Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-09-06
FARM NOTES.

| English authorities say there Is too
much inferior and too little superior
wool produced to satisfy the demands
Of trade.
A New Hampshire journal. COM
menting on the crop prospects in that
state. believes ''the whole state
wouldn't raise hay enough to winter a
cat"
Wet hay put in the stack or NOW to
equalize with the dry may be called
the wisdom of fools. 1t is bad sort
Of ensilage while yet wet. and dry Is
worth just so much manure.
| The number of eggs shipped from
Europe to the United States each sum-
mer, principally from Antwerp and
Hamburg. is reported at 10000, 600.
| What is the matter with the American
HEMP
Swine will wallow in and cover them
selves with mud in summer as de-
| tense against insects. 1t will not hurt
| them II the mud is clean! Plenty OF
pure water for bathing, and dark
shelter for retiring TO will obviate the
necessity of mud baths.
The state of New Jersey gives 81
| vi cNciy tOu VI Sugdt-CdHo
| grown in that state, and one cent per
pound for every pound of sugar made.
The bounty per ton on cane alone
ought to make the sorghum industry
boom in that celebrated agricultural
| state.
| 1t will yet come to be regarded as
the test of usefulness in COW the milk
she will give on grass alone, quantity
and quality considered. This estab-
lished, every person can decide how
far the animal may be pushed with
grainfood without injury to her con-
tinued usefulness.
| A new livestock industry is suggests
| ed by a noted "fish culturist," in tho
idea that if farmers would only raise.
| frogs they might clear their farms Of
| insects and at the same time furnish
frogs legs us gastronomic diet.
| Frogs might be worthy the attention
of marsh farmers"
"A horse that has been grazed from
q colt until maturity, say until 5 years
| of age, will never carry his head high
and carry it gracefully. The top
muscles of MS neck have been elongat-
ed" What pity the idea of horse
n
| capabilities of the overcheck.
The United States possesses S,152,-
| OOO-horse power in steam, and 81, 150.-
| OOO-horsc power in its river; all Europe
| 2O,9l7,OOO steam horse power, and 49,
5O5, ,OOO-horse power in its rivers. Only
one-tenth of the river power is actually
employed. Horse-owncrs need not,
however, put up the price of machine
horses just yet.
The Japanese swain carefully places
a choice specimen of plant or Hover in
vase in the garden of his beloved.
IL she carefully tends to it he knows
it is all right, even with the old
folks. If the damscl pulls it up and
casts it on the ground he mourn
fully departs and makes love in the
same manner to some other girl. The
idea is poetical in conception and
practical in the following out
The statement that young Scotch
man, whose father had large landed
interests in the United States, sent his
son to Illinois to hire out to farmer
to learn American methods in agricult-
ure, that he might have better ideas on
ways and means upon taking charge
of a 800, 600 farm, is worthy of notice.
Learning and labor" may well go to-
] gcther on the farm as well as in the
other industrial pursuits in life.
A contemporary says: "Oats make
hens poor and often pack in their
crops, and they die. They clog up
the pipe leading from the crop to the
gizzard, and, when this is the case the
hen gets no nourishment. Another
thing--the skins or hulls of the oats
clog up the gizzard and prevent its
action. When the crop is packed, it is
perfectly safe to cut into it and remove
the contents, and then sew it up" 1t
is a bad plan to be cutting open the
crop every day. Better feed light
wheat, barley, buckwheat, and sor-
ghum-seed to give the hens muscle.