The National tribune., 1891-07-16
OUR RURAL TOPICS,
Some Practical Suggestions for Our
Agricultural Readers

NOTES.
Particular caro- should DO taken 10 supply
turkeys with asa abundance Of fresh, pure water.
They are very thirsty biFds They particularly
relish a pan OF firm, cool ciabber.
Everything ia the meat line is steadily adj
vancius in price, ard farmers should take
all the advantage Of it they can by increasing
their meat product as much rs possible. This
condition Of things will certainly last another
year The reaction from the low prices Of late
years has set in definitely and viii last until
high prices bring abont an over-produetion.
The hog is a grazing animal. and it IS mis-
take TO keep him in pen during the Summer,
when he should be in q pasture. and the better
/ the pasture tho better will be bis condition in
/ the Fall and the less corn it will take to put
him in shape for killing
The ashes Of all fruit trees and OF grspo-vines
are particularly rich in phosphatcs, which
makes them valuable as fertilizers.
The general farmer should be particularly
careful not 10 neglect his sheep, and particularly
his lambs. in the press Of other cares during
Summer. Hot weather is very severe on sheep,
breeding parasites, and otherwise getting them
out Of condition. Sometimes as many sheep
die In hot weather rs in Midwiuter. Sheep
running on wet pastures should be particularly
looked after for hoof troubles. 1t is best 20
/ change the pastures rs often as possible, and
! give the best and drest TO the ewes and lambs.
Every farmer who raises fruit squashes,
4 melons aud clover can add TO his profits By
I keeping n few stands of bees to gather the
abundance Of nectar which would otherwise 20
I TO waste. The demand for honey is constantly
increasing, as is also that for beeswax, which is
being extensively used in the mechanical arts,
and for which there has been no substitute found
SO far.
/ Ounces are profitable crop, and too much
neglected by fruit-growers, since the demand
Is generally greater than the supply. They
grow readily on almost any soil, bear nearly
every year and arc not ID uch troubled by insect
and other enemies.
The Fay currant receives high praise from
Eastern growers, who consider it much more
! profitable than the Cherry. having longer
punches aud carrying a much heavier crop Of
! fruit
Frequent blowing and hoeing IS the surest
way OF Graduating Canada thistIes.
| Something more than corn is necessary for
/ food FOR laying hens. Corn is a fat-producer,
and should be accompanied by other articles
which will supply the rich nitrogenous elo-
monts required for eggs. skim-milk, clover
/ hay, cut fine, and cabbage arc good additions to
I the ration.
Tho New York Experiment Station finds
| that gooseberry mildew can be successfully
\ comhated By spraying as soon as the leaves be-
\ gin TO unfold, and az intervals Of from IL TO 90
days thereafter. The spraying liquid is made
I by dissO!ying half an ounce Of liver Of sulphur
in a gallon Of water the latter to be hot, as it
Y viii then dissolve more OF the drug. The liver
( Of sulphur is cheap costing from - to 20 cents
a pound, and one gallon Of the solution will
I spray 10 or y large bushes
Tie gooseberry can DO made 4 very profitable
crop. by setting the bushes four feet art
I each way 2,722 can be grown on an acre, and
these made to yield 1860 pounds. which, at .
cents basket of five pounds would bring SGs5.
4 Baskets Of superior goosebeTries readily bring
4 30 cents in large towns and cities.
l Sheep can DO kept adyantageously on dairy
I farm, but they should not DO allowed to run
I with tho cows. They should DO turned into
the pasture after the cows have been taken out.
I
weeds
The tea plant will grow very vigorously in
South Carolina. The next question is whether
the leaves can be gathered and cured eheaply
enough TO compete with Chinese cheap labor.
The Massachusetts P0rnqH says that the only
remedy for onion maggots is small chickens
coopcd early il the season near the field. They
will eat up the dies which produces the mag
gots.
Bulletin No. - Of the Experiment Station
OF the Iowa Agricultural College IS out. Ii
contains a feeding experiment conducted by
the Farm and Chemical Sections. Corn fod-
der, corn ensilage, sorghum cane ensilage,
aud mangels were fed for go days to eight
cows The milk was sampled at every milk
ing aud the composite samples analysed every
five days. Corn fodder shows slightly better
than corn cnsilage, which exceeds sOTgum cane
ensiiage. The mangel ration is superior to
any Of the others.
THE WASTE OF PAsTURAGE.
Here is a statement, published as a fact
worth reflection by pasIurlng farmers: Sey-
enty-ii i've acres Of good meadow land had given
annually for some years about 80 tons OF fine
hay. Then, out Of sympathy for u tenant
whose luck had been bad, tho owner allowed
| him to pasture y cows on 10 during one Au-
tumn. The next year il gave only 60 tons OF
hay, and never attained the former yield until
roseeded. The owners beneyoience cost him
more than the whole herd Of cows was worth
And still Fall pasturage is beautiful thing fol
people who farm in a rut Massachusetts Piotr
man.
sUPPLEMESTISG THE PASTURES.
, When the pasturiug season begins it should
} be remembered that by and By the grass viii
fail at the very time when the cows need
full feeding. To provide foF this is present
necessity by sowing an acre or two Of mil OF
drilling in early sweet corn, either Of which
will mature in GO days. And as soon as a seed
J ing s. made il is time TO look about for an op.
portunity Of making anOther.-Ameriem Agfi
cHltLTiSL.
. The Eighteenth Corps.
In the concluding chapter Of "The Battle
Month" in The NATIoSAL TRIBUNE of june
n, appeared roster Of the Eighteenth Corn:
az II fought at Cold Harbor. This roster wa,
erroneous as TO the Third Division. The error
was partly corrected by the context itself Tn,
: error was due to the fact that the author had
. before him two rosters Of the Eighteenth Corn.