The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-16

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The latest returns chow that pleuro
pneumonia is more prevalent in Scot
land than in England; thus thirty,
one of the outbreaks are reported from
English counties; and thirty nine
from Scotch counties; while of the
cattle attacked lao were in England
and ITO in Scotland. The districts in
England where the disease has re-
Gently been most prevalent have b, en-
Kent, Lancaster and the Metropolis,
in which about two-thirds of the out
breaks have been reported
The practice of putting fodder down
in silos has led to many experiments
in preserving fodder, and the last ef-
"a follows al cut and shocked when
corn was in the dough and let it stand
until dry enough TO husk and thresh.
Then cut it up in half-inch lengths
and filled the silo heaping full OF il,
and put on neither weight nor cover
have tried every way to handle the
corn crop and like this the best. Ny
thresher leaves chah, blades and husks
about two-thirds the bulk. In feed
ing this cut feed a few hogs are needed,
as scavingers, as cattle do not digest. :"
Where the quantity of manure il
limited and the soil poor, larger crous
of corn can undoubtedly be grown by
applying the manure in the hill than
by spreading broadcast, provided il IL
thoroughly decomposed. Green ma.
nure fresh from the stable or cellar.
should never be applied in the hill,
but should be spread broadcast upon
the burrows and narrowed in. Il j.
much better for succeeding crops to
spread we'll decomposed manure and
hasten the growth the first Of the sea
son by applying spoonful Of first
class commercial fertilizer in the bill.
covering it with earth before dropping
the corn.
Last week. says the Rural New
Yorker, eve ate piece OF beef that
had been packed in snow for more
than month. The flavor was delic-
+ ious. The beef was packed during a
comparatively warm spell. The only
snow to be obtained was the remains
Of a drift under shady bank. A
/ quantity of this snow was placed at
/ the bottom OF a barrel and we'll
pounded down. A piece of the meat
/ was placed upon the snow and then
more snow firmly packed around it,.
The barrel stood in the barn and the
meat has kept in perfect condition. II
I the snow had melted the meat would
have been placed at once in brine"
A Massachusetts, journal says: The
quality of Northern farm help is de-
f teriorating. In nothing is this seen
more clearly than in the management
/ of teams. Every hired man wants to
work with the team, most OF them be-
cause they think this part OF the wol X
T the easiest. The team has TO suffer.
{ poorly cared for at all times. and
I liable to severe beaIings when the
driver is provoked. A high-spirited
horse is soon ruined by su h treatment
and this fact is causing a great in
crease in the number OF mules now
/ kept by Northern farmers. The mule
has long been considered necessary az
/ the South, where the farm labor has
been much less intelligent than it il
here.
Appearance has much to do with
the sale of manure. 1t is a popular
fallacy that muck, being black, must
| therefore be very rich. 1t is often
used by ladies iii making flower beds,
where it is handled with great salts
faction, being light, porous and not
adhesive when dry. But unless it has
been out of the swamp year or two,
! exposed to air and light, it is poor
stuff for roots to feed in, not nearly so
good as the rich soil from well-ma-
nured garden. The porousness of
muck fits it admirably for mulch for
newly planted roots or plants, but this
makes the soil dry out much too
quie ky when once the muck is mixed
with 1T.
A mixture of resin and lard is re-
commended for applying on the trunks
of trees TO repel the boreI. Liaseed
oil mixed with root, and applied the
/ first week in June, has kept the bOrer
from attacking trees thus protected
for two or three years after its appli-
| SaAiOh' OalOciAO cOhp ID diEO u EONAA
Iepellant. II the borer has already
effected Judgment, he must be dug
cut or followed up into his hole with a
flexible wire and killed Apple and
peach trees should be examined the
latter part of the summer, even if
some offensive substance has been
used to drive away the enemy. 1t
may have failed to reach every part of
the trunk liable to attack.
E,rly potatoes are ready to be dug
at any time after their leaves die
down, as it is to be presumed that this
was the sign of their maturity. But
late planted potatoes after moist fall,
are often green until frost cuts thv M
down. 1t is not safe to dig such po-
tatoes at once. A little time must be
given TO allow them to ripen, which
will be known by the skin not slipping
when bruised, as an unripe potato
skin will peel. The ripening after the
stems and leaves are killed proceeds
very slowly, possibly only some of the
unfrczen sap in the stem is LETT to sue
cor the potato. So long as the skin
slips easily, the potato must be
handled with great care. If bruised
in warm weather the potatoes will rot
down like so many apples, or even
worse ut tunes.
Admiral Porter, the head of the
navy, receives a higher salary than the