The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-10-12
agrienltaral.
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

From Aug. II, to Sept. Z, there were II
rainy days in i'atavia, Genesee Co, N. Y.
Pounded glass mixed with dry corn ,noal
anil placed within reach Of rats, II Is said
will banisl them from the premises.
Il.A. Chase. Tully. N. Y. tells the New
York Farmers Club, that heavy drcs ling
Of Ione manure will kill quack grass SURF
every time.
Henry Saffori. Esq., Of Springfield, W.,
has recently sold twenty three rains aud
seven ewes Of very superior constitution
and fleece, to WIN. F. Foster, to he slippe,l
to Texas.
A correspondent Of tho Couaty Cenile-
man, who l,as spent 20 years IN illinois aud
lows, thinks ho has never socn tho country
80 blessed with bountiiul crops Of all kinds
as this year.
Hogs should he we'll fed now. u will
pay better to buy feed even, than to allow
them to go without Q proper sn0unt of
food. IIogs fatien and grow much more
rapidly in warm weather than In the ex.
trcme cold Of mid-winter.
Eight million bushels Of corn huve bcen
exported from New York the present year ;
twenty six million pounds Of beef. seven.
teen million Of butter, sixteen million Of
lari, nine million Of tallow, and three mill
ion Of tobacco.
The long evenings Of autumn and win.
ter orc among the most important portions
,c .,,. s;.,o prn,,orlv i,,, ,,rnvad sn Va tIn
N. %. advertiser, they may become sources
OF incalculable gain, hrt allowed to run to
waste, or spent IN amusement or lissi patton
they are tho fatal rock whsreon many a life
has been most f6uily wrecked.
A low wagon may he riggrd to haul corn
OF, Ivy taking the fore wheels and tong,,es
Of two wagons aud using the tongue Of one
for guide pole. BY putting a splice Of
three feet To the end Of the tonr,,e, you
have wagon long enough to cary about
six shocks nr corn. Then put two poles
reaching from one 10 the other Of the iore
wheels, and lay the corn crosswisc.
The Bclfast .fgs, In an article supposed
to fairly represent the average condiion Of
the potato crop Ia Maine. says that amid dll
the apirehensions. the disease does no'
seem to he prevailing to any extent On
the low lands the crop suffers soinc fr'm
water rot. and not the usual kind. Prices
from forty to fly cents I'er M'sl'cl. The
cop Is the heavisct for many yean
The Scientific american says that the hic.
cough 10 occasioned by the convulsive and
involuntary action Of tho diaphragm, which
lifts the stomach, rs in vomiting and sca-
sickness, which action Is occasioned ar p.~.
sble only when the stomach Is empty. Tho
remedy is simple and infal.iblc. Drink wa.
ter or any other beverage slowly, wuh con.
tinr,al swallowing, 80 long as you can hold
your breath. "a,
To grow chestnuis, gather them before
much dried, put them in box or key nml
bury Il two feet deep in dry ground until
Spring. Take il up as soon rs the frost is
out; you win find the nuts spro,ned, come
of them an inch long. If these shoots are
broken of they will soon bc replaced.
Plant them in nursery rows, and cover with
an inch Of leaf mould. The young plants
ars tender, and should be covered viii,
eanh the first winter.
A California farmer has COW that will
not permit any one to milk her who will not
sing while performing the oiSutiom 1.-THE
music ceases she beconcs rcsticss and sill
l,reak away unless IL Is resumed; lait wlsile
The singing progresses she rcmai'ls perfect
ly docilc. She docs not SEEN to cnrc 80
much about the quality Of tho music, pro.
vidsd the quantity is sufficient
Il
When we want to destroy perennial wcctls
ono Of the mos efjectual mellrHls we sdopl
for doing %, 10 cutting the leaves and rtens
eInss to the ground, and keeping them down
by the frequent use cfihc scythc o. hoe ye,
we expect grsss to be IN exception to MI
Other plansa, Coz we foel disappo;ssed whom
mesdcw which has been nowed IN the
heat OF summer and gr,xed closely In ths
ialL does not yield full crop the ensuing
year. 49,. ,o--,,..-.,y
John J. Booth, Pittsburgh, Pa, writes "a
tho New Yosk Earusrs' Ciahs 81 sm {
bricklayer. and hays boit 4 great many
lciaerua IN puttiag . fSlter iNso ciassm.
never huih moro thaM Q u iBrh waM tha
IL. q wall buih with bgick on c,lgs; and J
the brichs arc kuls wss. and buih careful
N in closs joint, Of good cement with ths
points pe;nAed on bosh sidcS der sry .
mount Of pressure that can be in ci.sess
to knock h down. uss ortiinas5 hsfs
hrick." ,.r.,, .,sy, uao -,stl- O, 7-....-
Why does q chichen thses weeks thrs'