The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-01-13
AGRICULTURAL.
From The Anglican AErieultunst

From the American Agricaitarisf.
REARINs LAsss-Like all ota@f,young stock,
lambs ought to be kept steadily owing, with
out getting too fat Where at.saIthy, strong.
and young eve has a good range pasture, the
lamb may acquire so much fat as seriously TO
interfere with its thrift, when taken away and
put on its winter food. Experienced flock mas
tiers say that they have frequently lost lambs
from this cause, and that when a eve has twins,
and the milk is divided between the offspring,
this loss never occurs This is an important
fact TO the practical man.
Its well to have the lambs accustomed 10 dry
forage before they are put up for winter IL
gOOj, sweet hay, dry clover, or Oatsin the sheaf.
or threshed, be thrown out TO a few old sheep.
surrounded by all the lambs, willis the latter are
in fine condition, brisk and lively, they will at
once begin to nibble at the dry food. and soon
will be entirely familiar with and enjoy IL. Ii
left, however, till weaned, and they nave be-
come pinched by the SHOWS and frOsts Of sP-
preaching winter, and the scarcity and iRsiPidi-
" Of autnmnal forage, their stOmaehs are in a
weak or diseased condition, they have no aPPe-
tits for their new dry food, they stray away
from the racks, and daily become weaker anc
more indispO sed, and soon have become too far
reduced to recover, or II they survive, u -
with aeonstitutiOn permanently impaired
SHEARINe on CLIPPINs HoRsKs.-Ws have
seen specimens Of this recently in the city. that
would quite astonish the uniniuated. A long
haired. shabby looking beast. after being few
hours under the hands Of the shearers. comes
out with a close, smoOthe, shining coat, quite
10 the taste Of the admirers Of horse iesh- There
are some advantages in this practice irrssPee-
tive Of the looks The horse does not sweat 90
| easily, and when once wet, he dries more readi-
w, and the tendency to colds is thereby matsri-
ally lessened.
COMPOSITION o. BOSEs.-Nesrly two thirds
of the weight Of recent bones is earthly matter,
principally carbonate and phosphate Of line;
the other third consists Of peculiar animal sub
stance called geiafiRs. sons oil or fat, and va
riabIe quantity Of moisture For all practical
purposes, in msnuring land, the PhOsPhsts Of
lime may be taken, on an average Of 50 per cent,
or one half Of thu fresh bones
| GUAS0-IN WHAT ITS VALUK C0Sasrs.-Gu-
ano Is chiefly valuable for the ammonia and
phosphate Of lime il contains That from Peru
certainly owes its greatest efficacy to lts larg,
proportion Of ammonIacal salts; but some 9TH
er kinds, as that from Saldanha Bay, must b
considered, in the main. only for It's PhosPhoE-
ic acid.
ANOTHER FAcr IN BOOK FARAso-A cores.
pondsnt writes rs from Winchester, Virginia
. that he has been a subscriber to our Journal for
! five or six years, and that he would like 10 sc
it more extensively circulated in that place.
He says that he has shown his neighborss thu
last season, how to raise 50 bushels OF shelle<
corn to the acre without the application Of any
manure, whereas IS bushels in bis "diggins," i
considered good yield. He attributes his sue
cess to the knowledge he obtained from thl
American Agriculturist-
PHosraoRc AcID ESSENTIAL 70 rzr Gaowr,
/. or ALL NrrsIrIvE PLAsrs-In all the plaats
or parts Of plants. which are Of any great nutri
: tiysvalus, phosphate Of lime, or some oihsr com
pound of PhosPhorie acid. 10 always TO be foun'
in a considerable quantity, whilst the proportioI
In which Il occurs for the same plant, 10 90 mi
form a. toprscluds ell questions that Il u ssssn
: tial TO their very existence.
SELECT Coon SrocK.-A great hindrsncs =
the increase Of good stock, arises from the far
mer not being swars of the difference In thstval
ne between one breed and another. Many ar
que that "cows are but cows" and that II thos
they have are well kept and carefully bred, ths'
!, would be as good an any others--h- Jsrdtns.
= To DESTROY Ar HILLs-Cut them up en-
% tirely, both above and below ground, and han
them into heap to form q compost oy mixinl
e them with unslacksd lime. which may again
l. returned to the pasture or hsld In me iorm
n manure
IS A BRIGHT plovshsrs isths cheapest eornmedi
:, lty ever used By fasmsr--Csoesa'