Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-10
FARM NOTES.

Some interesting experiments have been
made IN France on the advantages OF Civ
ing water to mich COWS warmed, instead Of
in It's natural cold state. At the Agricul-
cursl School of ST. Remy two cows were fed
on tie same tocd, out one Was supplied
with cold water and the other with the water
heated 70 / & degree fahrenheit. The lat
ter Yielded one third more milk.
A csw rather thin in desb, if healthy
SAYS Hoard Dairymsn, Is almost a. Ways
sure to drop a vigorous calf, while far COW
vii generally have lean calf and one that
is quite apt . o. weak on ia legs i dsshy
COW IS also more apt to have pQsrperAl fever
or milk fever and As rule Is apt 70 De slow
IN coming TO her milk after lalhng which
is rot the case With s lean COW.
To prevent haysracks firing scatter q few
ha1dfuls Of common salt between each lay
er. The salt. oy absorbing the humidity OF
tie hay. not only prevents It's fermentation
and consequent heating, but It also adds
salty taste 70 this forage which 81 cattle
ike; besides, It stimulates the appetite and
assists their digestion, and . preserves
them from many diseases Scientific Amer
lean.
II any -c,era5ly inc manure can 6e spared
from hoet crops It will DO good service as
TOD dressing tor oats and barley. \ little
manure - especially advisable II grass seed
IS 10 De sown with the grain, and scarcely
less 90 il the spring grain is TO De followed
Or wheat or rye II rhe tall. Manure ap-
Piled nov viii De washed into and iuco-p7-
rated Ri-l tie soil before tA.l, ~ !; caanot
easily 5e i: let; 1ntI. then.
Sheer. SAYS 5. D Curtis, will get colo
when turned from dry food or very poor
pasture. into rsaz grass, wet with dew or
rain. If the pasture is a. su rank so that
hungry sheep would -ill itself qGjckly they
should De sept IN he fold until the dew is
partially gone, or the pasture should oe 80
regulated that a poor or scsr.y one should
De the first eating ground in the morning,
and a rsnker one ss;er|ari.
Don't milk troublesome COW. but turn a
calf or two to ner and let 'h-m do the milk
ing. An average COW vii raise tour calves
TO veal age during q season, and these vii
5rinE $40 TO $50. This IS often more than
can be made from her milk. The same
policy would pay farmers situated az a dis
:ance from market. As rule It will pay
them better 70 le. their cows raise cIl7es
than to make butter and cheese to sell
In an experiment with 100 plum trees a
farmer busted I've trees with sir-slscked
lime lust as the blossoms we're falling and
repeated the application every two weeks
several times From the FIVE trees 30 treat
ed be secured good crops OF plans, but
upon the remaining uinety-Gve trees the
curcuEo did not allow q single plum to ma
ture This is an important discovery to
plum growers should the method prove ef-
fpctual hereafter.
The simple division OF q pasture already
fenced does net involve much expense. As
there IS nothing on either side OF the fence
10 tempt cattle % any extent, the fence need
not De Of the strongest. Two or three wires
stretched 10 posts twelve feet apart, viii do
very well for cattle under such circun-
stances
Il Is not economical to attempt to grow 3
pasture crop on land that contains weeds or
crab grass. The common practice Of SOW
ing grass seed on wheat or cat stubole
should De avoided unless the grain crop has
been preceded by corn, Ehich requires ire.
ouert cultivation. the seeds being destroyed
by such methods.
Not less than 2,OOOO06 doSerin- plants
are probably sold in New York every spriny.
These retail from 10 cents to 81 each, aver
aging perhaps 25 cents, and making total
of half million dollars, which the city and
its suburbs devote annually 10 the enoeII-
ishmeut Of their gardens snd windows.
This does not Of course include cut flowers.