The record-union., 1895-10-30
FARM And ORCHARD.
Important Suggestions On Variety
Of Things.
When to Cultivate Beans-Take Care
of the Water Suppiy-The
Poultry House.

tive, and it is almost impOssl BILE to culti
vate after the bean has blossomed with
out getting some dirt on the blossom and
making the beans rusty. If the work is
thoroughly done up to blossoming time,
the crop will ripen. and will have few
rusted beans. No work should be done
in the bean field while the bean leaves
are wet with either dews or rain.
A lot of draft horses, raised in Iowa,
recently sold in the New York market at
figures like these: Five-year gelding.
weighing 1900 pounds: $3.50; bay team,
six years old. $500 pounds, $405; bay team.
five years old. 3400 pounds, $3.50; bay
team, six years old, 300 pounds, $3.50;
black five-year- gelding, 1000 pounds,
$l50; gray six-year-old gelding, LOO
pounds, SlS5. 1t will be noted that weight
counts.
So far as it is possible to supply it. it
will pay to give the cows ground or soft
food III preference TO whole grains. A
good plan is to have all the feed ground.
and then cut a sufficient amount OF hay to
mix with it. so as to make up good ra-
ton. Even though all of the hay is not
cut, it viii pay to cut sufficient to mix
| with the ground grains.
| Many persons who are not botanists do
! not imagine that the potato and the to-
mato are at all related. But the potato
| beetle is thorough botanist, at least so
| far as mem bers of the solanum family are
concerned. The egg plant is included in
| his depredations, and gardeners who
grow either tomatoes or egg plants near
where the potato is grown must look out
| for the ravages of the beetle. The early
| potato vines die down early in July, and
the horde of beetles from these are
| obliged TO seek other plants on which to
| feed.
Arrange your poultry-house so that all
| cleaning can be done with the broom. To
| do this keep the floor we'll covered with
| dry dirt, and when the house is to be
cleaned simply sweep Oft the floor and
| scatter fresh dirt, using an extra quantity
under the roots. In this manner the
work can be done in few minutes, and
| the droppings can be placed in barrels, as
! the dirt will assist in preserving them.
| Do not burn brush during dry period
The risk to the farm buildings is greater
| than the advantages to be gained.
| Many large fires are started by burning
brush.
| 1t is never too late to kill the weeds
| They are producing seed at this time, and
| every one that is destroyed means the de-
struction of hundreds in the spring.
The hens that have moulted are the best
for winter laying. Do not sell off the old
| hens that have done good service, as they
| will continue to exceed the average num-
| Der OF eggs until aged.
! Now is the time to clean the wells,
| while the water is low. On some farms
| the we'll is never cleaned, yet it is one of
| the most important duties that can be per-
| formed, as the health Of the family and of
| the stock depends upon pure water.
An excellent fertilizer for grapevines
| is TO break bones into pieces and mix
them with unleached wood ashes, keep
| ing the mixture damp with soapsuds.
| Dig around the vines and use the mixture
| literally. The bones alone, buried near
| The vine, are excellent.
Our Southern California friends plume
themselves good deal, says the Califor-
mia Fruit Grower, on the alleged fact that
the Walnut Growers Convention, held in
Los Angeles on August 10Th, was the first
convention of that kind held in the
| I nited States-possibly in the world.
The size OF all melons, pumpkins and
squash may be increased by pinching
! back the ends OF the vines after fruit has
| set. 1t is also well to remove some of the
later blossoms aud The small fruit that
will not get large enough to use, thus di-
vertng TO what is larger the sap that
would otherwise go TO waste.
A peach from "yeilowed" tree can be
easily distinguished. 1t will have pur-
plish red spots on the skin. The flesh
Will be pink just under the skin, the color
deepening TO dark rcd or crimson near
the pit. The fruit is generally small and
lacking in juice and pleasant flavor,
| having in many cases a decidedly bitter
taste.
Now that the corn crop is the main one,
and requires attention, II is as important
10 make some arrangements for ,<operly
| utilizing tho fodder as we'll as The grain,
| Machines are now in use which COM
pleseiy tear and shred the entire cornstalk
reducing 1t completely. Cattle will not
eat the whole of the shredded matter,
however, unless the corn fodder is har-
vested at the proper time. An advantage
in shredding the fodder is that it may be
fed 10 cattle and the remainder used as
bedding, or as absorbent material IN the
| manure heap.
Chick ems Matched in the summer should
be sold or consumed at home, as young
pullets from such late broOds Will not
| mature in time to prove valuable es lay
ers in winter or early spring. 1t will pay
TO hatch Chickens during this season,
however. az 1t costs but very little to raise
| them in the summer seasoe, so far as food
Is concerned; bul lice, hawks, rats and
cats should be guarded against i'll order
to avoid loss OF chicks.
Straw berry plants can he set out in the
fall of the year from the young runners
pended upon for producing crop next
spring. The advantage OF making the
bed in August or September is that the
| work can DO done better than when the
hurry OF spring operations may retard
the iransplanting which should be done
early.
Alter the black berry and raspberry
canes have ceased bearing it VIII DO bet
ter for tho new canes If the old ones are
cut out and burned. Such work is usu-
ally done during the winter, but il may
be- done sooner if desired, so as to destroy
many insects that can be exterminated
now easier than in winter.
Nothing is gained by feeding an animal
more than it should be allowed at one
meal. Food that is left over is usually
| wasted. Give as much as will be eaten
clean. This may be done by observing
the animal for a few days. 1t is some
times better TO feed rather less than q
| meal than 10 allow too much, but it will
be necessary TO understand the charac-
| ieristics and peculiarities OF each animal
to know how to feed TO the best ad-
, vantage.
A COW will shrink in her milk because
of lack of supply of drinking water
sooner than from any other cause, and it
! may be safely stated that insufficient
water when the cows are in the pasture is
very frequent occurrence on farms.
| A kicking COW, or one that requires
mucn labor and attention when being
MIXED, should be gotten rid of. Such
COWS are a nuisance and make the dairy
mans work disagreeable.
Mutton sheep have received more at
tenIion on the farm during tho past five
years than al any previous time. In the
effort To produce wool the better quail
ties of sheep we're overlooked, and the
mutton and lamb supply was not only
short, but the quality inferior. Farmers
who have endeavored 10 market choice
! meat from sheep have been we'll paid, aud