The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-17
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Now that harvesting 10 over remove
the knives from the mowers and reapefs
Ia avoid accidents, and see that all ma.
chinery used is properly oiled and stored
in dry place.
Crushed oats make the best feed fol
horses. Old horses cannot easily nastt'
cate whole grain, and the crushing OF tne
oats consequently adds % percent TO theil
value.
Ducks should have separate houses
from other fowls. No roosts are neces
ssry, but they should have troughs, a
they do not like TO pick and hunt on the
ground like chickens.
Between 1872 and 1850 England lost
from contagious lung plague, It is est
mated, 5,54S,7S0 head OF cattle, worth
$500 100000. During the following nine
years she lost about 81 900, 600 more.
Currant and gooseberry cuttings from
new shoots, placed in rich earth, will now
root nicely. One inch and one bud are
enough to leave above ground, with four
or five inches below.
II trees are growing too vigorously, and
are sending out too many or too long
branches, lop them of now. II cleaniy
done NO harm will follow. But cut smooth
ly; don't tear or twist them OF.
Have your pigs and hogs access to
ulenty Of fresh water? II not, provide it
as soon as possible. Good, pure, fresh
water is as essential to healthy develop
ment in the hog as in the COW or horse.
Every farmer should endeayor to keep
down weeds, not only for his own benefit,
but also in order to prevent injury to his
neighbors. Compulsory clearing OF woods
would soon lessen the nuisance.
All the extra care Of the colts now will
be handsomely repaid in the early deve-
Looping Of the young horse, and the better
horse it will make gives better return in
ready cash for the extra feed and care OF
the colts.
In Northern Ohio droughts are much
less frequent now under system otmixed
husbandry than they were twenty or thirty
years ago under system OF pasture, mea-
dow and dAiryiDg under oldfa1hioned
methods.
In the care Of eggs while waiting for
Matching, q place Is preferred that Is
neither hot nor cold, damp nor dry. II
the eggs are to be kept but little while,
turning them every day will answer, any
box or basket being sufficient.
Every man who breeds and handles i'm
proved stock should consider it neces.
sary part Of his business TO keep himself
well informed in matters OF pedigree and
the method Of keeping private records OF
his own work.
On the Sandwich Islands an almo3t ex-
elusive substitute for wheat and potatoes
is the taro, dubious root somewhat larger
than the potato, growing in the mud and
water. Il is the principle article Of food
among the natives.
In many partI OF England the practice
Of shearins lambs is on the increase. This
shearingIdoeS not take place till midsum-
mer or later. The prpctice tends to
diminish the next clip, but the animal
makes greater progress in the interval.
Mr.. Waliam Stewart, OF South Dumfries,
Canada, hes concluded 10 try the expert
ment OF introducing the prairie chicken
GU his farm. With this object he hes or
dered eggs for Matching from the West.
The experiment will be watched with
much interest.
Farmers connot be too guarded in the
isolation and protection OF their hogs.
Disease is here, there and nearly ever
where, and little careles me- may be
the means OF losing an entire herd, whilst
with ordinary care the disease may poE9l-
bly, be entirely avoided.