The record-union., 1893-11-22

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In that direction.
If one-half of the manure that is an
nually spread on the corn land was used
for grass, not only would the hay crop be
much larger and the pastures last longer,
but the land would be more rapidly inn
proved and the profits from the farm
would be larger.
1t is doubtless better to turn the cattle
into the stalk fields and let them get
what they can of the fodder than to have
1t go wholly to waste. But it is not good
farming to harvest so valuable crop in
such slipshod manner. We are glad to
see that the waste OF corn fodder is be-
coming less each year, but there Is still
more chance for improvement.
1t is impossible in the growing of live
stock to formulate any set of rules that
will surely pave the way to success.
Much depends on the man-nore, per-
haps, than any other factor. But there
are some things that, with the right man,
go long way to insure success. One of
these things is the furnishing of every
herd OF young stock with good sire.
One running dairy farm can have
other sources of profit beside butter and
pigs, for his manure will enable him to
enrich his best land so as to grow heavy
crops of such things as his market calls
for and as will give the best profit.
The French do not scald and scrape
their hogs when dressing them, but place
the carcasses on straw and set the straw
on fire. Although the skin is blackened
by this method. yet it is easily made
white by washing. They claim that the
meat keeps better when the hair is so re-
moved than if done by scalding.
A reader of the Richmond tVa.) Dis
patch gives All unfailing cure for the cab
bage worm. 1t is to mix one teaspoonful
of essence of pennyroyaI in a gallon Of
water and spray the plants with it.
The theory of breeding is based on
few natural laws. One of these is that
but within the laws Of her own genus and
species she produces a calf Of similar
shape, form, quality and size.
To keep tools from rusting take half an
ounce OF camphor, dissolve in one pound
melted lard take off the scum and mix
in as much fine black lead (graphite) as
will give it an iron color. Clean the tools
and smear with this mixture. After
twenty-four hours rub clean with a soft
linen cloth. The tools will keep clean
for months under ordinary circumstances.
Wood ashes should be kept perfectly
dry, which renders them easier of distri-
button than when damp. They may be
used at this season or early in the spring
rn strawberries. On light soils the spring
is preferred. They contain both lime ard
potash in abundance, and in a form
which enables the ashes to exert a chemi-
cal influence on the soil.
Mixed farming is commendable when
it don't get to be too mixed. A farmer
who has big irons in the fire marked re-
spectively grain raising, Embarrassing,
hogs. potatoes. tobacco, horse-breeding,
dairying and poultry. is pretty sure to
have the dairy iron scorched every day,
and ten to one, his fence corners are
permanently choked with briers.-Ohio
Farmer.
We know of no poorer business than
shipping poor butter to any market.
There always has been and there always
will be an overstock of low grades of but
ter, and 1t is equally true that the stock
of tirst-class butter rarely exceeds the de-
mand. Those who do not know how to
make good butter had better sell their
cream to some one who does.
The largest creamery In the world is at
St. Albans, Mass. The capacity is ~. 600
pounds per day. There are II large re-
Yolving cnurns, capable of holding two
hogSheads of cream each. The cream is
brought 10 the place by railroads, which
get 1t from the separators that are located
all over the State. They use the milk of
$4,000 cows. and feed 5000 pigs with but
termilk.
When you put your cabbage away for
winter do not bury the heads. Put them
in rows, closely packed together, roots in
the ground and the heads out. Cover the
heads with straw, lay some boards over
the straw, and you will have cabbage
until the weather becomes warm in the
spring. The stalks will give you an
abundance OF sprouts. Try a few cab
bage in that manner Ii you have doubts
of the excellence Of the method.
IrreguIarity in milking does more
damage TO COWS than many persons are
aware OF, and the same holds true as re-
CARDS feeding. TO secure The best results
there should be as little excitement as
possible, and all reasonable care taken to
milk. feed, water and care for the COWS at
regular hours.
The amount of water contained in even
the best grades of butter placed upon the
market varies greatly. Many tests show
at least 70 per cent, or one-fitth, of the
whole weight. Fifteen per cent. is the
very utmost that should be allowed, and
If more than this is contained in it you
cannot hope to keep up a reputation for
gilt edge product, nor to retain the very
best customers.
Corn co bs rank first among the fuels
for producing potash. They are too val
liable to be thrown away, and should be
ing the ashes. Every portion OF the corn
plant is useful, and the cob is as valuable
as some other portions, owing to the
large proportion of potash in its ashes.
There are two methods of manuring,
one spreading it on the surface aud the
other plowing or digging it in. As the
result OF long experience it is found that
much better results are achieved by surf
ace manuring than by the other meth
odS. In fruit trees, especially, this has
been found to be the case. The top
dressing should be applied as soon in the
spring as the frost Is gone. or, at least
in time to get the benefit of the spring
rains. which carry the fertilizing mate
rial little way beneath the surface of the
soil.
In pruning all saw cuts should be made
just so close to the trunk, or to a side
branch, as to leave no dead projection,
but not so close as to cause a stoppage of
the ascending sap through drying OF the
wood laid bare by the cut. Yet another
common fault is that OF letting large
wounds remain exposed to the driving
winter winds without any protection OF
varnish or paint. There is nothing bet
ter or easier to apply than common gas
tar for covering such wounds. Ii is bet
ter for having been first heated to boiling
to thicken 1t.
The making of lucifer matches is a
State monopoly in France Spain, Portu-
gal, Italy, Greece, Roumania and Servia