The gale., 1888-02-03
A straw binder to harvesting machin
ery has beeD natented

Do not try TO winter more stock than
can be kept COM ortable.
A north hill side is the most favorbla
locality for fruit orchard.
The question of dehorning cattle is &C.
ceiving much consideration.
Some swine breeders regard solid
earth floor as best for pig pen.
Want of winter protection Injuries
many blackberries and raspberries.
Dir. Loring asserts that the stable
should be as well taken care of as mans
house.
w. d. Philbrick says that potatoes and
roots of all kinds keep best in pits out of
doors.
A contemporary says there is no small
fruit so certain in its crop and altogether
50 wholesome as the raspberry.
A poorly bred sheep costs as much for
keep as a well-bred one, says Rural
World. The moral is apparent.
DR.. Nichols says that fruit is a perfect
food, tie apple aone being sufficient to
sustain life and health long time.
Winter dairying pays better now than
ever before. because the public demands
freshly made butter the year around
Paris green for the codling moth and
| the jarring process for the curculio are
the reliable methods of extermination.
I To keep well in the cellar apples must
not be too warm. A temperature two or
4 three degrees above freezing suits them
/ best.
Use care to see that mice are not en-.
couraged to gnaw the bark of trees by
being fostcred by. the mulch put about
their trunks.
While farmers are divided on the sub.
4 ject, there is a general opinion distinctly
favorable TO stirring the stubble OF
breaking grass lands in the fall.
1t is recommended to give the trunks
of fruit trees coat of thin whitewash,
in which a spoonful of carbolic acid has
been mixed to each pail of water.
w. F. Brown says, in Rural Neao
Yorker, that he finds more profit in cows
that come fresh in the fall than from
those that are fresh in the spring.
A successful flock master tells that he
winterfeeds his sheep on straw during
December and January, with either lin
seed oil-cake meal or corn-mcal or ground
oats.
Clean up the yard and make the farm
neat. Nothing helps our country towns
more and increases real estate value faster
than to have the farms neat and thrifty
in appearance.
Cabbages that are fully headed are
buried with the roots up, those that are
expected to grow and head up are buried
fright side up" and with roof of rough
boards covered with earth.
Corn fodder piled up to depth OF
if it is at all damp. Stored in most
weather it would be certain to heat il
placed in deep bays or in bins.
A dairyman should keep as many COWS
only as he can feed well. 1t is not econ
omcal to divide the food among large
number, when the same results can bc
secured from a smaller number, well
fed.
Though hens do not eat the curculio,
their presence around and under the
trees makes this shy insect more cautious
about depositing her eggs. PAIRING the
soil under plum trees answers the same
purpose
An exchange says the man who lets
Canada thistes, wild parsnip, and other
noxious weeds go to seed by the road
side may 'seve his ncghbor as himself" J"
but if SO he must be exceedingly short OF
self-esteem.
A writer in Vik's Magagiaae says that
after reading an account Of how they
made honey from pears in Switzerland
he dc. .ermined to attempt something of
the kind himself. He tried and sue
ceede ps fle..y. The honey was of the
pure iniec OF the fruit, and had the pear
flavor.
Vick's Magazine confirms the statement
that basic Stag, the refuse of steel works,
when freed from iron and reduced to d
powder, proves to be valuable fertil-
izer, principally on account of the phos-
phorus it contains. Mountains of black
Stag have accumulated about the iron
and steel works of this country, all OF
which can be profitably worked over and
made into valuable manure.
If sprouts appear on new set trees you
can now easily pinch them off with your
thumb and finger, and throw the growth
where it is wanted. But do not cut off
all the growth. If the roots are good
YOU will find IL great deal of sap sent up
from the roots, and top enough should
be allowed for the roots to grow. If you
dwarf the top Of young newset tree that
is making rapid growth, you are dwarf
, inc the roots. If you allow too much top
: on feeble tree you will kill the tree.A
: Chrysanthemums are vigorous feeders
They should be supplied with liquid
7 manure at least three times week, and
should also be well watered to pre-
7 vert tagging To prevent black. fly
! steep tobacco stems in water and syringe
the plants. The stimulant used is
g chiefly COW manure placed in tub OF
water and stable manure placed in a
S basket set in water If large plants are
required, require d. they h must, from April to
/ July /, be pinchcd about twice week
5 to keep them bushy. The japanese
y varieties are inclined to grow Ipright,
e and with these the system OF manage
ment matters little.
v Investing Ben Franklin's Money.