Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-02-21

Minnesota has raised 100000
bushels of wheat last year. aBca
The cotton crop of Alabama for
1866, as near as can be ascertained,
was 329,415 bales. ..t.is5
There is no better fertilizer for
Strawberries than ashes. We remem-
Der, says the American horticultural
ist, that one of the best crops we ever
had was raised when the only manure
used was wood ashes. All soils will
not be alike benefited by such an ap-
plication, but it is always safe to use
ashes in connection with other ma
nures. lmsE5 lol .I.4qb -43l
For manuring fruit trees, mixture
of peat or swamp muck, with half its
bulk of stable manure, and about one
twentieth of leached ashes, will be
found very suitable. Tie compost
should-be piled for considerable time
and well mixed. If for peach trees,
soap suds may be added with good
effect. For cherries the proportion of
stable manure should be greater.ai}
p SHELTERING SHEEP. From the ex-
Perience of an English farmer it has
been demonstrated, that sheltered
sheep, eat one third less. of hnseed
cake, and two pounds less of .turnips
per day. And yet, Notwithstanding
this, the increase of those housed,
compared with those that were not,
was IA to g.. An equal if not great
er advantage, is derived by sheltering
cattle. .s+s.... ..,r .yo,t.,
To FREsHEN RANCID BUTTER
Here is fact worth years subscrip-
tion to a paper: To apint of water
add 80 drops (about half teaspoon
full of chloride of lime. Wash in
this two and a half pounds of rancid
butter. When every particle of the
I butter has come in contact with the
water, let it stand an hour or two;
then wash the butter well again with
pure water. The butter is then left
without any odor, and has the sweet
ness of fresh butter These prepare
tons of lime have nothing injurious
4 in them.
FATTENNG CALyEs.-As sensible
practical farmer says that he has often
noticed that calves would thrive bet
ter Oh milk that was not rich in but
ter than on what was commonly called
very rich milk. The nutritive ele-
ments Of milk reside chiefly in the ca
seine. II you have a COW that gives
particularly rich milk, and one that
gives a quality poorer in butter, it is
better IN every way to feed the calf
on the milk of the latter. The calf
will thrive better, and you will get
: rnoro butter from the milk OF the first
COW.
REMARKS ON BREEDING.-T far
mer beginning Improvement, the best
advice is, to get as good bull as be
can; and if he has a good one of his
kind, to use him indiscriminatelv with
all his cows, and when by this pro
ceeding, which ought to be persisted
in, his stock has, with an occasional
change of bull, become sufficiently
stamped with desirable exeellences,
his selection of males should be made,
to eradicate defects which he, thinks
are desirable to get rid of He will
mot fail to keep in view the necessity
Hof good blood in the bulls resorted
to, for that will give the only assuf-
ance that will transmit their own val
uable properties to. their offspring;
but he must not depend on this alone.
or he will soon run the risk of degen-
eracy.- Berry. -.0'i'H ans ~ '7
II STABLE EcoNoMY.-There is pop
ular prejudice against feeding grain to
colts until they mature into the horse
and are put to work. This popular
: error originated probably in the fact
that corn, from its heating properties,
has been overfed to young colts and
produced injurious effe ects. The
abuse OF a wholesome beverage has
interdieted It's use. Oats. the natural
food and fayorite beverage of the
horse, has never been found to pro-
. duce deleterious effects upon colts,
| though fed from early youth to final
maturity. The esculant5 properties
and mineral constituents of grain,
| that enter into the blood and perform
II the arterial circulation, ought to pro-
: duce the best bone and muscle. 1t
has proved Of the utmost Importance.
TO the early maturing of the colt, to
the development of good form and
fine substance. soaa a5aoW ane aq1,
j SwELLED LEGS IN HORSES. Many
: horses are subject to swelled legs
: In old horses it arises from congestion
of the legs, which depends on the
weakened action of the heart incident
+, to old age. There is not much to be
done for cases of this deseription.AI'
Another class of cases occur in hor-
ses of Emphatic temperament, and
the exciting causes are high feed and
want of exercise. The horses legs
become swollen, hot and painful, and.
the horse goes lame on the affected
limb. The proper treatment for such
I cases is low diet and laxative medi.
leine. In severe cases have some
times sacrificed the affected leg, but
this is only advisable in the early and
acute stage OF the attack. Half an
4 ounce of nitrate of potash may be
given. once a fortnight to horses that
are subject to swelled legs, and where