The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-10-11
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

The maple sugar manufactured in Yer.
mon, is nearly equal in value to its product
of wool.
A coating Of three parts lard anil one
part resin, applied TO farm tools Of iron or
steel, will efiectually prevent rust.
At Mr.. Duncan's sale Of Durham cattle
ut Paris, KY, bulls ranged from S75 to
s4OO, and cows from S75 to $l275, quite n
number selling above 5000, and two above
$1,000.
Some lots Of wool bought in the interior
Of California, were found to shrink from
seven to thirteen per cent. OH being re-
weighed al San Francisco, in consequence
of having been sprinkled with water
The Practical Eniomo'oyist says. the ap.
pie worm or moth is running the apples and
pears in all quantities this yenr. From
PENNSYLVANIA to Iowa, all accounts agree
that il was never so destructive before.
A Wisconsin wine maker was ovcrtnkcn
last fall by cold weather, and some 5000
Ihs. Of his gnpes were frozen up in boxes.
Wine made from these grapes in April
was ono hundred per cent. better than
that made from the same quantity of grapes
in the fall"
Correspondents of the Prairie Farmer in
Morgan. Knox and Henry counties, III and
in Denmark, Iowa. represent the apple crop
ms very wormy and poor, while others IN
bureau county, H.. aud London, Va, say
apples are plenty, fair and good.
DIR. J. A. Warhcr, alluding to grape soils,
states that it is the very common opinion,
after many years experience of those who
have been eininently successful in tho cul
ture of the vine, that the clay cannot bc too
hard and compact for the roots of the grape
TO penetrate.
The influence of food on the quantity oi
milk is very striking. A half starved COW
not only Yields hut little milk, hut wlat il
Yields is miserably poor. On the Other
hand, the liberal supply Of food in nitro
gcnous and phosphate elements tell direct
ly on the milk. Nothing, therefore, can be
more injudieious than to stint dairy COWS III
food.
B. Mcclure states in tho Prddiedl Farm
r that feeding rusty straw to cattle nn,'
horses has u very injurious effect upon their
health and efficiency. The class Of dis
cases induced by this aliment are maras
mus. CHAMBERS. farcy, shin diseases, calnrrl''
al affections and watery swelings OF the
hody and legs. He adds that during the
last eight months out Of 700 horses ied up
on such straw, from 40 to 50 were OH the
sick list.
l.. T.. Petron, llighgatc, w., thinks itnn.
wise to abandon the cultivation Of corn and
depend OH the West. lie says, in letter
to the New York Farmers Club, tha, trans
portation costs so much that wc never get
il retailed there short Of 81 in silver, while
OH good corn land il can be raised for from
50 to IS cts. besides fitting the land for q
good crop of wheat, to be followed by grass
| On light, warm soils he spreads the manure
and ploughs or drugs in. On heavier and
colder soils he put some in the hills, to give an
early start in the spring.
At a late meeting Of the Pennsylvania
Horticultural Society, statements were made
showing the injurious effect Of the air OF
gas. lighted rooms on the health Of growing
house plants and on the preservation Of cut
flowers. In reply to the remark Of mem
ber that the injury resulted rather from the
dry air Of furnace heat than from the effect
of gas, Mr.. Meelan gave instances which
had come under his observation IN German
town, Of people noted for their success i'
window culture, under the old state oi
things, who hal failed after Introducing gas
although no change had been made in their
old. fashioned heating arrangements.