Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-07-09

AWAY - dry baENs wlN NsM oat
end clean ia the ntlng
Powdered charcoal fed now and then.
70 poultry. is hcalfhfnl e the birds and
keeps their plumage glossy
Try EGG shells. dried il 80 oven and
crushed iine ID The hands, Tor feeding
fowls that lay soft shelled egga
/ Experiments made with crossing the
buffalo or bison with common stock have
failed to bring about valuable results
The bulk Of the honey crop Of this
country comes from the bee keeping
which Is in connection, more or less, with
farming.
OH the farm harness It least twice
each year, being careful that it has been
thoroughly scraped, cleaned and washed
previous TO applying the oil.
"A plot 81 ground set out in black
walnut and allowed TO remain twenty
years, It Is asserted, viii yield larger
profit than in any other mode Of invest
ment Oh q farm.
One Of the chief lacks il stone fruits
is potash in the soil This IS especially
true Of peaches, which are supposed to
do better on sandy soils. where potash
is usually deficient. Liberal dressings
with wood ashes or muriate of potash
are preventive OF, if not remedy for,
the yellows.
The Dairy World says that the dairy
COW must have been bred definitely and
especially to given end that is, the
production of milk. ''I'he native COW,
therefore. cannot be depended upon to
breed dairy cows, except as the ground
work for breeding grades
It's quite common when 9 farmer
keeps three. four or more COWS, that the
best mixer brings more net profit than
all the others, and often what Is made
from her goes to defTay losses on the
others. How much is such cow worth
as compared with the inferior animals9
One OF two quarts Of meal night and
morning will do COWS world of good
as long as they win cat it. While the
grass is green and succulent the meal
had better be given dry. When it be-
comes more nutritious make the meal
into thin slop to encourage larger milk
product.
A safe rule is never to let the seed
come in contact with the manure. It is
better that the fertilizer be covered with
little fresh earth, then the natural
moisture of the land hastens the germi-
nation Of the seed and also prevents
possibility of injury to the germ by
heating of the manure.
On large farm it is rarely necessary
or best to confine fowls IN summer. If
given free range they will do as much
good, in destroying insects as they can
do of injury. IN garden or small fruit
Enclosure the case would be different,
but it is not difficult to make q fowl
proof fence to inclose these.
When horses arc young enough to have
good teeth and good digestion, whole
oats arc an excellent ration for them &C
work. But with any horses there will
be some waste from the grain passing
through the system undigested. These
oats, IL voided on the surface Of plowed
field, will grow and mix with other
grain. Probably the greatest advantage
from feeding whole oats is that this grain
thus fed is less likely to injure from large
rations which many give to horses at hard
work from mistaken ideas of kindness;
just enough is far better in feeding a
horse than either a little or good deal too
much.
The causes of the superior milk pro
ducing or beef producing qualifications
of certain pastures are at present but Inn
perfectly known, though they consist
principally in favorable conditions as to
soil, situation, or heritage, or a combina-
ton of these. In order to throw light
upon the subject, the British Dairy
Farmers association invites farmers to
send to its consulting botanist. Professor
Fream, specimens of the heritage of any
meadow or pasture which may have at
tracted their attention on account of some
special feature connected with it, and at
the same time to send information on GER
tain points in answer to q list of ques-
tions printed on q circular now being
circulated
There was some excuse when the coun-
try was new and the first land cleared
was planted with fruit trees, says the
CuLtiodtOg, for training tree tops high, so
as to be out Of the way Of tile horses in
blowing or to grow crops under them.
But we have long since learned that no
crops grown under trees pay their cost
1t would be better still If teams could
not get within ten feet Of the trunks. and
weeds or grass beneath them was kept
down by mulching. Low tops are more
convenient for gathering fruit, and it is
1 less liable to be blown off by severe
Winds A low top is easily kept in proper
shape, as it is not necessary to procure
high ladders TODD the required pruning.
Low tops also protect the trunk from in
jury By exposure to sudden variations in
temperature.
Recipes.
WHEATEN GEMS Nix one teaspoon