The Northwestern standard., 1886-03-27

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| An Ohio man has invented breed OF
| hens which lay two eggs each day. It is
the same way with eggs in Ohio as y is
with statesmen. What the State lacks in
quality it makes up in quantity.
Charcoal is good for fowls, and the best
| form in which to give it to them is in
| shape OF corn burned until it is charred,
but still retains the shape Of the grain A
| feed OF this twice week will soon show in
red combs and more eggs.
! Under the pasturing and hay system
of feeding, four or FIVE acres are needed
to keep d COW q year. With ersilaged
corn fodder and soiling in summer, every
acre may be made to keep its cow pro-
| pided the soil is made rich enough.
So long as the voting population, with
out respect to party, are content 10 send
shystering lawyers and mere pot-house
politicians to our legislatures, National
and State their itching palms will con-
tinue to be creased with neutral {?) pro-
ducts of the lobby, and this in spite Of
the honest Legislators who are in q mi
nority. - Farm, Field and Stockrnan.
Poultry of all kinds will fatten sutfi-
GENTLY with three weeks feeding. The
wbitest flesh and fat are made by feeding
milk warmed and mixed to thick paste
with oatmeal, boiled potatoes and corn
meal This food should be given four
times a day. as plentifully as it will be
eaten. 1t is best given in feed boxes or
troughs, which should be taken away as
soon as the fowls have eaten. The fowls
should be confined in coops, which should
De kept clean and deeply sanded
The public should be made to discrim-
mate the difference between rendered and
extracted honey. The old method of
rendering honey by melting combs, honey
and all together is no longer used and
there is none of it on the market. II it
were generally understood that by rapidly
revolving machinery, the pure nectar,
Just as it comes from the flowers, except
with large proportion of water evaporat-
ed, was thrown out OF the combs, our ex
tracted honey would command much
more ready sale. The apiarist well knows
the difference between the quality Of
rendered and extracted honey.
One of the best systems of raising toma-
toes is t hat practised by Mr. Engle, Of
Marietta, O.. He believes in transplantinR
frequently, to secure abundance of fbrous
TO OTIS. The plants are trained to single
stems fastened to stout stakes two strings
being generally sufficient to use in tying.
The side shoots are pinched off imrnedia-
tely beyond the first cluster of fruit, and
the leader is topped at the height of 4
feet. Tomatoes grown in this way are
earlier, healthier and invariably free from
dirt, The soil must be rich to secure best
results, as the plants grow more rapidly
ard ripen earlier-hence command a bet
ter price the fruits also of better quality.
For plants already potted in rather poor
soil apply only water and that moderately
until they begin to show growth, when a
very little infusion of old manure from the
well-aired surface of the stable or poultry
yard may be added once a week, or few
drops of ammonia in a pint of water. AS
they increase in bulk and when they begin
10 flower more may be safely used. Small
packages of ammoniated bonedust, super
phosphate or other artificial manures are
sold expressly for use ON window plants
with directions and are neat and inoffen-
from having a hard compact texture it is
best to change it at once. or to mellow 1T
with black leafmold or at least put on
good surfacing of such mold from the
woods or the manure yard.
The employer should act the part of a
friend to his workman What pleasant
record was that of the hired man who
served faithfully forty years and between
whom and his emplo er there was kindly
consideration growing out of this long
reciprocal service and friendly regard.
If the employer is superior in any gifts TO
his hired man, let him in thankfulness for
these advantages impart some of them to
the inferior and thus twice bless these
gifts. If any employer or hired man
needs good advice in these regards let
him read what the Apostle James wrote
and govern himself accordingly. There
should be a cordial sympathy between
employer and employed and q mutual de-
sire to do what is exactly right TO each
other. 1t should not be question solely
Of money, for this has a degrading infin-
ence upon mems minds and often leads 20
injustice when small matters are in ques-
ton.
Whatever is is right. In France and
some other sections small tracts are prof.
tably titled. In Others hundreds, thous-
ands, or even millions of acres are gen.
orally owned and used by one person or
firm, and there are controlling reasons for
this general variation. When the causes
change, sooner or later the number of acres
generally owned in any locality will
change, and those Who soonest perceive
these causes viii go with the tide instead
of wearing themselves out by vain efforts
against it. Individual pecnIiarities win
enable one man 10 succeed in line of ac-
ton in which the majority would fail.
But for the great mass Of tillers Of the soil
in any State, Territory, or section it may
be we'll to ask: With about how many
acres do owners Of the soil in my section,
having means, health, taste, family and
nearly like mine, generally
succeed bests The answer to that aues-
ton by tens in anyo e locality, hundreds
III another and thousands in others will be