The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-07-19
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AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

George w. Rublee Of Berkshire, VI.
made 1000 pounds Of maple sugar from 500
second growth trees, this spring. iae
Char.a washbum Of Reading. w., shear
Cd 81 Ia pounds OF wool from bis two year
old buck, which had only ordinary keep
ing. .l,-,. -
Mr.. Oliver Wilkinson Of Townsend, W.,
has eve sheep that has had and raised
twenty-five lambs in eleven years. ."'
'' DR.. A. NJ. johnson of Illinois states that
hog cholera does not prevail In localities
during tho existenos thsro Of Asiaic ehol'
era. .va;frr,,,l.s f,r al ri.
p, The Illinois Central Railroad alone trans.
ports one thousand bushels Of strawberries,
per day from Southern Illinois to Chicago.
Vermont suffers less from dogs than any
State in the Union, and yet five hundred
sheep were killed BY these useless cure, dur
ing the past year, In Eve counties Of the
State. .-rr-.-I. .ta
The grasshoppcr scare in Kansas seems to
have subsided, From some unknown cause
they disappeared this spring as fast as
hatehed, without doing serious damage In
any section. .1f'. -.
A correspondent Of tho Maine Farmer
recommends that the State College Farm
at Orono be sold, and ono bought wherc the
stable manure Of city can be purchased,
and where manure can be gathered from the
seaside
Last year 80 mules and 100 hogs were
wintered In Ohio on the product OF IS acres
Of corn, and they had II before them oil the
time. The foddering season there Ia usually
about five months In length.
A flock of33S sheep, belonging to Thom-
as Sanders, Eeq., Of Brook6eld, w., yield
ed 5000 lbs. ofwool. Among these 'were
the rams, Green Mountain, jr., sheering %
lbs, and Silver Mine, shesring 81 lbs. and 4
ounces. All arc thoroughbred merinos.
On Mr.. j. T. Warder's farm Of GOO acres,
near Cincinnati, Ohio, there are four fields
Of seventy or eighty acres each, on which
tho rotation is to turn over tho sod for corn,
which il followed by wheat, then seeded to
clover and timothy, and then moved or pas.
tured two years. ....
Ifyou havo screw rusted into wood, or
a nut or bolt that will not readily turn,
pour on little kerosene and let II remain.
In little while II will penetrate the inter
stices 50 ss to be easily started,
Tho Shenandoah Valley (Ya.) farmers have
recovered from tho effects OF the war to some
extent, and now have growing the largest
and finest wheat crop ever raised In that
section.
The Prairie Farmer states that DR.. Hull
has adopted the plan OF planting plum trees
at stated intervals In his orchards Of peach,
cherry, &C., as nearly oil tho curculios can
be caught upon them 30 long os there 10 any
fruit 70 sting. ...s. %.
The number Of sheep returned by the au.
di,or Of the county Of Portage, Ohio, In
1866. was 1877, 633 while tho number for
1867 10 but l2i ,427-a decrease Of l3 ,296 in
q single county, equal to falling OF Of one
million In the whole State.
Mr.. II. Murray Of Clay, Illinois, has
plastic slats roof which has been on eight
months, and after three hours rain the wa
ter has bad taste, which units it for q
cistern. Besides this 1t gives tho water .
yellow tinse, which strikes into tho white
clothes when washed.
Professor Tandervier states The grnpc
growers on the Rhine, after experimenting q
thousand years have found that = particular
grape ID required for particular soil, which
70 Of limitedicxtent, and that guiana, when
applied, % injured the quality OF tho wine
that the guano had to be dug out and
thrown away. y
Hiram Bartlett, in . late address before
the Ohio DsiIymen's Association, ma,io tho
following statement: The amount Of cspi.
tai invested in the dairy business Of Ohio IL
estimated at s264, ,62s $50, at which the
cows at $50 each, amount to x3i i,5l6,7 $50 !;
the land st $50 per scre, $2O7 ,IOl 100
teams and implements. $o3,0ll 900. In
1865, the number OF milch cows In Ohio was
Cos, ,337 the butter product, 32,554 1896
pounds, and the. cheese product, l0,9i12l2
pounds.
During q laso visit 10 the farm ofMr. J.
T. warder. near Cincinnati. The editor Of
the Country Gentleman was informed that
In thirty years four wheat crops bad bssn
lost-in two instances from rust, and twice
nom ireeaing out The crop Of 1866 vas q
total isilurs, from the latter cause Through.
oss almost tho whole Of this part OF Ohio.
On LIS aores Mr.. wsrdsr did not cut sim
gle :hcsi! Land, labor, and soed. wsrs .
total loss
A correspondent Of the Lamoillc News
Dealer says he successfully defends his
vino patches In this way: "iay a hoard,
one OF moro according to the sixe OF your
patch, between tho rows, in such manner
as to afford shelter to toads in the daytime,
and lsax. is Nrdisa,r rhcl 40 that il,ev ,s;ll