Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1888-12-15
AGRICULTURAL.

fodder is equal to green amber cane
for producing butter.
Feed the calf well. = scant feed
means scant calf, and with such a
calf scant COW is the sure result.
The latest competition threatening
British farmers is the importing of
bailed hay from the United States.
The State of New York is the second
barley producing State in the country,
and the largest producer Of hops.
California's production of dried
fruit has increased from 5,070,O0O
pounds in 1883 to 26,6O5,OOO pounds
in 1887.
An orange tree in the gardens of
Versailles is four hundred and fifty
years old. 1t was planted by Eleanor
of CASTLE in 1416.
Gull the fowls very closely. 1t will
not pay to winter disqualified birds.
There is more success with fewer birds
and higher prices.
Experience proves that COWS which
have a due allowance of salt give
milk richer than those which are not
supplied with salt.
In feeding skim milk to calves lin
seed meal, or a little flaxseed jelly,
should be added to replace the cream
which has been removed.
A few ounce trees in rich soil will
often give very profitable returns. In
many eases OF failure the cause is the
poor soil in which the trees are grow
ing.
With fruit growing as with every
other business success Can only be as
sured by hard work snd perseverance
with careful attention to the small
items OF work.
Galen Wilson says that a speedier
and cleaner way to remove the skin of
new potatoes, than the common prac-
! tice of scraping with a knife, is to use
a "scrubbing brush"
Peter Henderson says that after the
cabbage maggot is once developed, no
application will kill it that will not at
the same time kill the plant. Drawing
the earth away from the stems, thus
destroying the eggs before they hatch,
if carefully fel!owed,vwiil save the
crop.
Every feeder who has given his hogs
close attention knows that after the
hogs have reached certain stage as
regards to growth keeping any longer
is an expense with very little profit.
Probably the best tonic for fowls is
the Douglass mixture: Take cne
pound of sulphate of lion and two
ounces of sulphuric acid and dissolve
in one gallon of water. Add one
tablespoonful of this mixture to one
gallon of drinking water for the birds.
Remove the droppings from the
poultry houses every morning instead
of once or twice week, as is often di.
rected. II this practice were strictly
adhered to there would be less disease
among poultry and better results
generally.
It is observed that "the mass of the
butter sold goes for half price, year in
and out, largely because it is churned
at the wrong temperature by persons
too stingy or too stupid to invest in q
good thermometer. A variation of
five degrees from the standard spoils
or greatly Injuries either butter or
cheese"
The wood harvest, for keeping us
warm, and the ice harvest, for keep
ing us cool, go right along together on
the farm, without much reflection as
to how these artificial wants, from be-
ing luxuries formerly, have become
necessities and are constantly increas-
ing in their demands upon US.
Where raspberries and other small
fruits are grown in the garden, and
the labor is not great for so doing,
they should be banked up with dirt as
protection to- the roots and canes
against frosts. Trees are also bene-
flied by having earth banked against
them. The earth should be removed
in the spring and the ground leveled.
The first grand exhibition of the
Ohio Valley Fanciers' Club will be
given in Cincinatti December 18th to
18th, inclusive. 1t promises to be the
finest display of poultry, pigeons and
net stock ever witnessed in the West.
Full particulars and entry blanks can
be procured from the secretary, w. G.
Riedington, 476 Baymiller street, Gin
cinnati, Ohio.
The moure pest in Australia is much
worse than the rabbit pest. The eli
mate is SO soft that they have thriyen
enormously, and there is said to be
"hardly a residence or store that is not
pestered by the plague, while from
every side come tales OF crops de-
vsured SO rapidly that many fields
have had to be abandoned, what was
left not being worth reaplng."
1t is distressing to see farmer work
ing for less than the wages OF COM.
mon laborer, and at the. same time re-
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