Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1888-02-02
Tarn Notes.

The swine plague prevails. ~ tie
south u France. and 80, eco animals
have died IN Mar>cl!Ics district within
II month
Be liberal bat not a wasicfu
feeder, Let every Kind II fo.i b. fed
in tina, hammer winch will give the
largest and best returns.
The earlier ice i pa, N the bet
ter. Twelve inches in thickness i,
more desirable than thicker. Store II
in cold weather
The dri,cu-Nell people had claims
agains, ''infrinecr." of their patent Of
$50. 900, 900. Now they haven't either
paicn, Or claim.
Give the sheep mess OF ground
oats every evening from nov until the
lambing period. A. soon rs grass fails
give them all the hay they can eat,
it will be a grea, mistake for any
farmer TO allow the loss OF siaglc crop
10 o disgust him as to change bi,
c"ur>e Of farming.
Prof. Arnold ranks apples with
maj gels, turuips. cabbage aud the like,
AMI thinks them Gully injurious when
fed immoderately.
L. y. Fairbanks Of Westboro,
Mas. is satisfied that wel-cur,,l coru
fodder when properly led j. nearly or
quite as valuable As English hay.
Large profits do not depend upon
large crops. One may grow an ex-
iraordiuarily barge crop. but the expense
of 50 .ing may balance the re-
ceipts.
A Colorado man says that he has
made more money by furnishing lambs
to butchers than by anything else he
has ever tried before 10 Colorado.
When butter is gathered in the
churn in granular form it is never
overchulned. Pounding il after il is
i'll lump or large mass is what over
churns it.
A German cattle food which had Il
large sale was found to contain vegeta-
Die ivory turning.. eighty-thrce parts,
and common salt, twelve parts, III 100;
value, nil.
The western farmer can and does
cultivate large areas Of cheap land.
But, after all, the present condition OF
the average Western farmer is worse
than that of most farmers at the
East.
A lot of scrubby late chicks, a
score of venerable hens and a half
dozen useless roosters are eating up
the profits of many farmers flock. Ii
they cannot be sold better give them
away.
The dairy must stand back Of
good agriculture. Tho fertility of the
soil cannot be maintained without the
dairy; hence agriculture without the
dairy soon commits suicide by feeding
on itself.
Immense quantities Of wheat. pro-
baby 10000 tons, are held in San
Francisco. This mass has been attack
ed by weeyils, so that it is likely 20
be a total loss to the owners.
In allowing water to stand liz the
stable over night during the winter,
simply covering the pals with bagging
or cloth of any kind will prevent freez-
ing iu the coolest weather.
In selecting q farm the intending
farmer should study the locality well
and take note of all the surroundings,
the neighboring farms, the appearance
of the houses. barns, ETC., and The con-
dition of the roads.
Some one says: "A good mess of
cooked turnips, fed warm, will be OF
more benefit to the pigs on cold days
than any quantity of corn" 1t would
be still better to warm them and feed
them raw.
If young lamb gets chilled and
is nearly dead when found. the very
best way to revive it is to immerse 1t
all bat the head is lukewarm water
till the skin gets warmed and then wrap
in warm cloths till it dries.
Every farmer who declines to take
an agricultural paper on the plea that
he cannot afford it is almost sure to
lose in the year ten times its cost di-
rectly through lack of information that
it would surely give.