Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-06-13
FARM AND GARDEN.

stirred with the eultivator 10 as to kill the
weeds before the seed goes in
Do not neglect to have your tools in pro-
per repair and condition until yon want to
20 to work in field or garden.
/, is great luxury to live on good
road. 1t pays every one living along
road to do his share toward making it q
good one.
Professor Ladd concludes that il ID pre-
ferable to cut timothy for feeding at the
period Of full bloom rather than after the
seeds have formed.
A pound of bran makes within II per
cent. of as much milk as pound of cofu-
meal, which usually costs much more; but
cornmeal makes richer milk
The soil affects the qu ality Of the plan
grown thereon to certain extent. crop
OF wheat from rich soil contains more glu-
ten than one from poor soil
A Rhode Island farmer raises veal calves
to weigh 100 pounds when weeks old by
allowing them warmed skim-rnilk and oat-
meal Cruel. Such calves should pay we'll
One way to save transportation is to
raise everything needed that can be growr
on the farm. There are many kinds o;
fruits and vegetables that are seldom
grown by farmers.
Manure often contains seeds that s, -
When spreading manure work it ir
soil well, and allow time for the se.,
germinate. Then 90 over the field wit. ].
harrow from time to time until ready to
seed in the crop desired.
Two quarts of oats at 81 cents per
bushel, 2 cents says the HEs5andna'
''two quarts day for $50 days, s.. Tn;
with skinned milk, makes q calf wort
SIS to $50 in l5o days; omit it and y,,
hare an IS calf. The moral is easi.,
drawn"
The moth Of the codling worm deposi
its eggs at the blossom end Of the app
soon after the apple is formed. Sprink'e
with paris green, not strong Perhaps i
may be necessary to sprinkle in two wee
from the first sprinkling again.
Melons should be we'll hoed and guilty;
ed until they begin to run. The vc
young plants may be hoed with advanta;
but after that time all cultivation shot.
be done without disturbing the hills. II :.
on growers hoe in front of the vines, not
among them, as they soon cover the
ground.
The milk from cows fed on wholesome
grain and good pasturage is Of better quel-
ity for food than that from stall fed rni-
mails that are permitted to eat refuse from
granaries and factories without regard. 20
breed. Choice breeds to produce choice
article must be provided with food of the
best quality for that purpose.
The bush lima bean that has been intro
duced quite extensively is of the Sewee
family and is rather small in size. It re-
quires longer season than We have in
this latitude to permit it to fully ma.u:e
its crop, thouge it will afford supply for
use. A large bush lima is now being in
troduced, but the seed is scarce as yet.
Next season it will be given trial in many
sections.
With strawberries, raspberries, black
berries and grapes supply Of fruit for / c
family could be had until late in the sea
son. If currants and melons be inclLded
the supply may be more varied. Apes,
pears, peaches and cherry trees should a'so
be planted. but the small fruits will come
into bearing the next year thus rendcrii 6
it easy for all to secure supply without
loss of time.
AN IMPORTANT QrEsr1oN.-The organ
ization of the Farmers League introduces
a new factor into the politics Of this State.
1t is also an important factor and as such
must be taken into consideration in all fu-
ture plans and calculations
1t is not the purpose of this organization
to found new political party, or to antag-
onize any other interest but just the op-
posite. What the League wants is the
harmony of all interests and justice to all.
The farmers will insist, however, that
their interests shall be given that eonsid
Grafton which their importance demands
and that the same justice which is meted
to others shall be meted to them. In
short they have awakened to the value
and they now propose to secure some of
its benfts.
The object which the lea que viii seek to
accomplish in this State will DO the equal
ization of taxation, extending not only to
an equalization in the purposes for which
the farmers land is taxed, as compared
with other classes Of property, but also to
the proper assessment and valuation of
other classes of property now partially or
wholly exempt from taxation. just how to
accomplish this object is not so easily stat
ed The idea of rating all property at its
true value and then taxing it equally for
all purposes would be sufficiently an i'm
provement on the present laws, but it is
doubtful if this would be sufficiently far
reaching in its effect. 1t 10 probable
that law e1empting every species Of
farm property from taxation for State pur-
poses and at the same time making every
species of property available for local tax
tion would come nearer to the mark. 1t
has also been suggested that relief be at
forded farm property by making all court
expenses payable by the State, just as the
judges salaries are now paid, or that the
State appropriation for school purposes be
increased from year to year until the whole
expense of the public school system is
paid in this manner. In the western states
where they have long school terms and
pay big wages, nearly the whole Of the
money is raised from taxes on railroads
and other corporations.
These suggestions are only tentative and
are put forth principally with view to
calling the attention of the Re-
publicans of the county to an
important question on which some action
should be taken by the convention on
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