The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27
FARM NOTES.


The best plant food for the rose is
compost OF weli-rotted turf and COW
manure in equal parts.
OF all grasses for lawns. blue grass
(sometimes called June grass) IS doubt
less the best. II Is most persistent, too,
and easily raised.
The way TO win battle is to plan
your campaign. The way to have a
good garden Is TO think the matter over
and lay your plans during the Winter.
The man who makes just what the
market wants will come n good deal
nearer making handsome profits than
will the man who does not know what
the market wants.
Experience has taught an Eastern
farmer that timber taken from near the
top OF cedar. white oak or chestnut will
last much longer than if cut from the
butt or near il.
Wicb's Magazine echoes the old fact
that there are too many fences, as they
are expensive. ugly and harbor weeds.
How TO lessen and improve them is an
interesting question for every country
neighborhood.
For sbeep-killing dogs. it is recom-
mended to build rail pen fifteen rails
high. slanting inward. Put the dead
carcass of sheep inside. The dogs
can climb up and Jump in from the
outside, but when in can not get out.
Whn we fail OF success in dairying
tde fault is often orr own. AlwaHs
better see whether it is or not. for when
failures can be traced to ourselves the
trouble i easily remedied barriug of
course. the natural difficulty of over
coming our own Weaknesses.
The rich black liquid that flows off
the barn yard contains the wealth OF
the farm. Use absorbent material and
save il. The loss of liquid manure is
great. and if saved would not ouly add
fertIlizing matter TO the farm but in-
crease tine value of solids.
There IS no profit in rearing or keep
ing cattle. except through good feeding
in all seasons of the year. No arsll-
ment is required to prove the truth of
this assertion. for even slightest refiec-
ton shows that profit comes clearly
only through utilization of food beyond
the necessity for maintenance.
The Hcstern Agricnturist saws that
Holstein- Eriesinns outnumbered all the
other breeds Of cattle at leading West
ern State Fairs last fall. This shows
the increasing interest in dairy pro-
huctiOn. The strou. point with the
Red P0lled aud Swiss cattle i that thev
are good dairy e;ttile a. well as aoo,l
beef animals and the best milking
families Of the Siort-horns are iucreas-
Ing in popularity in this country aud
Europe. Still the beef-producer will
ignore milk as of little consequence.
Meanwhile the d;tiry cattle are in
cresSins in popularity the world over.
President Chamberlain. of Iowa. in
the OHIO fHrHirr: '-Ch:in.e brings ex-
pense aud loss in all things especially
ia farming and should never be made
without clear proof of a net advantage
To be gained. IL will cost a thrifty
farmer far more than $1,o11 to- move
To another State and get started aS well
again. aud another 81 o 0 TO learn new
methods for soil aud climate Will it
pay 10 changer Fake the two States of
Ohio and Iowa-grand States My ad-
vice TO nearly all the farmers in both
States would be TO STAY right where
they are and do the best they can there. :
4 good road is always to be desired
aud i source of comfort and con
venience TO every traveller. Good roads
attract population. aS well as good
schools and churches. Good roads i'm
prove the value of the property. so
that j. said q farm lyin. live miles
from market. connected bv 4 bad road,
Is of less value than an equally good
Farm living ten miles away from the
market connected by good road. A
larger load can be drawn by one horse
over good road than by two over a
bad one. Good roads encourage the
greater exchange of products and COM
modities between one section and an
other.
The wool industry the Department
of Agriculture thinks probably repre-
sents $500 OOu 900 per annum. and the
native wool product is four times as
large rs in 1860. while the average
fleece weighs a much as two of that
date. Prior to that time there was Il
slow Increase of numbers aud small adj
vauces in quality or weight. Large
classes Of goods which could not he
produced i'm this country. as WAS
claimed by importers and half believed
by consumers. are now p.o lueed
here in nearly full supply of the home
demand. Their manufacture was rem
dered possible first by the effect of the
war premium on gold and afterward
by the influence of the tariff of 1867.
Professor Sanborn SAYS that English
rye grass. which in Great Britain is the
backbone of their hay crop. has the
distinction of being the only grass
methodicaily improved by selection.
To the English farmer it is what
timothy is To us. lie saws in JFeStsFH
Resources: Il have grown it for siN
years. No grass springs up so quickly
after sowing and grows so rapidly il
the early Spring. Where II lawn is tO
bc quickly made this grass is sowu
for this purpose, other lawn grasses be
inc sown with it. On our soil it Yields
we'll aud comes well up TO timothy for
the first year. but it does not stand al
all when sown alone. with rye. lodging
almost rs fiat as though rolled. 1t will
not Winter as well as the above named
grasses.
A new method of dressing chickens
for market is given by correspondent
of the Massachusetts Pl0UghDldn. The
chicken is either beheaded or knitted il
the throat in the ordinary way, and j:
instantly immersed in tub of colo
water aud held ther until lie has ceased
To kick. when he is Immediately taker
out and the feathers will come out by
the handful. as easily as if scalded
Care must he taken to hold the CHECKER
long enough, but not too long in the
water and remove the feathers i'm
mediateiy. The skin is not torn or dis
figured in any way, and the dresses
bird presents particularly attractiv,
appearance. Tins was done will
spring chickens of about four pounds
weight. 1t required not over tiv,
minutes to kill and dress bird in thii
way.
An Easter exchange says that the
twiws on many apple aud pear tree,