with sand, moss, leaves or straw
Salt hay is better than straw where it
can be procured, and the salt is an ad
ditional protection in drawing moist
ure. A few advocate packing in sand,
but this involves moving of too much
material. A few bushels thrown upon
the top Of the heap will answer all
purposes. In all cases, if the cellar
is not dark, the heaps should be COW
cred from the light,if the root is want
ed to be in its best condition in the
spring.
An elastic step, buoyant spirits, and