The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-03-15
FARM GLEANINGS. POR7'
THE RELATIVE VALUE OF FROSTED
SEED AscERTAINED.
The Normal Condition OF a short Horn
Cow-An Increase ofons Hundred
Per Cent IN Production On
Wen Fertilized Land.


The farmers Of Illinois are orr sssss
county societies for the determination :
insects.
Wood-moss laid on the earth arours
plants is beneficial, by retaining Inois.
ure aud giving the pot neater appear
ance.
Owing to the great use of the twine-
binder in harvesting, the eonsunsption III
hemp and similar fiIres has increased =,
per cent during the past year.
An irrigation system 10 to be aaioptad
for the land Of the Fruto Improvement
Company in Colusa county Tie main
ditch will be seven miles in length.
A farmer OF Hartford, =. y. rsss beesa
indicted By the Grand Jury for neglect
ing TO remove and destroy some dis
eased peach trees that were in his
orchard
The production of seed is more ex-
hausting to soil than the growth OF vine.
and for that reason a green manuriai
crop does not require to be matured. II
takes nearly as much from the air through
its leaves and the assistance OF raigls az
It takes from the soil.
Two excellent results of life ON the farm
heA4t1 viii tA&r Olt ttfE StEEets ara %t1E
humanity and economy engendered in
young people who help to feed the many
dependents ON the farm, and who find
no other way OF gathering needed pennies
but by that OF slow earnings and careful
savings.
The thifd report OF the Experimental
Agricultural Station at Auburn. Ala. has
just been published. The profit from
ten acres OF corn, fertilized, was 8. 5.sl9 par
acre, while from unfertilized ii was 81
per acre. Other experiments with sweet
potatoes, ground peas, turnips and grapes
were uniformly successful.
The value OF all dogs in the state of
New York is $1,000, 900, says a current
newspaper paragraph. Yes, and ii il
wasn't for this 81 ,090, ,OC0 worth uf useless
dog meat the value OF the sheen OF tIe
state OF New York would he several mil.
lions more than il is, and the Common
wealth that much richer
Geese do not receive as much atten-
ton as they should ON farms especially
adapted to rearing water fowls. Be-
sides yielding regular income Of feath-
ers, they are one of the most profitable
fowls for the market. Much easier reared
than turkeys, thev sell as readily in most
seasons at as good profits.
Germany claims the honor OF having
the oldest rose bush in tile world. II Is
said that in 1919 Bishop Hepilo caused
a trellis to be erected to support tlTe br,zE
Row climbing over the old ,efIurrh y
Heldersheim. The only eeffair tl.ipe s
that the main branch of this rose hush i
now larger than mans body.
Farming business generally Is con-
Quoted on loose and sloyeniy basis.
with an absence OF economical methods
that surprises every mar th.st coIuaBsI u
this country fully posted a. re meth
ods adopted elsewhere, where men have
10 pay an annual rent for the land and
much higher tithes and taxes than we.
Professor Storer says ration af thirty
pounds OF pumpkin per COW daily viii in
crease the flow and improve the quality
OF milk More than this quantity should
not be given. Pumpkins are very chean
food, as a couple OF tons can be grown 10
the acre with the corn crop. The seeds
OF the pumpkin ought to be remoyEk> >lss-
fore feeding.
The change from an out-door run to the
limit of a hennery is not at all agreeable
to the nature of fowls. There they live
and grow like house plants-pale and
delicate. The longer the are hived to-
gether the more sickly they win be and
the less number the breeder will have to
show or sell in presentable condition to
/ his customers.
Raising flowers for the rnanufaetnre of
perfumery is becoming new industry y.
/ Florida under the encouragefTlent of
Northern capifSis- The~tWo varieties OF
roses grown are the musk and damask,
and other flowers that are used for dis
| tillation, such as the jassaInine, violets.
lilies and ionquils, are hardy and yield
rich harvests under cultivation.
"It's no trouble to winter sheep said
an old fiock-Inaster to US, once .sbut the
rub is in springin' EN-" That was be-
cause he did not winter them well The
steady cold of winter keeps the system
i keyed up, and the poorest feed is eaten
with some relish and benefit; but unless
the sheep has been kept on a high Level
the warm, debilitating breath of spring
will let it down fatally.
There is much difference in the milk
of different animals and breeds. and
much depends upon the f00d AMI collSli.
| ton of the COVE 1t is very unusual te
find less than 2.5 or more than s per cent
of tat, less than or more than 80 PEI
cent. of the volume of the mix, OF cream
less than 10.5 or more than II per cent
OF solids, or less than SO or more thar
$3.50 per cent. OF water in pure milf
Professor Green, of the MINI
Agricultural college, has
experiments to asce
value of frosted 8
port shows thst
the total ~"
grow
lp