The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-09-03
have glutted the markets, so that there
is no characterization Of the best.

have glutted the markets, so that there
is no over.production Of the best.
Dettweller, a German chemist, has
estimated that, including bedding, one
COW will produce fourteen tons OF ma
nure in a year, and that the cost OF the
manure Of one COW for one year, estimated
on four different farms in Germany, was
respectively Sll, Sl4, So and SIS, or on an
average Of Sl2.
Where no stock is kept and manure
must be made for garden, an excellent
mode for so doing is to begin with pile
OF dirt, upon which all the waste water
and refuse should be thrown. 1t should
be covered to prevent injury by rain.
Each family wastes enough every season
to highly manure garden plot.
The lawn.mower will assist in killing
weeds il used frequently. Many weeds
die and disappear II not allowed to go to
seed, but il seed be produced the weeds
spring up next season. By moving the
grass the weeds are also cut down, and If
the work be well done the weeds will be
replaced by thicker growth of grass.
The peanut Yields from 40 to 30 per
cent of nearly coloriess oil OF quality not
far below olive oil, for which it is largely
sold. Last year 100000 bushels OF
peanuts were imported to Marseilles,
France, TO be pressed for oil, very little
OF which was sold under its proper name.
The residual pOmace is employed in
adulterating chocolate.
Whcp too much milk is required to
make u pound OF butter the cost is some
times greater than the product. II
should not take over twelve quarts Of
milk on an average to make one pound
Of butter, though the quantity in some
diaries will be more or less than twelve
quarts. The feed allowed will largely
assist in regulating the proportion.
The tomato vine will continue to bear
until frost. A good vine should have
blossoms, green fruit and ripe fruit on it
ut the same time. 1t may be trimmed
and kept in shape like tree, and should
be supported by stake or hoops. AS
he'vine produces an abundance OF fruit
handful OF fertilizer may be scattered
around it occasionally, snperphosphate
being excellent. Weeds and grass should
be kept down.
A dairyman who was brought up in q
limestone country says that cattle there
never blonted from eating green feed.
This has led him to believe that lime in
water prevents blOating. He has fol-
lowed the practice OF putting FROM one
to two gallons OF lime every week in the
water.troughs from which his cattle
drink, and none Of his cattle give him
trouble by getting bloated.
President W. |. Chamberlain tells the
Ohio Farmer that he planted potato seed
(Pearl OF Savoy, badly sprouted, on one
plot; on anothet, seed that was perfectly |
sound, having been kept in temperl-
tMre near the freezing point from the
middle OF October until planting time.
From the looks now the sprOuted seed
will not yield half as much per row rs
that from the perfect, hard, unsp:outed
seed.
When a peach tree begins TO look
somewhat yellow, and the limbs are bare
OF leaves, remove the dirt around the
trunk to the depth OF six or eight inches
Leave it so for n few days. Then look
for the borer, which may he found by
noticing the gum and chips. Then I'LL
the hole with coal ashes, and replace the
earth. The borer moth will not lay her
eggs where the tree is well surrounded
with coal ashes, and if wood ashes be
mixed it is so much the better.
The Orchard and Garden says the phos.
phatc and potash fertilizers are the best
Tor fruit trees. An excess OF the nitro.
genous element is neither needed nor
desirable, but often positively injurious,
This is the reason why commercial fer
tiizers generally prove SO highly salts
factory to the fruitTgrower. A better or
chard fertilizer than wood ashes does not
exist. Save and use all you have; buy
all you can (if cheap enough. Don't be
afraid to apply literally.