The Howard union. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-27
A G RIG U L T U R A i.

AGRICULT U R A i.
RAISE More SrooK.--At no period in
the history of this country, says the Stock
Journal, has farm stock Of every description,
from the most noble of all animals, the
horse, 10 the more inferior dung hill fowl,
been in such demand or commanded so high
prices as at present. Horses of all kinds
sell as readily and at prices that well remu-
nerate the producer, while fine animals, Of
good size, style md fair road gait, bring
prices which, five years ago, would have
been considered almost fabulous. We well
recoilect, some twenty years ago, when the
celebrated horse, Green Mountain Morgan,
was sold by Silas Halle, Of Royalston, Mass,
for one thousand dollars, which was thought
to be an enormous price. Since then, how
ever, and during the last five years, it has
been no very uncommon thing for horses Of
fine blood or great speed TO sell for ten,
twenty, thirty, and even, we believe, as
high as forty thousand dollars, and yet, as
the market reports say, the tendency is still
upward.
To Preserve SMALL FRuIrs W1THour
Strawberries, rasp berries, Llack.
berries, cherries and peaches can be pre-.
served in this manner Lay the ripe fruit
in broad dishes, and sprinkle over it the
same quantity of sugar used In cooking it.
Set it in the sun or a moderately heated
oven, until the juice forms thick syrup
with the sugar Pack the fruit in tumblers,
and pour the syrup over it. Paste writing
paper over the glasses, and set them in a
cool, dry place. Peaches must be pared
and split, and cherries stoned. Preserved
in this manner, the fruit retains much more
Of its natural flavor and healthulness than
when cooked.- Rural American.
a Productive Acre.
An Eek. Market Gardener" gives 10 the
american .AgricuItwaliSt The following state
ment Of what can be done on a small piece
of land. by work and high manuring :-"On
fertile acre, within sight of Trinity Church
steeple, New York, but in Jersey, lives a
man will call John Smith" Johns neat
cottage and acre cost him, eight years ago,
$4,000, now worth $4,000. Ii the spring
of 1864, he planted u 900 Early Wakefield
cabbage plants, which, by the first week in
July, were sold in New York market at SIS
per hundred, for $500. Between the rows
Of cabbages were planted at the same lime,
$4,000 Silesia lettuce plants, which, at
81 90 per 100, brought 1870. Both crops
were cleared off by July II, the ground
being thoroughly plowed, narrowed and
planted with 10000 celery plants, which
were sold before Christmas of the same
year, at So per 100, for $1,000, making
the total receipts, $2,370.
His expenses were Manure, $3.50
keep of horse, $500; interest on $4,000,
1920; amounting In oil 10 $3.50, which,
deducted from the receipts, gave him the
net profit Of $1,000. John, some might
call clOd.hopper. He has no particular
skill, no great share Of 'brains,' his only
prominent quality being uniring industry ;
but it would be Difficult. for any one, no
matter how endowed with skill or brains, 10
make more of of an acre than he did,"
The Road to Poor Farming.
l. Invest all your capital in land, and run
in debt for MORE
2. Hire money TO stock your farm.
3. Have no faith in your own business
and be always ready to sell out.
4, Buy mean COWS, spawned horses, poor
oxen and cheap tools.
3. Feed poor hay and mOuldy corn. stalk,
exclusively, in order to keep your stock
tame; fiery cattle are terribly hard on old
rickety wagons and pows.
&. Use the oil of hickory freely whenever
your oxen need strength; it is cheaper thai
hay or meal, and keeps the hair lively, unc
pounds out all the grubs,
Z. Select such calves for stock as th
butchers shun-beauies Of runts, thin il
the hams, and pot-bellied; but be sure AM
keep their blood thin by scanty heritage
animols are safest TO breed frcm that haven
strength TO herd.
s. Be cautious about manufacturing ma
nure; it makes the fields look black an
mournful about planting time; besides it
a deal Of work 10 haul il.
0. Never waste time by setting out rru
and shade trees; fruit and leaves rottin
around place make it unhealthy.
How TO CHOW BEAurIFuL.-Persons ma
outgrow disease and become healthy b
proper attention to the laws Of their physici
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