The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-06-18
NOTES FOS TIT farm AID HONE.
Farming Paragraphs

NJ L., POTTER county, rem. il-s
4 the same litter should not he uscd for
breeding. No other animals detcrio-
rate so fast as pigs by vicious breeding.
md tho prevalent diseases among SWINE
are no doubt due 70 the commonly prde-
;iced interbrceJiDg of pigs of the same
liter.
Referring to the millions upJh mill
.ons of dollars lost in live stoca-or.
rather, dead stocls-tbis winter on the
sea., bleak, open prairies and plains.
The Springfield Republican remarks:
"By-and-by the big West will rcspec.
the oldfashione,i New England barn"
md We may add that the awful aggre-
ate Of animal suffering incident to at
east four or five months OF every year
IN this country is national
curse that cries to heaven for ven
seance.
Among our profitable farm crops,
barley takes an important position. In
1882, the average value per acre in the
United States was $3.50. while that of
wheat was Sl2 90. and Indian corn SILL
81. The average price per bu. ranked
only second to the wheat. and in pro-
luctiveness barley produced 2l.5 bn. per
acre, while oats gave an average OF 26.4
bu., and Indian coan 24.6 bu.
An enthusiastic grower Of grapes,
with $50 varieties in his collection,
throws damper on new varieties by
expressing preference for the old Con-
cord to any vet introduced. This he
qualities by stating that "thc most prom
ising kinds" are Brighton, Duchess,
Pocklington, Moore's Early, and Mag
ara. No one grape received so much
praise as the Brighton. It is doing
well. so far, wherever tried. But all
agree tina. Concord is the only thor
oughly reliable variety We have entirely
tested. Wherever grapes were bagged
they were uniformly perfect. But was
bad in many districts when the clusters
remained uncovered.
A shingle is estimated at four inches
on the edge. One thousand shingles
are therefore bunch containing l2j
courses, each 81 inches on the edge, or
the bundle has bands of 32 inches in
length, and contains 125 courses. A
bundle having % courses on each side
has 400 shing,as. When laid five
inches to the weather sbingle. then COW
ers 20 square inches, or seven shingles
cover o square foot, and 900 OF them
will cover about IA feet square Of roof:
at four inches to the weather 1000 shin
giles cover about one square Of roof or
100 square feet.
Considerable interest is manifested
in pretty full &C count Of details IN the
management Of q creamery at Water
Vile. n. Y. in which the cream from
the milk Of I 900 cows, owned by sixty
different patrons, is collected and each
patrons cream churned by itself and
the butter product of each weighed,
graded and paid for according to guam
tity and quality, or returned b. the pro.
ducer 1t his option, II not satisfied with
the grading, with Q small charge added
for manufacturing and all the work, in
Guiding gathering the cream. being done
without difficulty by one man and his
wife.
The sooner the farm can be made to
produce big crops Of clover the sooner
it will pay. Clover Is good for anything.
cattle, sheep. hogs, horses, and crops Of
all kinds. Seed with clover, and then
pillow il under after one crop has been
taken of and while the roots are green.
They are rich in phosphates. and the
stems and leaves gather nitrogen from
the air and add it to the soil.