The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-09-19
AGRICULTURAL NOTES,

he whole, is large.
II Is estimated that the Georgil
melon crop will net $250,000
The potato crop has been consider
ably shortened by drouth,
The prospect for an apple crop il
below an average again.
See that the fences are secure
between the pasture and corn field
Keep out of debt farm fewer acres
and read and recreate more.
1t generally pays best to feed clover
and sell timothy, if there is surplus
of hay.
The condition of spring wheat has
declined ten points since the July re-
port.
This is good time to clean out the
the fence corners and NOW the weeds
| along tne roauslue.
A company has been formed in Gin
cinnati for the purpose of baling hay
for shipment to France.
Sheep and hens are recommended
by The Rural New Yorker as the
proper farm partners for women.
The much abused skunk is at last
valued for the good work he does in
destroying cut-worms and other insect
pests.
Last year Kansas produced 10000
900 bushels of wheat. This year she
produced less than one-third that
amount.
If the ground is too dry to plow and
machinery is put away and the fence
corners clean it is good time to haul
out manure.
The condition of the corn crop of the
country declined in August six points
from the previous months report, on
account of drouth.
1t Is not good economy to turn the
stock iuto the meadows in the fall be-
fore the hay stacks are fenced. They
waste too much hay,
The condition of corn is highest in
Iowa-102. In Missouri, according
to the departments August report,
stood at 95; Kansas, 81; Nebraska, 81
A correspondent of the American
Cultivator says that the secret of sue
cessful barley harvesting is to begin
early, while the grain is compare
lively green.
The Mark Lane Express says the
English wheat crop is estimated at
56, 100000 bushels, the smallest area
for half century and smallest yield
per acre since 1886.
Prof, Woll, of the Wisconsin sta
ton, says that buckwheat middlings
for feeding are almost equal to OIL
meal, while the hulls have little or no
value for the same purpose.
Twenty million dollars is the esti-
mated worth of fax products imported
nto this country last year, and our
'armers are said to have destroyed
100000 tons of flax straw.
DR.. Jabez Fisher now advises only
lalt an ounce of sulphate of copper
o 100 gallons for spraying on potato
plants and grapes, and one-quarter
,unce for fruit trees in general.
The American Cultivator says that
f grain has been put in the barn
'ather wet, few dry brick or dry
lie scattered through it will absorb
he moisture and prevent injury.
A new forage plant is reported from :
Japan. 1t is said to grow fast and /;
'ear large leaves, making two crops =
me year. This new plant is being ,
ried in France, where it promises .
veil. .
Estimates made by the Mark Lane :,
Express on the English and French
Wheat crop indicate that both the !,
United Kingdom and France will
ave to be much larger purchasers
han usual Of wheat.
1t is said that thousands of Moham- a
dams are to immigrate from India to d
he United States. They are negotiat- q
az for large tracts of land in Georgia n
nd Florida, and will form colonies in 4
everal Southern States.
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