The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-09-01
FACTS FOR FARAIERs.

Raw meat, II fed sparingly, is as good a
cooked FIR laying hens.
The cattle ranches in the West occupy
4, 1886, 900 square miles of land.
Jeney bulls are now held at high figures
SON Of Eurotas deriving q fee for his
owner Of $1,000 for his services alone.
Whenever rust or smut attacks any Of
the stalks Of growing grain, such gtalkl
should be Immediately cut and burnt.
When any farm crop commands q pay
ing price Il Is folly for The farmer % turn
spsculator and hold for possible rise,
Three carloads Of live chiCkeAa rs. 600
10 numhef) were recently shipped from
MafyvIlle, Mo-, 10 New York city.
England produces $3.50 100000 worth Of
milk annually, and furnishes the world
with many Of the best breeds Of beef cat
tie.
Plums and cherries may be budded I'M
til the middle Of September. II the sap
seems thin and watery, wait q lew days
until It becomes thicker.
The honey boxes should be removed.
No more surplus is likely to be stored, and
the bees will only darken that in the
boxes, II they do not carry it below.
The public recognizes only few vari-
cites OF potatoes, aud when the new sorts
are shipped they are sent in under the
names Of the kind that they most resem-
bic.
Not every man can make extensive and
accurate experiments in farm work, but
all can take good paper aud keep them
selves posted as to what other people are
doing.
Tbs period of CESSATION in the eve is
about five months, and II the sheep are
coupled now the lambs will be dropped
in February, and, II we'll fed, may be
marketed in April.
1t is noticed that as a result Of free cul-
ture birds are becoming quite numerous
in parts Of Dakota. In kingBbury and
some other counties quails are making
their appearance.
California papers report the discovery
OF new wine-peach wfne-made from
the Juice Of soft, ripe peaches. tits said
to be the finest favored and most deli
cious wine ever made.
Pigs fed upon grass and middlings will
have larger frames and grow faster than
those fed on corn, especially in summer,
when fat should be avoided, il possible; in
feeding young pigs.
The milk that is to be used in the dairy
must not be mixed with that from sick
COWS or dry cows; and the milS should
not be used in the dairy until the sixth or
seventh day after calving.
The following is recommended as excel
lent for keeping blood-suckiag flies from
horses and cattle: Mix twenty parts Of
glycerine with one part carbolic acid and
rub lightly on the hair, but not on the
skin.
A Georgia dairyman has figured out The
cost OF good butter in that State at l23
cents pound, where good pasturage eau
be had on easy terms for ten months in
the year, and the butter sells for % cents
pound.
Professor Cook says flies do not like the
atmosphere Of bis stable, as the barrel in
which he makes his mixture Of carbolic
acid and soft soap is kept there. This ia
hint to those who find lilies troublesome
in the stables.
II will soon be time to cut the corn fod-
der, and farmers will find it to their ad-
vantage to carefully store it. using 1t in
tho winter by cutting it with fodder cut
ter. AS rule, one-half the crop Is an
nually wasted under the feet OF the stock.
When you are ready to SOW your wheat
select the choicest and plumpest grain.
Shriyeled seed should never be used.
With good seed one.half the difficulty is
removed. Make the seed bed fac, and
have all the conditions as favorable as
possible.