The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-24


tains more moisture than that which has
recoivedno manure, the covering acting
as a mulch.
Sheep raisers in New South Wales have
recently met with heavy Losses. In one
district four large stations have lost as
many as 10000 sheep each.
The paper used in the roof Of the hem
houses serves to keep It both warm 10
winter and free from lice in summer and
is highly approved by those who have
used 1t.
Mr.. Bronson, Of Ontario county, N. Y.
SAYS that the premature dropping Of the
foliage Of plum trees may be prevented by
using plenty OF barnyard manure and
kainit, at the rate Of 200 pounds per acre.
Reports from Michigan and other peach
growing sections are generally 70 the
effect that the severe cold weatherot the
past winter has killed the buds, and In
many instances the trees have been killed
also. ~ 8,
a goose may be plueked three or four
times during the warm season, and de-
spite the cruelty OF the operation, the
geese are usually in as good condition IN
the fall as il the feathers had been allowed
to drop out.
The driyen.well patent, which has been
the source Of 80 much troublesome litiga-
ton against farmers, expired on January
l4th, aud any one is free hereafter TO drive
we'll on his own premises wtthout rear
Of prosecution:
A man poIed some lima beans with
common, six-foot laths, driven one foot
into the ground, and when the vines had
climbed the three-foot poles they were
pinched back. Result more and earlier
beans than ever before.
The chief difficulty in teaching calves
to drink from the pail arises from too great
haste. Let the calf become hungry, warm
the feed to the temperature Of new milk,
give IL the finger to suck, but only for
moment, and the calf Is easily taught to
drink.
An exchange thinks leifers intended
for the dairy should not be fed on tatten.
ing food. Plenty OF coarse proyinder is
better. 1t enlarges and strengthens the
digestive organs, and when they come in
profit, the tendency willbe to milk and
not to fat.
In blowing use snbsoiler to loosen the
hard pan, or else gradually bring up the
heavy clay by sinking the plow g little
deeper each year. Another profitable
way is to give two ploWings, inst bringing
the clay to the surface and then throwing
it back again.
Cows well fed, aud which yield q large
proportion Of cream to their milk, always
make hard butter, even in warm weather.
In such cows, on the proper food, a part
OF the fat which usually goes into suet
passes into milk veins and is converted
into butter.
The best stock.water is that Of living
springs; the next, that OF running streams.
Fully equal to these, save in the exception
Of hardness, is tho water Of wells, free
from eurface drainage. The worst water
| Is that OF slack streams, and especially
stagnant ponds.
The varieties Of beets most commonly
grown for stock feeding are the Long Red
NIangel, the Yellow Globe Mangel, and
the sugar beet. The long red grows the
largest and produces the heaviest crops,
and is mostly preferred by dairymen for
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best for beets.
For sugar beets the ground should be
weltprepared, plowed deep and thoroughly
palyerized. The roots require a,deep soil,
and the portion that grows under ground
containing the most saccharinematter; but
noneof the beets willgrow above ground il
the soil is mellow enough topermit 1t 10
penetrate II.
There are few conditions which must
be observed by all who wish to succeed in
poultry keeping, and they are cleanliness,
proper ventilation, good food and plenty
OF room, both inside the coop and outside
I'M the yards, andif these conditions are
not respected one should not expect to
meet with success.
Artichokes on good land, with the same
culture as corn, will produce from 800 to
800 bushels per acre, says grower, and
a. o. Williams, prominent illinois hog
breeder, says forty hogs may be kept on
an acre OF artichokes without any other
food, and that they produce more hog
food than any other crop. rs