The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-07-28
All Around the Farm.
,m the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
The white cabbage butterfly take,
care to deposit her eggs on the kind OF
cabbages that form loose heads, and
where the worms, when they hatch,
can easily find their hiding place un-
der the loose leaves.
One plowing on dry soil will do as
much good as two on clay or heavy
loan; here Is where extensive farming
should come in: prepare the soil before
the seed is put in.
Experiments made this season in
forcing Easter lilies with Electric
light prove that it will probably pay
commercially to use electric light
when the buds are an inch long in or
der to hasten their expansion, and that
the light must pass through glass to
avoid burning the petals.
Little things in agriculture represent
the difference between profit and loss
"a few more bushels of grain an acre,
a little heavier yield of butter from a
COW, little faster gain IN fattening eat
tie; proper care will procure all these.
Much of the baled hay that comes to
market is musty. Most farmers when
they bale hay think it need not be very
dry, as the bales are small. The amount
of hay packed in them is always suffi-
cient 10 get up violent ferment unless
the hay is properly dried before it is
put into the bale. If there were more
care used in baling hay the price for it
would be much better than it is, as the
hay itself would be better worth it.
As the breeding season approaches
(it usually begins in October) the
ewes, being in thin condition, require
some grain. The best grain for the
time is clean, sound oats, about 0.5
pound per head daily. If the ewes are
brought into a uniformly good eondi-
ton by grain feeding they will breed
uniformly, which of itself is an appre-
ciable advantage.
Sometimes we see trees which dry
up the grass under them, while in the
same neighborhood will be trees under
which the grass will grow greener
than where they are not thus shaded.
An orchard that has long been plowed
deep has most of its feeding roots be-
low the roots of the grass On the
other hand, under the trees where
grass has long grown the true feeding
roots come near the surface, and, when
dry time comes the grass under it
lacks moisture and is very soon killed
out.
The old saying, choice articles are
put up in small packages, applies
equally as well to hogs as to anything
else. The nice blocky pig is always
sought after. The large raw-boned,
elm peeler hog has seen his best day,
and what the people want now is as
near perfect hog as possible, one that
will fatten easily and sell rapidly.
Because the level valley is richer
than the hillside it is quite common
for farmers to suppose that there must
be each year a heavy deposit from the
hillside in the valley below. But if
if any one manures n hillside with the
expectation that it will appreciably
fertilize the soil farther down the hill
he will learn his mistake We have
several times tried it, and could never
see that the manure had any appreei-
able effect more than two or three feet
below the line where it was applied
American Cultivator.
An ice-house is necessary adjunct
to every creamery. Ii should be built
separate from the creamery. n house
- feet long, Is feet wide and 10 feet
high will hold about 100 tons of ice.
If an abundance of very cold water is
at hand less ice will be needed. 1t is
always best, however, to have plenty
of ice, and for the ordinary creamery
100 tons is safe quantity.-Professor
John III. Trueman.
Almost all practical growers now
agree that the level culture of potatoes
brings the largest crop. This is espc
cially true if the season be dry, as OF
late years it almost always is. If the
ground is cultivated often enough no
weeds can appear above the surface.
That will make it easy to keep the
crop free of weeds without ever need
ing to cultivate more than an inch be-
low the surface. This is the best way
to subdue the perennial weeds, quack
grass and Canada thistles, as well as
| the annual weeds.
1t is difficult TO cure horse of crib
bing. If only just begun, tie him in q
stall where there is no manger and no
projecting edge which he can grasp
with his teeth. Feed him in a box,
which must be removed directly after
each meal. If confirmed in the habit,
buckle strap one and half inches
wide tight around his neck, near the
head, allowing room for him to
breathe while his head is in a natural
position only.