The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-08-09
BIDDEFORD, ME-, FRIDAY
agrifnItnral.
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

There Is very remarkable apple tree on
Himan Werton's premises in Westminster.
VT, which 10 three feet In diameter, and
nine feet and six inches in circumference.
II has 6ve branches starting from the trunk
on level, all Of them measuring seven
feet in diameter, with circumference Of
tweny.one feet, and nearly equal in size.
Shai,er 4 Howard, Of Point Reyes, Ma.
rim county, Cal, are the biggest butter ma
kers on the Pacific coast at present. They
have seventeen dairics, milking two thou.
sand cows, which are pastured on ranches
containing $1,000 acres OF land. They
employ nearly 2Ov men to herd and milk
cows, make the butter, &c.
A correspondent Of the Rural New York
er says that he has known horse that went
for twelve months on three legs, from ring
bone, made perfectly sound by the applica-
ton, once day, Of an ointment composed
Of half an ounce Of red prccipitate, half
ounce blue stone, half a pint Of turpentine,
thoroughly mixed. Keep the hoof greas'
ed.
Daniel s. Chase. Bristol, N. H., informs
the Mirror and Farmer that his buck, Gen.
eral Grant, III months and 10 days old.
sheared IA IA pounds his carcass AFTER
shearing, A pounds I ounce; his sire, 3
years old, shearcd II "a pounds; weighed
before shcaring, l35 pounds the mother Of
the buck. four years old, sheared IL l.8 lbs;
all full blood Spanish Alcrinos, but not oily.
Pelham, N. H., must he grent place for
hawks. The Mirror and Fdrmer says that
in fifteen days In April, Jonas Keyes caught
GO, Warren Sherburne 63, and John Per.
ham 20, all in steel traps halted with birds
or frogs. Two years ago l76 were caught
in the same town, mostly by the same men.
The hawks averaged four feet and four
inches.
The Manhattan, (KansaS) Independent
mentions the case OF q farmer "who last
year rnisetl upon one ncrc on which he cnl.
tivated his sweet potatoes, a crop whose
value moro than paid the cost Of raising,
the original cost Of his farm Of one hum
drcd and sixty acres, and the interest at 7
per cent. Of the present value Of his whole
farm, stock and utensils"
There Is an old farmer in northern Ohio
who gets up at daylight, builds fire, puts
on the teakeitle, dusts the furniture, goes to
the stable and feeds the horses, and then
calls up the folks. Having a taste for read-
ing, he goes to room where he keeps his
books, builds fro, sweeps out, and reads
ill breakfast time. This is Ben Wade,
vice-prcsidcnt Of the United States.
At the Agricultural College at Cirenccs.
ter, England, field Of ten acres Of wheat,
in very forward state, was divided into
two equal parts at the tirst Of April and
one hundred ewes with lambs put on one
portion and left there sixteen days, In which
time they had eaten the wheat close to the
ground. These five acres were harvested
four days after the other part Of tho field,
aud appeared fully equal to the rest, hut
did not yield quite rs much. The differ
ence was made up by the value OF tho feed
Of the sheep.
To preserve peas from bugs, cores.
pondent of the Country Gentleman puts the
peas into widc.mou,hed bottles or jas, with
about half an ounce Of gum calnphor to
each gallon Of peas, and corks tight.
A correspondent Of the Mirror 4 Farmer
says that nitric acid applied with pointed
stick to warts is sure cure. be careful
not to let il spread to the skin.
There is in Randolph, VI, Blackhnwk
stud colt that at one year and seven days
old was l61 hands tG6 inches) high ut with.
es or rump-having grown over half an
inch per week ever since he was born.
"Melton," famous trotting horse owned
in Hamilton, c. W., was recently sold to a
lady Of sporting procliyities at Kalamazoo,
Mich, for s8 500 in gold; to which add
Si,7l0 tariff; and we have $4,000 as the
total cost Of the horse.
Glass can be cut without diamond by
taking an old, theee. comered file, break II
so as to have sharp corners, and with a
straight.edge draw the sharpest corner
where you would have the glass cut; then
turn the glass over and do the same thing
OH the other side. With little practice il
is said glass can be cut quite we'll in this
way.