The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-03-22
Agrifaltnral.
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

SiVO ANNUALLY, or ID cents per week Tor
each laborcr.
According to Mr.. Lawes' estimate, the
manure from ton Of wheat straw Is worth
SECS, while that from a ton Of clover is
worth S0.64. ssE
A writer for the Maine Farmer, whose
shutter wouldn't come" fed garget to his
cows. and had no trouble afterwards.
Tho Canada Farmer mentions an OK.
poraiion Of apples frnm Oxford county.
Can, to the English market at an encour-
aging proiL
The New Orleans papers announce the
arrival there Of one Of Fowler's English
Steam Plows. Its trial on the fair grounds
near the city was Witnessed l,y large com.
pany Of planters and others.
Dr. Fitch, the State cn,omologist ofNew
York, reports tha, the canker worm has
been discovered in large numbers at Gene.
va and neighborhood. lie recommends
tarring the trees
II is no uncommon thing in Scotland for
farmers who enter upon lease of 10 years
to inves, some $50 to SIS per acre on
drainage, lining and other improvements.
The Ruml New Yorker says that the
wood buycrs Of Western New York have
called convention at Rochester, March 10,
to ngre upon some principle Of adapting
prices to the quality and condition Of wool
offered for sale.
Il is stated that in a single county In the
western Stntes, infested by tho potato hug,
500 acrcs Of potatoes had been wholly de-
struyed, aud the owner Of one farm esti.
mated that he had 100 bushels Of these in
sects OH his grounds.
A correspondent Of the Western Rural
1t Lawrence, Mich, says, "Most Of tho
farmers here have hop.yards, or are intend
ing to pu, out yards in the spring. They
are buY getting ont hop poles. which are
in good demand; worth SI to SIS per ton
delivered"
In the Niagara river there is an island Of
100 acres where peaches never fail On
both sides, the water flowing rapidly, never
frcczcs, so tho trees arc not killed ly m
tense cold. A few years since this small
,ract was purchased for fivo dollars per
acre. Last year the crop Of peaches alone
sold for $1,000.
A correspondent Of the Rural New
Yorker, who tried the horizontal method
Of trimming hops with short poles, on ten
acres last year, is now substituting long
poles. lie says the labor Of trimming the
vines Is very great, rs they will not rln an
inch around twine horizontally, and when
grown iu that way the vines arc 20 thick
and shaded a. to lessen the crop and in
erase the labor OF picking.
A correspondent Of the Country Gentle.
man says that chilled lamb requires q
greater degree Of heat than is generally
supposed. lie places them near or under
stove that heats the zinc so that you can
not hold your hand on il, with COOL fire
co,nI;,r,,hls 70 your hands =. vo,, ,,rn .nd
handle the lamb.
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expcr;u,cnt, one season, he fs.l them with
IN, ,ee,l,. and ,b, milk considerably de.
cr,a,ed. In ,br., days ai,sr tukinp ON, the
seeds. ",be milk was double anil quite NJ,
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