Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-02-26
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Properly speaking, corn for fodder
should not be sewn, but put In with the
drill, preferable In rows Is inches to two
feet Apart, 80 80 to allow cultivation and
sunlight. The old idea that corn fodder
was growing too coarse If allowed to ear ia
exploded. II is all the better feed for
caring.
A correspondent Of the Country Gentle.
man utilizes old tin cAns to scare crows.
BE hangs them up around the field, first
attaching stones or any other suitable
substance with strings to the inside OF the
cans, which, as they are shaken by the
wind rattle and frightsn the crows.
A large udder is commonly regarded as
sign Of good mixer, but excessive
size indicates deposit OF flesh which lie
OF no advantage, bat rather burden for
the overweighted animal to carry. II the
milk veins are we'll developed the COW
will be good mixer aud the udder will
be as large as ia of any advantage
The Colorado beetle came eastward far
In advance OF its parasitic enemies, and
therefore was more destructive in former
years than now. The parasite, however,
gradually followed over the same ground
and, overtaking the beetle, attacked IL
as 1t did in its native home. This
accounts for the email damage to the
potato crop from the beetles as compared
with former years.
That much waste land may be profs.
ably used Ia shown by Mr.. Joseph Harris
In his catalogue, who states that celery
and cAuliflower need very rich land aud
plenty Of water, and, therefore come rich
swamps, with 3 stream of water through
them might be easily converted into a
favorable place for these two vsgets b les
Celery can be set ont as late as the LIST OF
August.
Rye, oats, barley, buokwbest, peas
beans, Indian corn, wheat, bran, shorts
or middlings, oil me&l-tr $50 ara az
good food, says the National Lius Sock
journal, for fattening bhstp Bat 1t il
good plan to give variety The writer
says the bsst ration he ever knew was
composed Of equal parts, by weight, of
corn, oats, peas and millet, aud to Is
bushels Of the mixture was added one
bushel OF haxseed, am all ground 30
together. Two pounds of this VITA hay
give excellent results,
A COW that ia q hard mixer ahOuld
have the udder b8thed in very warm
water when about to be MIXED Ia fact, IL
should be the duty OF ali miikmen to
thoroughly wash the udders Of every
COW In the dairy when milking, ali mRny
impurities enter tho milk in soluble
condition which are not srrested bv tha
strainer. As the milk flows ont i. dis
solves some Of the adheFiuE substsncss
to the udder, and they pass into the pstl
unseen. Yet there are thousands OF dairy
men who never wEsh the uddara ct all,
Common barrel salt is nesr.y ali pure
salt, though traces OF other minerals
exist. Fertilizins salt is prepared from
the refuse salt Of salt works, and coutasps
the oxide OF iron, potash, gypsum, sui.
phate and carbonate Of lime, and grease,
with which Ia mixed lime aud wood ashes
Gall fertilizing materially ground fue
and mixed by ms chinerT 1t Is unfit for
any other purpose but fsrtilizing, aud is
sold either in bulk or in,200 pound asoks,
though any quGntity may be procured
that may be desired. Western Rural.
The causes Of sickness among farmers
are summarized in the Massaoh usetts
health report to the following effect /.
overwork and exposure, the women being
more frequently ovsrworked. 2. Im-
proper and improperly cooked food. g.
Damp location OF dwellings. a. Want of
cleanliness about their houses, especially
in reference to drains, cellars and prox-
unity to barnyards and hogpens S, In
pure drinking water, largely due 20 the
preceding cause. Bedrooms imuer-
feetly ventilated ana on the ground floor,
with too general use OF feather beds Z.
insufficient recreation.