Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-10-01
agricultural.

METHOD OF FATTENING TURKEYs.-A wri-
ter in the Germantown Telegraph furnishes
that journal with the following statement
Much has been published of late in our agri-
cultural Journals, in relation to the alimen-
tary properties of charcoal. 1t has been
repeatedly asserted, that domestic fowls may
be fattened on it without any other food
and that, too, in shorter time than on the
most nutritive grains. / made an expert
ment, and must say that the result surprised
me, as had always been rather skeptical.
-Four turkeys were confined in q pen, and
fed on meal, boiled potatoes and oats. Four
others, of the same brood, were alsO at the
same time confined in another pen, and fed
daily on the same articles but with one
pint of finely pulverized charcoal mixedwith
their meal and potatoes. They also had
plentiful supply of broken charcoal in their
pen. The eight were killed on the same day,
and there was difference of one and q half
pounds each in favor of the fowls which had
been supplied with the charcoal, they being
much the fattest, and the meat greatly supe-
rior in point of tenderness and flavor.
PRoPBR MODE OF DRIVING MILCH-Cows.-
Dairymen are every year astonished at the
remarkable yield claimed for some dairies
reaching five or six hundred pounds of
cheese and butter per COW, and even higher
than this, the cows being fed on hay .Gld
grass alone. To prove the truth of these
statements, we are referred to the books of
the merchant who has received the produce,
and ii is found all correct. Good cows, good
feed, careful dairywoman, are the most
obvious reasons that must unite in producing
this result. These are at the command of
any one who earnestly sets about it. Yet
how sure and how difficult it is to attain
these highest yields of the daryl The truth
is, many minor causes, apparently too trihing
for notice, must operate together, or we fail.
lnquiring out one of three large reports, we
found that the owners, the man and his
wife, not only did all their milking them
selves, but they al'cGys brought and drove
their o1Cn coSoS
Quietness in driving, especially when the
udders are full, is of the utmost Importance.
broken bar and a swelled teat are often
the only indications the owner gets Of in
considerate haste in driving his cows. A
wide gate, or taking out the bars entirely,
is safer than to let them down at one end.
A dairyman complains of the season as bad
for the dairy, but his neighbors say, the
training ofshepherd's dogs is worse than the
season. Two boys and dog are as unfit for
driving COWS as they would be to drive a
moving g-machine or locomotive. We have
seen one boy and a dog urge them to the
bars, and another watch outside to give them
good scare and make them Jump as they
came through. Yet the good dairywoman
did not know why her cheese was smaller
next day.
THE ADVANTAGE OF SALT TO FENCE PosTs.
A correspondent of the New Hampshire
Journal of Agrieultare says:
have Just been to see some that set
thirty or thirty-one years ago. | found
them all sound and erect; that is, ] tried
every one of then, and found them to stand
firm. They are white oak, about twelve
inches square, with the part set in the ground
unshsved.- After setting, bored into each
post about three inches above the ground,
with two-inch augur, at an angle of about
46o, and filed the hole with salt and plugged
it up. The plugs are all in, and the posts
look as sound as when set. l put. in about
one-half pint of salt to a post. As | tried
none without salt, / can not say whether it
was the salt or something else that preserved
the posts.
DIRECTIONS FOR THE ERADICATION OF
DEMONSTRATING of the Improvement of
bill pastures the Boston CaInUator gives the
following directions on the above subject:
''The larger bushes, which grow in stools,
like the barberry, had better be twitched
out. With 'roOt-claw, such as is sold at
the agricultural warehouses, and a strong
yoke of oxen under the direction of a suita-
BILE man, ripping business can be done.
Smaller bushes may be subdued by moving.
After the growth of the present year is fin
ished-as may be known by the buds for the
next year being formed-the scythe may be
laid as near as possible to the root, with good
advantage. They will seldom start much the
same year they are cut-the cutting being
usually the latter part of August-and if the
sprouts which make their appearance the fol-
lowing spring can be got at by sheep, they
Will prevent their making much headWay.
Cattle also will crop the sprouts some, which,
with the increased growth of grass, will
weaken them"
CURE FOR NANCE IN You've PIGs.-Young
pigs are very apt to be attacked with mango
in the spring, especially when running on
clover. The following may be relied on as
an efiectual although simple cure:
AS soon as tine pigs are noticed to be af-
ficted, procure tubful of soap-suds, souse
the little grunters into it, and at the same
time give them thorough securing with a
good stiff brush, to remove every particle of
dust and dirt from their skin, which causes
such irritation. Repeat this operation when
ever you see the disease returning. This
remedy may fail in cases of "long-standing,"
but when early resorted to we have never
known it to do otherwise than cure.
PROPER CARE OF FARM IMPLEMENTS.
iaTmer should have house for keeping his
implements. Il should be tight and dry;
snd always be kept in perfect order. Every
implement, when not required for use, should
have its proper place, and before it Is laid by
ior winter, All the bright metal belonging to
should be carefully dried, cleaned, and
CREASED, 70 prevent rusting; lis woodwork
should be painted or rubbed with oil 10 pre-
vent cracking and every bolt, nut and screw
should be oiled. Farmers should not leave
their implements to rust and rot in their
baru-yard or open, damp sheds, and then
grumble because they do not last longer.
koShing is more diseouraging to a farmer,
than to commence spring work with a set of
rusty, rotten Implements Farmers should
remeuher that carefnlness in all things is
economy, and that little extra trouble ia
Ken IN preserving his implements, saves ex-
ira expense.