The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-24

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Ohio orchard men say the grass
mulch method is all right on billy
lands.
The farmer boy who is ashamed of
his profession has had bad training by
q poor farmer of q father.
Breeding swine should have a range
sufficient not only for exercise, but to
tempt them to vigorous exercise.
Rhode Island grass lands produce a
net profit of from S. to $40 per acre
without taking into account the pas
turage.
See how much honey you can get,
rather than how fast you can in
crease, being satisfied with an increase
of 90 or at the most 100 per cent an
nually.
The coop should be closed tight to
keep out rats or weasels. If these an
finals exist in the neighborhood the
chickens must be protected, but not
by closing them in air tight
The ginseng fakirs, after q bad sea-
son caused by a frigid blast from the
agricultural department, are beginning
to look up again and their advertise
ments of seed and roots are cropping
out in the farm papers Ginseng is a
good thing to let alone.
Undertaking makes the soil open,
porous and more easily cultivated, and
soil that is made loose and arabic is In
a far better condition TO promole the
growth of our crops and crops grown
on such soils suffer less from extreme
wet or dry weather than those on land
that Is compact and with water level
within a few feet of the surface.
Wherever roots are used as part of
their rations, quite remarkable results
are obtained, apparently out of all
proportion TO the feeding value of the
roots. This seems to show that the
roots serve to render grain food more
digestible. Although pigs do not like
raw turnips, yet when the turnips are
cooked, and mixed with raw potatoes
or cabbage, they will eat them readily.
When small amount of bran is fed
with this mash, good gains are made.
A decided curiosity in the dairy line
is lump of butter weighing over
twenty pounds found in a peat bog in
Ireland, which it is estimated to have
lain anywhere from one hundred to a
thousand years, yet it appeared quite
fresh when dug out. It was found
four feet under the surface, and APP
peared as if it had been dropped there
while being carried to market. But
I'm former times the summer made but
ter was buried in the boys to keep IN
Ill winter, the preservative qualities
of the peat serving as a method of nat
ural storage, and it is probable that
the butter was buried in this way and
then forgotten.
The Colorado press bureau speaks Of
q new industry for that State. One Of
its circulars says: ''Colorado's sage
brush and cactus have given way to
peas A few years ago several farm
ers in this locality, generally regarded
as one of the most arid and worthless
sections Of the State, sowed part of
their land to peas. When the crop
neared maturity they turned in their
lambs to Craze. The results were mar
velous. Other farmers did likewise,
and the business increased until last
year more than 100000 lambs were
fattened in this country for shipment
to the Eastern markets. They netted
an average profit of $1.50 each on an
investment of 50.
For club root in cabbage SOW lime
broadcast at the rate of seventy-fivt
bushels per acre before = nting, and
harrow in, or avoid using. ested land
Destroy wild mustard and charlock, a:
these weeds will harbor the disease
For apis spray with soapsuds or kero
sene emulsion For maggots cut cir
cular pieces of tarred paper abou
three inches in diameter, cut slit In
each from center to circumference, an(
place one Of these pieces about thu
stem Of each plant at time of trans
planting, or spray with carbolic acit
emulsion. For cabbage worm spra,
with paris green and rosin mixtures
when the plants are small; later Will
insect powder or hot water. WheI
the caterpillars first appear hand pick
ing may be resorted to.
Exercises for Fowls.
While there are those who do no
particularly favor the scratching shed
the fact remains that in the scratching
shed the fowls get exercise they Nigh
not obtain without this structure, par
ticularly if many are housed in a small
building. Whether or not the scratch
ing shed is used, some way should b.
provided to give fowls in confinement
exercise. One of the best methods o
doing this is to provide ration which
may be given them in the middle .
the day to scratch over and pick at.