Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-01-24
AGRICULTURAL MATTERS.

AN OPINION OF AGAssIz.-Prof Agassiz
recently said that the farm was the place to
prove or disprove the theories of scientific
men, so far as agriculture is concerned.
( BUTCHERING MATGH.-A butchering
match recently took place in Leeds, Eng
land, in which the successful contestant
skinned and dressed twenty sheep in a
workmanlike manner, in ninety seven
minutes.
| RHUBARD. WINE.-An Iowa physician
thinks rhubarD wine !canfiotbe dangerous
| if Kept till it Acquires sufficient age, say
ttive1of six years, because by that tiineit
| will resolve itself into very good article
| of sweetened water.
| PROFIT FROM Hors.-Mr. J. L. Green,
Eof Wisconsin, has d hop field of seven
acres which which produced last year
17,130 pounds Of hops being an average
yield per acre off,, 448, pounds, and yielding
a profit of 1891 ~ per acre.
FISH CULTURE. Maine Farmer is
publishing a seres.of articles on the stock
ing of the rivers of its section with edible
fish, by artificial propagation 1t thinks
the matter an important, one, and hopes
| the day is not far distant when the State
viii wake'up to SO noble work.
KEEPING OLD FowLs-To have the
poultry yard profitable, the fowls should
not be kept until they are old. There is
no objection to preserving a favOrite cock,
as long as he is active and lively, but hens
after three years will not produce as many.
eggs as those of one or two years
WHITE TAILED RED SQu1RRE1s.-Red
squirrels withrw.hite tails have been quite
no,n,no,, in, con-, n ,,a,tc nf Nav ENGLAND
the present season. Professor Chadbourne
had one sent him, and after being confined
and fed bountifully few days the squir-
refs tail assnmedsthc ordinary red color.
sMx1t;r- FA1,Ms-In England there are
many farmers who more than support
| themselves and large families on the pro-
duct of six acres, besides paying heavy
rents Agriculturists in Germany, who
are proprietors Of five acres, support them
| selves on. two, .apdy laysup- money op~tlc
+, product efSthe remainder. -G- .427as- S---sS
| WARTS ON HoRsEs.-A Nebraska man
| tells the RuraI Ne,o Yorker how to cure
warts on horsaS'aa Mix equal quantities of
spirits of turpentine and sulphuric acid,
stirring slowly in tumbler, and afterwards
bottle the ingredients.y- Rub grease around
the base Of th6eWarf,. andsthen apply the
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twice day it will gradually eat it of.
IMPROVED FARMING IN YERMoNT.-An
old Vermonter who recently visited his
native State, says the style Of farming and
especially of farm buildings has under
gone remarkable changes for the better,
Since he was a farmer boy. Now the
homes of the farmers are tasteful in
all their surroundings, the land il. well cul:
tivated and everything betokens thrift and
comfort. 9" 2"' S7S -
PEACH Blow PoTAToEs.-For the last
three or four years we have provided for
our winters supply of potatoes the peach
blow, and we have on more than one oc-
casion referred to the satisfaction afforded
by Them G Our present. winters supply is
Of the same kind, grown upon the same
farm, and we repeat our approval of them
in warmer terms than ever. We never ate
better potato and, although it commands
higher price than most, if not all, other
varieties, two prices would not induce us
to substitute any other variety for them
that we have tried within the last five years.
--Germ0nto'ea Telegraph.