The record-union., 1894-08-03

1t air-Slack; scatter occasionally about the
| fowl-hOuse and runs. 1t is a great abb
sorbent Of dampness, removes bad odors,
keeps off vermin, tends to keep every
thing sweet and clean, and is very health
ful for the fowls.
English farmers have a reputation OF
growing better mutton and keeping sheep
more profitably, considering the high
| rental of land and high price of all pur-
J chased feeds, than any other people.
/ They make it a point to give frequent
change OF pasture to their sheep, even
though the grazing is not exhausted
| where they are.
! The advocate of turning cows out every
day for exercise should watch good cow
in good pasture this summer, and see
how mach exercise, or rather how little,
| she takes. She will feed far enough tc
satisfy her appetite, and then go fai
! enough to find some favorlte spot on
which to lie down and runinate, but nc
farther will she go except TO seek for
| drink.
! If you wish to grow large straw berries
next year keep your young plants of this
| years setting well cultivated and clean
Apply about 400 pounds OF mixed fertil-
lzer per acre and repeat the same early in
the spring. The ground must be soft and
weeds and grass not allowed The pro-
portion of fertilizer may appear large
| but so Will the crop next spring.
1t is mistake to suppose that ground
| fresh bones fed to hens serve only as grit
to aid in digesting other food. They are
| soluble in the gizzard, and, as they con-
tain material for both egg and shell, they
are especially valuable. The meat at
tached to green bone adds to its nutrition
After the bones have dried they may be
ground much finer but are harder to di-
| gest.
Cattle and sheep should have a lump Of
rock salt to go to when they please. They
| should also be able to get all the pure
water they want, and just when they
want 1t. Sheep may take but little when
| they feed in the morning, while the grass
is wet with dew, and this has led some tc
think there is no need of water in theil
| pasture, but they should have the oppor-
| tunlty TO get it when they want it, and
| they will want more or less.
Kerosene emulsion can most easily
be applied to stock to destroy lice and
prevent the attacks of the horn fly by
using the sprayer, which is designed
originally Tor applying spraying mix
lures to fruit trees. A hand sprayer is
most convenient, and with fine nozzle a
very small quantity will be sufficient,
whereas by hand and sponge application
the work will require much more liquid
dHO taA0 lIluCll I1lOFO tllUes
There is prejudice among certain
farmers against "book farmingv The
proper mode of exploding book farming
is to first try it, and be convinced OF any
tallacies that may be claimed for it. The
fact is that book farming is simply the
following OF the published experience of
those who have devoted years of toll and
| thought to improved methods OF farming,
and the most progressive men are those
who profit by the teachings OF others.
A ready market always exists for the
best. When the farmer produces a better
article than the market contains he will
not only secure good price therefor, but
the market will seek him the next season.
The amount OF fruit and vegetables, but
ter, cheese, and poor animals shipped to
the large cities is enormous, and prices
fall because such articles cannot be sold.
Aim to get good prices by selling nothing
but what is III demand, and of the highest
quality.
One who realizes the importance of
cleanliness in handling milk says that
milk should always be strained through
fine wire strainer, and then through
cloth. 4 single trial of the cloth strainer
will convince anyone that its use is i'm
peratlvely necessary In order to have all
impurities removed. Four thicknesses
of butter cloth fastened TO the under side
of the wire strainer by tin ring which
slips over it, holding 1t in place, is very
satisfactory strainer.
There is difficulty in procuring more
land when adjoining farms are not for
sale. In large cities, where land is
scarce, the gain in space is by erecting
taller buildings. The farmer cannot thus
acquire space, but he can double his
crops by better cultivation and the addi-
ditlon of more manure and fertilizer The
amount that can be produced on an acre
of ground is enormous, as is done in
Belgium, Holland and France. The same
system of high cultivation is possible
here.
Artesian wells are causing great
changes in the agricultural prospects of
Queensland, Australia and New South
Wales Large tracts which have hitherto
been liable to occasional disastrous
droughts have become valuable for pas
toral and agricultural purposes since the
hidden reservoirs have been tapped by
artesian wells. A single investment COM
pany has expended about Sl50, 900 in this
way and obtained over S,000.00O gallons OF
water per day. So abundant is the sup
ply that 30,0O0,000 gallons daily are al
lowed to run TO waste.
If your fruit trees suffer in summer for
the want of moisture and you are so sit
uated that the land cannot be irrigated
try mulching with coarse hay, straw or
any similar material. Apply the mulch
early in the season, and spread it on to
depth of three or four inches, and when
beaten down by the rain it will prevent
the rapid evaporation of moisture from
the soil underneath, and also keep down
the weeds and save the expense of culti-
waiting your orchard. This is natures
method of keeping the soil moist about
the roots OF trees in the forests, and there
are many cultivators OF fruits who are
practicing it.
Flour instead of land plaster is recon-
inended for mixing with Paris green by
Alva Algee. in the Ratrat NeW YORKER for
the reason that the flour is more palata-
BILE to the Dug, and it also makes a paste
which sticks to the vine, SO that il is not
easily washed off by rains. We long ago
gave up the notion of mixing Paris green
with plaster, as It was far too much work
to get the two thoroughly Incorporated
But putting the Paris green in water is
better than either. If applied as it should
be, in sunny weather, it will stay OH the
| leaves long enough to destroy all the bugs
that are hatched. There is no advantage
in keeping the vines covered with. the
| poison any longer.
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