The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-06-28
HOWE AND EARsl.
Top-Dressing Wheat IN Spring Millot
and Hungarian Grass Dairy In
terestr- Early I.ambs--Bee
Culture Farm Notes.


In removing crops from the soil we
take away plant food. This ID the chief
cause OF soil exhaustion. Lack Of fertil-
lity is commonly due In large part or en-
tirely to lack Of plant food.
Cotton-seed meal will not do for hog
feed, as the lint balls in the stomach, and
cannot be voided. This objection to cot
ton-seed meal Ia not applicable to domes-
tic animals other than the hog.
Bread for Soup: Cut slices OF stale
bread into small squares, throw in boil
ing lard and fry till brown. Skim out,
drain, and put in soup tureen before serv-
ing the soup. For oyster soup, crackers
crisped in the oven are nice.
II the space between rows Of grape
vines is occupied by strawberry plants,
currant bushes or weeds, do not wonder
that the grapes do not ripen early. The
SUMS rays must reach the earth and keep
II warm II early ripening is desired.
II beets or carrots are not up 1t may be
that the ground was too cold when the
seed was put in. 1t is better to replant
than TO lose the crop. They should be
grown as stock food, and rs large yield
can he secured they will pay well.
Old ewes may be sold II the lambs are
weaned. Only strong, vigorous ewes
should be retained. Select those that
| yielded plenty OF milk for the lambs for
breeding purposes, and sell off the rams
in order to infuEe new blood in the flock.
II you dissolve bones by boiling them
in strong potash I've and then use dry
earth or leached ashes as an absorbent,
you get fertilizer or compost, rich in
both phosphotic acid and potash Ii will
contain also most Of the nitrogen which
was in the bones.
The liquid manure is more valuable
than the solids, and liberal use OF ab-
sorbent material will aid in arresting its
loss. II should be saved carefully, and
drain at the rear OF the stalls should
conduct il TO some kind OF receptacle
from which ii may be pumped over the
manure heap.
Tho early lambs are now in demand
Feed those that are not up TO weight well
and push them into market as soon as
possible. A daily ration OF two parts
ground oats, one part corn meal, and
small proportion OF linseed meal will be
excellent for them. They should have a
good pasture.
There is as much art in the work OF
improving the drones OF hive as 10 en-
deayor 10 secure better queens. Some
swarms Of bees are too inbred TO endure
hard winters. In tile natural condition
bees are hardy, hut when their care is in
the hands OF the bee-keeper his Judgment
is important, and he can do much to add
vigor to the swarms.
Chocolate Meringue Pudding: Boil
one pint OF rich milk, and half teacup-
full OF butter, one teacupful Of sugar and
three ounces Of grated chocolate; let it
boil and when cool add the whites OF
four eggs pour this in a pudding dish
lined with slices OF sponge cake and bake /;
cover with meringue and let it brown.
Eat with lemon sauce.
The dairy interests OF the United
States represent more than ~, 900, ,000, ,00O.
The number OF milk cows is estimated at
"a, ,000,0 900, which give an Aggregate milk
production OF 7, 1850, 100000 gallons. -Four
billion gallons are used for butter; 700,-
600 900 for cheese and the balance for
various purposes. The annual produc-
ton of butter 100000 900 pounds, and
$500, 900 pound OF chees. This immense
dairy herd requires 100000, 600 acres OF
pasture land to supportit
T0p-Dressing Wheat in Spring: II is
sometimes good plan to top-dress win
ter wheat in the spring. 1t is better still
doubtless TO do the work in the fall, but
manure is not then to be had, and II the
wheat is all there after its winters ex-
posure 1t will pay to give it further lift.
Choose time when the ground is either
frozen or has thoroughly dried 80 it will
not poach. Then draw the manure in a
wagon provided with wide tires. II the
surface is dry the wheels will not sink in
to hurt. The manure will greatly help
the clover as well as the wheat. We
have known farmers TO find profit in
drilling in l50 pounds OF superphosphate
on the wheat in spring. The drill was
driven 80 that its teeth cut the ridges be-
tween the rows made in drilling the seed
the previous fall. In this case probably
breaking the surface Of the soil did nearly
as much good as the fertilizer, as is
proven by the benefit often received from
dragging wheat fields in the spring.
If sheep are folded, and given attention,
crop Of millet or Hungarian grass will
be Invaluable to them. Mr.. Stewart, the
well known authority on sheep, states
that when the crop,is eight inches high
sheep may be allowed to eat off four or
five inches. Hurdles should be used
and moved daily in order to avoid hav-
ing the sheep eat too close 10 the roots
In this way 1t will grow anew, and cover
the ground more completely than before.
1t is estimated that good crop will pro-
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