The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-02-18
AGRICULTURAL. NOTES.
Matters Of Interest to the IntellIgenCSE'S
Farmer Readers.

Farmer Readers
Milk for all young animals should bt
given lukewarm.
Lay out your plans for the season
Map out the fields, and have system II
rotating the crops.
The best material for inducing the
hens to lay Is pound oil lean meat once
day TO twenty hens.
The sooner the land Is plowed the
better, as it lets the frost down after the
insects, and especially the cut worm.
Nitrate OF soda is an excellent dress.
ing for spring on the wheat crop. II
will also show beneficial effects on
asparagus.
The harrow is the most important i'm.
plement used early in the season, and 1t
should be used until the ground is as
tine as 1t can be made.
Those who have not tried cauliaowers
should grow them this season, as they
are tender and wholesome, being supe-
rior to cabbage in every respect.
Old sod land that was plowed last fall
and left ridged should be cross plowed
this spring and well narrowed. Such a
p lot cannot be worked over too much be-
lore seeding down.
Wheat straw contains over 81 per
cent. of sugar, gum, ETC., 8 per cent. oil
mineral matter, and about 81 per cent.
OF albuminoids, as well as l per cent. OF
fat. It is therefore food worth using
with grain or linseed meal.
The quality OF the butter fixes the
price. II is better to make pound OF
choice butter than 10 market two pounds
cf inferior butter. II as much care was
used in caring for the cream, churning,
and packing, as in feeding and milking,
more profit would result.
Profits are made by reducing the cost
ofan article, but there will be necessary
costs that should not be reduced, among
them the cost OF manures ana fertilizers.
The most successful farmers are those
that aim to keep their land in better
condition than before crop was grown
thereon.
Cheap produce means cheap prices.
There is nothing gained by savingneces-
sary labor that should be applied at the
proper time to crop. Many farmers
take pains to prepare the ground and
put in the seed, but neglect the crop at
the periods when good cultivation may
be Of the utmost Importance.
1t is cheaper to keep breeding stock
in the proper condition for breeding
than to make them very fat. Until it ID
understood that a very fat animal is I'M
tit for breeding purposes the failure to
secure vigorous young stock will con-
tinue to exist. 1t IL not necessary to
have the stock poor in flesh, but simply
to avoid extremes.
Lime, II added to the manure heap,
causes loss OF volatile matter, by hast
ening decomposition, but when the ma.
terials OF manure heap are course, and
decomposition is slow, the use oil small
proportion OF lime, in order to create
neat, will be no disadvantage II doAe
cautiously and carefully, noticing the
heap, in order to prevent overwhelming.
Mix plenty Of land plaster with your
manure. Plaster absorbs gases, arrests
the escape Of ammonia, and is Of itself
an excellent fertilizer. For grass crops
and as special fertilizer for clover it is
unexcelled. 1t is also cheap compared
with its real value. Used in the bills
with corn, plaster assists In attracting
both moisture and ammonia from the
air and gives the young plants good
start.
Seeds are worth more than any other
commodity, for upon the seeds depend
the crop. All seeds should be procured
early in the season and tested. The loss
from failure to terminate may not be
apparent until it is too late TO repair the
damage occurring from the use OF In
ferior seed. The purity Of the seed IL
also very important, much Of which may
be detected by the use Of powerful mag
niiying glasses. .A
Kiln dried sand is recommended as {
material in which to pack apples tol
winter. Experiments have shown tina
beets, carrots and parsnips can also bI
conveniently kept in bins, in the barn
when the spaces are filled with perfectly
dry sand. The point TO observe IS Z
keep the roots cool, but to avoid iaeezing
The dry sand allows the roots to be taEeL
ont without difficulty, and at any tint
when it is desirable. 3D..
Onion sets are sometimes put In tn
ground as early as March in this section
as they require the cool season for al
early start, and can endure come frost
The ground should be thorough!
worked, and made very fine. The ma
nure used should be we'll decompose'
and free from litter. 1t is important tina
they be kept very clean by trequen
hoein2, as weeds will seriously interior
with them during the early stages Q
growth.
Superphospbate gives good results o.
all garden crops. 1t is better for sprln
use than bones, being soluble. 70
early crops 1t may be spread over th
rows, but il the garden is small, not e1
ceeding half an acre, o bag OF super
phosphate (about 200 pounds) should b
broadcasted over the ground alter pillow
ing, and the harrow used TO incorporat
Il with the soil. The roots Of plants wi
better appropriate 1t when it Is event
distributed in the soil.
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