The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-03-01
FOR TIE FARME..
PREPARATION OF THE SOIL FOR THE
RECEPTION OF SEED.
a Varied Bin of Fare for chickens- Dis
posit on ofswlne to Pile Up In Cold
Weather Whole Corn or
Mealthe Beet for Pigs.

Tliree-flfths Of the cotton crop is now
produced by white labor.
Aid a little boiling water to the hog
swill 80 as TO take the chill off.
The weather throughout the North has
been extremely trying 10 stock.
A calf born in fall or winter is worth
two born IN the spring for profit.
The largest peach orchard in California
Is near MarysyilIe. Itcoutains 40 acres.
Last year 2D,O00 persiminon trees were
exported from Japan To the UnitedsStates.
More pounds OF pork can be produced
from the same food than beef The pig
utilizes a larger per ceftage of food than
the beef animal or than sheep.
The warmer and more comfortable the
bed of pigs the more rapidly will they
grow and fatten, while less food will he
consumed.
The propagation of game should be
taken up seriously, and become a branch
TO be fostered and encouraged in the same
manner as methods OF the tishcultGrist-
Tarred paper makes an excellent coy-
ering and protection for cold frames at
night. Old bagging serves well, but the
paper Is a better non-eonduetor OF heat.
DO not worry because you have no
blooded stock till You improve what you
have. Breed only from thoroughbred
sires and soon you viii be able 10 go up
higher.
Ground gympsuIn or farmers plaster
spread upon the stable floor will add to
the value OF the manure, while il pre-
vents the waste and nuisance OF escaping
ammonia.
Every farmer is interested in good roads.
None but experienced road overseers
should be selected, and the tax required
for road repair, if properly applied, is
money well invested. Good roads save
valuable horses.
Every farmer should experiment. i'm
order To learn by practical experience, the
kind OF crops and mode OF cultivation
best adapted Tor his farm. Soils vary,
and the experience of one farmer is not
always a guide for another.
The disposition OF swine is to pile up in
cold weather, and the warmer we can
keep il underneath them the less liable
they are To do this, and unless they can
be prevented from doing il to great ex-
tent disease is much more liable 10 break
out among them.
1t amounts to grave neglect, not to
plant trees about the home grounds, road
side, cemetery and school ground. First,
after "A beautiful site has been selected
Tor the home, the very next considera-
ton should he the beautifying and EN-
bellishment of the grounds by planting
OF trees.
When horse comes IN with snow in
his shoes, knock it out with 4 hammer
before putting him up, and rub the hair
dry around his heels and ankles. In or
der to do this easily, il is well to shear
off some OF the long hair Cracks in the
ankle, called scratches, often result from
inattention to this.
Early plowing exposes the soil To the
action OF the rain, frost and sun, and the
earlier the work is done the finer viii h
the PARTICLES OF earth and the more nv
able the plant food. Quite a numb
insects will also be exposed to the
while the loosening OF the soil
mits the ground to become warn
There are men in every
who sell their hog crop to
and with more or less loss
notably, when man sells
months old, weighing L
are healthy and have good
! there is abundance OF goo
farm. that must be fed or 3
tune follows such management.
Most every farmer is aware the.
sheep must be lat To make the be-
ton, but few conceive the idea tn
properly and well-fed sheep produce
more and better wool than one poorly feS
and cared for Wool is a product from
feeding, just the same as fat or flesh, and
the flock should be fed and managed with
a view to wool growth, and that of fine
quality.
] The pigs should never be
close pen; they m
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