The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1889-12-20
FARMNOTEs.

100 - --- 80 = ''-sSA AAsNANts kSsvNh "a VIC
world" said Mi. J.sJ. Grimm, who has
just seen it. "Think Of a. lane two
miles long, with melons on each side as
far us the eye can reach, It is an In
teresting sight when the laborers 60 out
ut daylight to gather the melons.
Squads Of them arc moving the vines
aside to make roads for theNwag0nS to
go through. Others are humping and
cutting off the melons from the vines,
while others follow, gathering the fruit
into the wagons. | mover saw anything
like it. The larger melons will average
forty pounds, and there will be lots of
six%ty-poun1ers. There will DO carloads
of 200 melons, with hardly q melon
under thirty-flye or forty pounds. The
company who own this immense melon
patch OF 800 acres will make a big thing
out of 1t. In my Judgment their profit
will not he less than $3.50 aNE CARLOAD,
and they will ship duo loads. Sixty
thousand dollars OF 800 acres will beat
cotton. Without disaster, they will
who are watching them will plant an
year.
NO FERTILIZER Is more highly yalu-
ed than lime, for the reason that it is
cheap, easily applied, and It's effects are
lasting. Lime exists in all soils, but
more in some, than in Others. AS q car
Donate it is insoluble, but is subject to
chemical changes by the action Of nitric
acid and other substances brought down
by rains. When lime is freshly made
Thy burning limestone Or oyster ehe!!sI
it is in Il very caustic state, and easily
combines with water, the water crystal
LIKING and forming u hydrate Of lime.
1t is in this condition--the hydrate-
when it should be applied to soils, as its
affinity for carbonic acid causes many
reactions to occur in the soil, the result
being the formation Of substances that
can DO rendered soluble in water.
a WIIEELBARREL FOR TIE FAIRY
The ordinary railroad whcelbarIow
much used by farmers because it Is
cheap, is too small for most farm work,
Erairie Farmer suggests that it often
pays Il maj to mako some Of his own
tools II includes among these the
large wheelbarrow. This barrow can
be made nj y cost Of about S. %; tho
lumber and nails can be purchased for
about IS cents, and If q second hand
wheel cannot be found a new iron wheel
can be bought for about rs cents. Tho
sides, including handle, are about 5 feet
3 inches long; top Of box 3feot 3 inches;
width, 2 feet 3 inches; depth, 10 inches.
Tho wheel box should be about 2 inches
from the wheel.
HALE INcUBArED EaGs.-Tho in
creasing popularity of incubators is
having q demoralizing effect on the egg
trade. Eggs are SO cheap for two
thirds Of the year that up till recently
few people took the trouble to keep any
long enough to get stale. But now
those who have incubators put all their
eggs into them and buy dozens to make
up The 200 or 300 necessary to iii their
machines. AT the end OF the fourth
day all the eggs are tested, and those
that are not likely to yield chickens are
easily detected. They arc taken out
and sold as ',fresh" eggs. They are
not altogether spoilt by their four days.
sojourn In q temperature Of 100 deg,
but they have contracted IL flavor which
is the reverse Of pleasant. The only
way to obviate this smart scheme is to
refuse to buy from any one who runs
an incubatoer, but the trouble is to a
scertain who has an artificial sitting
hon and who has not.
TIE pest or lccusts has been fought
vigorously and successfully In Cyprus
by gathering the eggs and catching the
developed insects III systems of screens.
The number Of eggs collected increased
from 374 tons in 1870 to 236 in 1880,
screens were employcda In 1882, and
1876, 0O0, OO0, 900 insects we're destroyed.
The system was steadily made more
effective, and in 1886 there were avail
able for use more than 1900 screens
and $4,000 traps, the screens repres Mt
ing IN aggregate length OF about SO
miles, or nearly tho whole coast line q
the island. S
"WORKINo" BUTTER.-The Dairy
World says: The term 'swork" in tho
manufacture of butter ought to be CON
sidered obsolete. 1t is now tolerable
only in the sense Of pressing the butter
into a solid mass. Butter is no longer
worked" by intelligent butter makers
to get the butter milk out Of it, for it is
washed out while the butter is in a
granular condition; and it is no longer
worked" to incorporate the salt with
it, for the salt is readily stirred in while
the butter is in tho granular condl-
rioD.
FERTILIZING material Is now pro-
cured from iron. In the manufacture
Of l3cssemcr steel a light basic Stag
known as Thomas Stag is the result,
which is reduced to an impalpable
powder and sold to farmers, as it con-
tains n large proportion Of phosphoric
acid. Those VINO are familiar with the
merits Of the Stag estimate that ii con-
tains 81 per cent. of plant food.
BRAN is considered one Of the best
foods for all classes Of stock, and it is
rich in p%hosphates. 1t is a very imper-
feet food. however, when fed III place of
grain entirely, but whom given in con
nection with hay and ground grain 1t
largely adds to the value Of the whole,
and assists to make the ration more