The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-07
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
Matters OF Interest 10 tho 1ntclligencer'a
~ HMl Farmer Nsndc rA .-7N-s

4He total value Of Tue exports Of cana
dian products to the United States for the
month Of September was l2,0iD ,52S, an
increase Of S2,G43.Sl4. S
It Is reported that stocks OF wheat al
French ports are but 4, 00O, 900 bushels
against II 100000 bushels on tho CORE
spending date last year. IA
Two hundred and four American car.
pet mills, running ll,O0O looms, ON.
ploying $4,000 hands, made In the year
1889, 70,SOO,000 yards Of carpet. 2
Experts from tho port oil Now York ior
October are placed by Dun 4 Co. at Sl0,.
W0, 900 above tho same month last year,
while imports show IN increase OF Sl5.-
GOO, 900. Ni gl 'g6S n
Farmers and grain.growers OF Missouri
and Kansas report that the Hessian fly
has made an attack upon early sown
wheat, and that much OF the wheat
sown during September Is ruined by tho
Insect. ~
Better success Gun DO expected from
the sows at next narrowing timc II they
are kept separate while In farrow. Try
1t and note the difference az compared
with the old plan OF all huddled togeth.
or, the strongest having the choice Of
the net. (. l4g. "a
During October twenty.threo steam.
ships went to sea from Galveston, Texas,
carrying across the sea 12S, 1856 bales OF
cotton, and seventeen steamships sailed
for coastwise ports, carrying 81, SsS bales
more; the cargoes aggregating In value
SIC, 700, 1000. & '' II
Wo asked a friend short time since
IL he had his hogs to full feed yet. "Not
yet. | want to get all the grass growth
possible before full feed on corn" This
was new idea to us-holding hogs of
the new corn to let them grow. We note
that the men that practice this are the
ones that usually have the shortest past,
ure. n, ss
Crop.bound chickens may appear
among your growing stock at this sea-
son. You can usually tell 1t by the crop
being hung to one side; the chick sits
down and often almost tumbles over.
kncading the crop we'll and administer
Ing dose OF castor oil often does good.
Feed on soft, mild food until the patient
improves.
Exports Of provisions from the Allan.
tic seaboard for week before Last were
lS,2o2, 600 pounds, against 222,4lG,0OO
pounds for tho preceding week, and
II, $4,000 pounds for corresponding
week last year; compared with last year
there was u decrease Of ,3ls pounds
Of lard. an increase Of ], Ell 1924 pounds
OF bacon, and 2,747 barrels of pork.
The most successful swine feeders give
out the feed more sparingly on the warm
daye. The amount Of food is not re.
quired on such days thatiB necessary for
the cold, rough days. The careless feeder
that keeps corn by his hogs all the time
does not note this difference, and in con.
sequence clogs the appetite, losing the
gain Of one or two days, If not more.
Within the last thirty years the acre
age devoted to corn in the United States
has increased from 1000, 600 to 7S,O00,-
600 and tho amount produced from 5OO..
900. 600 to 1000. 900, 900 Of bushels, while
wheat in the same period has expanded
It's area from II ,00C,0 900 to IS, 100000 of |
acres, and the amount produced from |
LOO. 100000 to 100000, 900 OF bushels.
Few practice caponizing fowls and
many do not know what the operation
is. A capon is male from which the
generative organs have been removed.
The Plymouth Rock, Light Drama and
as well as the larger breeds,
produce the beat results. The object
sought in caponizing fowls is the in
crease in size and general fattening for
market purposes.
In driving through the country one
will readily be appraised Of the where.
abouts OF the guinea fowl, as strangers
are always hordlcd by them as well as
~ the sleeping, yet wide awake farm
log lying on tho porch. II you rein in
your steed and attempt to engage in con-
with the farmers son plouyh-
ng corn by the roadside, the guineas
will all mount the fence and animatcdly
DIN in the conversation. Guineas are OF
'hould be kept in a small way in every
armer's poultry yard.