The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-01-10
FARM NOTES.

COOP advice 10 farmers. from South
err Industries: stock your farm
TO the fullest extent with horses, cattle,
sheep aud hogs; raise all the feed pos
sible, and you have put your coarse
grain, fodder, and straw to the beat
rise possible in increasing the profits OF
the farm
AN experienced poultry breeder says
the Chicago Herald, mnde miniature
slo ont of u molasse, keg set III hogs
head, and iii it packed, III the approved
fashion, the tops OF various vegetables
eaten by fowls, oats and rye cut when
six inches high, and young and tender
grass. This j, cut in short lengths and
very tightly packed. This supplies
green food for poultry i'll winter, and
un ess fermented is ereedily eaten by 1t.
The NeD England Farmer says:
"The winter rye that is to he cut into
hay should be cut before it comes into
bloom. III the weather is favorable, it
will make about AS fast let alone alter
cutting until it is pretty we'll wilted, or
merely turned in the swath once or
twice. 1t does not puy t. handle it
very much the first day or two after
cutting, as there Is too much water to
be lifted. Rye is SO greasy, like cab
bage, that u shower does not wet it III
much; but the last day, before carting
in, it should be kept constantly stirred
by the tedder. 1t cannot be too dry To
keep we'll in the now"
The substance Of the following mode
of training tomatoes, so that they may
occupy less space in cramped gardens.
and lie clear from mud in rains, is given
by n writer in the -4ntericGTl Garden
Drive forked sticks into the ground,
or insert them into holes made by
sharp and slender dibble, at each plant
III the ows, so that the forks may be
about three feet h gh. Place light
poles horizontally in these forks, and
secure them by tying. AS soon as the
plants are large enough, train them up
to the poles and tie them. Nip the
ends il they grow much above. If au-
tumn frosts are threatened, cover the
plants with the doubled folds of large
newspapers hung over the poles.
To KEEP clover hay we'll IN stack is a
difficult matter for many farmers. A
correspondent Of the Cincinnati "a
zette tells how he succeeds admirably:
Glover hay will not turn water when
stacked ont, but make good long r.cks,
widening all the way from the ground
up as high as you want to build. Then
fill the center up until the sides slope
just like the rafters Of house. The
rick can be rooted over, like shingling
house, by beginning at the caves with
old hay, straw, corn-fodder, or 10y
freshly cut timothy. When the rick
has leen carefully widened from the
z, ound up IT, the caves, and then care
fully covered over in the manner men
toned, clover hay will keep nicely for
any length of time
ID. w. BEADLE, Secretary of the On
tario Fruit Growers association, gives
the following directions how farmers
may grow forest trees from seed, in
which he doubtless speaks from his
own experience. Now that the plant
ing of t mber-belts, both for timber and
protection, is likely To prove desirable,
these directions may be generally USE
full. Prepare q small piece of ground
by enri, hing and pulverizing, and plant
the seeds as soon as may be after
they are fully ripe. The soft naples
and the elms ripen their seeds in June,
and by sowing them at once strong
plants may be had before Winter. They
should be covered lightly, or with only
enough fine earth TO keep them moist.
The sugar maple ripens its seed late in
Autumn, as we'll as the ash-leayed ma
pie. They may he sown in Autumn, or
kept in most earth for sowing in Spring.
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dry as to lie likely TO fail of geimiuat-
ing. The large seeds of the butternut.
chestnut and walnut ripen late in Au-
tumn, and they may be planted rs soon
as gathered; or they may be mixed with
soil to keep them moist and prevent
mold ng, spread in a thin layer aad
covered with sods, for early Spling
planting. 1t is not necessary to expose
them to frost, but to keep them from
becoming dry. All these trees may be
growrin nursery rows till large enough
to set out in belts.
THE boom in the Western cattle
ranch business, uni rs there should be
let-up soon, is Likely to overdo the
business. New cattle companies are be-
ing formed in large numbers, and cat
tie, wherever obtainable and at what
ever price are being rushed TO the
plains to stock ranches. There is dan
ger of overstocking. The buffalo and
bunch grass do not furnish u large
amount of feed per acre, and large
range is needed for moderately sized
herd. They have to winter on
ground not fed close, if at all, in sum
mer. If cattle become so numerous
that the range is consumed i'll summer,
death from tarvation is inevitable in
winter, for there is absolutely no other
Resource. Prices of ranch stock lave
more than doubled i'll the last two
years, and it doubtful if parties paying
present prices viii realize n profit on
the same when it is ready for market
two or tire years hence. Farmers
will do we'll to let investments i'll live
stock companies" the stock of which is
now being hawked through the country,
severely alone. Such companies are
being advertised extensively with prom
Use o profits of 20 TO 30 per cent Invest