The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-09-28
AGRICULTURAL.
DEVOTED - THE ISrrResrs or FARMERS
AND sTocKxKx.

Condensed milk is being shipped
from Lansing, Mich, TO Buenos
Ayres.
a new green bug is causing steady
and Increasing decline OF coffee pro-
duction in Ceylon.
One Of the benefits If Statehood TO
Dakota is donation of 5000 acres OF
government land for the Agricultural
College.
Senator Leland Stanford's vineyard,
near Chico, Cal, comprises $500
acres. aud is the largest in the world.
Last year 100000 gallons of wine
were made.
Matthew Crawford, of oaio, recon-
merds shallow culture for black
berries. Some very successful planta-
tions are never cultivated, but receive
special mulchings.
For mu'ching gooseberries and cHr-
rants no material is better than the
hort clippings from the lawn. II lies
closely, keeps down weeds and pro
notes needed GOODNESS to the soil.
The grape rarely fails when allowed
e climb on trees. IT matters not
what kind OF trees, whether they are
living or dead. if they only have
branches that the tendrils take hold OF.
Currant and gooseberry bushes
should be pruned every year. If they
are pruned in tree form they will bear
larger and finer fruit, and the latter
vii not be SO apt to mildew.
The dsmage done 10 fruit trees By
rabbits, borers and insects, may be
prevented by apply ing pine tar to the
bodies OF the tees. Warm the tai
and apply with brush.
oae-fourth of the c5ws in the
United States do not pay the cost o.
their keep, the cause being the failure
of farmers and daifymen TO properly
grade up their stock.
Silt should be placed where sll kind;
OF stock can get it. At this season
when green food is plentiful, salt vii
be found excellent, as it will of;en pre-
vent howell diseases and staye eff in
jury from the young grass.
When chicks are droopy or veal
care is needed to rvcuperste them. 4
little more green food end onion.
should be given them, or, If they ar,
too much purged, little powdered
haik and bone q ,ur in their soft ioJC
one aspoonful OF each TO a pint o
iood is sufficient.
An cblong form is better than 1
square one Tor the home garden. Seed,
-own or planted in rows instead o
little beds simplities the whole maj ter
and admits of the use of The plow anI
eullivator ins cad of the spade. tn,
hoe and the rake, and makes its cul
iivstion a pleasure instead of "a dIeaGeS
task.
The future pig must have NOR,
flesh and less fat. Il must not be
mere lard keg. It must be fed upon
| 1esh-fo ming foods until grown, anS
then fattened. l. means that NOR,
lover, peas, oats, milk and such az
ricles OF diet must be used, and Is
.orn. We will then have healthie
and more palatable pork. and no,
cholera will be thing of the past.
Should wagon or buggy tire be
come little loose from shrinkage O
he felloes instead OF taking the whee
% the shop to have the tire cut ant
/ replaced get half a gallon of linsee,
4 IL, and after heating il pretty wei
| pour the same in a shallow dish an,
| give the rim of the wheel few sloy
turns around through it. The oil rene
rating the felloes will SO swell then
hat the tire will become as tight a
ever.
No kind of grain is so well adapte
feeding young stock of any kind a
oats. Their large proportion of hus
keeps them from clogging the ston
tch, even OF stock that has too poo
digestion for thriving on corn. Pig
gill prefer the latter grain, if both NJ
given {, gether, but tie pig is not TN
,est Judge Of what is adapted to hi
needs The oats should, however, h
vt least foil weight TO give the best r,
su Is. Much of the Western oat Gro
i generally light, from ripening j
Try, hot weather. The standar
weight Of oats in some Western State
Is thirty pounds per bu.hel, an
n others as low as twcnty-eigl
pounds.
An ingenious builder of town fat