, 1898-12-09
Farm Notes.

Apple pomace, placed in a silo like
corn ensilage, is said to be easily kept
in good condition and may. be fed to
cattle in connection with other foods
to advantage. Ten pounds of the APP
pie pomace is considered sufficient for
a COW one day, as an addition to the
| usual ration, and they relish it very
highly. HI silo also affords a method
of saving apple pomace which other
wise would be wasted.
Wood ashes vary greatly. Dampness
adds to the weight, and much depends
upon the kind of wood from which
they are obtained. No estimate of the
composition of ordinary wood ashes is
reliable, but 100 pounds contain about
40 pounds of lime, 6 pounds of potash,
2 pounds phosphoric acid and 3 pounds
magnesia, even the apparently dry
ashes containing from 10 to 20 pounds
of moisture. Much of the benefit de-
rived from ashes is due to the large
proportion of lime contained.
The use of a pasture is considered by
dairymen as the most economical mode
of keeping cows, but in an experiment
made by the Wisconsin station six or
binary COWS of nearly equal capacity
each. three of which were pastured and
three fed by soiling, showed that where
one SUfe of-pasture p~oduveA4+2GSS~
! VI Ill1lk ITOI1 WHICH o. lDS. Ol IN ter
were churned, one acre in soiling cRps
gave 47S2 pounds d milk, from Which
was obtained 1876 pounds Of butter.
When land has been well MANFRED
n does not respond thereto in the
! yields of crops the cause may usually
be traced to wet soil. which should be
drained in order that the water may
/ pass down and allow warmth and air
to enter the soil.
If a law existed prohibiting the sales
of calves under three months old there
would be no more bob veal, and the
farmers would no longer use scrub
bulls, as their object would be to Sc
cure quick-growing calves. Such a law
would work wonders.
Examine all trees especially the cher
ry. for fungus diseases. If there are
any indications of black rot, now is the
time to cut off the limbs that are af-
fected and consign them to the ame
After the ground is frozen is the time
to trim the grape vines. 1t is better to
have one good al than to allow a
dozen to grow and produce nothing.
| Large punches should be the object,
and the ground around each vine
should be heavily in the
spring. There are farms on which
grapes are grown every year with no
result, simply because the canes are
not restricted in numbers.
1t may be an advantage to change
the garden location every two years
| and SOW clover on the plot. The rea-
son is that as the garden soil is sub
| ject to teaching, like other portions of
the farm, the clover roots go down and
bring the fertilizing ingredients to the
surface. AS the garden is also made
4. I
a change of location enriches a differ
| close cultivation destroys the weeds.
Thu method of treating raspberries as
practiced by an Indiana fruit rover
is to trim the cones to two or three
strong ones to each hill early in the
: spring, and then cut them back to two
! feet from the ground. All sprouts are
| picked off as fast as they appear, man
! ure or fertilizer is applied and the land
mulched, the mulch remaining until
harvest.
] Straw is cheaper than corn, n it
can be made to ave warmth by use in
the stalls. Cut the straw n place 1t
six inches deep on the floors of the
| stalls, so as to avoid draughts of air
along the floors. The cold air will al
ways come in from below and force
the warm air up if there are openings
in the barn By cutting the straw it
can be more conveniently arranged and
it will be fine and serviceable in the
| manure heap.