Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-09-07
AGRIC u L Z U R AL.
From the Albany Cultivator


Docking and Castrating Lam6s-As the
time is at hand to attend to the docking and
castrating lambs, I will give you my method
of performing that operation.
When the lambs are from one to two weeks
old. and the weather is good, drive up my
ewes and lambs to the barn-yard, in the after
noon, toward sunset, put them in close yard,
take out all the lambs; put the lambs IN a
small pen, or on the barn floor; then let the
ewes out in the barn-yard, which should be
well Uttered with straw. Having boy to
catch the lambs, hand them to another hand,
who let's them stand on their feet. Lake the
tail in my left hand, hold it out straight, have
good shoe knife, and cut off the tail as close
as suits fancy. find this method quicker and
better than chisel and block. Then mark
the ear and let the lamb 60, keeping them in
the yard over night. ya
In the course OF week or two, bring up
the ewes and lambs again. Pat them In
close pen select out the lambs let the eve
lambs co; put the ram lambs in pen or on
barn floor. After the lambs are all taken
out, let the ewes into the yard. Remember to
have it we'll covered with dry straw. Have a
boy TO catch the ram lambs place good
! hand on low bench. who should take the
lamb on his lap; hold him by his fore and
hind legs. The operator viii. soon find in
what position the lamb should be held | take
my knife. cut off about half the pouch, pull
out the testicle, and set down the lamb. The
mother comes up to meet him; he soon lays
down, consequently soon stops bleeding. The
next morning let them out. The lamb will
go off as smart as if nothing had occurred
There is more danger from docking than alter
| ing. To perform both operations at the same
| time is too severe.
will give you my reason for choosing the
evening instead of the morning, which is the
usual time for altering. If you perform the
operation in the morning, the ewes are hun
cry, and ramble about for food, the poor lamb
will drag along in pain, and continue bleeding
from the exercise. Reverse the time, and the
ewes and the lambs lie down and continue
quiet all night, and the bleeding soon stops.
Wheeling, N. Y. 0. F. M:
Cure of Heaves an Horses -Pick or gather
the buds or sprouts of the white pine, in the
spring, say in May, in most parts of the Uni
ted States. They should be gathered wher
young and tender, being from four to eigh
inches long. They can be cured or dried, ant
are then in readiness at all times. | used from
two TO three quarts of the buds when green
to about three gallons of water, and lei then
simmer and boil until thought their strength
was mostly in the liquid When cool, gav'
the horse nearly quart daily, for ten days
which proved perfect cure. The horse wa
unable 10 work before administering the above
and at present there is not better horse in thu
land for business. The cure was effected il
June, 1845. further recommend TO all per
sons troubled with pain in the chest OF side
to use the above liquid, sweetened with loa
sugar. [ have had more benefit from thi
medicine, for pain in the side and breast, thai
anything have ever used.
4 Boston CultiUator.
| Interesting to Grape Gro,rers. "A late mum
Der of the Horticulturist publishes an articl
in relation TO the culture of foreign grapes
which contains suggestions that may be of in
terest to many. The writer recommends
} particular mode of manuring for the growth c
the wood, and a different one for the produc
! ton of the fruit. MIR. Downing suggests tina
the failure of the attempt 10 cultivate the fol
eign vine Out of doors, is as much owing +
; the absence of sulphur in the soil as to tn
climate. He says:
Cali the famous vine districts in Europ
, are more or less volcanic in their origin, an
many of them are old lava beds, Astounding i
sulphur; while on the other hand volcani
soils are unknown TO our grape growers, a
well as the application of sulphur in any forr
to the soil.
> We are strengthened in this opinion b
observing the striking fact, that, while analy
sis of the ashes of the foreign grape show
only about two per cent sulphuric acid, III
analysis of the must, pulp, or juice of the rip
> grape, shows more than thirteen per cent. {
sulphuric acid-a most extraordinary increas
: and we believe larger per centage than
found in any other fruit. (The potash in th
ashes of the vine is 25, while in the ripe fru
it is 81; while On the other hand the porto
of lime in the wood is 40 to 6 in the fruit.)
Reasoning from this, we should say th;
gypsum (plaster, or sulphate of lime.) whic
is sulphuric acid and lime in combination,
largely demanded by foreign grapes, 10 brin
them to ripper state; and that in our soils-
which are not volcanic-it must be an exec
> lent application for the foreign grape"
Housing Manures There are probab
: few investments which would pay better p
centage than the amount necessary to prote
manure from the sun, the dew, and the rain
While exposed, many of the most nutrition
y !, substances are wasted. A part of this was
y is by evaporation. Every farmer knows 4
!, power which this agent has. If you permit
" heavy dew TO fall upon your hay, after it
= partially made, the color Of it will be change
= although not drop of water has fallen up
!, it. If permitted TO lie spread for few Gle
" days, and Gear nights, it will be ruined
soluble matter being carried off by evapor
ton. Now this soluble matter is valuable,
'e nutriment fer vegetable life. If, therefore,
D, series of evaporation be carried on, as 4
lie vegetable manures decompose, almost eve
Z. thing valuable will be carried off. But anoth
ID and more direct source of loss, according
common opinion, is to be found in the was
ing produced by the rains, saturating the n
u nure with water, and then passing off. tt
#. is, indeed, the only source of loss, in view
IN many, but we doubt whether it is much gre
e, er than that by evaporation.
of But when manure is sheltered, there is pl
ed baby an absorption of valuable ingredien
Id to some extent, from the atmosphere. '
st know that if the earth from under any
p building is examined, it is found rich in nltr'
re of potash, (saltpetre,) one of the most Vals
IN Bile inorganic substances for vegetable nu'
n-l ton. If then, instead of loss from wash
nd evaporation, we can get an accumulation
al valuable ingredients, the SUBJECT 10 sur
worthy of attention.