The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-06-28
agricultural
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.
ir you intend to fight the curculios ut all
thi. year, don't delay the operations until
they have s,ung nearly every fruit.
Every seed confirms three principles, the
organ OF nourishment, the nasccnt plant or
or plumule, and the nascent root or rad.
icle.
Mr.. Dexter Of Lansgrove, VI. has a calf
that ut "a hours old weighed l2S pounds,
and Mr.. 8. Carpenter OF Londonderry. a
bull. % months old, which weighs 400
pounds.
During the last two months, r L. Matt.
land, Of New York, has sold two Alderney
cows at $500 each; five at $500; one ut
$3.50 and three at $500 each.
A farm with shade and fruit trees set
around the house, will sell for from 5000
to $1,000 more than if there were none /;
while the girls will get more beaux, and
the boys be less likely to gettho mitten.
D A correspondent Of the Prairie Farmer
OF the Paris Exposition says, ~rhe compe-
,i,ion in ploughing has thus far beeu be-
tween France and England, resulting very
greatly in favor Of The English manufac-
turcs. The French journals attempt to
apologize for this state Of things. by saying
that The English competitors have brought
with them chosen ploughmen aud horses.
There is some point in this charge, yet
nothing but very rude, RECONSTRUCTED
plouxhs could do such ~vtched work rs
tho French ploughmen have. done. French
ploughs aro fifty years behind tho age.
BY planting Is or 20 common beans in
each hill Of his vines. correspondent Of
the Country Gentleman says he protects
his plants from tho striped hug, which
seems TO know beans well enough to keep
away from them. The beans must be pull
ed up or broken of Us they begin TO shade
the vines. ...... -,H ~ ...t
A correspondent Of the Country Gentle.
mnn whoss experience with the Brnhmas
was uniavorable, says he had got out of
patience with mis- common fowls, but when
be commenced with the Brahmas, wishing
to make q mir comparison, no give them as
good treatment as the Brahmas, and to his
surprise they have laid more profusely, and
thus Gar have proved, in all respects, supe.
rior to the Brahmas. ''dl o." '
On his return from late trip through
Virginia, the Carolinas. Georgia, TenDessee
Kentucky, &c. Mr.. Moore, Of tho Rnral
New Yorker, says, the crops Throughout tho
South are GENERALLY promising, and the
people OF all classes seem earnestly On.
;leavoring to reconstruct and augment the
Industry and productivcuess Of the eoun-
try. Ir ...r'
In the Sciota Valley, Ohio, the land is so
rich that for 30 ycars corn has been grown
on the same ground, and YET they who do
the work nre tenants and poor. in North
ern Ohio the land is 10 poor il is constant
y KEEP, ia grass, AMI yet they who do tho
work are the owners and are rich.
A Wisconsin farmer writes to tho New
York Farmers Club. that ifthe spread Of
the Canadian thistle Is not checked In It's
progress il will BE- bait short timo bofhre
tho producers Of wheat will BIO driven from
the great wheat fields Of tho West ~ Adam
was driven from the garden In the East.
A creosoted sleeper, put down on the
Stockton and Darlington Railway, in Eng.
land, in Augusta, 1871, was taken up March
IA, 1867, after nearly Is years service.
The gruin Of the wood, although slightly
discolorc,l by crcosote, is rs fresh and as
tough as that Of newly.sawcd timber. and
the odor Of cpso,e is as strong rs II the
wood had jus bocn opera,cd upon. 40.
In an article on. docking lambs, in tho
Mirror and Farmer, Or. Boynion recon.
n,ends soaring tho. bleeding arteries, not
the whole stump, with re.l hot iron.
The Canada Farmer notices Leicester
lamb which st four days old weighed l7lbs.
and q thirty days, Nlbs. Also four ewes
which havo pcoducod in fa,ir successive
springs thirty-nine lambs, viz 1857, seven
hmbs: 1865, eleven 1866, nino; 1867
twelve lambs. ,u 'r..H. ....r '"l ,.'
A correspondent Of the Rural American
recommends the following as sure cure
for lice on cattle Take one dozen or
more good sized Irish potatocs, pound them
fine, then put them into two gallons aud a
half OF water, boil thoroughly, then let il
cool, and apply rs wash to cows, calves,
mares and colts. and all other creatures
that have lice. .,,,,
J. Harris says in his "W alks and Talks, Y
that while il Is true that improved brce,ls
OF carrie will not DO % well on very iitrie
food as will the ''nativcs, "it Is also ir,io
that the "uaiives" will not stand high fcc,l-
Ing a. well a. the improved breeds. Those
who wantto feed high 30 n tn gcta largo
quantity Of rich milk must get cows with a
good share Of improved blood. a., q -. 4
tits said that 1887, l7l7, and 1857. had
the common feature Of being cold seasons
and tl'at 1867 thus Ear bears striking
resemblance to those years. 1917. was also
cold year, and there was a geueul fnil,
ure OF crops throughout tho country, ss
therr had also been the year previous.
Flour IN Boston at that time was sic to
e20 per barrrl, equal in those hard money
times 10 S25or $50 now. = 80
l,is estimated that thers arc q a,0OO 900
wssth ofsobaceo Ia four counties Of Vir-
gum. ~ \; IN - .',;,-' e. ..-s rrn a-I, T
A man out west got really TO plant his
potatoes before tho moon showed the right
sisu, and % ono dAy No went Sefy quietly
: iato shs 6sld and did up tho Job in GOOD
I order, being carcfuito iinish'At hight before
the moon GOD up ,oses whss hs was about.
The result WIS he bad a good crop, and
!, now bags how nicely be rteone ~, over
that potential orb ''s'U 81 hF'Hs - 30 'r''-'rt
!. 4 10 = U q Il. u, r..T. Egs4 D. r.t1.fl.
!, Richard MoGnw, Of Livonia, Mich, giv.
fcs the following ~ . preveptise Of grub In
the heed: Take feed trough pan tsr in
il; take salt and sulphuf I; put h over the
tar. Tho preparation wiii Prevent Ito yCEs.
fv,s Ovis from layiog 10 eeEs 90 the Nom.
brsne OF the nose Of the sheep. t., will
slso kill ticks, % that sheep which use il
will not Aavo dckou them. 60 = - -,