Sharp County record., 1888-05-17
HERE AND THERE.

For fertilizing purposes there Is no
more valuable form of potash than
wood ashes. The plants have digest
ed it once and adapted it TO the use of
all other plants.
-Turn under the weeds as soon as
they appear BY permitting them
TO grow and seed they can be entirely
eradicatod in short time.
"A sharp plow will save its cost in
q seasons work. All the farm tools
and implements should be put in
proper order for spring work if not al
ready done.
Pick off all the blossoms that may
appear on your young rawbcrry
vines set out this spring. Do not allow
any of the young plants to fruit. 1t
will injHrc their growth and lessen
their productivenoss next season.
-Dorking fowls in this country
prove excellent layers, owing to fresh
importations of the breed. Formerly
they were closely inbred, Now they
are hardy, and are considered d ont Of
the best breeds we have.
"A breeder of poultry says: Every
spring | procure quantity of cedar
boughs and scatter them plentifully in
and around the hcn-house. The odor
of cedar keeps away vermir~ Tho
remedy is simple and effective.
Bald Mountain, in North G Carotina,
is again showing signs of sommo-
ton in its interior. People living
near it think that it is really q slum-
bering volcano, and expect some day
TO see it burst out with flood of lava.
Farmers should consider that corn
is not q proper food for young stock.
1t will fatten them, but does not en-
courage growth. A young animal
should be made to secure bone aud
heavy frame, not fat. 1t Gun be fat
tened after maturity. 1t is siaaply
wastcful to feed corn to young stock.
A forty or fiflr ,~,-.-I ''''"" f'0""J
for sale in May does not come llp OF
its own accord, says the Journal of
Aqricu'ture. Linsced meal is good for
the lamb and the mother also. Cot
ton-sced meal is also good, but if The
feeding is generous u mixture with the
linseed is preferable.
Don't overlook the fact that COW
is to great degree susceptible to
training, not only as to docility and
tractability, but as to the Developments
of the milking "habit" Experiment.
will certainly convice any one OF this
-NationaL Stockn'am
Delaware, Georgia. Illinois and
Wisconsin are credited with the same
number of milch cows as u year ago,
and in every other State and Territory
there has been an increase Nebraska
leading all other States, with seven
per cent increase, against an average
of 29 per cent.
Mr. T. H. Bradley recently bought
the walnut timber on tho Hughes
farm near Versailles, KY, among
which is one tree five feet in diametcr
and fortv-fve feet to first limb Mr..
B. has bought $4,000 worth of wal
nut in Woodforl County in the past
two years.
Watermelon hills may be prepared
IN this way: Lay off the rows ten feet
apart each way and at each intersec-
ton dig a hole two feet deep. AT
the bottom place a few chips, then
manure. Next make hill three feet
square, and work plenty of manure
into the soil.
DR.. Salmon says there are two
contagious diseases known as hog
cholera, one affecting the bowels, the
other the lungs. The one is the gen.
uino hog cholera, the other the swine
plague. 1t is possible for an animal
10 have both diseases at the same
time.
Mr.. Miller, in the HuSbandman
refers to the fact that recent expert
menls made by the Agricultural Col
lege of Michigan showed that the
Hols. Elm calves made the largest aver
age gain, on the les,st quantity Of fooC
in 2 given time. of all standard breeds,
cxc9ling even the shorthorns, the
ga owavs and the herefords. The moro
the goo qu tiles of this breed of cat
tie are known the better tfcy are aP
preciated,