The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-09-21
AGRICULTURAL.
DEVOTED - THE INTERESTS OF FARMERS
AND STockMEN.

A man near Bangor, Me-, is trying
the experiment of grating apple twigs
into a pine tree. He wants 10 raise
pineappl s.
Florida promises 10 become large
producer Of opium. Sixteen plants
poppies will yield $1,000 worth of
opium.
The whole value OF fences in the
United States may be set down at
81 1000, ,000 600, and its costs 500, ,000,-
600 annually TO keep them in repair.
Crisp radlshes are those that grow
rapidly. They should have rich, fine
soil, free from stones or gravel, and
tue rows should be kept clean. Use
them at any time after they have be
come large enough, for the loffger
they shall remain in the ground the
less desirable. will they be, as they
become tough with age.
To prevent birds, mice or squirrel,
from pulling up seed corn until il
shall have become warm ; then stir in
a little pine tar until every grain shall
lie coated. Now mix plaster, ashes or
fine earth TO dry off the corn. II will
thus be in condition TO 5e planted
10y machine or hand.
II Is clsimed that the presence OF
| the castor oil bcan plants around the
mouse will prevent mosquitoes from
| becoming very numerous. As the
plant makes beautiful ornament il
would not be out of place, and nigh.
therefore be gwen trial with advan-
tage. II is doubtful, however, il
there be any plants that will keep
away the pests.
According 10 an English authority
ne world consumes annually 650,O00
| pounds of coffee, which, at an aver
ge price OF S4O0, represents value OF
| T2G9 100000. jamaica grows tht
| best cctfse; next in order come Cey-
| lon and East India, Java, Brazil, Costs
lR:ca and the other Central American
states. Java produces the largest crop.
The American Cultivator recon-
nends a mixture of hydraulic cement
and skim-milk for painting farn.
buildings and fences. The cement l.
| placed in a bucket, and sweet skim
milk stirred in until the mixture is OF
/ h consistency of cream. rhe pro
portions are about one quart of Gem
nt 90 a gallon of milk Color may
ne added if desired. This paint il
cheap and durable.
The Massachusetts, Ploughmau saws
the reason that so many ras pberry and
blackberry fields get full OF grass is be
cause they are neglected during Au
gust and september. and, in fact, dur
| ing the whole autumn, SO when spriRe
/ opens the grass has full possession
but even when thus neglected, if the
umer will commence heeing as soon
Is the frost leaves the ground, it is no,
q very diff ,ult j b to clear out all OF
the grass.
As pasture for cows no plant
ieids sweeter, richer herbage than
white clover Though its habit oil
growth is very close To the ground, il
yields more pasture than would be
supposed. If not allowed to blossom
long enough for seed to form, the new
heIbage springs up quickly after crop
ping. Its roots are near the surface
ANA are easily reached by light rains
nut owing TO their spreading habit the
roots are not injured by cattle tramp
ing over hem, as are those of red
clover.
Thst the plantain is nuisance i.
certain, but it is scarcely unmitigateo
except Ia the sense that where IL has
once gained possession it can never be
entirely eradicated. The common
plantain has about two-thirds th.
feeding value of com mon hay, rank
ing higher than most other weeds in
this respect. Cattle will eat in pas
ture or in hay without being starved
TO il, as they have to be with the daisy
The large, vigorous plantains, that
grow in rich ground, seem to be eaten
more greedily by cows than the puny
specimens dwarfed by poverty of soil
Far too few Lima beans are grown
In their dried state they are superior
ior cooking, and would be more largely
used for that purpose, did not theil
usual high price prevent. The Lims
bean II quires polling, but it is unneces-
sary TO make the poles longer than SIN
feet out of the ground, When the
vine gets TO this height, stop its
growth and turn all it's strength into
lruitfullness. When raised on a very
large scale the Limas are grown some
times without poles, the vines trailing
ON the ground. This is a slovenly
practice, but a good many beans may
be thus cheaply grown.
"A sass:ety paper describes IAN old
maids cnic where no men were al
lowed. " Weren't "allowedP" By all
the shoulder blades and elbows in this
land, you couldn'thave hired them to at
tend such y 10. cnic Now. had it been a