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

Winter oats grow in Virginia aud
are seeded down in the fall. It might
pay to try small plot in this section.
Cooked clover, and the mess thick
ened with ground oats, makes an ex-
cellent addition to the food OF the
brood SOW.
Cold frames can be used for forcing
some Of the hardy plants in winter.
Early cabbage and lettuce are grown
in this manner.
Mix wood ashes, cinder and gravel
together for your garden walks, and
run a roller over it after each rain un.
til it is we'll packed.
The best varieties of early raspber-
ries are the Tyler and Souhegan. The
Ohio and Mammoth Cluster are ex-
cellent late varieties.
In feeding grain to poultry it is bet
ter to vary it, allowing wheat and oats
as well as corn. Cooked potatoes
make an agreeable charge for laying
hens
Plant your trees, vines, etc, this
fall. Do not postpone the work until
spring. II you cannot possibly plant
this fail, get the trees now and heel
until spring.
Watermelons for the Christmas
dinner are not an inpossibility. 1t is
said that they will keep perfectly il
put away in NOW of well cured hay,
free from dampness.
Sweet potatoes viii fatten pig
sooner than will corn. The small
tu5ers can be used as well as those
that may be damaged By cooking
them for that purpose.
Here IS good health mixture for
hogs: One bushel of charcoal broken
into small pieces, a peek of wood
ashes and twelve bushels OF salt
II is computed tha. this years corn
crop, il loaded for railroad shipment,
would ell 2sTS,5TI cars and make a
train that would reach 16,449 miles, or
two-thirds the way around tile world.
If mice are troublesome they can
often be easily got rid of by soaking
wheat in good solution Of arsenic
and burying it at the roots OF trees
where the mice will be likely to
find it.
In France whitewash is used to pro-
tect the frame and interior cf build
ings from fire. The beams, ioists and
under side of hoorings being thickly
coated with a lime wash before they
are placed il position.
Now is the time 10 secure ram il
early lambs OF the mutton breeds are
desired next spring. Sheep should
not be too fat at this season II intended
/ for breeding purposes. Dry pasture
is better for them than heavy grain
/ feeding.
/ 1t is q curious fact that wasps' nests
sometimes take fire, as is supposed by
| the chemical action of the wax upon
| the material Of which the nest is COM
posed. Undoubtedly many fires OF
unknown origin in haystacks and
farm buildings may thus be accounted
I for.
| The wells on the farm should be
| cleaned out every fall. Despite all
precautions but few wells are free from
/ toads. It is not safe to wait until the
water becomes affected before clean
ing, but do it now, before the late rains
come on, SO as to render the work
easier.
Good cider vinegar is always salable,
and it pays TO convert the surplus APP
pies into cider for the purpose OF max
ing vinegar. The artificial vinegar
can be used for choice pickles and
other purposes for which good cider
vinegar only is adapted, and does not,
therefore, largely compete with.
Don't try TO crowd fifty hens into a
poultry-house suitable for only twenty
five, as the larger the crop the fewer
the eggs proportionately, unless they
have perfect accommodations. As a
rule, small flocks give a larger profit
from the same outlay than when num-
bers are kept that can not be properly
| provided for.
Place your manure heap under
cover so as to be able to work it over
in winter. Rains should never fall on
the manure at any season. 1t is of
great advantage to turn over the heap
in winter, create heat and thereby de-
/ fhn 1pNafnpi,l,
render them fine aud in COOL condi-
ton to spread on the land in spring.
In storing apples free circulation
of the air through the barrel will be
of advantage. The fruit should be
kept in a cool place, but should be be
yund the reach of frost. Only sound
apples should be used, as the slightest
! touch OF decay on u single apple will
sometimes cause the whole to rot.
While the work can be done before
the ground freezes, II large supply Of
dry dirt should be slowed for winter
use. 1t is an excellent ahsorber and
deodorizer and is cheap. On the
stable floors, in the pig-pens and on
udHlp plaCes occupied Dy StOck, IL
answers in place of more expensive
materials.
Land plaster is slightly soluble in
water, and therefore gives immediate
results on the crops that feed largely
on lime, such as clover, beans, peas
and other legumes. About one hun
dred pounds of plaster per acre on
yosng clover is sufficient, and if used