Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-02-25
Earn, and Garden Notes.

Farm and Garden Notes.
Gcnt:cncss cannot be kicked into mi
mpl>.
Even impure, air has a deteriorating
effect on buttcs
Walnuts are the latest wrinkle for
fattcning turkeys.
Turkeys too closely confined will lose
;ic,h, no matter how much feed is given
Them.
coed is more important than breed"
is the conclusion of DR.. +. J.. Sturtc"ant,
after >ix years experimenting in butter
making.
Warm cooked food early in the morn
in@, with a little pepper III IT, will warm
up the hens and assist their laying in
winter, says a poultry man.
\ cpw needs a volume cf water in pro-
portion to the amount Of milk she gives.
If the water is too cold she drinks little,
while the milk shrinks in the pail.
\ ~pailful of fire h water in the morning
and another at night, both warmed to.
keep from freezing, will now do much
toward coaxing eggs from the hens.
roHs fed with meal mixed with straw,
cut and moistcned, says Prof. Arnold,
sgivc more milk and considerably richer
than who, fed on the best hay alone.
The farmer gets a much better return
for the manure used when the land is
ploWcd and re-scedcd than when the same
amount /, put on as a top dressing. writes
Professor w. w. Cock.
At .he Ontario Agricultural College. a
recent experiment with peas showed that
1t took thirty-tive pounds more OF cooked
than of uncooked peas to make 100
pounds of pork, live weight.
\ Wisconsin apple grower SAYS he
made his money by reducing his orchard
fifty per cent, and giving the part which
he reserved the same amount of care for
merry spread out thinly over the entire
field.
we've hens are as many as ought to
be kept together in one room; in a build
me 2nNS0 feet, thirty hens will lay more
90" i'll winter than fifty hens. If you
keep one hundred hens in one house,
have eight pens for them.
Nothing Will pay better for time and
means expended, than to card your cattle
every morning. 1t helps to lay on fat,
promotes the health by keeping the coat
soft and oily, and, in case of mich COWS,
the milk IS more pure and healthy.
Few things will do farmers more good
than well managed Institutes, a few
things will ito more to make a guy of in
t~clll4cnt agriculture than poorly managed
Institutes, where politicians and other
interested parties are given space, thinks
the Rsrul Nrn lorh,r.
No land is cheap hut good land, one
acre that will produce thirty bushels Of
wheat is worth a GOOD deal more than
titrce acres that will produce but ten
bushels each. MANY II man who has
struggled for a lifetime on 100 acres Of
thin, hungry land would be better off if
he had given his farm away in carly man
hood, says the PtjIo1rIphia Press.
Corn cobs should be saved for usiar in
/ smoke houses. They aia excellent for
tuning hams and shoulders the right
KIND of brown. The housewife, too,
finds their ashes very strong i'll potash.
ln'otdcn tlmcs corn-cob ashes were often
used, IS Salcratus IS now for correcting
acidity. Much of the mineral sub-t,ncc
IN the corn crop goes into its cob. and
thus may often be Of value for highly fed
stock, to correct acidit of the stomach.
The complete fertilizer for potatoc, is
best applied broadcast on the piowed
ground and narrowed in; the Iota:o eq
are then planted. 1t is worth in the
market about so per ton or less, accord
ny to the locality. Any dealer in
fertilizers can supply you or procure it
tor You. \ GOOD home made complete
fertilizer may be made Of 500 pounds Of
uahleachej wood a>hes. o pounds Of
Iupcrpho~pha,c Of lime, and 100 pounds
Of ma, and Blood fertilizer. This is
enough for one acre.
AT lea1 once a year saws the Gu'ti-
t#8of. the farmer should lake account Of
stock and max 4 careful estimate of his
property and Of his gains or losses dur
ln@ the yef. For some reasons. this
month m4E not be as GOOD a time for The
farmer to do this work as would he
March or April The hay in the bl n.
the corn III the crib and tho vegetables in
the cellar are greater IN AMOUNT, and II
they must be accurately weighed OF
measured. ii would be quite a task. rur
there i more leisure time 10 do TIC
work tIln thcle would he in the >prira
and Il ! not difficult TO make an ,stl
mate Of amount and yalnc of All TINT i
on hard which will be sufficiently &C.
eul<lte for all practical ,urpcscs.