Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-09-27
AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS.

CUT out the top Of the cherry ana api-ie trees and have them branch out low. It will be 8 benefit in storms as well as in har- vesting the fruit.
 SUCCESS on the farm is the result of iudcious mixing of brains, muscle, energy, economy and persistence; either ingre- dient left out will spoil the mixture
 PUT clover hay under shelter. If part of the hay must be stacked outside let it be timothy or red top. Oats and clover are easier spoiled than either of the other two.
 THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN says the prac- tice of 'shilling'' potatoes during cultivation and growth is almost universal, and in most instances Is positively detrimental to pro ductiveness.
 CLOVER gathers up the fertility in the soil and makes it available. Its long roots penetrate deep into the subsoi and bring back the fertility that has escaped beyond the reach of most other plants. AMONG the principal reasons why the pastures are so poor is the fact that they are almost universally neglected. There are pastures almost without number to when the owners do nothing in the way of lm' provement.
 To THE question, what must be done to
 lessen insects, we say protect the birds. Make laws forbidding the killing of them at any time, and see that such laws are en- forced. In no other country is the same freedom allowed with the birds as hero.
 FARMERS talk about land getting ''clover-
 sick" The land is not sick-it is i'm,
 poverished and hungry. Let them give 1t
 good top-dressing of rotten manure, then sow their clover seed and see how quickly it will get well and produce clover again. CHARGE each acre with interest on its value, the probable amount of fertilizing material used by the crop, the cost of labor in it's care. Credit it with the market value of the crop produced. The difference be- tween the two will represent the profit or loss.
 THE subject of drainage is much more i'm portant than either that of fertilizers or methods of cultivation. For what do the best of these avail on undrained landa Both manures and the labor of cultivation ap- piled to undrained soils are often totally wasted.
 IT is the great agricultural question of to-day how to fertilize without serious ex- pense; how not to starve the earth to death while we are to dig our living out of it; by | saving all the substances upon the farm
 and properly applying them to promote the growth of crops.
 HAVING learned to calculate the cost of the products of the farm, the next business 1 is to learn how to sell them Make study | of the markets, and learn for yourself the l price of those things you wish to sell. If | you can not fix your own price, you can at | least prevent being taken advantage of by
 interruptions traders.
 SEEDING down clover on crop of winter oats, which is intended for hay, gives good
 results. Taking off the oats early, before
 the exhausting process of ripenipg seed, favors the clover, Then, if this has been done at the right time, the underlying stools, which had previously been kept back by the more vigorous ones, will spring up
 and make small crop of oats. | IN recent issue of Prairie Farmer a
 very sensible plea is made, namely, utilize
 the barnyard. Dairymen milk in stables, and through the summer the inclosed lot
 adjacent runs to waste. Why not utilize ita l It is the richest land on the farm. A dairy
 man quoted this season put up temporary
 lane fences and converted the barnyard into l truck garden with very successful re- | suits. This fall as soon as the vegetables
 are harvested the temporary fencing will
 come down, straw will be stacked as usual
 in the yard, where also the stock will be
 turned on sunny winter days as hereto | fora