Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-22
Farm Notes.

Whenever a sheep begins to lose wool
1t shows its digestion has become inn
paired. causing fever. In most cases this
means that the sheep Is past its prime,
so that 1t can no longer chew its food as
formerly. The sooner such a sheep is
disposed of the better for the farmers
profit. lit Is not possible even by feeding
ensilage to keep sheep in good condition
after their teeth fail.
The South Carolina agricultural exper-
iment station, in a recent bulletin, says
The cotton farmer, who sells a ton of
cotton seed for 81, sees as much fertility
taken off the farm a dairyman who
sells twenty-five tons of butter for $4G0
per ton; while the dairyman who buys a
ton of cotton-seed meal for his cows
brings to the farm as much fertility as
he will drive off in the shape of forty live
hogs that will bring him $i00-and the
manure of the hogs, as well as that of
the cows, will remain behind.
The statistics of the Chino beet sugar
factory of California show that there
was 1000 acres of beets grown for that
factory last year. This produced total
of $1,000 tons of beets and gave an av-
erage of 22S3 pounds of crude sugar per
acre, or a total of about 5000 tons for the
season. From this it is estimated that
the net profit of the factory was about
S2io,ooo The average return per acre to
growers of beets was $33 To- Such a
profit, however, would not be possible to
all who would raise sugar beets. being
rather exceptional in that climate.
Early failures to hatch eggs very sell
dom come from lack of vigor in the germ.
for in this the early eggs are superior.
They more often come from allowing
eggs to be chilled before the setting be-
gins. Every one knows that chilling aft
er a few days setting soon destroys the
life in the egg. 1t may do where eggs
that have never been set on are kept in
contact with metal, which rapidly abb
stracts heat when the eggs are kept for
greater safety near the the freezing tenn
perature. Dishes for holding eggs should
be of wood, which abstracts heat slowly
The proper place to apply manure is
Just where it Is needed, neither above nor
below, but where the roots of the plant
can receive it's full benefit 1t is plain
that shallow rooted plants would not
need the manure at the same level as
deep rooted ones, and this should be
considered when preparing land for
certain crop Manure when applied as
a top dressing to strawberries, currants
gooseberries, etc, acts as an excellent
mulch. But they, as well as most veg
ctables, are great feeders. and the ma
nure should be placed where they will
receive its full benefit. That is. where
the root can get 1t. Lots of well-decayed
manure and intensified tillage must be
he fundamental planks of the successful,
gardener.
Take coal tar two parts and coal oil
anu grease one part edcH, ana mix with
a small amount of carbolic acid. Apply
with a cloth by moistening the hair and
horns of the animals with the liquid. In
the applications include feet and legs.
and it will drive every fiy away. and one
application will last ten days or more in
dry weather. Apply as often as neces-
&ary, and your cows will be entirely Sc
cure from flies of all kinds. Any kind of
old lard or grease can be used Coal tar
is the base of this remedy, ana when too
thick to spread well use more coal oil;
when too thin TO adhere well use more
coal tar. Carbolic acid will cost about
80 or 60 cents in crystals by the pound.
and every farmer should always
keep it on hand, as it, in its many uses.
is indispensab le.-Wisconsin Agricultur-
ist
For 100 years or more newspaper phil
osophers and political economists have
vainly tried to convince the tillers of
soil that they, more than any other class
Of people. were directly. vitality and pecu-
niarily interested in making and main
tanning country highways over which
drawn without the expenditure of an I'M
necessary amount of costly strength. |
The farmers studied tax rates and either
would not hear or would not heed any
statistics whose bearing was less mme- |
date. though not less obvious. The vast |
majority of rural roads continue TO be |
stretches of dirt made into dust by the |
sun. into mud by the rain, and always |
enforcing the truth that the distance be- |
tween n farm and a market depends |
more on the nature of the road connect |
ing them than on the number of miles |
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