The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-07
AGRICULTURAL.

The cotton plant has been proposed
as substitute for jute.
Over one million bushels of pota-
toes were imported last year into this
country.
The vine growers of the Argentine
Republic have engaged in the produc-
ton oi raisins.
Crops in GuatemalI have been cut
short by severe drought. In many
departments OF Salvador all crops
have been lost for want of rain. In
Nicaragua also famine is threatened
on account of drought.
The annual value of the dairy pro
duct Of the State of Illinois equals the
value of the gold production of the
United States. Who says the COW is
not the best friend of the farmer7
A Michigan man says that bis
Manchester strawberry (pistillate var
iety) were so much influenced in form
By the Sharpless growing near that he
sold them for Sharpless.
There are many instances where
thirty-five bushels cf grain might just
as well be grown on one acre as
twenty, if the right variety had been
sown.
1t is reported that the round-heaGed
appie-borer has been successfully ex-
cldded from. trees by placing fresh
manure around the base of the trees
and in contact with it.
The cost of colt at three years old
is said by correspondent of Rural
New Yorker, who has computed it, to
be $S4. He also states that such colts
should sell for $3.50.
Toads are the policemen OF the
garden. They speedily transport in
sect depredators to place where thes
viii do no more harm. Aud this in
terror jail is quite capacious.
Mr.. Havmeyer, OF New Jersey, has
twenty-four silos OF 1900 tons capac-
ity. He recently opened one that was
filed seven years ago and found its
contents in excellent condition.
The introduction of labor-saviDg
machinery has disarranged the old
methods of farming, and in nothing
more than in the changes it has neces-
itated in the employment OF hired
help.
Mrs. W. NJ. Dills, of Springfield,
NO., has charge of a stack farm and
is said to be the best judge of horse
aesh in that vicinity. She comes
naturally by her knowledge, as she is
Kentucky woman.
1t is just century since the frs.
fuchsia was introduced in Europe
Since that time travellers in the noun
tains of tropical America have brought
back specimens. Now there are fifty
distinct species known.
AS the grass disappears let the
change from green to dry food be as
gradual as possible, in order to pre-
vent the cow from falling off in milk
To do this begin the use of hay and
other dry food now, So as to supply
the deficiency of the pasture.
Good, clean seed wheat of variety
well adapted to the soil, should be Sc
lecled for seeding. There should BE
no delay now in having the wheat in
as the better the growth the less lia-
bility of the young plants being thrown
out by the frost next spring.
Guide boards have been growing
numerous in the country towns oI
New England for few years past. In
some sections of Massachusetts al
every corner are set solid granite posts
ten feet high, to which are bolted iron
sign boards with raised letters.
Preserving eggs for winter use is not
difficult. but care is required. Eggs
from hens not IN company with males
will keep three times as long as these
containing the germs of chicks. KeeI
the eggs on racks in q ceOl place, and
turn them half over twice week.
Oil is cheaper than machinery, Sc
use it freely ON all the working parts
of the mowers and reape,s. Lumbe,
is also cheaper, and when not in use
every piece should be carefully
housed, as we'll as all the tools used
about the farm. Tools, carts and ma
chires rust out mach faster than they
will wear out.
In the dairy contest at the Mime
sota State Fair, q few days ago, {
Holstein-Friesian COW took the frs
| prize and ano ner took the second
The butter test is reported to hav,
been the severest known to science
| These two Holstein-Friesian COWS wer,
just of from grass, and had received
no grain or other special preparation
Damp floors cause cold, due Il
evaporation. The feet of animals ar,
injured, and disease of the limbs oc
ours when they are compelled t.
stand or sleep on damp locations
The bed of the animal is very import
ant. 1t is economical to use clean
dry material daily, and not della,
changing the bedding until the whole
is saturated with urine.
If the ground is damp one-hors
plow should be run through the space
between the strawberry rows in orde
In allow the surplus water tn flow o4