Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-05-13
FARM AND GARDEN.

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eating moldy corn.
Plant grapevines and plum trees
about the poultry houses.
The average yield of wheat in Great
Britain and Ireland last year was thirty
one bushels per acre.
Mrs. Harrison, the bee writer, says
the Florida climate is so damp that
comb honey can not be produced there.
Teosnte, a grass indigenous to Cen
trail America, it is thought may make
an excellent silo crop when grown in
temperate climate.
The best bred stock costs the most
money, but its produce brings a great
deal more than the produce of that
which is not so well bred.
As rule, the greater degree to
which farm products seeking market
can be concentrated in bulk and weight,
the greater profit to the producer.
The first requisite for high success in
the dairy is a good dairyman. Cows
are important it is true, but as an
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cows without brain to manipulate
them will never achieve great results.
The Indiana Farmer says that not
withstanding the low prices of wool in
the past few years, the number of sheep
in that state is within five per cent of
what it was in 1884.
In selecting young Brahmas an indi-
cation of what the plumage will be is
given by the bills. When the bill has
dark stripe down the upper mandible
the hackle and tail will be dark.
b. F. Johnson, of Champaign, H.,
thinks creameries, by furnishing the
public with first class article of but
ter, have done as mach as bogus butter
makers to lower the price of poor dairy
product.
Grape cuttings for spring planting
may be made now. Cut into con-
venient lengths for packing. Tie cut
tings into small punches and pack in
sand. standing them on end to remain
until needed for use.
ally among your grapevine3. They
add to the appearance of the vineyard,
and also afford protection in times OF
high wind. They are regarded as val,
liable in every way.
A sloppy wet floor in hen house is
an illumination and invariably brings
on cramps, colds and Group. 1t may
be too late now to raise your floor if il
is of that description, but you can put
boards IN and cover them with litter.
Barn manure, aside from its mcchan
ical effects, is the same as the concen
tratcd fertilizers, except that it is les;
yard manure and preserve its nitrogen
we should have what we apply as :
chemical fertilizer.
A market for Observation-Disclosures has
been found in Mexico, an opening
which promises good profits to tho
breeders and shippers rs well as in
creased value to the native cattle
This breed is claimed to succeed re
markably better than any other breeC
in the South.
If you do not know what the potato
land needs, apply complete fertilizer
till you find out. A ton of potasl
might DO spread upon the land withou
any result. Plants, like human beings
need 4 complete food. On some soil
single element will make the foo
complete, while in others several mus
be applied. 1t does not pay to expert
ment upon the whole piece with a singl
Element.
The notion common among farmer
In some sections that all plants whicI
are TO grow upward-like corn or whoa
must. in order to prosper, have thci
seeds put in when the moon is waxing
while all that grow downward-lik
beets and parsnips-must have the seed
put down in the waning of the moor
has, according to Professor c.
Young, never been verified by science
though it has tried to do so.
There is difficulty in storing soft cor
in large lots, as it easily mOlds and b.
comes injurious to stock and sometime
even poisonous. 1t is believed tn,
many cases of sickness in cattle an
hogs are due tofecding rotten or mold
corn. AS soft corn can not be grour
readily the best use of it is to feed
whole to fattcning or milch cattle ear
in tho CaoCpO II IL haitian fo,. -
whole to these than the hard ears, viii
the latter are much the best for hog
Fanny Field, who never gets left
on poultry matters, says, in the Oh
Farmer: "Nine-tenths of the incub
tors in the market are, for practic
use, about rs near worthless as fyir
machines; and, as rule, the poorc
machines are advertised in the most e
travagant terms. Some incubat
manufacturers seem to think it neccss
ry to make up in lying what their m
chimes lack in merit and to Judge
the amount of lying there must be
good deal to make up"
The common practice of blowing
the same depth every year is apt
make hard pan by packing the S.
below where the share scrapes over
II this depth is varied occasionally t
hard pan will be broken up, and Il
alone is good reason for deeper plo
ing than usual sometimes This, ext
depth of furrow, however, should
made when the subsoil is dry. To pie
deep in spring when the soil packs fro
being filled with water only makes t
evil worse. In fact, heavy soils shot
not be plowed at all when water so;
ed, as this often results in permatt
injury.
1t is said that oats and peas sown
gether make a splendid green feed
hogs, or when cured properly an ecu
ly good fodder for sheep and mi
COWS. The black eye marrow fat
Canada pea, and some tall, strong ste
med variety of oats are the best