The advocate., 1897-09-15


Grapes can be grown almost any
where, and every farm, garden and viii
lage lot should have its vines. Perfec-
tiOn requires high, we'll drained, strong
soil, we'll fed. Let the trellises run north
and south and be open to the sun. Cur
rants and goOseberries can be grown be-
tween the rows IL land Is scarce.
Feed young ducks and geese always on
mixed food, no whole grain. Don't mix
dlings, one-third each and half as much
as of all three finely cut green food such
as clover, young oats or barley and
small handful of sharp sand in the food
for forty or fifty ducklings or geese, is
good food for them.
After fruiting, the roots of plants
should be nursed back into vigorous life
by cutting out old and surplus growth,
cultivate thoroughly and give a good
dressing Of fine manure or wood ashes.
This best prepares them for resisting
the cold winters of the north, and stimu-
lates them for active work in the early
springs of the south.
One of Ohio's new laws provides that
beginning July and ending August 30,
every farmer is required to remove all
weeds along the highway contiguous to
his property. For this work he is cred
tied upon his road taxes. If the work is
not done by August 20 the supervisor is
empowered to get the work done and
have the same charged to the property
owner.
Tbie oouptr,y I,os ~ NJ f,,IIyy ,,oo1iyad tbn
value Of the sheep in our agriculture, or
that it can be raised with larger pro-
portion Of profits than other stock. We
are eating more sheep meat every year,
and we hardly begin to produce sutfi-
cient wool for our own needs. The time
will surely come when we can conf
IDENTIFY look for great future for this
industry.
Sheep are peculiar in that they must
have perfectly sweet food. There is no
possible question about roots, especially
the sweet, palatable, nutritious sugar
beet or the succulent mangel. Thirty
tons Of roots may be grown on any good
acre of land by the right cultivation.
This will feed thirty sheep for 200 days,
or 200 sheep for a month, and should
constitute two-thirds of their ration.
The small ridges left by the drill
should remain. They protect the young
plants from the wind and from heaving
in the winter for the same agency that
pulls the plants up by the roots mOlders
the ridges down at the same time. In
dry weather the plants find more moist
ure in the valleys than If the surface
were a level plain to be swept by the
wind, as a floor is swept with broom.
In our anxiety to speed the plow when
the ground is in good order after a rain
we are apt to neglect narrowing just at
the right time, thereby losing moisture
and money. The big holes in the plOwed
ground should first be stopped, the soil
stirred frequently, and particularly after
every rain the entire surface should be
broken. We have no right to complain
of the soil drying out unless we first do
all we can to save the moisture we get.
No man has a better chance to keep
high-class poultry than the farmer. He
has unlimited range for them, and this
is conducive to health and best results
in rearing the young. He produces at
first cost every necessary food product
that goes to keep flock during the year.
and no one who desires to purchase eggs
for Matching would ever buy OF
breeder who keeps his fowls penned up
if he knew where he could get eggs from
farm kept fowls.
Each farmer should have few Pekin
ducks and at least a trio of Toulouse
geese. Both do well without much
water. The former can be confined in
close quarters If necessary. A trio of
geese and the young they will produce