The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-06-29
AGRICULTURAL.
Devoted TO the Interests of Farmers
and Stockmen.

Too much corn or cornmeal causes
chicken cholera.
Linseed meal should not be fed TO
very young pigs except in small guam
Titles, and not very often, rs IL Is too
much OF laxative for them.
TO prevent the formation OF long
top roots and get large number of
small roots un plants raised in boxes
use - shallow seed-bed, not over two
inches uf loam in the hoxes. This
dries GU quickly, and care should be-
taken to k, ep IL moist.
There is more gain, in proportion To-
it's feed, during the first year of any
animals life than there is any time
after. Acting on this hint, calves pre-
destined for the butcher including all
grade males, may be well fed until
they are year old, and then turned
II for beef. Ii killed thus early, the
male should not be castrated.
The utility OF windmills on the
farm is now very generally recognized
and they are seen dotting hundreds (
farms where five yeers ago none were
10 be found A Western farmer
writes that with his windmill he grinds
all kinds of feed, makes a good article
of eorn-meal and graham -four, shells
corn, runs "A feed-eutter aud 80 inch
wood saw.
When the farmers are advised 10
give warm water to stock, it should al
WAYS be understood that il above
blood heat it should have fed of some
kind stirred in it TO make it palatable /;
bran or corn meal will do III given
10 them clear il should be, for the
best results, only little warmer than
spring water, the icy chill entirely re
moved.
1t certainly does not pay to keep a
low grade OF sheep aud then let them
take care of themselves. The small
amount OF wool secured as well as the
; poor quality, is such that no margin oil
profit will be left to the farmer over
and above the cost. Even with poor
sheep a much better growth of wool
can be secured if they be reasonably
we'll cared for than il they be left t.
, themselves.
! The very best time we believe c
: make plant cuttings of grape vine
. canes is just as soon as frrst destroys
+ the leaves. Make two-joint cuttings
leaving an inch of wood beyond each
/. Plant these at an angle of so deg. IN
mellow soil, a foot apart. Firm the
A soil, especially about the lower joints
v and then cover three inches deep aftcl
. the first freeze with straw or litter.
= Zen tons of superior Texas cotton
seed were shipped from Galveston
e Tex consigned to the German EAs
Z. African Colonization Society, Zanzi
4 bar, Africa. An experienced plante
Q accompanied the seed for the purpos,
e Of instructing the natives of Zinziba
), in the cultivation of the cotton plant
!. This event marks the introduction o
!, cotton ON the east coast of Africa.
A method for protecting tree
> against rabbits and ground mice
n prac iced hy Missouri farmers and in
&, do4sed by the Missouri State Horti
n cultural Society, consists in covering
II the trunk OF the tree around will
s wire cloth. II this be inserted Al
. inch or two into the ground, it i
4 claimed that it proves an equal Pre-
ection to ground mice, which oitel
r girdle trees at and below the surfac
II during the winter.
d Experiments in pig feeding, inst
v tuted under the ID ,nish Agriculturs
is Society, so to show that skimme,
= milk has double the feeding value {
N buttermilk; that rye and barley ar
{ of abou, equal value, With a sligh
3 percentage IN favor of rye, and tina
u six pounds of SKINNED milk have I'll
a same feeding value as one pound ,
r rye or barley, aud twelve pounds 1
buttermilk are required to obtain til
a same result of feeling value.
u There is no popular craze just no,
-e for growing sunfiowers. Ii is quite a
/" well, since the old-fashioned reason
= for planting them are ss strong a
g hey ever We're. They made excellen
winter food for hens, ard if protecte
n while Oung, the suuflower will raT
Z idly tower up and make a splendi
: shade for them in hot weather, in th
J yard where fowls run. The plant is
q gross feeder. and even the henyard
o scarcely too rich for it.
= Twenty years ago the value of fru
imported 10 Great Britain was give
at about SIS ,00O,000 from al point
. Now il has increased to $37 900 .OOt
OF the apples from North Americ
), one third reach British ports frol
Canada. Judging by the quantil
shipped, the yellow Bellefieur must /
Y immensely grown for American e.
= port, while the Baldwin also reach,
- Britain in immense numbers. Tt
- Newtown Pippin brings the highel
y price.
.u The old fashioned open ditch is
ID ur climate an expensive nuisanc
ne Every spring it is partly filed wi;
sediment, leaves of trees aud 50
washed down from its banks. Thel
Is, b. side, a waste of time in plowiu
cultivating, and every other te mwor
-n in a field thus divided. The soon,
the open ditch is made into am unde
ze drain the better IL will be for Il
20 farmers purse. 1t m@y cost at firs
" hut it will pay every way.
Sc Except for beets and mangels, whic
ye thrive in hot weather, no heating m
t. uure should be used for root .op
rt Turnips, Carrots and parsnips are be
r ter manured the year before with st
a ole manure and some mineral ferti
io ger at seeding time. Too mu, II he
ie and nitr 'genous manure makes Il
Iv roots grow faster, besides causir
n | greater injuries from insects. He
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