Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-04

FARM NOTES.

Manure saved is manure made.
1t is expected that SOC, 900 sheep will be
shipped to England from New Zealand the
coming year.
II the roots Of q tree are frozen out Of tho
ground and thawed again in contact w.h
the ar the tree is killed.
Milking in the b%arnysrd il mn umclcan
method, aud the cleaner the process the bet.
ter the quality OF the products.
Ten pound washed iceces and l2j.pound
mutton carcasses should be the average Tor
Merino locks, says the Sheep Breeder, and
the value OF such sheep should be from 81
TO s. per head.
If charcoal be finely pulverizel and
mixed with mashed potatoes and corn meal
as food for turkeys they will tattcn more
ready than without its use, which has been
demonstrated by actual experiment.
The fourth Ensilage Congress will be
held at No. 81 Beckman street, New York.
lightning on Wednesday, January Il, lsSj,
ard continuing until the subjects has hem
fully discussed. An interesting programme
has been arranged.
The Farmers Gazette (Ireland) claims
that the operation of dishorning cattle made
the animals much more valuable, and that
il rendered the dIshorncd animals more
tractaJle, gentle and less dangerous to man
and each other.
In many portions of Europe, where labor
is plentiful and cheap, with the land closely
occupied, the drilling of small grains is gen
orally followed. They are drilled lar
enough apart so that the spaces between
he Glills NAV be hand cultivated.
Lambs can be taught to drink cows milk,
and By adding oatmeal to the milk they vii!
grow Rapidly. From the first day OF Its
existence, until marketed, the young lamb
must he kept warm and comfortable. as it
will make bat little progress, even with the
bCs; Of food, if it suffers from cold or cX,
pcs,re.
IYrlimcn,s with wheat in England
pTo,c HAT when lpr-e crops are groHn by
he application Of nl'ratea or sails Of am
noIia with mineral manures the soil does
not ntucGr to have gained or lost fertility.
Nluiication of the organic matter in the
soil may have gone on as usual, bnt the loss
has lccn made good by the amount Of nitro
gen stored up in the sguhblc and under
ground roots of the large crops grown.
Esets, carrots or other roots may be re-
duCCu To a pulp i'll extreme cases tor animals
that cannot masticate and S|allDS rough
God. Let the roots be boiled, worked
Through a C0larder, some wheat -four or
oatmeal added. with enough water to bring
il 10 a proucr consistency Tor the animal %
drink. \ little fresh grass may also be
fuel, cut aud mingled with the mass, or
uny other substance that may be suitable.
',rotalism" is the name given to a new
dis,r,c now afrctiu- the horses and c1t,i"
IA Ilwa ard other Western States, whore ia
found growing the wild pea or raCtle1oX
(CIatelaria Saccttalis). Professor NJ Stall
k,I, Of Amr-, Iowa, has been experiment.
my with the plant on horses, and finds 1t a
y~i.uirnt POI on, affecting the liver, stomach
and Lrnin. Many thousands of horses
have died as it is supposed, from ea,ing the
plant.
A breeder Of Shropshire Downs claims
the following advantages in their favor:
They a-c best adapted Of any Of the ine
or .',> 10 herding in large nocks; they are
hay and endure cold winters with less
nursing than some other breeds; they are
good feeders and iorsgers; they have extra
good f~ecces; they are very prolific breed.
ers, they are unsurpassed for mutton. The
crosses of the Shropshire on common ewes
are said to make the best lamb. of any
grades.
line hay or cut or well.broken straw
makes good nests for hens. As good, per.
haUs better nests, can be made OF shaying3
ofFoit wood, from the carpenter bench, or
cli,s from a turner's lathe. This material
cuu ae spriuk.ed with diluted CAr5o!ic acid
which will keep vermiu away, all the longer
for Tie reason that, being porous, the shay
ing Or chips absorb the acid and retain the
see, Of tie acid better than mos, o.hcr
materials 0 (which nests are usually made.
With timothy hay 1T $40 per ton the
average cost Of a days ration for a 300
pound buliocl; will he Is cents. a daily
ration consisting Of Is pounds of wheat
st-rw, 10 pounds at oat straw and ) pounds
If oil cake at $50 per ton would form a
food almost exactly equivalent in n%utritiSe
quality to the hay ration Of twenty-five
pounGs and costing just one-half as much
us the latter, where the straw is worth moth
ing for selling in the market, as il usually
the case.
it is great fault with many farmers to
allow their cattle the range Of the farm,
,has getting more exercise than is good
for a mich COW, trampling the field aud
making muddy paths, while the frost.btttea
food that they pick up is Of reduced benefit,
and leaves the fields bare and exposed to
the %riuters severity. 1t is an error TO sup
rose mat late grass, frOst-bit'en aud bleach.
ID IS of more value as food than for plant
tee! and protection. Leaving tho grass
un,,d is, IN effect, green manur!nE with
o.; the expense Of turning 1t unier-
Country Gentleman.
Totatoes intended for seed shoIll. alter
!. E,c be exposed as mi,A as possible to
-. until danger from frost, re aires Their
,,I oval 10 the cellar or pit. Il they codl!
., i,p, in a hgh; room up stairs at a un-
... temperature Of - though the via
,,r IL would be better than any other
| coir.a ;iat can 10 dj,isei. Cellars are
uuriIy Kept too warm. and they are a.
W.. TOO dark tor this purpose. Long be-
d.. 'iuc ior planting, the early kinds CT
90, les viii need sprOu;ing and when the
| ir.. 2. roal from TN eye is removed, am
! g.. .on.u ailer will De much less vigorous.
TIE ELClH DhllT HGGi0N.