Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-07-12
AGnzCULTURAL.


From ihe July number Of the Anlaiodn
Agricaltaralia We CLEAN some items that viii
interest, and, perchanee, profit cur rural
readers
The consumption Of barley is increasing
year by year, as the Teutonic element in our
population increases in number and wealth,
and impresses more or less upon the Amer
lean people the liking for the mild breWed
beverage Of Germany. The sale 20 brewers
is in fact so ready, that the raising Of barley
as food for animals is hardly considerable.
We learn that oats in several extended sec
tons Of the country are, for some undeter-
mined cause, beginning to fall TO produce
what were considered good crops but few
years ago, and it Would, perhaps, be profita-
bic 10 drop oats and try barley; which viii
probably do well upon the same soils.
Hops are also recognized as very profitable,
and like tobacco and other purely CONNER
cial crops, those never consumed, but always
sold.) il may be cultivated so as to bring
real advantage 20 the farm. II almost ne
cessitates clean culture, and gives the farmer
means 10 buy manure, do draining, etc,
This following in old ruts Of practice Is one
Of The worst things a farmer can do, and an
experiment with new crop now and then is
often the straight road 10 fortune, 1t should
always be done after careful thought and in
vestigation.
Extended experiments prove that one ton
Of timothy hay cut early is worth two tons Of
that cut late. Stock eat the early cut hay
clean, waste none, and thrive better and do
more work than on late cut. Late cut hay
viii, IL is true, go further" but so would
wood chips. To kill the tobacco worm
moth il Is recommended TO put poisoned
e. 10
rose. stramonia and other evening blooming
plants Get the apothecary to rub grain Of
strvchnine in an ounce of honey, dilute il
with about half It's bulk Of water and put a
few drops in these or any flowers visited by
these large night-hying moths. II is best "a
take flowers that will wither when the sun
rises or TO pick the flowers so as not TO kill
bees when they come out.
The suffering OF sheep from the gad-fy
can hardly be imagined by one who has not
seen IT, Il lays is eggs in July and August
chiefly In the nostrils. That death is occa-
stoned by the grub IN the head is not prob
allie, but when great numbers exist in the
head Of a sheep the irritation they produce
especially when they take their departure in
Nay and June, is great, but little OF nothing
can be done for the poor sheep. Tar upon
The nose is quite an efficient preventive. IL
ihould be applied repeatedly during the
summer, and even when smeared shove the
nostrils has the desired effect, and does not
rub off so soon. Hence il is that, as no pas
sage can be discovered for the grubs 20 get
into or ont Of the frontal sinuses, (cavities in
the bone between the eyes, many suppose
the tar prevents the hy from laying its eggs
in the bones ofthe forehead.
The eggs are laid in the nostrils, as above
stated the worms which hatch work their
way up into the head, passing through the
very thin bones. IL Is said, that the meri-
nos. with the woOlly foreheads, are not
troubled with them, but this we cannot be
licve without further evidence, rs il is n mat
ter not covered by our own experience.
Very few sheep are free from these grubs,
aud from one 10 more than twenty are found.
"Should horse be shod so a. the frog
will touch the groundW In a state of nature
the ho0fs Of horses wear quite fiat and even.
We shoe horses only TO protect the hOois
against injury on our hard roads, and 70
prevent too much wear, and the shoe should
never be made 10 contract the hoof neither
shsnld the frog be pared away except when
i is torn aud ragged. Let it touch the
ground II il will Do not have any nails
driven more than halfway from the toe 10
heel of the shoe.
II farmers would buy thermometers for
the purpose, and always have their cream
at COZ 10 669 temperature when they churn
Il, the average quality OF our butter would
be very greatly improved, and an immense
amount IN ohurniRg would be saved. Their
mometers without cases are most suitable foI
measuring the temperature Of liquids as they
may be easily cleaned after immersion