Morning journal and courier., 1885-09-25

half bushel each of lime and salt and six pounds of potash have been dissolved. Potatoes not wanted before spring may go into pits, where they will keep with less
 shrinkage than in the cellar. In burying,
 the only secrets are dry ground and plenty of
 cover.
 Don't be deceived in feeding corn meal to
 milch cows. Fed freely, it at first increases
 ems the milk. Many a valuable COW has
 been injured by over feeding in this way.
 Home Sickness in Animals.-Many 8 COW
 that has been bought 8 irst-class mi1ker
 has disappointed the buyer so woefully, by her small yield in the new home, that the
 owner has felt cheated. Such results may
 often be attributed to the cows being home
 sick. A friend who moved one of his best COWS from his farm to his home in the city
 said the milk yield fell off one-half in two
 weeks. The best time to remove a COW is
 just when she has had calf The calf will occupy her attention, so she will mind the change less, and by the time it must be
 weaned, she is likely to be sufficiently ac- customed to the new quarters not to be further affected.
 Plan to Sow More C1over.-As a fodder it
 is unequalled, while it's effects in Tightening
 heavy soil, and adding fertility to any kind of land, is one of it's chief recommends. Take a heavy compact or tenacious soil for exam pie, and the far reaching roots of clover have an ameliorating effect most remarkable. Anyone who has noticed inverted sward land of this character, on which timothy or other grass has stood, and then 8 field of clover similarly turned under, must have ob- served how the soil of the latter is filled with dense mass of clover roots, penetrating every part, while the same are comparative ly absent from the former. It's making no mistake to calculate on sowing good breadths of clover, with view of reaping such advan- tages.
 Fattening Live Stock.-It is not a good plan to defer the fattening until the cold, chilling winds whistle around the corners. The corn and other grain may then all be in shape for the business, but it will take enough more to produce every pound of fat in cold weather than it did in warm, to pay for lay ing in feed early for this purpose, even if it must be bought. Animals will gain almost twice as fast in warm weather. Usually, too, when they are fattened early, they sell as we'll, if not better, than when coming in late, may still be counted upon to blunder along in the old way, and send in late meat all in heap.
 ORCHARD AND GARDEN. Sow lettuce for spring use. Dig sweet potatoes before frosts. Set good kinds in place of any poor ones. Two year Concord vines be bought for ten cents; still, some farms haven't vine. Try mulch of turnip tops for the straw
  seed over the surface now Remember that the earlier in the fall ma nure is applied, the longer time it has to be- come infused in every part of the soil, for next years crops.
 In choosing trees to plant look more to the root than to the top. Small trees always have the best roots in proportion to size, and on this account are comparatively the best Quick growth and large size are more certain to be soon realized in trees four to six feet high, than from those twice
 large to begin with.
 Apples for Stock.-Feed the wind falls
 and other inferior fruit, especially if the crop
 be heavy; all farm animals will be the better off for receiving some. Cows given a few
 daily will improve in flesh, appearance and the yield of milk. Feed the sheep in connec-
 tion with hay and grain, they tone up the
 system of these to good effect. The richer sort of apples will be worth the most if kept by themselves and turned into the swine; they will help along perceptibly. Boiling or steaming them for swine is advantage. The very relish that horses have for apples is enough to indicate how beneficial they must be to them as food. FLOWERS AND THE LAWN. Plant Dutch bulbs.
 Gather seeds of annuals. General lifting should begin. Coboeas are now in their glory. duard the tender plants IT 1fost threaC- ems.
 Carnations should be potted up during the next two weeks.
 Late weeds usually perfect the most seed; don't allow it.
 Pansies.-Those sown in August ought now to be large enough to require more space. To have very fine flowers set the plants into very rich light soil. They should stand about four inches apart both ways. | White Clover for Lawns.-Shall it be used or not when seeding is common question. The answer lies in a nutshell. If the lawn
 is one that cannot be watered freely and regularly throughout the season, yes; if it is one where water and hose are always con- | venient, no. The former condition of things ! usually prevails in the country and about villages, hence we recommend slight sprink- | ling of the clover seed along with the grass. At the rate of pound to the half acre is l enough. The advantage of clover here is that in dry weather it keeps it's celor better l than grass does. Its disadvantage where ! lawns are watered is that it grows too freely, | injuring the grass.