The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-04-02
AGRICTLTTRAL NOTES.
Items Relating TO Farm, Live Stock, Or
chard, Garden and Lawn.

Young hens lay the most eggs, but |
old ones make the most careful moth |
eIs.
Beware of inferior seed at this season.
Time lost in the use of such cannot be
Tegsinsd.
The department of agriculture essi-
mates the increased value in the cattle
OF Louisiana and the adjoining cotton
states, due to the use of improved
breeds and crossing them on the native
COWS during the last few years, at 35
per cent. During the last year the in
crease in the value of every or Is 1910
% per cent.
In nothing do we need to exercise
greater care and judgment than in
feeding. While one COW will only
fully utilize from four to six pounds,
careful test will no doubt prove the COW
that consumes ten pounds will bring to
heI owner a larger net profit than the
one that consumes but five pounds.
One who has tried the process says
that those who will try bagging few
grapes will appreciate the great ad-
vantages Of fastening on cheap paper
bags when the punches begin to form.
There will be no waste, while double
the price may be obtained, as they will
stay on the vines until after cold
weather. The Bugs should be attached
as soon as the earliest indications Of
grapes are noticed.
A good condition powder may be
cheaply prepared on the farm. A mix
ture of one pound penugreck, one pound
gentisn, one pound salt, one pound sui
phate OF soda, an ounce of sulphur, one
pound Of phosphate Of soda, half pound
of chloride Of iron and half pound of
black antimony, given in tablespoonful
doses twice 8 day, will greatly assist
the appetite and promote the condition
of the animals.
The farmers wife is emphstically a
partner in his business. On her de-
wolves the care of the dairy in addition
to the routine of household duties. Her
sphere of action, though strictly dom
estic, is a wider one than that of the
ordinary housewife. AS her husband
In virtue OF the ownership of land
which he subdues and tills, is entitled
to the name of landlord with all the
cares and honoT5 the name implies, so
she is entitled to the name Of landlady,
and must assume the responsibility az
we'll as the respect.
The contiaued raising Of one crop
upon the same soil exhausts the kind
Of plant food needed by that kind oi
plant. Some plants haye long roots
others short ones; by changing, the
nutriment is drawn from different
parts OF the soil. Some plants draw
thsfr sustenanee largely from the air
store up nutriment and leave it in the
soil. This class Of plants usually havt
broad leaves; clover, beans and pea
are In this class. Wheat, corn, oats
and those plants having few marrow
leaves, are exhaustive to the soil. Upol
a sandy loan, the following Is q plal
for rotation First year, meadow, sec
ond summer, fallow; third, wheat
fourth, corn, and all the undecomposet
manure, Sow rye at the last cultiva
tion, pasture 1t in the fall and spring
dfth year, SOW oats or barley and see
down. At the present price of sugar
will not pay to raise amber cane excep
as forage crop, for which purpose
is excellent, and especially adapted fC
light, sandy soil.
The grape rot is now known to be
fungus growth which attacks the fru
successfully through the season. A
the spores ripen they break and spTea
upon fruit not before affected. 1t il
therefore, important to go through tt
vineyard early and cut out all berri,
that show any signs of injury. A sti
earlier preventive measure il to remo'
all decsyed grapes, cuttings, OF 9TH
rubbish from under the vines, and the
plough the ground, so as to turn und
the surface any that are accident
missed. After the first blowing Il
ground should not be cultivated exec
to destroy weeds. Stirring it deep
would bring some of the spores to Il
surface Of the ground, where tn
would 10 blown about by winds. T
use Of sulphate Of iron OF copperas
water is also recommended as q spr
for the vines during the grown
season. By adopting these precautie
grape growing may be re-estsblish
even in localities where successive yea
OF rotting had caused grape growers
abandon the business.
In blowing small fields, says one "a
liar with It, it is the easiest way to
plow at the bars entering the 6e
and follow the fence around. Besid
II the work is to be done by proxy, I
plowman needs little watching, exc,
to see that he keeps the burrows Il
and of the required depth, and lays
sod we'll over, that one is tempted to
low It, snk thus at every blowing
soil Is hesped up against the outside
she held. "Bsck-furrowing," or "l
shout" ;" Is Of course. rhe only RENE
Common farm hands make such b
Cling work of this that 1t is necessary
stshs out the fHrroWs for them
watch them besides, especially in irr
Qplar fields When prOperly done