The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-10-05
Agrifnltnral.
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.
English farmers estimate that $50 ms Of
roots FED to cattle, will make one pound Of
meat.
1t Is calculated by English farmers that a
bushcl Of barley will produce eight pounds
ofpork.
Flax works have been put in operation
At Streetsville, Ca, on which over $780,.
600 have l'een expended.
A ton Of corn coils is stated to bc worth
n much for fuel as ton Of coal.
Cheese q, Little Falls, N. Y, is lower.
Sept. u, from i4al7 cents per pound.
Trade dull.
A severe frost not only weakens the pow
er Of apples to withstand decay, but il also
deteriontes their quality.
Onions are "sruck with the rot" in
Pennsylvania. The disease commences in
the base of the top. and thence passes down
into tho centre Of the onion.
The present price Of wheat in England
h only about two thirds Of what II was In
1871. while the price Of meat has at least
doubled.
The first portable threshing machine was
made in Winthrop, Me-, by Luther Whit
man. who still manufactures them at the
same place.
A horse has been imported into New Jer.
sey from Belgium, which is said to weigh
1858 pounds and to be twenty hands high.
A firm in Ann Arbor, Mich, has shipped
fve thousand sheep since shearing time (;
three thousand to Missouri, one thousand
to Illinois, and one thousand to Indiana.
The hop crop in Lapeer Co., Mich, Is
said to he suffering from wet weather.
Some fields arc reported entirely ruined.
A hight Of mould attaches to the small
leaves.
A writer In late number Of the .fgri-
e,dt,rai Gazette Of England, assumes that
farming can never become very prof.
table business, because It Is too agreeable
an occupation"
In travelling from France 10 Geneva, Mr.
Willard passed immense fietis Of Indian
corn standing very heavy with ears TIL,
SVu ts pasutcu " 10 w hoNO oue q osh6io
stalk to hill.
Mr.. John Mason, Of Spencerfor. N. Y,
has chicken hatched March u, that com.
mcnced laying when four months oil. Al.
Ter laying ~ eggs shc was set on l3 and
came of with 8 chicks
A correspondent Of the !MIne Fhpner
says when indications OF felon appear,
take piece Of rennet and soak II in warm
milk until il becomes soft. and then apply
Il 10 tho part affected. renewing il occa-
sionally. and keeping it on until a euro is
produced.
Il 10 said that if coffee be pounded with
mortar and pestle, il retains moro Of the
aroma-an oil which gives coffee its pc
culiar favor. The Turks practice the
pounding method, and excel In the good
qualities Of their favoriie drink.
A writer Cor the Festern Rural argues IN
favor OF concentrated food Cor hogs. He
SAYS he never knew slop fed pig to grow
and keep healthy and make As rap;,l growth
~ one allowed the range Of good pasture,
and given dry feed, such as corn, or oats
and corn. or barley meal.
The Agricultural Society Of compeigne
has invited all the other Freuch agricultural
societies to subscribe for prize Of 100, 900
francs, to be awarded to the inventor Of the
hest system Of land cultivation by mcchan.
ical means, The competition Is to take
place in 1868.
An orchard was commenced on q 100.
acre farm In Orleans TO, N. Y, in ls62. on
which 9,i26 trees are already planted, oc
eupying IS acres. About 10 per cent Of
the peaches were killed, mainly dnring the
winter Of ls6i.a Full Is per cent. Of the
ounces failesl tho first season after plant.
ing. About 10 pcr cent. OF the srandarl
pears have died from different causes. or
the apples and dwarf pears tho loss has
hardly exceeded one per cent.
The Agricultural College Of Kentucky 10
to be opened on tho first MoWlay Of Octo-
Der. ashland" the home of Henry Clay.
with adjoining lands to the amount Of 4;s,
aeen in al, has been purchased f6r the
farm. For the present the buildings now
on the premises will he used, but new
baildinss will be erected - soon - posi-
bic. The course Of instruction includes .
commercial department and military dn!l
Manual lahor ios at leass two hoon daily
wall be r~quired Of al studenia
A correspondent Of the Nssisn Rsvui
Fives the following a. the process by which
hc makes butter which selk al 500 PER lb.,
whils IN oriinay article wss bringing on
" 30 10 35c. The buttsr 10 taken from the
churn. and plsced In wooden vessel and
worked over with thin, soa pises Of eos.
ton OF linen cloth, frcqueusly wringing Il
oat with cold wafer N L becomes sstursted
with batiemilk. keeping tho hands out Of
The butter - much ss possible, until every