The silver star., 1899-08-25
TIL. Neglected H.ds. Fence.

There is nothing more unsightly
than a neglected hedge fence. says .
writer in Homestead. have seen
them on both sides Of the road. which
Is made impossible by snow drifts In
the winter time because Of them. and
in the summer time they make the
road SO exceedingly sultry and hot -
to render travel very trying to man
and beast. Hedge fences. like evil
traits Of character, naturally tend the
wrong way. II had a fence Of this
kind 1t should be kept In good order
II had to hire an extra man. but to
prevent the employment Of the extra
man l would rather have some other
kind Of good fence. As pass by them
this time Of year. looking like an In
diana deadening. with a few oranges
left on them from last years crop. I
feel sorry for the man who owns .
farm with a neglected hedge fence
along the highway. believe the best
use that could be made Of them would
be to cut them out. make posts out
of all the trunks even down to two
inches in diameter. which will make
good stakes. and then keep the growth
down by some means and put up .
good fence. using the posts the hedge
furnished to make II.
Effect Of Cold Shown ON Nichiean
Peaches.-The peach crop in Michigan
will be very small this year. About
the only counties In what II known -
the Michigan peach belt that will have
q crop worth considering are Berrisn
and Van Buren. where the reports In
dicate that they will have respectively
3S and per cent Of an average crop.
The counties along the eastern side Of
the state make q much better showing
than those in the interior. There u
. marked similarity between the per-
centages. which indicate the prospect
for . crop Of peaches In the various
counties, and the low temperatures
reached In the respective counties dur.
ing the cold weather last February.
The temperature In the counties on
the west side Of the state. with the
exception Of Berrien and Van Bursn,
was much lower than the temperature
Of the counties ON the eastern side Of
the state.-Michisan Crop Report.
Glover W. Timothy Hay.-No dairy
man. alive to his interests. has any
business to feed timothy hay to his
dairy cows. This hay has the highest
market value and about the poorest
feeding value Of any hay upon the
market. 30 let the horssman have the
timothy and the dairyman the clover
and rowen hays. Suppose . dairymsn
has produced . lot Of timothy hay
upon his own farm: there II NO reason
1t all why he should feed the sane to
his cows. Better far to sell this tim
othy for it, market value % hosse hay
and buy clover hay with the proceeds
for the cows. This practice will ~
suit In . big saving TO any dairyman.
Plowing.-Plowing II an impoetsat
factor IN saving soil moisture. TIE
reason why iands wash 70 seriously =
that the blowing ID too shallow ana Il
- frequently done when the soil d IN
an unnt condition. The plow shoull
b run - deep - possible, being ~
slightly lower each year until he ~
coil d eight or ten inches desp. ne
best blowing u that which leaves he
so1l In the finest state Of divisaoo.
Cloddy or lumpy land cannot holA =
large amount of water; therefore n Il
important 70 plow when the laaA Il
neither too wet nor too dry.
Whey for Hogs.-A Canadian cheese
factory which makes from 1s0 70 10
tons Of cheese In season utiiisee ali
Tie whey in srowing and fattspina
hogS Of which II Keeps about 100 dur
ins the busy season. This prsventa
what 10 one cause Of trouble at eone
cheese factories sending home eesar
whey u the milk cans which taiuts ~
nsst lay's nilk. The pisssy q ~
uatel at . distance OF ~ 70 TO ~
fren tAs faetesy aad Kept - cisan =
Dosslble. that Il nay ~ rive q g.
esoelvs e6eee 70 taiat ~ nilk.