The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-15

According to Bulletin No. 6, issued
by Prof Latta, of Purdue University
of Indiana, drilled-in-oats yielded
an average of nearly two bushels of
oats more than those sown broad
cast.
Joseph Cook thinks il man had
a dog which was in the habit of
chewing, smoking and expectorating
tobacco anywhere and at all hours.
the animal would have a short life.
Yet the same man never thinks of
killing himself for the same offence.
Uncle Esek, in the Century, says
that incidence is disease of the
soul, lsziness OF the body.
He says that the great struggle
for life is first for bread, then butter
on the bread, and at last sugar on
the butter. This is the best any of
us can do.
He says that all cunning men are
dishonest or will be the first good
chance they get.
He SAYS that he does not believe
in special providence. When a mule
kicks a man and knocks him any
where from eight to twenty feet OFT,
he doesn't lay it to the Lord hesays
to himself that man got little too
near the mule
/ A writer in the n. II. Homestead
SAYS that succession of cabbage
may be gained to some extent by
different settings. but better BY va
rieties. The later and more desirable
kinds are not early enough, even If
set early, to insure maturity for the
earliest and best market.
There is, however, very little dit
ference or choice between the two
better varieties. As soon as the
Hendersons come to market, which
will be little later than the Win
ningstadt and Wakefield, they sup
plant these kinds and they will in
turn have to give way to the larger
and more snowy Brunswick. but Mt
about the same price. There is no
doubt that the French Early Etam-
pes is as early as any, and that it is
Of superior quality, but it is more
shy, is apt to spot, and not bear
transportation, or keep fresh as long
as the other early kinds mentioned.
We find the following in our +. s.
pcctcd contemporary, the New Eng
land Homestead:
"A single neighborbood on Long
Island sends 800 to 500 live birds a
week to the New York stores. One
New York village ships $4,000 to
$1,000 during Summer" Think
of this. If ever the farmers of our
country should make their voices
heard on any question. they should
speak out against this suicidal, I'M
excusable, inhuman vanity which
makes the slaughter of our little
fbirds profitable
There are good many people
who are going to keep sharp eye
hereafter upon the politicians who
who are willing to sell themselves to
a league of rumsellers, and help to
promote their shameful and deadly
designs, says the HomestedH May
their numbers rapidly increase.
DIR. Clason of the Edinburgh Asy-
lum for the Insane, is disposed to
substitute milk for stimulants in
hospital practice. In very acute
cases, both Of depression and mani
acal cxaltation, when the disordered
working OF the brain tends rapidly
to exhaust the strength. he relies
more and more on milk and eggs
made into liquid c,lstards.
You would have cause for genuine
happiness if you knew there were
100 loads of good muck in your barn.
yard, over which the cattle had been
tramping all winter.
/ At the Michigan Agricultural Col.
lege it is proposed to set "a buckle
berry plantation next spring.
i Is there any reason why sheer
cannot be made to work light dog
power for running the churn? Here
is good chance to make capital
out Of the surplus energy Of the old
ram.
How do You strain your milk? II
you use n cloth, how often do you
wash it? Too much of the impurity
of milk comes from the strainer.
Prof l.. II. Bailey well says the
ndornment of rural homes should bs
considered a necessity rather than !
luxury. AS the country becomes
older, and natural windbreaks are
destroyed, it is imperative that WI
plant for protection. The attrac
tions of farm life for our sons ant
daughters are largely determined
by the character of the arrangement
and exterior adornment Of the HON,
and farm premises.