The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-01-05
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Its said that the culture Of pineapp,es
In Florida will soon. be OF more Importance
than the culture Of oranges.
When animals arc flst put up to tatten
they should be fed cautiously, as there lie
danger that moro food may be given at
once than their digestive organs eau man
age.
Mr.. Peter Henderson says that the flavor
and CrispinesB OF all celeries will be in
creased II the stems are soaked in iCe.Cold
water for Q short time before serving on
the table.
The Russian thistle, brought to this
country by the Mennonites In their frat
importation OF seed wheat, 10 becoming 10
thickly spread In parts Of Dakota as to
cause serious alarm.
John Lepley says tho average weight Of
shonkin cattle on arrival at Chicago was
1874 pounds each. They were said by
experts 10 be the finest lot Of range cattle
received up TO that time.
Seth Green thinks q profit can be dc.
rived from marshy lands by raising frogs.
He claims that they would destroy many
insects, while In some markets the frogs
are saleable at good prices.
Professor Maynard, OF the Massachus.
etts Agricultural College, says that the
only safe and sure way to prevent injury
from the coddling moth, apple maggotand
curculio 10 to destroy the affected fruit as
1t falls.
A strawberry grover Gays some straw.
berry plants arc naturally barren, and
should be pulled out and treated as weeds.
He goes over the patch when the plants
are In blossom and pulls up all plants that
have not blossomed.
A waterways be cures hogsand chickens
Of cholera and horses Of plnk.eye with
carbolic acid. It's diluted and mixed in
the feed; two drops for chicken, four
for pig and ten 10 twelve for horse.
Young peach trees need tudlclouS prun.
ing every fall or winter. All the new
growth should DO cut back nearly or fully
one-hali, and ali suckers which start from
theinside Of the tree on the lower branches
should be removed.
]. j. Hunt, Of Essex, Vt, gives to the
Mirror bis figures on q hog which he
bought at S85 pounds, live weight, on be,
log dressed the whole, including blood and
entrals, only weighed e73 pounds, leaving
% pounds tlnaccounted for.
The London Garden recommends that
walnuts and tllberts be wlnteted In flower
pots, covered over first with slate, and
then with several inches Of Sitted ashes.
We conlebs we do not SEQ the object gain.
ed BY such o method, % most people pre-.
fer dry nuts 10 moist for eating,
Corn Is cheap, and as q consequence II
does not pay 10 send habitat sheep to
market. The man who would do 90 TN.
der the present condition Of the grain aud
mutton market must be considered some.
what deficient In Judgment Feed the
thrifty wethers the cheap corn and make
them fat
The Farm Journal Gays that neatness
has q market value, 10 10 easily seen when
II adds q cent box 10 the price Of berries,
10 cents 4 barrel 10 apples, half dime q
bnShel 10 potatoes, 8 cents q pound 10 but.
Ter, or 9 cents dozen to eggs, and O per-
Ceptible percentage 70 any product offer.
cd for sale.
one Of the suggestions made BY Q report
Of the Kansas Beard Of Agriculture for
guarding against ravageB from the HesslAn
Nv 10 that the land he paetuted with sheep,
The consequence Of close cropping Of the
wheat In November and early December
may cause many oil the eggs, lafvR and
llAISeed TO DO destroyed.