The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-02-25
AGRICULTURAL NUrES.
Matters of Interest to the IntellIgsncer's
Farmer Renders.


Ashes are excellent for every crop
that is grown-grain, fruits and vegeta.
bles.
The complete food for plants depends
on the kind OF plants to which it Is to be
supplied.
The crimson clover will be tried this
season by Delaware and New Jersey
farmers on light soils, for which it is
esid 10 be well adapted.
Oats and peas are recommended as an
excellent crop when sown together as
food for milch cows. 1t ia usually cut in
the field and fed to the COWS in the
barn.
There should be regular hour for
feeding, the observance OF which will
teach the animals 10 come up TO the
barn for their mtalS as well az inducing
them to be more patient between meals.
When sowing clover seed do not fear
to use plenty Of seed, and II IL is possible
brush the seed in. One.half the seed is
sometimes destroyed by exposure on the
surface, while birds get O large share OF
italso.
1t is estimated that eight bushels OF
seed arc required to plant an acre OF
potatoes, but this estimate ia not reli-
able, much depending on how the
potatoes are cut and how the seed is
planted.
The best way TO prepare butter tubs
to prevent ipparting 0dor to milk is to
thoroughly Ecald and wFsh them, rinE-
ing well. Then saturate the tub with
hot brine, allowing to stand in the tub
until cooled.
The earliest cabbagca are forced in
cold irames, being transplanted from hot
beds. Lettuce are also forced in the
same manner. Early lettuce brings
coed prices, and pays well for the extra
attention given it.
A poor clover field is better than none
at all. Ititis not worth cutting, it will
at least assist to provide green food for
come Of the stock. A clover field is just
the place for pigs, and will also be con-
venient for the COWS.
Peas can be put in somewhat early, as
they are hardy. They endure little
frost, and grow better when tho spring
is not too warm. Prepare plot ior sue.
CessivC sOwiDgs, rs the dwarf kinds sell
dom allow OF more than two piCkiDgs.
This season the farmers who grow pc.
tatoes will benefit themselves by making
experiments with fertilizers, using diff
ferent kinds for that purpose. The val.
ue OF any kind OF fertilizer largely de-
ponds on the soil in which the crop iE
grown.
Cheeses OF the size oiseventy or eighty
pounds are now being made, the slzs
being the same that was preferred TWEEN
ty years ago, aud which is believed tC
be about correct for economy OF ship
ping and for lesseDing the loss in rind,
US we'll aB loss from other eources.
March is an excellent month for the
sOws to iarrow, and the pigs escape
much OF the severe cold OF winter, and
are not go liable to be checked in growth
as are pigs farrowed in the late fall OF
during the winter. Spring pigs usually
grow right of, and make fine hogs by
Christmas.
Dig around the peach trees and ex
anime the base OF the trunk and the
main roots for the worms aud maggotI
that do damage at this season. The bes
remedy Is to pour boiling water arounC
the tree, which kills the insects but doe
not harm the tree. The boiling wate
will also flow in on the borer ant
destroy 1t.
One OF tho advantages in keeping
few pigs to produce pork for family usl
Is that the pigs can be fed TO produce
meat OF an excellent quality. One can
not easily buy meat oil as good quality II
he can produce it, and this fact SHOULD
be considered asimportant as the cost
Quality as well as quantity is wortl
something.
Many persons make the mistake O
planting carrots, parsnips and beets To-
late. They are crops that should go il
as early as the season will permit, q
they should lave NJ long = gro~in
period as possible. Another advantag
Of early planting is that they have
chance 10 grow before weeds and grasj
The seeds are slow to germinate, an
and much time is often lost by gras
covering the ground before tho seeds G
the root crops come through. Max
the coil very tine.
In those sections where hay is not
sure crop oats are thickly sown on goo
land, and when the heads are in tn
milky stsge the crop is cut and Curet
In this manner tho nutritious matter
;, arrested in the stalk while on its way
u ill out tho seed heads, the stalk bein
: in green, succulent condition. Fo
feeding, the oats (stalks and heads) al
passed through q cutter, ground graf
added, and Iced it to all kinds Of stoc
except swine, and 1t is easily cured an
kept during winter.
It is close to the time Tor putting OF
onions. In this seCtion the sets a
mostly used instead Of seed. It ~ est
mated that one quart Of sets will pr
duCe one bushel OF onions. Prepare Il
ground by working it fine, adding IN
nure that is well rotted, and chopin
1t into the soil. 1.-THE ground is fine al
Ldel!ow the sets will start of early al
be well under way before the grass CT
crowd them, but the hoe shonld be ust
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