The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-02-03
across the upper larger surface Of the
bundle. Tho ahellinR Is done speedily

across the upper larger surface Of thC
bundle. Tho shelling is done speedily
aud effectively.
The feeding OF heifers for the fr4i
year determines their yaiue. L 10 easy
10 spoil the best bred one by high feed.
ing or rough treatment. Grass and
roots, bulky food that has tendency to
enlarge the intestines and strengthen
the digestive organs, are much better Tor
heifers than rich, concentrated food.
Buds Of the grape may be divided into
forcing fruit bud and the fruit bud
proper. Ouce known the distinction be.
tween these and the pruning Of the
grape becomes a matter merely OF the
counting OF the fruit buds which you
wish to have remain upon the plant.
The great secre. Of raising large shoots
OF asparagus is to give the plants plenty
of room. Set the plants or roots apart
in the rows. Keep the land free from
weeds and manure every year on the
surface. No man who has q plot Of
land should be without an asparagus
bed.
Improved methods Of preparing honey
for market are, first, TO inclose the frame
without glass in paper box when re-
moved from the hive; second, place
thin strips OF wood on each side OF the
box. one side being partially covered
with isinglass. The consumer has no
reasan to pay the price Of comb honey
for heavy glass.
To mark tools, first cover the article 10
be marked with thin coating Of tallow
or beeswax; then, with q sharp fnstru-
ment, write the name in the tallow.
Clear with q feather; fill the place writ
tAn-the letters-with nitric acid; let 1t
remain from one to ten minutes, then
dip in water and rub of, and the marks
will be etched into the steel or iron.
Prof W. ]. Beal reports to the Rural
NeW Yorker that root pruning OF corn at
the Michigan Agricultural College ap.
peared to be the cause OF decreasing the
yield every time. Also, in instances
where stalks produced two ears each,
and both we're used for seed, the ears
were larger from the eeeds Of the upper
ear than from the seeds OF the lower ear.
Attic Wilbraham Farmers Institute
Mr.. Buell. thought that the keynote had
been struck when 1t was proposed to put
the pillow in the rundown mowings.
Plant corn in the sod without much mt
nure. Manure heavily the next year
and plant to potatoes; get them of
early, pillow and stock down. A little
turnip seed might bs sown with the
grass seed and would produce good
crop Of turnips.
Recently farmer who had plowed up
a fence row Eelaid the fence after seeding
with timothy and clover. 1t was rail
fence, laid worm fashion, and under the
rails where the heat Of the sun was
shaded the grass was vigorous, and at
least three times as large and thick as it
was when no shade was bad. This burn.
ing up OF the plants by heat, perhaps,
EXPLAINS some failures in growing grass
seed without grain.
Fortunately lime is one Of the most
generally found Of the inorganic con.
OF the soil, when we remember
hat in twenty-five bushels OF oata there
ire nine pounds OF lime; in thirty-eiRht
bushels Of barley, fifteen pounds; in two
.ons Of clover hay, thirty.fve pounds; in
twenty-five tons OF turnips, one hundred
lnd forty pounds; in two hundred and
ifty bushels Of potatoes, two hundred
md seventy pounds.
AS well drink the water from a filthy
pool as to allow COW to drink
t, and then use her milk. Whatever
Impurities may be in the water are tax.
IN up by the system Of the COW, and are
yiyen Off in her milk, and pass off into
he system Of the human consumer. ]
Owners Of cows then should be very
,arefui to allow them only pure water to
rink, and it ia just as important that
heir food be pure aud wholesome also.