The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-03-17
FARM AZ NOTES n 3 - s.

Amuch larger area will be devoted I
sorghum rowing this year than formerly
Allyessels used iormilk of.cream shoul
be kept scfupulously clean, and should b
thoroughly scalded whenever emptied.
Ducks me profitable Il given unrestrict
ed liberty 70 forage and seek their food
Confined, however, they are not as profit
able Is hens. ~ ~ b
Appointment land ownerin Los Angeles
Cal, has built thirty.two houses on hi
ranch for negro families from Tennessee
who are tobe employed Us laborers II
place Of Cinnamon. Ill "a ,i.s.: i z
Governor Stanford, of California has {
Holstein COW on his Yina ranch that II
thirty days gave 1857 pounds Of milk
several pounds more than the gross weight
ofthe COW. gIftslSI sEfes5 iaii:' Z
Prof. Stockbridge says that the average
growth OF wood ona acre Of land, be
tween New England and the Potomac, d
cord and q half a year for thirty years
after 1t Is once cut over. ~ s
By giving COWS water at a temperature
OF sixty:siS degrees yield OF milk one
third greater was obtained, according to
experiments made at the Agricultural Col
lege, st, Remy, France.
Flax Is receiving much attention inthe
West. Asinventors are rendering it pos
sible to utilize the entire product OF fax,
it is predicted that in o. few years 1t will
be one Of the staple crops OF the United
States. i (
Awriter states that the swine pest Is a
specific poison, and finds its home most
favorable TO spreading In fat, sickly, corn
fed hog. He states that borax Is the best
thing to destroy the parasites that cause
the disease. ift :;
Michigan lumber merchants, having
nearly denuded that State Of her forests,
have been prospecting In California and
Oregon, and will invest S., 0C0, 600 in the
virgin forests Of California as soon as the
titles can be perfected. .t5j
No fixed quantity Of cream can be de.
pended upon for yieldinga certain amount
Of butter. Cream varies according TO the
weather aud feed. Sometimes It yields
less butter than at other times, falling be-
low one week and yielding morethe next.
AT the London Fat Cattle Show a red
polled Norfolk cowfwas exhibited which
2,064 pounds. She had produced
eight calves and been an excellent mixer.
She gained, while being fattened, at the
rate Of three pounds daily, although she
was 10 years old. 9Ii9ss ~ sei
The cheapness OF oats this year insures
q large proportion Of this food In the "a
ton Of working horses. 1t Is the best
grain for horses doing hard work, as corn,
in summer, heats the system |
without supplying the waste OF tissue.
Oats should he used plentiiully In all sta |
bles.
II your apples, turnips, onions or beets
are frozen It will not necessarily destroy
them, provided they are not thawed too
II placed where they will
gradually thaw, care being taken not to
disturb them, they will be but little in.
iured, provided they are afterward kept in
! cool place. y
II you use a reyolving-barrcl churn be |
careful not to put in too much cream. II |
you do the conclusion will be 50 slight |
that the butter will be q long time coming.
A common mistake is the purchase OF too
small barrel churn. One Of the greatest
merits OF the barrel churn is the ease with
which 1t is cleaned. IN
The stables should be cleaned daily,
and more especially 80 as the warm
weather sets in. II a barrel Of dry, fine
plaster be kept convenientlywithin reach,
and few handfuls scattered freely around
the stalls and on the floors. 1t will not
only assist in preventing foul odors but
also prove beneficial whom added TO the
manure heap. J5r