, 1899-05-26

-te1tfOf, prUVIueu- tne ITuItoIr
were used, should now have some for
sale. Oxford lambs have been made
to weigh 100 pounds when three
old. A two-months-old lamb, weigh
ing 40 pounds, is not uncommon and II
should dress about 2S pounds.
Narrowing the land makes a Won
derful difference in the yield of wheat
or corn, provided the work is done ire
quently and well. Rolling n mar
rowing the ground after blowing, tnen
seeding and narrowing and rolling
again gave an increase of five pushels
per acre of wheat in one case, Whlcn
is due to the hneness of the SOL anu
| the excellent preparation of the SEED
bed. On one piece of land the use
of the harrow a week after seeding
increased the yield two bushels per
acre compared with adjoining plots
! not narrowed. Deep blowing ano fne
soil permit of the retention of a large
| supply of water and admit more al
and warmth.
Do not attempt to grow too many
| crops. At the same time do not rely
on one kind of crop only. DlVerSfnec
agriculture lessons the risk of total
| loss. because where one crop fails an
other may succeed. If too many diff
ferent crops are planted they may tax
the farmer severely to attend to them
and as q few days delay in cultivation
may give the weeds a good start the
! work of destruction of the pest is thus
| greatly increased. No CROPS should he
planted unless the intention is to give
it careful attention and to derive the
largest possible yield from 1T, which
| requires not only judgment in select
ing the seed and the use of manure
literally, but also the application OF
labor from the start to finish, WITT
- - ~HAGE hv nnD1
| polling the soil to produce to it's maxi
mum capacity.
Heifers frequently come in as mil
! kers when 2 years old in fact, somt
are much earlier, but 2 years may be
placed as a fair limit of time in rails
ing a heifer, and she nay cost as
much as $25, but the cost will be less
than the price of an ordinary COW
bought as a fresh one. No one, how
ever, should raise a heifer unless with
the view of improving the herd. TIC
raise a calf with no breeding is to take
the risk of having a worthless COW
When the calf is well bred it will
nearly always prove to be, when ma.
tured. all that may be expected, an6
| her disposition can be understood be
fore she is grown. There is no far.
mer who will fail to secure good
COWS if he will breed for them, aud
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farm.
Tt is reported that q. Swedish in
ventor has introduced what he term:
a radiator" which produces butter
from milk without churning. u com
bines the principle of the weu-knowr
separator, SO far as removing thu
cream from the milk is concerned. bu'
the butter is produced from the cream
the whole operation of pasteurizine th'
milk. separating the cream and con
verting it into butter being cone a.
the same time with one machine.
in Greenland potatoes gro"
larger than a marble.
"A curious state of things was CD
served in investigating the electroly'
sis of water pipes in Dayton, ONO
| in which it was found that stones ant
pebbles near the pipes in some case
} seem to have been electroplated VIII
the metal of the pipes, which m o
the experts believes has never peel
observed before.
Interesting tests of wireless tele
graphy have been made at Kiel recent
ly on board a number of war vessel
three German miles apart (about 1
p, English miles). On the whole the ex
periments have been successful.