The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-06-18
FACT FOR EARMARs.

It Is said that the pods Of lima bean
are Injurious to hogs, though they may b.
freely fed to COWS,
The disadvantages OF the ordinary sys
tenn Of setting milk in shallow pans To-
raising cream are that q longer perioG
elRpseS the skimming is completed, toC
much space ia required aud in summed
the milk becomes sour before the whole o
the cream Is raised.
The use Of Paris green on potatoes and
other things kills many bees and insects
that are useful, and also destroys many
small birds.
American pork now enters Germany
through England, and thus evRdes the
payment Of duty. In England 1t is brand
ed as English pork.
A Pennsylvania fruit-grower prevents
the ravages OF the borer by killing the
earth about the tree ten inches high in
May, as the borer appears in June.
1t is said that pyrethrum, mixed with
FIVE times its bulk Of plaster, and busted
into the centre Of the leaves with q pair oil
bellows, will destroy cabbage worms.
Regarding the dehorning OF cattle a
Western paper says that experience
teaches that the growth OF the horn can
be stopped by applying a red.hot iron TO
the horn germ in calves,
1t requires more time to spread manure
over two acres than ovsr one, and hence
the aim should beto concentrate the labor
on the smallest space that car be made
profitable,
For the best egg production in heavy
fowls oats are as good feed as any, They
give bulk, while the nUtriment\ they con.
tain is OF the kind which goes to make
eggs rather than fat.
Horses are not fully matured until six
years Of age, nor do they arrive at their
full strength until eight years old. In
mature animals are often evertaxed and
their future usefulness injured.
Into a pound Of soft soap dissolve one
ounce Of CarboliC acid crystals, and 1t be-.
comes an excellent remedy for lice on
animals when they are washed In warm
water with the aid OF the soap.
An enterprising New Highlander, Nj.
ColCord, has invented a ex-governor" for
sllo, which Is claimed as a regulator OF
the temperature, fermentation andquality
Of the ensIlage stored.
Australian fruit arrives in England in
excellent condition, 1t is packed In cork.
dust or sIwdust and placed in a cold COM
partment where the temperature is kept
as near to forty degrees as possible.
Short hay crops mean cheap cattle In
autumn. But the farmer who makes full
provision for keeping can buy and turn
his fodder to good account not only In
sales but in added value to the manure
pile.
Time intelligently given to bees will
pay equally well with that given to any
other kind Of farm work and where too
many are kept 1t may be done at such
times as not to interfere with other i'm.
work.
In selecting a SOW for breeding choose
one that is quiet and mild in disposition.
She may be the one that will lay on fat
most easily, and 1t will therefore be neCes.
sary 10 feed sparingly, but she will be all
better as a breeder for this.
One Of the advantages from narrowing
corn Is THAT a man with a smart team will
run over fifteen acres or more per day.
The smoothing harrow takes a width Of
feet, and as only scratching Of the
is desired no tapping is needed.
Corn and potatoes may be often top.
dressed to advantage after planting, pro.
6ne manure is used, The cult.
walton OF these crops during the season
will mix the manure with the soil much
more perfectly than it could be II plowed