The record-union., 1894-09-04
ROYAL BAKING POWDER.

each one of these sheep means almost
10000 bales more wool caused by the use
OF this one machine.
The climate of Australia certainly
favors the sheep industry. because The
sheep remain out of doors without any
covering year in and year out, thus con-
stltutlng another element of cheapness.
But there is nothing especially in their
! favor outside of cheapness. There are
imported very many pure-bred Ameri-
can sheep, especially from Vermont, to
improve the 1ioclls. We have, and can
| have, in the United States just as good
sheep as any in Australia. The only
element lacking to successful COMPETE
ton on the part of the American sheep
farmer is the American aversion to
cheapness, except on the part of the
Democratic free-traders, who would
cheaper everything that we produce by
cheapenlng the value of the labor that
produces il.
FARM NOTES.
Wide tires largely ass ist in packing
down the roads, and when in use they
very materially lessen the work of the
teams.
1t is claimed that there are Is, 600 miles
OF irrigating canals and their laterals in
this country, the estimated cost being
81, ,O0O,OO This is about one-twelfth
! those of India.
Do not be afraid of OVERRIDING the poul-
try business, for eggs are imported into
TINS country every year. and neither the
egg nor poultry market has ever been
known TO be glutted.
BE slow to cut off large limbs from fruit
trees; prune the young sprouts with the
thumb. The less severe the pruning to
which tree is subjected the more likely
1t is to be of long lie.
Here is the list of foods with. which
British mutton-growers vary the rations
OF sheep on pasture: Turnips, rutabagas,
| mangolds, vetch. rape, cabbage, beans,
peas, hnseed cake, barley and wheat
| bran.
| Inc best pork, as we'll as the cheapest
says an experienced hog-raiser, is that
made from hogs which have never been
wintered. Quick growth and early ma
turlty are essential III securing the largest
profit.
In New England cucumbers for pick
! ing make an important crop, in one sec
ton as much as 1900 acres having been
planted. The price obtained is about
| nifty cents per bushel. They are pickled
when very small and put up in jars.
Onions will not be grown until next
| spring, but the best time to prepare the
onion ground is in the fall. Plow the
| plat, spread manure thickly and harrow
1t IN. The land Will be in prime condi-
| tlon for the crop when the onion season
| opens.
A farmer suggests that it is a good plan
! TO fumlgate all grain bins and corn cribs
! by burning therein behind closed doors
and windows good pot of birthstone.
! This will kill all insects and destroy
| spores OF disease that might otherwise be
| perpetuated.
That man who is known to have MOTH
ing out good stock, of whatever variety,
! VIII never have much trouble in finding
| buyers or IN getting good prices. More
/ over, he Influences the market, and peo-
| pie Will be more ready TO buy mutton,
| pork or beef if their tastes have been sat-
lsfied with good quality.
Irregularity in feeding interferes with
| the secretion of milk in dairy cows: with
| fattening stock it interferes with diges-
non, and consequently with the LAYING
on OF fat; it makes horses become bad
tempered ana wear out themselves and
thelf stable doors. Does the master never
get restless when dinner is not lust on
time?
The young suckers, or shoots. which
start up at the base of young tree de-
! prIve tn tree of it's nourishment. and
they should be removed as soon as they
appear II THIS is done, by observing
the trees daily they can be rubbed oil
trees are stunted by allowing shoots from
the roots to grow TO the hight of foot or
more before they are cut away.
Cabbage is a nitrogenous plant and re-
| qulreS plentiful supplies OF nitrogen in
available form. Any manure applied
| during growth must have sufficient water
TO dissolve it or it will do no good. ON
account OF its solubility nitrate of soda is
one OF the most elective and best man.
| ures Tor cabbage. 1t will make good
| heads out OF plants that without it wculd
furnish only bunch of loose leaves.
A correspondent of Hoard'S Ddi7 ztnsun
writes OF an experiment which he says
he made OF feeding taliow 10 his cows 10
test the question whether fat given in the
| food found its way to the butter and in
creased the proportion of it in the milk
lie states as the result that the WELD of
| butter was increased from one pound in
twenty-three pounds of milk to one
pound IN eighteen pounds, an increase of
/ nearly one-third.
There ought to be at least a wheel bar
row load OF coal ashes piled yearly
around all young fruit trees to keep out
| the borers and prevent the grass from
getting around them. All kinds OF small
! fruits and grapevines should have a
| heavy mulch yearly to smother out the
grass and act as a fertilizer. Once a year
ali old apple and pear trees should have
one or more Iull wagon-loads of coal
| ashes and clnders piled around.
1t would be dollars in our pockets to
tax ourselves heavily for good roads.
Markets would be open to us at all times
OF the year; we could haul our supplies
at less expense; there would be less wear
and tear on wagons and injury to horses;
the church, the school and the doctor
would not be so far away; the members
of the agricultural community would be
brought closer together, and more inti-
mate social intercourse would result.
With pardonable pride lady displayed
very ancient piece of house-linen to
her servant, saying, as she held it up for
inspection: Look. Bridget, at this table,
cloth; it has been in our family for over
two hundred years" Bridget eyed the
article in question carefully. and then.
stepping up TO her mistress, remarked in
most confidential tone: 'Sure, never
mind, Mrs. Arthur, dear. If you lust
kape quiet about it, and don't let on to
anybody, who would know but what it
was bought bran' new cut the shop?"-