Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-04-09
FARM NOTES.

stage, but no longer.
Tie TinegdriiSf Of Penn Van. n. ".
urges ON grape growers the adoption OF
y uniform basket, one holding "a pounds
of fruit. An honest fruit basket is The
noblest work of man.
II you never have washed aud scrubbed
the water trough of the cattle try il
once, and you will be surprised at the ne
| suits, for more slime and filth will be dis.
closed than win be noticed ordinarily.
Professor Lazenby, of the Ohio station,
Is Of the opinion that the perfect apple
viii be seedless and coreless Ii takes as
much mineral elements TO grow one
POUND Of apple seeds as 100 pounds of
| lleSh.
The Massachusetts, gypsy moth COM
mission report that they have expended
k69,247.55 in fighting the pest, aud the
committee ask for So, 900 more. In this
wCrk Massachusetts, fights for the whole
country as well as for herself
The highest market during the yeal
for hogs is usually in June, July and Au.
gust, and those are the very months when
pork can be made cheapest, especially If
| you have good clover field; but heavy
weights are not wanted then, but moder-
ately fat animals that will weigh from
lS0 to 200 pounds.
The Rural Netc Yorker says: "A farmer
In Cavan county, Ireland, applied half c
ton of salt to an acre of oat stubble il
January. In spring he planted pota-
toes on it. The potatoes on this sated
land were good crop and free from dis.
ease, while those on adjoining unsalted
land. were hardly worth lifting
| All yards should have wind breaks oi
some kind if the hens are to occupy
them, and this can be accomplished in
several ways; one by having boards az
| the bottom, and another by arranging
corn stalks on the north and west sides OF
the fence Anything that will break tho
force of the wind will he found beneficial.
| The earliest crops are secured from tho
/ warmest soils. Even on the same farln
| some soils will produce crops wees
or two earlier than will other portions,
| due to advantages of exposure and tu the
'oil not being damp The advantages Of
good drainage are more favorably show n
n the early crops than in any other way.
A well-drained soil is always W arm.
A correspondent of the Michigan Ea..
mer says: For garget take piece OF
Saltpeter as large as hickory nut, pound
it fine, and feed it in bran mash For
| caked udder bathe tire udder thoroughly
two or three times day with beef brine
as hot as can be borne. For years have
used these remedies with very satisfac-
tory results, but still am ready to learn
and make use of better il there are such !"
A light blanket in the stable is bclt'
than heavy one, but heavy blanke'
should be used when the horse is outsi
1t is the exposure to winds, when at rest, !,
that causes the horse to take cold Il;
should be remembered that horses differ
Some are more subject 10 lung com
plants than others and will not endure
exposure, while some horses will seld ON
show signs of being affected by any kind
of exposure.
Bones dissolved i'm strong ashes make
valuable fertilizer. Put two portions
Of ashes to one of bones, in alternate lay.
ers, and keep moist with soapsuds or any
water, aud in three or four months ths
homes will be dissolved sufficiently q
cruHlble by stroke of spade Use t.o
ZONES and ashes together. This is pow
erful manure, and must be mixed with
the soil or used with some care.
During the coming season quite revo.
ution can be made in preventing insect
iepredations by combined effort on the
| - a
the soil is kept clean. and a rule bo
,dopted that all stubble, litter in the
snce corners, stalls, and other refuse,
that serve as harboring places for insects,
be burnt, and returned TO the soil as ashes,
there would be millions of insects and
their eggs destroyed.
Bulk adds nothing to the manure heap
II is in the spring, when work is press,
ing. that labor is more valuable Dur
ing the winter the farmer should make
all the manure possible, but he should
aim to make it fine, by cutting up all
material intended for the manure heap
Even the litter in the stalls, to be used as
bedding, will serve as absorbents with
better advantage if fine, while the work
Of handling the manure so made will be
greatly lessened in the spring, both in
the hauling and spreading.
While bushel of corn may be con.
verted into certain number of pounds
Of milk or meat the benefit from the
corn does not cease there, for a large
proportion Of the food passes through
The body of the animal, and is retained
IN the farm to produce more corn mex;
season. While the animal is producing
meat or milk it also makes manure OF
he food at the same time, change tax.
ng place in the food while it is passing
through the body, much more quickly
'can would be the case if the food was
added directly to the manure heap.
The protein in cheese 10 more nutri
.ious than the fat; but when you come
to consider palatabIeness, instead OF nu
triton from the starvation standpoint
then people eat cheese that is buttered
some and will not buy the full skins al
| any other than at hog-food prices. Far
her, the presence of the fat adds to the
digestibility Of the caseine. and adds alse
20 the proper curing of the cheese. A
thorough skinned cheese never cures ~
perfectly as one with proper amount o,
Ial in it.-Hoard's Dairyman.
Strength and Health.
III you are not feeling strong and