The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-09-10
AGRlCUMURAL NOTES.
Matters Of Interest to he 1utolrgsncerS
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Matters Of 1ntCFest TO he IntClrgencer'B
Farmer Readers.
Tho bottoms Of all manurepits II large
quantities Of manure are to be accumu.
lated, should be we'll covered with cut
straw, leaves, earth or any other absorb.
ent material. The heap should be made
on stiff clay land, IL possible, so rs to
avoid teaching Of tie liquids into The
subsoil. The thicker tue bottom ia GOV.
cred with absorbent materials tho better,
especially II the ground is porous. The
amount OF valuable fertilizing material
carried down into the ground and lost is
enormous, and much Of can be- saved
with care.
Although the question has been dis.
cussed since the time Sir Humphrey
Davy made bis experiments In that di.
rection, yet scientists are divided on the
question Of tho appropriation by plants
OF free nitrogen irSm the atmosphere.
When some process Is discovered by
which the nitrogen Of the air can BIZ uti-
liked as d iertiliEer-which Is not i'm
probable-the cost Of production will be
very low, and all heterogeneous plants
made to produce enormous crops.
Cut straw rs bedding for sheep keeps
the dirt out OF the wool, and aiIordsa
dry place for the aheep'Rt night. The
shed in which sheep remain al night
should be frequently cleaned in order TO
avoid accumulation Of dropplngs. Asthe
fall rains approach, and the weather re.
mains damp, Ahecp easily take cold,
which is accompanied with discharges at
the nostrils. Dry shelter and bedding
will greatly assist In warding of this
difficulty.
The bronze Is the largest breed Of tur,
key, and gobblOrs three years old have
been known to wcigh lity pounds DO.
fore being killed and dressed for market.
1t Is not u very hardy breed, hut does
well when crossed on the common
variety. The White Holland turkey Is
smaller than tho bronze, but II IL more
active iorager, and can secure nearly all
Of It's food.
A Nebraska iruitgrower thus states
the results obtained on small plot OF
ground NJ sold 1893 quarts OF raspber.
rles, which Noted inc $3.50 2s, and zoo
quarts Ot blaCkbetries, which netled $40.
These were from one and oh~e.bixleenth
acres Of land (measurod) and do not In.
CludO the quantity eaten, canned and
gtvOn away"
About one and a hplt pounds Of corn
viii suffice as q grain ration for one
sheep II the animal Is given all the hay
or grass II desires. Tho breeding ewes,
however, should bHallowed oats In pref.
etence 10 corn, 10 fatten q weLler give
a mess oil cooked tufnips and corn meal,
with the other food and II will gain rap:
idly.
II harbed wire ID used 10 cohAne hogs
IL need not DO worry hlgh, Tie bottom
wire should he about four inches ifotn
the ground and tue next wire ten inches
above II, II sheep arc enclosed The
strands should DO iiN inches apart ioF
three feet from the ground, ~ II requires
a close wire fence 10 Conhne sheep.
The Crescent strawberry produces q
large number Of flnnets, aud II 10 one
OF tho best for planting II lhemAtled row
system Is preferred, On light soils The
6GfpluS does moi thrive wen. The
Wilson will grow and bear I'm all sections
and ls still the best shipping berry
grown,
As the grass decreases rive hay 10 The
eoWe, thus gradually making the change
from green food 10 dry food, 1.-THE
change ID made suddenly The COWS will
fall mfr In fntih. Az an aaklntaaNn "a lhf
green food (which will soon become