The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-02
160 eggs per year, but these are rather
small, averaging about 9 to the pound.

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small, averaging about to the pound.
In the Rocky mountain region, where
corn does not grow well on account of
cold nights, peas have been discovered
to be valuable feed for horses, cattle,
| aA'o hogs, and to possess larger
am. 'unt OF nutrition than corn. Horses
keep in better condition while working
hard, aud gain in flesh readily, as do
oxen, VIII lie hogs fatten very rapidly,
and make excellent pork when fed on
peas. ALI require less in quantity
than when fe>i on corn. Not having
mills to grind them, they are soaked
in water twelve hours for horses and
cattle.
President Lyon, of South Haven,
Mich, gives the fol. lowing rules for
planting pear trees: First, choose
suitable varieties; second, select site
sloping to the north and east, with
well-umderdrained, rather strong. and
moderately rich soil; third, plant trees
of only one years growth from the
bud, and, when planted, cut back to
only a. foot and half high-upright
growers cut lower5 fourth, give light
manuring, late in autumn, and the
next summer cease cultivating by
Aug ust;: fifth. prune moderately and
anuually-when required.
In relation to purifying beeswax a
bee-keeper writes: 'sThe best plan
that know of is to melt ten pounds of
wax in a, vessel. after having first put
in the same one pint of STRONG vine
gar. together with one quart of water.
After all is melted, set the vessel from
the fire and wrap it in several thick
nesses Of blanket or old carpet, so it
will cool slowly By this plan the
wax is in agitation while liquid and
all impurities worked. to- the top or
bottom. 1t strained before putting
through, this process there will be
nothing but fine dross at the bottom,
with nothing on top.''
The lime process.of keeping eggs is
to take one pint of salt and one quart
of fresh lime, and stake with hot wat
er. When slaked, add sufficientwater
to make four gallons. When we'll set
tied pour off the liquid gently into a
stone jar. Then with a dish place the
eggs in, tipping the dish after it fills
with the liquid, so they will roll out
without cracking the shell, for if. the
shell is cracked the egg will spoil.
Put the eggs in whenever you have
them fresh. Keep them covered in 81
cool place, and they will keep fresh
for one year.
J. Sagar, Of Naples, N. Y, writes
in allusion to the well-known fact that
the Rebecca grape does not succeed
wellion Its own roots, that grated into
an Isabella or Catawba,. it becomes a.
prolific bearer, and thatia cultivator at
that place has several hundred vines
grated with it, and they prove the
most profitable of anything N his vine-
yard. He set a year ago $500 Con-
cord roots to graft with Rebecca.
A German paper states that vaseline
eggs should be thoroughly washed,
and rubbed in with vaseline previously
melted with three-tenths per cent of
salicylic acid. The operation should
be performed twice, the latter one
month after the former. On boiling.
the skin of vaseline easily separates
from the eggs. Eggs thus treated are
said to keep perfectly fresh for a year.
California is the great bee state. In
four counties there are five hundred
bee farms, and the annual product of
these farms is between four and five
pOuuuS Ob lOuoy. EIO" NoW
York state to Colorado, also, there
are thousands of bee farms where the
owners give their whole time to the
care of the honey gaherers. The pro-
duction of honey is enormous, but the
demand has not been supplied.
Large variation in color Is to be
noted among the prize winners at the
recent great show of shire horses at
London. OF ten prize-winning stall
lions, four were black, three chestnut,
and one each bay, gray, and chestnut
roam. 1t is incidentally mentioned
that all the prlze-taking 3-year-old
fllies were bays.
According, to L'Aptculteatr the sale
of honey in France was not satisfac-
tory last season. Much of it remains
unsold. Marseilles reports $4,000
Kilograms of beeswax on hand, and
the receipts exceeds the sales. A. kill
ogram is about two pounds.
A stock company for the manufac-
ture of liquid cheese is preparing to
seek incorporation in New York,
backed by ,Garman capital. The. pro-
duct will look like maple syrup, and
have all the pungency and other good
qualities Of AIlsnican cheese.
A local paper insists that there have
been great exageration of losses in
Western Dakesss among the herds from
the severe wintar. They are much less >
than expected, lit says, and the cattle
are nowin splendid conditions.
Statistical calculations show the.
wheat crop prospects of Virginia to-
be about 80 per cent. less, than the
product of last year. This shortage is.
due to the damage done to, the crop.
by the extreme cold weather.
From present indications.there wilR
be an average crop of peaches in Dela-
wara.. Very high prices ,aue anticipar
ted, as peaah buds are killed over a
large. pars of the country.
OF the SSa5 awarded, in premiums
to sheep at the New Orleans exposi-
ton .$475 went to Vermont and 1875
to one breeder, H. c.. Burwell,. Of
RridgeHort.
VNSpc ou1 Purnopc Of WapS.