The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-11-09
AGRICULTURAL.
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AND sfocgMEN.

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II is estimated that TO collect one
pound OF honey from clover 62OO0
heads ef clover must be deprived OF
nectar and 4 4.750,000 visits from bees
must be made.
II the apple tree leaves turn lighter
colore,i before frost changes them
lock for tho cause in the trunk near
the root. The cause will be found in
borer working his way 20 the heart
OF the tree, aud the way 20 find him
is with a flexible wire inserted in the
opening TO his retreat.
Don't neglect 10 clean your orchard
Of all nests Of worms, etc, and, II
necessary, make missionary tour TO
your lax neighbor's orchard---ior il is
not only an act Of charity, but OF self
defense. Aud the same remark viii
apply 10 such contagious and cantan-
kerous nuisances as Canada thistlea
and like evil weeds. IL is something
wise 10 discharge the duties Of your
neighbors In addition 10 your own,
such benevolence being profitable.
This is what a good many farmers
want 10 know, that is how TO make
more corn, and here isa bit OF sensi.
BILE talk ab@nt tile matter. The best
way 10 get more corn is get increased
yield lrOm the same acreage. A poor
corn crop necessarily costs 80 much
labor that 1t rarely pays profit. But
u the land is manured highly and cul-
tivated thoroughly the crop rarely or
never fails to pay. Itis easily possible
20 double the corn yield on the pres-
ent acreage, and that, boo, without
coming near the large yields which
have been obtained in special cases.
The advantages of dishorning old
animals have probably been exagger-
ated. A bull or cow used TO hooking
is only temporarily made harmless -by
diehorning. While the recent wounds
are sore, such animals will keep quiet,
but with returning freedom from pain
will be found return OF former vic
iousness. The art OF bntting Is not
lost with the horns, and good butter,
II vieiously inclined, needs TO be
guarded against with or without horne
It is held that the destruction OF the
cabbage worm may be accomplished
by the use OF pyrethrum. IL should
be in the Use Of fresh powder and in
this form may be bought at any drug
store. IL ''slfould be mixed with about
three times il bulk OF wheat flour aid
applied 10 the plant by means oi a
III Es,lIr.tos 4.
/ plying insect powder. These bellows
are also kept By druggists. A very
small quantity OF this mixture viii be
sufficient for each plant. One pound
Of the pyrethum is sufficient for an
acre Of cabbages.
1t is easily possible in seasons of
abundant blossoming for one-half the
set of fruit to make more bulk Of APP
ples than The whole. The codling
moth tliinss and usually too much, but
does not do il the right way. The APP
Piles are half or two-thirds grown be-
fore they drop aud fall. The true way
is TO spray tho tree with Paris greento
destroy the worm, and then hand-pic k
the fruit before it forms seeds, and
thus exhausts the vitality Of the tree.
The corn crop in all the great corn
producing States is q very large one,
j and is now safely ripened. No other
grain crop is quite soimportant rs this
TO the prosperity OF all branches of
farming, and therefore OF the entire
country. It is the pivot upon which
everything else swings. The crop this
year will be something more than
2 l000, 100000 bushels, and in butter,
cheese, beef and pork will largely
swell our exports, and make up Tor the
deficiency in our wheat crop.
Oats are almost exclusively sold by
weight, and all grain should be. There
is great difference in the weight OF
this grain, varying with season, variety
and locality. Western oats, for some
cause, are much lighter than those
grown in New York and Eastern
States. The Standard weight per
bushel is also two 10 four pounds less.
Light oats are usually caused by hot
dry weather as the grain is filling.
Wherever such weather prevails the
seed quickly degenerates, and needs to
be renewed every few years by import
ations from Europe, where cooler sum
mers make the. conditions for grow.
ing heavy oats more favorable than
here.
Desperate efforts are made by some
farmers to finish blowing or planting
or cultiyating'a a crop just to beat some
neighbor who has the enviable repu
tation OF always being ahead of amy
lone else with his work. The idea oI
keeping work we'll in hand is a good
one, and the honor of leading the. " IN
in neighhorhood in all kinds of work
is one worthy TO be sought after bat
n there are other considerations that are
OF much more importance than thai
OF being able TO say that. no one ii
fartAer along with their work thar
you are. Ground is sometimes made
haid to cultivate by being plowee
while too wet, and crops are some
times ruined by putting the seed in
the earth when it is MT in the proper
condition. The farmer who raises The
best crops, and does it with the leas
trouble and cost, is generally the mar
Who uses his judgment in regard to th,
time Of preparing the ground, plant
fng the seed and cultivating the planil
regardle IS of what others may do o.
say.
-"Gracious mei, said old Mrs