Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-03-06
FARM NOTES.

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where they may be too thick.
TheChchalem valleyH jriiculinra
Society Is prosperous. 1t Is moving
to have the quarterly meeting nj
the state held at Newberg.
n every farmer would aim to in
crease the yield Of every acre, INSTEAD
Of increasing the uumber Of acres,
the expenses would be less and the
receipts greater.
Potatoes are recommended fhr feed
cows for four or five weeks lgiOre
calving as preventative of milk
fever. Any sort Of feeding that will
prevent costiveness is good.
Water In tho cellar means disease
In the family. II is better to oil the
cellar and do without one than to
have IL with a foot or more Of water
covering the floor every spring.
If the pig insists in roofing uD the
floor OF the pigpen make him do 81
Ia dry litter. and not in a pen that II
wet and filthy. Keep the pigpen
we'll supplied with leaves, cut straw,
weeds or anything that will help Il"
make manure.
"OniOns, and how TO raise them"
would be a subject Of profitable dis.
cussion at your subordinate grange
meeting. Mr.. Greiner, near Buffalo
n. V, says he has raised 200O bush
els Of onions from one acre OF land In
one year. That is paying, n highly
favored, business.
II your COW, after behaving like
lady for months, surprises you with II
kick, don't kick back, but find out
why she kicked; she had good reason
for IL, else she wouldn't have done
II. Perhaps one of her teais may
be cracked or scratched and very
sore, or her uddrr may be inflamed.
Farmers are learning that hogs
must have fresh air, clean pens and
fresh, bright, water. No flesh fed on
garbage or carrion is not III for mans
food. II hogs food and shelter are
as clean a. "A steers the flesh Of that
swine cannot be unhealthy any more
than chicken that feeds on the same
things that hog does; but the
clelnlin, ~ and care must be Insisted
on.
Orchards are not considered worth
the manure made on the farm.
Many old apple orchards have never
received an ounce of manure or fer.
tiIizer. The result Is knotty fruit,
disease, an Improbable orchard aud
waste of land. An orchard will pay
well, but IL must receive lis share OF
manure. A good orchard should re-
turn a larger profit than any crop
that oan be grown on the farm.
Independence West Side: Mr.. II.
s. Wallace, who lives IN the Eola
hills, two and IA half miles west of
Salem, owns the largest fruit farm
in Oregon. He has 100 acres planted
TO fruit--apple, pear, plum, prune,
cherry, peach, etc. The residence Ii
located near the center of the orchard
and commands "A fiue view Of the
farm.
The garden provides the luxuries
Of the farm, II should be the first
plot manured aud fertili1ed. Many
farmers have no time, as they sup.
pose, 10 attend to u garden. Yet
there IL more profit to be derived
from garden, even when used for
supplying the family, than from
larger areas of land planted To II
staple crop Vegetables and small !
fruits should have place on every
farm, ms they can be had of better
quality when grown ut home than
when purchased elsewhere.
Master California State Grange,
Davis, says: People oppose oppres.
sion. Hence II is, the people want
free coinage OF silver; United States
Senators elected by the people; the
railroads 10 pay Indebtedness; tele.
graphs 10 be operated hy UncleSam;
more money per capita; Government
lands for American clllEen'i Amer-
can ships built by American labor,
sailing under the stars aud stripes,
aud loaded with American products;
lower salaries for public officers; more
schools, libraries, parks, aud greater
opportunities 10 enjoy them.n
Practical Farmer, To have pure
milk, the first requisite il healthy
COW. IL Is now beyond doubt that
an occasional COW IN afflicted with
tuberculosis, or cancer afiiictionl, aud |
their milk manufactured into butter
and cheese, aud then sold on the .
general market. Indeed this has I
recently been observed hy the writer
and Ia Il not fair lo presume that 1
thcse diseases Ia this manner may /
be transmitted 10 the persons who
consume the products of this mike /
Ten years ago Jesse Hotson said a
piece OF land lyiug half mile north !
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