The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-14

means scant calf, and with such a
calf a scant COW is the sure result.
The latest competition threatening
British farmers is the importing OF
bailcd 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,O00
pounds in 1888 to 26,e05, 900 pounds
in 1887.
An orange tree in the gardens of
Versailles is four hundred and fifty
years old. It was planted by Eleanor
of CASTLE in l416.
Cull 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 due allowance of salt give
Elilk richer than those which are not
supplied with salt.
| In feeding skim milk TO calves lin
seed meal, or little haxseed 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 cases OF failure the cause is .he
poor soil in which the trees are grow
ing.
With fruit growing as with every
other business success can only be as
sured 10y hard work sud perseverance
with careful attention to the small
items of work.
Galen Wilson says that speedier
and cleaner way TO remove the skin of
new potatoes, than the common prae-
tiee of scraping with knife, is TO use
a ''serubbing 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,
il carefully followed, will 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 iron 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 a week, as is often di.
rected. If 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 a
good thermometer. A variation of
five degrees from the standard Epoils
or greatly injuries either butter or
cheese"
The wood harvest, for keeping us
warm, AMI 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.
The moure pest in Australia is much
worse than the rabbit pest. The eli
mate is so soft that they have thriven
enormously, and there is said to be
"hardly residence or store that is not
|, pestered by the plague, while from
every side come tales of crops de-
yeured so rapidly that many fields
have had to be abandoned, what was
left not being worth reaping."
, 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-
fited 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 10
! 18th, inclusive. 1t promises to be the
,, finest display of poultry, pigeons and
, pet stock ever witnessed in the West
Full particulars and entry blanks can
be procured from the secretary, w. c.
Riedington, 476 Baymiller street, Gin
| cinnati, Ohio.
On a recent morning every can ol
milk coming into New York was ex.
amined by the State dairy inspectors
: The total number of cans inspected
was 5,728, and of this number only
! fifteen of doubtful character were
i found. Samples of these were taker
for analysis, They showed light per
centage of cream, indicating that the
: milk had been SKINNED. The result
of the inspection shows that the mill
! now coming to the city over the rail
roads named is of better quality thar
y ever before.
No farn,ar 10 a oood faeder who doe