The record-union., 1891-03-17

| spoonful of saltpeter added to a pail O,
iukewarm water, as drink for the cow
Is claimed as remedy for the difficulty
when turnips are fed.
All kinds of stock are subject to loss ot
| appetite when the food does not consist o.
variety. A mess of cooked turnips
| may improve an animal more than medi-
cine. Always resort to change of food
when the animals seem to lose appetite.
The hog-pen is a nuisance that ought to
be abolished. A small pasture of green
food, containing comfortable shelter and
conveniences for feeding and watering,
should be provided: then hogs will be
healthy, have good appetites and good
digestion, and that is all they want.
The manure of different kinds of farm
stock varies in quality or richness, be-
cause they receive different kinds of ra-
tions, and because they assimilate their
food differently. The manure from the
stalls OF fattening animals is richer; that
IS to say, is worth more per ton than that
from stock fed on grain or mill feed.
1t is perfectly certain that the corn
plant can be improved so as to produce
hve and six ears to the stalk. 1t cannot
be done by going to the crib to get seed,
nor can it ever be done by going to the
field starting seed from hills with two to
three stalks. 1t can only be done by
growing stalks separately, giving room
to each stalk to do its best.
Economy in feeding means providing
the cows with general allowance of the
KIND that will produce the most returns,
the sort that viii make more milk and
butter. The term does not apply so
much to restricted economy feed not fed
Is not always economy as to skill in COM
pounding the ration and Judgment in
giving it.
I
Professor Burrill has demonstrated by
experiment that Canada thiStleS can be
eTadicated in from one to two years by
simply cutting them back as often as
they show their heads above ground.
II the work is thoroughly done at cost
Cf about 80 cents per square rod, one
year Will suffice, and only one crop need
be lost.
When plOwing or clearing fields for
spring operations, a most important mat
ter Is to clear out the fence corners. This
should be done even if it entails an extra
job alter the plowing is done, as it is such
sources from whence come most of the
weeds and seeds, which spread over the
fields and cause endless labor throughout
the entire growing season.
When onions are grown from seed it
may be necessary TO give them at least
one hand wedding until they are large
enough to be worked with the hoe Such
labor will pay, however, if the land is
rich and there is a prospect of a good
crop. In this region it is much better to
use the sets, which are more expensive
than seed, but which give surer crop.
The hens that do not lay at this season
will probably be found too fat as there is
a tendency to overfeed in the desire to
force the hens to lay after they begin. A
hen that is laying will require plenty of
food, but there are usually some in the
flock that are not laying, and they will
convert the food into fat and flesh instead
of into eggs. 1t will be an advantage to
separate the laying hens from the others
The potato-leaf rot begins on the leaves
and spreads down TO the tubers The
spores are dropped, or washed by the
rains, from the leaves to the soil The
Bordeaux mixture is a preventive, but
the better plan is to plant the potatoes
early, so as to have the crop out of the
way before midsummer, at which time
the rot usually begins to appear.
The South Dakota Station concludes.
after careful experiments and analysis
during the past year, that the sugar beet
industry, as now carried on, is one re-
quiring the utmost care in all its details.
Persons with small capital should not
undertake it. But when conducted on
large scale and properly managed. IL not
only yields profit to the manufacturer,
which the business is carried on.
The rust on raspberry and blackberry
canes is dangerous disease, says the
Massachusetts, Pto1ighD1dn. Cut out every
branch affected with it as soon as seen.
Handle with care, so as not to shake off
the poisonous rust, and burn or bury it.
If let alone it spreads rapidly. In most
cases 1t is said to come from wild vines
along the roads or in neglected fields.
Parsley is q plant that should be grown
in every garden. It is one of the best
and most useful herbs that go to the
market. The great obstacle principally
met with in its growth is that the seeds
gernlinate so slowly as to perish or allow
weeds to get ahead of them If the plot
is well worked and rolled, and the seeds
covered by sprinkling only a small
amount of dirt over them, they will
germinate much sooner. Plant in rows,
so as to permit of working the plants and
keeping down weeds.