The Penn's Grove record., 1885-07-11
AGRICULTURE

has accustomed IA makers 10 expect
the highest prices OF the season lot IT,
when. if it had sold upon ITS real mer-
its # would have brought only about
the prices that are realized thus spring.
There has always seemed to be some
about fodder cheese. Buy
ers would go right on taking It, not"lth-
standing it declined each week. but
the mast season has been SO disastrous
in the cheese trade, that shippers
absolutely refuse to take any more
chances. They know that 1t Is bound
to rot if they cannot sell 1t very sooni
and the outlook is too u~nfayorable to
warrant any risk. The result Is that
fodder cheese has sold down to a lower
price than ever before, altho 1t Is all
The cheese Is worth Il comparison with
well. made grass cheese at a much hi8her
price.
FRUlr- TREE CULTURE. Instead OF
trimming up" trees, according TO the
old fashion. TO make them long legged
and long-armed, trim them down, so as
to make them even, snug and symmet-
rical. Instead of manuring heavily IN
a small circle at the foot OF the tree,
spread the manure, # needed at all,
broadcast over the whole surface, espe-
cially where the ends OF the can
get it. Instead OF spadlng a small CIR
Gle at the stem, cultivate the whole sur
face broadcast. Prefer IL well pulver-
ized clean surface, IN an orchard with a
moderate rich soil, to heavy manuring
and a surface covered with a hard crust
and weeds and grass. Remember that
1t is better to set out ten trees with all
the necessary care to make them live
and flourish, than to set ont 100 trees
and have them all die from carelessness
Remember that tobacco Is a poison,
and will kill insects rapidly, if properly
applied to them, and is of the best
drugs for freeing fruit trees rapidly oil
small vermin-and is better used ia this
way than 10 make men repulsive and
diseased.
To MAKE poultry keeping profitable
requires a great deal of care, as well as
selection of breeds. Early brOods OF
chicks cost more to raise, but they be-
gin to lay earlier. and at a time when
eggs are high. Poultry is also scarce,
and will bring a better price in the mar
ket III July and August than later in the
season. Keep the chickens warm and
dry. Among farmers who have no con-
veniences for keeping poultry, more
losses In chicks occur from getting wet
and chilled, as they are likely to do
when left to run in the wet grass, than
all other causes, except hawks and
crows.
SoILtNG Crops. Every farmer should
plant some crop for fodder. Grass will
begin TO fail in July and in August it is
usually scarce. A plot of fodder corn
will then be found of great value to keep
up the flow of milk; and if there is q
succession of such crops. the fodder
will furnish acceptable provision for the
COWS until the end Of the season. But
it will not do to SOW the corn broadcast.
The plants must have light and air TO
make a healthful growth, and the white,
watery, innutritious stuff often grown,
and so called fodder corn, has done
much to bring the crop INTO undeserved
disfavor.
THERE is a great temptation, because
of the closeness Of times, to let some OF
the grain fields go without seeding. but
of all the short sighted suicidal policies
this is the worst. Nature abhors a bare
spot of ground as much as a vacuum,
and If the farmer neglects to fill every
foot OF surface with some valuable crop,
she is sure to fill it with weeds. The pas
ture afforded viii pay many times over for
the seed sown, and ever If not needed
for pasture, and the ground be designed
for corn the succeeding year, the ma
nurial value OF pants and roots will
much more than balance the cost OF the
seed. Foolieh is the farmer who yields
to this temptation.
THERE is considerable criticism In re-
gard to the cost of a ton of hay, as DEM
onstrated by different parties at the
meeting CT the Board at Saco. The
trouble arises from not understanding
the different stand-points from which
the cost was calculated. Raising hay
exclusively for sale, Is altogether a diff
ferent problem from that in which hay
Is fed to stock on the farm. The prob
lem Is varied again when hay is raised
in rotation with other crops and con-
sumed on the farm.
OVERFEEDING and exposure is the
cause Of milk fever. In every case of
loss from such difficulty an examination
demonstrates that forcing the COW,
though productive of good results for a
short while, ends in disaster from milk
fever.
BE cautious and cut hay at the right
time. Never allow it to seed. Pollen
causes dust. Let all your hay be kept
in a clean condition until stored for use.
Cutting after seeding Injuries the quality
and causes the stock to refuse it after
being fed on it for a length of time.
The more tender the hay the more pail
atable to stock.
DURING the coming summer when the
Ell nth is dry. store away a quantity OF
dirt for winter use. 1t il an excellent
absorbent, and may be used in a dozen
ways, Have it dry, clear and fine, and
keep it where it can at no time become
damp.
WHAT hosts of farmers. many OF
whom are comparatively young men
are permanently crippled by utterly
d%isregarding what they know to be
common-sense care Of themselves.
SOME farmers wonder why their corn
did not ear well when 1t promised SO
fairly. Ii they would examine they
would find, in many cases OF the kind.
that the weeds were about half as high
as the corn
We learn from history that the great
value of clover as forage was well known
to the ancleuts.
The farmer should not only be able
to supply the city market, but should
also raise enough for his own family
use.