Nevada County picayune., 1889-06-26
FACTS FOR FARMERS.


 Good farming means good shelter for stock. Itmcans fair, honest money making by mingling thought with work
 The only young farmer whose ca5o is hopeless is the one who scorns to learn. and is filled with the cOnceit that he knows it all' at the start.
 Good fodder is an excellent winter feed for stock. but if left out exposed to all kinds of weather it's quality will be considerably lcssencd.
 A heavy application of poultry manure on plaet- infested with Can ada thistlc- i- said to be effective, as the manure is too strong for the young plants.
 Many are undor the impression that fat hens lay the most eggs. This is an error They should be kept in a good condition and no more. If too fat they become lazy and unproliiic.
 For a narrow but efTectual wind break. a double row of Scotch or white pine, in rows eight or ten feet apart, and at about the same distance be. tween the trees in the rows, will form in six or eight years in a climate where they can be grown close and ctfcctual screen.
 A large portion of the corn crop is converted into glucose and the refuse fed to stock. Glucose manufactorics give employment to large number o persons. and enable the farmers fo de. rive better prices for corn. The proper mode of selling corn, however. is 1T the shape of pork.
 If corn-fodder is cut and steamed or moistencd with boiling water. 1t vii be found an excellent and agreeable change of diet for the COWS Cows that are given a variety of food occasionally will always keep in better condition than those that are fod on Il sameness of diet continually.
 Stake all the young trees to pre- vent violent shaking by the winds. On light sandy soils fruit trees are often thrown over to one side by high winds when the ground is soaking wet. If hold firmly in place by stakes the trees will be moro shapely, as well as start growth earlier in the spring.
 When grain and hay crops are sold off the land they carry away the fer tility of the farm, but when such crops ! H. ,,1, of the crops left over as manure, but q higher price Is received for such crops in the shape of beef, pork, mutton or milk, which enables the farmer to re store any loss of fertility by the in creased receipts consequent upon the keeping of stock.
 -Green mauuriug and use of arti- ficial fertilizers must be resortcd to on large farms in order to keep up the fettility of the soil. But few farmers have enough stable manure for spread ing over large surface, and can, theretoro, apply it on small area an nually until the whole farm is rotated with the manure. By the turning under of green crops and the applica- ton of fertilizers not only is the farm enriched, but much valuable time is, by increasing the area fertihzed, saved in each year,
 When a root ia cut oil 1t begins i'm mcdiately to heal by forming granula- tions between the bark and wood; from these granulations spring numerous fine fibrous roots In four or five years the stronger ones of these push off away from the tree, and must be again cat by pruning or transplanting to keep them within bounds If the trees are carefully dug two or three years after this root-pruning process 1t will be secn that all the tibrous roots will be obtained as they do not extend far from the tree. Then. with care in after-transplanting, success is certain