The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-05-09
ALL AROUND THE FARM.
THINGS THAT FARMERS OUGHT
TO KNOW.
Time Is Required to Produce A New
Breed-An Evergreen Hedge Will
Secure A Better Price For A
Farm-0ther Valuable
Farm Notes.

An evergreen hedge around farm or
along the road may draw" the land, as
is claimed, but it will add thousand dol
lars to the value of the farm when you
wish to sell characterization gives value
and is also pleasing. A coating of paint or
even Of whitewash will make great differ
ence in the appearance of a place, and the
materials may cost only few dollars A
hright-ooking farm gives contcntment to
its occupants.
lou cannot make new breed at will.
nor will crossing of any two breeds he OF
aid in undertaking the Foundations of a new
breed 1t requires years of careful and
judicious selection to fix the characteristics
OF breed. Bakewell was nearly half
century in improving sheep before he
made the breed that he desired and the
trotting horse has been gradually developed
senger. At the present day it is better to
Use the established breeds than to begin
with something which requires years of
labor to perfect
louni zach trees, where hut row of
them are desired, should he cut hacl, very
low at the start, so as to have them grow
stocky aud also to permit of more easily
gathering, the crop when the trees are in
fruit; but for orchards, where the horse is
to be used for cultivatipg the land, it is
not convenient to work among them il they
are too low. Manure should not be used
the first year, but ground bone and wood
ashes are excellent. \ young peach or
chard should he cultivated and kept as
clean as corn crop, and a careful watch
should be kept for the borer.
The green top of the pineapple will send
out growth which will prove quite an
attraction, but will perish when frost az
pears, though it may be kept in the house
during winter if exposed to uniform tenn
perature.
While the question of "filled cheese" is
being discussed it will be an excellent plan
for farmers to combine and secure market
for the "best full cream" article. 1t is
safe to assert that those who are Directing
to filled cheese are not all making full
cream cheese, as it is common practice
to skim the mornings milk and use the
whole milk at night Filled cheese has
destroyed confidence in cheese, but there is
| nlnntp pf far .f,,1l ~.
will contain all the fat of the milk
Sows do not give large amounts Of milk.
but what they do give is very rich. By
the time pigs are two weeks old they will
need additional rltions, and these should
| be provided in trough where the young
pigs can feed by themselves. Give only
what can be eaten quickly and entirely. II
milk is used make it warm as new milk
from their dam. Sweet milk thus warmed
will be quite as good for them as would
new milk, as the last with what they get
from their dam will tend to fatten them
too much.
Statistics seem to show that there are
about Il, 600, 600 hogs in the country this
year in place of 43, 600, 900 last year. This
decrease of 100000 does not seem to have
helped the prices any, as the value of the
wine this year is put at about $1S6, 900, 600
instead of the S217, 900, 900 last year
All the fancy pigeons such as barbs,
pouters, tumblers, carriers, owls, fantails.
Jacobins, magpies, etc, may be kept in the
same lofts but should first be mated as
when mated they become homogeneous, and
the breeds do not cross, each couple having
its nest and attending to its own Young.
Pigeons may be made very attractive fea-
ture for the young people.
First.clas butter, if sold in the right
way, always brings profit, but low grades
rarely ever pay the cost of production.
There is no such thing as keeping milk
pure and sweet in dirty milk vessels. They
must be frequently scalded and well dried.
Cold water won't clean milk vessels
Hog cholera is raging in England and is
much worse than last year or the year be-
fore. Several thousand animals have been
slaughtered, as exposed to the disease or
sick with it.
When setting Strawberries be ure that
the crown is not covered with dirt. 4 little
attention in setting it even with the ground
will do much good. Also see that it is so
set that the water will not wash the mud
over it,
To prevent mites in cheese, the Danish
station whtewashes floors, walls and cell
ing of the curing room till all mites are
destroyed, then gives the cheese a 2i-hour
bath in lime before placing in the curing
room. During the IA days in the curing
room the cheese is wiped off daily and is
then thoroughly scraped and washed in
brine.
| Sudden changes of the ration do not
prove of advantage with dairy cows A
charge of food should be gradual. 1t re-
quires but very little to cause COW to fall
off in milk, and the feeding should be done
judiciously. Oilmeal should always be
used by commencing with small quantity,
half pound a day being sufficient, increas-