The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-30

vegetables and meal, there is not much
daner of oyereating, and i. is better
for the bird.
An English farmer who has been in.
vestigating the caterpillar pest, which
has proved so destructive TO the fruit
and nut crops in Kent, has concluded
that the spawn which produced the
caterpillars was deposited by the swarm
OF butterflies which swept the coast
last autumn, and which were sun
posed to have been driven over the
continent by the storms.
III. Hendricks. of Ulster county. n.
\ :, writes that he has found very sat.
isfactory results in close pruning OF
grapes. Last summer he stopped the
rampant growth of the canes by prun-
ing each one at two leaves from the
last cluster of fruit, and pinching of
every latterel TO but one leaf. The re-
| suit IN amount and quantity of fruit
was eminently satisfactory.
An Ohio man answers an inquiry as
to how a COW can be cured of kick
ing, thus: Take a surcingle of suffic.
| lent length to go around the COW lust
IN front OF the bag and hips; draw il
gently but firmly. You can then sir
down and milk quietly. After repeat
ing this few times, draw the surcin-
gle lightly, but, if she persists in kick
| ing, draw it tightly. In time she will
give up the contest.
The color OF the hog seems to be a
matter of Importance. Experiments
show that, contrary to expectation, a
black hog, such as the Essex and
Berkshire, thrives best in the South.
while the white breeds, such as the
Chester White, Yorkshire and Cheshire
thrive best in the North. The Poland
China, a spotted hog, and the Jersey
Red are preferred in the Western
| States.
Raspberries will thrive on almost
any well drained soil OF moderate
richness, but wet land is always injur-
ious and often fatal TO them. Harrow
smooth and fine and plant deep. Plant
~ late fall or early spring, in straight
iroSs seven feet apart, with bushes
three feet apart in the row. Implanted
lte in the spring, tender shoots are
TABLE 70 retard future growth. Fer
lhe first season give clean culture, and.
desirable, other crops may be grown
among them without injury
Prof. A. J. Cock, of the Michigan
Agricultural College, says his plan is
to keep only large, fine mares to do
his work on the farm. Those that are
half percheron will do, though those oi
three-quarter or seven.eighths blood
viii be better. These high grade
percheron are fine walkers, and 10
/ break them il Is only necessary TO hitch
them in at three years Of age and go
10 working them. The fail colts are
valuable, and can be raised at pro6t.
/ He says he is delighted with his plan.
1t is the verdict everywhere that
creameries stimulate farmers TO keep
more and better COWS. Mr. J. III. Hale
/ says that where creameries have been
located many of the brush pastures
have been cleared up within the past
lew years, and he notices that more Of
this work is going on this season than
ever before. He is often shown farms
that before the days of creameries
kept from three to five cows that are
now keeping from eight to twenty.
Now is the time to get rid of the
poorer animals. 1t will not pay to
winter them, as better animals will
give larger returns for shelter, care and
feed. 1t is not economy to keep a
poor animal through any season, but
1t Is most extrayagant to keep it
through the winter. 1t is the height
OF folly in stock-raising to sell the best
and keep the worst. True, the best
bring the largest prices, but if you sell
the best and keep the worst soon your
best will be no better than your worst
is now, and your worst will be such
thst the more you have the poorer you
will be. You, by this plan, constantly
make your animals poorer, and Us the
stock-raiser makes his animals poorer
he makes himself poorer. II he keeps
up the process bankruptcy is as sure
as fate. The opposite policy is the
winning policy.