, 1898-11-04
Farm Notes.

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! The consideration of pedlgrees ap.
plies more to pure breeds than to
grades, but even in grades 1t is a
matter of no little Importance. In maxi
ing beef, for instance, it is important
that the animals chosen shall have
considerable pure blood in them, as
everybody knows. Now the purchaser
may not be in a position to get the
facts as to breeding and yet If he is
well up in the points of the various
breeds and in the character of the
grades that may be expected from them
he can tell with no little certainty the
J character of the imported blood in
the animals purchased.
1t is better to SOW grass seed in the
fall on well-prepared ground, har-
rowing the seed in with a smooth
ing harrow, han to SOW it on grain, as
the grain crop deprives the grass of
nourishment and interferes with its
progress to a certain extent. Old pas
lures may be. scratched over with a
spiked-tooth harrow and seeded, roll
ing the field after seeding. 1t should
be the rule never to allow cattle on a
pasture tina is being renewed, as the
trampling of the ground packs the
soil and Injuries the grass.
Dig away the earth around the
peach trees to the depth of one foot
and look carefully for borers. Then
swab the trunk a foot below and above
the ground with thick whitewash, re-
turning the soil to the tree and bank
ing up six inches or a foot above the
level of jthe ground, leaving the tree
in that condition until next spring.
AS the moth Jays. her eggs near the
level of the ground she will begin
where the earth is banked. up and
when the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the
work of destroying the .horers will De
easier. Whitewash may be beneficial
.ly fused on all parts of the ~tree.st.
One. of the cheapest, best and safest
remedies suggested to prevent the
ravases' of cabbage worms is to dis
solve. one ounce of kainit in a PIN OF
water and sprinkle: over 1.-The plants.
This is at the Tats.ef one pound of
said to be a remedy for cabbage mag
COTS, green fly and plant lice.
After the first frost comes cut down
the tops of asparagus n burn them
IN the bed, after which spread manure,
about three or four inches deep, on
the bed and allow it to remain all
winter.
There is a right way to use blankets
for horses. If the stable is warm the
! best covering for a horse is a sheet
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protect from dust, but when standing
outside, where there is no protection
from winds, a horse blanket should be
used, removing it and substituting the
sheet after the animal reaches the
stable.
Grass crops are always valuable to
the farmer, irrespective of market
prices, because it is the most useful
crop grown on the farm. Hay will
bring good prices if used for produce
ing the best quality of milk, butter
and meat, and 10 farm is complete
that does not produce grass.
Good silage hat has been well and
closely packed in the silo is estimated
to weigh about 40 pounds per cubic
foot, and 40 pounds is also about the
ration allowed each COW for one day.
A silo 10 feet deep and 10 feet square
will consequently hold 1000 pounds of
ensilage, which will supply two cows
over four months. Such a silo is a
small one. but the estimate shows what
alarge prdXktion of food can be stored
away for winter in a small space by
the use of ensilage.
In. the peach orchard, and wher-
ever this fruit is eaten, the seed, or as
it is usually called, the pit" will COM
monty be thrown upon the ground,
where frosts will crack it and enable
the germ to come forth. Even If not
covered at all, the root naturally
strikes into the soil, so that it is ready
to supply moisture whenever the grow
ing shoots demand it. These Seeding
peach trees are quite common in out
of-the-way places. Sometimes a
valuable new variety is thus produced
though our experience of natural peach
trees grown from the seed is that most
of them are poor. 1t is a sate pro-
ceedine to bud the young tree when it
has grown from spring until July or
august. In thai way you may know
in advance what class of fruit you r1ay
expect to pick.