Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-02-26
Hints for Farmers.

Ii Cne FENCES nave not Oeen repaired
the work should be done at once, as the
busy season is fast approaching.
Unless the manure is covered during
the winter the snow will do much damn
age, when melted, In marling out the SOL
uble portions.
1t is said that a piece of ground set out
in black walnut and allowed to remain
twenty years will yield larger profit
than in any other mode of investment
on farm.
In the dairy regions of the West the
Holsteins are gradually superceding all
other classes for the purposes of those
dairymen who make business of selling
milk only.
Many as are the conveniences for
transporting live stock from America,
during the year 1882 over 5000 animals
were thrown overheard, 664 landed dead
and 52o were 80 injured that they had to
be slaughtered as soon as landed.
During discussion at the meeting of
the Ohio Horticultural Society a mem
Der said that when he grew ounces in
large quantities there was no fruit that
paid SO well as half an acre of the
orange variety, and that they did we'll
for long time.
Although pears on apple roots will
grow and be of a dwarGsh habit and
bear few years, they are shertrlived.
1t will not pay in the end to graft on ap-
pie roofs. Bud or graft on pear stocks
for standards and on angus ounce for
dwarfs.
A good Vermont farmer obtains his
best crop of spring grain by sowing the
seed, both rye and wheat, the last thing
in the fall before the ground freezes up.
He has practiced seeding to grass at the
same time with excellent result.
The shortage of the wool clip in Aus.
tra!ia this year, in consequence of the
drought destroying many millions of
sheep and greatly iDjuring many others,
is estimated at sO,OOO,OO0 pounds, or
quantity equal to all the wool imported
into the United States.
A little charcoal fed two or three
times week to the pigs is beneficial in
correcting acidity of the stomach, to
which hogs are liable when fed upon
corn and confined to a pen. They will
eat it greedily, and fatten much more
readily with charcoal than without.
The plow should be started the first
day the frost is out of the ground.
Farm well. keep good stock and feed
well, is a splendid motto to observe to
insure success on the farm.
If an animal gets out of condition and
does not seem to relish its food, little
pure flax seed boiled in oats and fed two
quarts at time, will generally bring
them back to sense of hunger again.
1t is wisdom and economy to sort and
test seeds in this month; carefully rum
ming oats and other grains intended for
seed, through good wind mill, and So
relieve them of all impurities an6 bro
ken grains, etc.
Oats should be sown Just as early as
the weather will admit the ground to be
prepared. 1t is mistake to suppose that
the ground must be perfectly dry before
this early plowing is commenced. OF
course the drier the better: but if the |
ground is little wet the late frosts will |
relieve it of all tendencies to "bake;" bat |
never plow ground that is in the least |
wet after all freezing is past.
Fine tar is highly recommended as a |
specific for catarrh in sheep.
If you have farm which is overrun
with briers, it will pay we'll to purchase
a flock of sheep to aid you in subdueing
them.
The western wool growers who are
feeding sorghum cane are delighted with
the results, and intend making it their
main winter feed in the future.
The manufacturers of wooden goods in
this country have to go abroad for sO,-
100000 pounds of wool, because enough
is not grown in this country. There
ought to be good future for sheep hus-
bandry in the United States.
1t is said that it takes eleven pounds
Of milk to add one pound Of live weight
10 the calf.
Many good cows are spoiled by allow