The National tribune., 1895-04-18

in planting it largely or on trial.D It is O
vigorous grower, fruit large and pendulous,
slender, hairy spikes with few thOrns; color,
jet-black with deep crimson flesh; seeds
very small, and almost cereless, and is one
Of the most desirable black berries ever put
on the market. E. w. Reid's Nurseries,
Bridgeport, o., are the introducers of this
valuable berry.
The Value of lIiIlet HAY.
| To secure good crop of millet hay the
| seed should be soWn about the latter part of
| May on the previous years sod, following
corn. This hay as food for dairy cows has
been condemned by many, but the whole
| fact of the matter is that very little millet
| hay of good quality is ever stored in the
barns of the farms in this country, due to
the ignorance of the methods of cultivation
Ii sowed as above and cut when fairly
headed out it makes the best hoy obtain
able. The curing needs looking after and
| when this is done rightly the miliet hay
makes the most excellent food for Winter
stock or for the silo. The whole secret of
securing good hay is knowing the time to
| cut it and having good weather when it is
being cured.
Corn and other Meals for Cows.
The free use of corn and other meals is
| the probable cause of most of the cases Of
caked udders in cows, due to the stimulat-
| ing qualities of the same, and the fact that
| the stOmachs of the animals are more natur-
ally constructed for the assimilation Of
bulky foods, such as hay and silage. The
udder is the most sensitive part of the sys-
tenn of the cow, and consequently is the
| one which is affected most readily with
| disease. One of the most common diseases
of the dairy is garget, which is nothing
more nor less than Inflammation of the
udder, which is caused by the stimulating
way of feeding.
A Cheap Sheep Food.
For sheep feeding mixture of oats and
Canada field peas make cheap and as
good q crop as can be raised, with as little
labor as possible. The peas cling around
the stalks of the oat, and so completely
cover the ground to retain plenty Of
moisture and permit the combination to
withstand a severe drouth. The peas when
sown this way grow nearly as well as though
the land were devoted to their growth
alone. The mixture should be sown on
corn stubble if possible, and if not sod land
will answer the purpose very well. The
peas should be sOwn at the rate of two
bushels to the acre and plowed under from
four to six inches, the oats being sowed
about week later, seeding one bushel to
the acre.
A Grain Ration for Lambs.
At the Wisconsin Experiment Station they
made two series of experiments to test the
benefit to be derived from feeding grain
ration TO lambs before they were weaned, or
to the ewes at the same period of the growth
of the lamb, and compared both with lambs
and ewes receiving no grain. The feed was
a mixture of linseed meal, cornneal and
wheat bran. All were running at the time
in q good pasture. The result indicated that
it paid to give the lambs all the grain they
could eat They gained faster and did not
lose flesh when they were weansd. In one
case the profits after reckoning cost of the
grain was 81 40 on three lambs, or nearly so
cents each. The grain fed to the ewes did
not pay in the way of promoting the growth
of the lambs.
Ready for Horseradish.
The horseradish is a very hardy plant, and
will begin to make new growth with the first
warm weather. So soon as possible, there
fore, after the ground has thaWed the re-
mains of last seasons growth should be got
out of the ground. 1t may then be covered
with sand so as to exclude the wind, but
ne not be kept moist. If the horseradish
is left in the ground until new growth starts
from the top the root becomes bitter rather .
than sharp and soon grows to be stringy
and practically worthless. In digging, il
some small ends are left in the SOIL these
will grow and make fine roots for use next
Spring.