Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-02-28

Farm and Garden Notes.
It has been learned by experimenting
that FIVE pounds of cooked squash fed to
cow will produce the same quantity
and quality of milk as one pound Of
ground wheat.
DIR. Sturtevant's analysis at the New
York experimental station shows that
the narrow-leaved plantain, generally re-
garded as weed TO be eradicatad. pos
eesses nearly the same nutritive value as
timothy.
1t is folly to turn under weeds that
have gone TO seed, for the seeds Of most
weeds, no matter how deeply buried.
will retain their vitality and make rapid
growth so soon as they are brought near
the surface.
1t is undoubtedly bad practice to cul-
tivate or pillow heavy soil when soaked
with water in the spring, but this obiec-
ton does not apply to the light rains
that fall in midsummer and early fall,
while the soil is still warm.
The Farmers Gazette (Irelandl, claims
that the operation of dishorning cattle
made the animals much more Valuable.
and that it rendered the dishorned ami
mails more tractable, gentle and less
dangerous to man and each other.
Salt is beneficial to most crops. and
one of the very best ways of applying it
is to incorporate it with the manure used
as top dressing. 1t will make the ma
nurc more soluble, but as the wash will
be incorporated in the soil it cannot
waste.
Warm and dry quarters are necessity
for the successful wintering of sheep in
the Northern States Wet weather in
jurcs sheep more than any other stock,
because the wool retains water long
time, and its slow evaporation chills the
animal.
A good way to utilize the beds and
banks of streams is to sprinkle q little
watercress there. 1t will flourish for
countless years, and near a city is a
profitable crop to market. This is one
of the earliest salads in spring, and the
demand for it is increasing.
1t is not necessary for farmers to EN-.
ploy professional vineyardist to prune
their vines. They had better do this
than to neglect pruning, as too many do.
If you remember that one bud saved on
every shoot of last seasons growth will
produce as much wood and fruit next
season as the vine had last fall, it will
not be SO difficult to cut back enough.
In soft wood tenpenny nails are more
effective than eightpenny, but where the
mailing is to be in oak stubs Fights arc
preferable. It is interesting to know
that tenpennv nails average sixty-eight
to the pound, while the long elghts give
101 to the same weight. BY remember
ing this the amount of nails required to
do given piece of work may be easily
calculated.
Sandy land is generally too dry. Adj
ing potash in the form of wood ashes
supplies needed moisture, beside fur
nishlng mineral in which sandy soil is
usually deficient. Next to wood ashes
the German potash salts will answer a
good purpose. Sandy soil should
never be plowcd more than two years
without seeding with clover or some other
crop to be plowed under, so as to sup
ply the requisite amount of vegetable
matter.
A writer in the FARMING World, on
the subject for breeding for sex poultry,
says: Having seen some discussion
about the shape of eggs to determine
the sex, can say from experience that
to obtain the desired result, or predonli-
nation of either sex, you have to mate
your fowls as follows: For cockerels,
mate one-year-old cockerel with hens
not more than two years old and you
will get the desired results. For breed
Ing pullets, mate three-year-old cock
with one-year-old hens. / have never
had any exception to this rule. :
Foul mouth III cattle, HusbGndm0n
says, IS caused BY pasturing on land so
wet that the hoofs sink into the soil.
When it once gets IN herd it IS apt to
become infectious, and great trouble is
often found in getting rid OF it Pow
dered vitriol applied after thoroughly
cleansing the foot is the common remedy.
1t is harsh but effectual As boggy
land is usually reserved for pasturing, il
ID worth while to know that even for
this purpose that thorough drainage
works marked improvement. Again,
after draining, such land is often the
best for grain and root crops.
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