The Newtown bee., 1893-09-01

stack settles, the rata will be turned in- to the stack and spoil the hay. It pays to have good stacker,e if it takes a good price to get him. Hay is hay. this year.
 It is a curious fact that the greatest loss of cattle from winter exposure takes place in one of the southern states, Lou isiana. This shows, as an exchange says, that good care in severe winter is worth more than mild winter with poor care.
 enactment of the law permitting the kill ing of crows, as these birds are becom- ing great nuisance again. A Darmis- cotta farmer says he is obliged"to sit up most of the night and watch all day to 1 fight crows. Another asserts that of 1900 hills of potatoes which he planted, the crows have spoiled all but l22. They are also destroying young chickens and 1 ducks.
 l Every COW has her own ssindiyiduali- 1 ty,'' that is, her own tastes, Whims, or cranky notions about her feed. Some of these can be safely indulged, others not. Some cows have taste for weeds that spoil their milk, and that is one of the chances incurred in pasturage. When cows are stabled their food can be con- trolled much better than when in the pasture lot, woods or swamps. The growth of ragweeds that follow crop of rye invariably injures the milk for a week or two. r
 It is estimated that of the world. s po- pulation, 2s0,000, 1000 are farmers, repre- senting capital of s20, ,0OO, ,000, ,00o.
 Grapes pay well. The grape crop of New York averages s122 per acre, the number of acres devoted to grapes in that state being 10000. -'
 The use of strong soapsuds will aid in preventing the destruction of pumpkin and melon vines by bugs. If pound of copperas is dissolved in six gallons of hot water, and applied when the solution is cold, it will also prove beneficial. The best remedy, however, is the well-know kerosene emulsion.
 At a trial of moving machines near Wayne, Ill.,, one machine cut an acre of heavy timothy in thirty and one-half minutes, making five stops to clear the bar of grass. The other machine next cut an acre of timothy in exactly the same time, being compelled, however, to stop only once to clear the bar.
 Set out strawberry plants in August Make the ground very fine, apply mixed fertilizers, harrow the soil well, so as to combine the fertilizers with the soil, and transplant the runners just after rain. Fall plants will become well rooted and makes considerable growth before win ter, thus securing an early start in the spring.
 Spontaneous combustion may result from storing hay in the barn, unless it is properly cured and free from dampness, and when curing corn fodder do not allow
 it to become too dry before cutting.
 The roots of trees extend in horizon tal direction as far as the branches spread and further. It is, therefore, of no u~e to put a heap of manure close to the trunk. Spread it further off and it will do more good.
 Young and newlyset fruit trees are not the only ones needing care. Those of middle growth may be largely injur- ed by neglect. A tree with an upright, smooth trunk, and with a healthy, sym metrical smooth head, is in strong con- trast with one having a crooked, knotty growth, struggling head, bristled with suckers and gpawed by insects; and this is only the difference between industr.- ous care in one case ard entire neglect in the other, through the months e1 June and July Troy Times.