The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-08-03
AGRloUL ULTURAL-.
Devoted to the Interests of Farmers
and Stockmen.
what Has Made the Money!

| haps be easter TO tell what has not
made money-for in the latter cate
CORY are To he included our two great |
est staples, wheat and beef. 1t is the
/ lesser staples that have paid-hogs, |
fat sheep, potatoes, beans, poultry, |
eggs, and many of the still smaller |
sources of income on the farm. Corn
has been source of profit to those |
who have had that grain for sale, aud
especially the few who can now place |
it on the market, but the many farm |
ers who have bought it and fed it TO
cattle have no very cheerful remarks
to make on this score. The average
in smaller products, however, has not
been bad, and do not forget that the
farmer who makes money every year
and there are those who dds the
one who always has some of these
smaller products for sale.
The new wheat crop Of Australia is
estimated at ten bushels per acre,
which Is a higher average than any Mt
tanned in the colony since 1875.
Young shade trees should be
trimmed into shape the first few
; years after having them set out. The
, beauty of shade tree depends upon
the shape given it when young.
A bit of freshly burnt charcoal in
the water in which Hyacinths, etc,
are growing, (in glasses) will keep the
, , water sweet Il long time, and prevent
the necessity of changing it.
Late potatoes can be put in on the
: gronnd formerly occupied by peas.
! The late crop keeps best during win
ter The chief difficulty now is to get
good se d.
Cut off all diseased limbs from the
: pear tees should evidence of blight
) appear, and sw4b the limbs with lin
= seed oil. Burn the branches taken of
!, and keep the soil stirred.
Late corn for fodder can be planted
now. Sow it thickIy in The rows, 50 rs
: to have the stalks small and tender.
: Sorghum also makes an excellent fod-
i der crop, and is highly relished by
:. stock.
p A correspondent at Albion, Ne,
SAYS "our farmers are the most intelli
= gent, frugal and industrious in the
: State. Our town is free from debt and
) has but three pAupers, taxes are low
= and consequently we have not the
: Western fever"
is Melons will now send out shoots
,e while the earlier kinds will blossom
Do not work them in the III Is so As u
disturb the roots, but work the gruunC
- around them and in front of the
- shoots. Should weeds or grass appeal
n in the hills pull them up.
III All young animals are more easily
Z stunt, d while they are dependent up
II. on milk AS their principal food than a
any other time, and for this reason
U considerable care should be exercised
- to see that n steady growth is main
= tanned A stunted animal is not de
~ sirable, TO say the least.
?. After your first crop OF clover is re
te moved apply 100 pounds Of drylan,
k plaster per acre over the field, and i
Id will improve the second growth. o,
some soils plaster is special fertilize
:, for clover. On light sandy soils
mixture of two parts wood ashes an,
= one part plaster IS better.
VS. Corn endures drought as we'll as an,
ry crop grown, but only when the tiel,
al il kept clean. A thorough cultivation
d. of the field after a shower is bette
ce than coating of manure, as it pro
ply of moisture. The work is essil,
- done under the check-row system.
n 1t will soor be time for the hens t,
TO molt. Keep the hens that begin t,
IT. molt early, as they will be realty 70
a winter laying before those that do no
lis molt until late in the season. Sell OF
ls all the extra males and late-hatche,
to chicks. Feed very little corn, an,
give fresh meat three times week.
e, The Ohio Station, having teste,
st nine different kinds of tom 3toes, viz
e. Acme, Advance, Buist's Beauty, Ljv
r. ingston's Beauty, Cardinal, Climax
to Favorite, Mikado, and Perfection, find
re that the Cardinal, from Henderson
lie gave the greatest weight of tomatoe
ID to a given number of plants, anC
IL Livingston's Beauty, from Livingston
k next.
Il will cost but little 10 keep th,
at surface of the ground around youns
m trees well sprinkled with fine lime
lg Many insects will avoid the lime, anC
IN on some soils the lime will prove bene
IL ficial. An excellent mixture for sucl
of purposes is two parts wood ashes, on,
ID part lime, and one part coarse salt
he Only a small quantity need be used a
re each application.
n This is the season for growing roo
'e crops. Beets, parsnips aud carrots
r. are now well advanced, but they re
N quire close attention in order to keeE
le the rows clean. After each rain the
20 ground should be cultivated, and i
e. grass has taken hold between the
I'd plants it will pay to use the hoe. BY
or so doing it the roots will be larger
better in quality, and fair yield Sc
ID cured.
l., 1t should be noticed that wher
OF small seeds of tender plants, such al
III purslane, are buried deep in the
+, ground, they will lie dormant until
is by the working of the ground, they
N are brought quite near the surface
IL where the temperature and free acces.
is of air favor their sprouting. After ths
ut first shower they will usually come up
le and should be killed before they show
le more than two or three leaves Aitel
IN they become an inch or two long it j,
rt hard to keep them from going to seec
without Juggling them out Of the field
1t Woke Him Up.
sow, Al,