The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-05-06
AGRICULTURAL.
FARM ITEMS.

Last year, Z,t30 Daie5 Of cotLOu
were raised IL Southern Illinois.
Bv all accounts we have not had so
cold a Spring for years.
Wheat will be harvested in Georgia
in a fortnight, and a good crop Is
promised.
In Algeria, Africa, and near the
towns where NaFius unused and Cato
practiced pblebOtomy, land'Of the hrst
quality can be had from one dollar to
one dollar and a quarter an acre.
At Lyons, France, the Veterinary
College has been broken up by the
Government, because the young horse
students refused to pray for the En-
peror.
HOG CHOLERA The BoonviIle
ENQUIRER says Many of our farmers
are losing their hogs and young pigs
by this fatal disease, IN this vicinity.
Mr.. John Smith, living five miles
northwest Of Boonville, informs u
that within two weeks he has lost p
head, and that his neighbOr, Mr..
John, ESQ, has lost nearly as many,
by the same disease, in the same
length Of time.
Governor Wise gives a pressing IN
vitation to Northern farmers to come
to Virginia with their money and
strong arms to buy cheap land, to add
to the wealth of the State, and TO
keep down the negroes.
The Ohio Reform Farm, GEAR Ian
caster. has l,l7Q acres There are
over nine hundred boys, mostly Grim
inals, who behave well, who are en-
gagged in growing small fruits, and
their returns last year, after having
all they wanted to eat, exceeded
$1,000.
Wool-growers are still unable to
decide whether it is best to wash their
wool. In Central Illinois the sheep
men have built a factory, and they
sell cloth instead of wool.
The English wonder why foreign
manufacturers do not copy the de-
signs of agricultural implements
made by British artisans. Americans
are not likely TODD this so long as
with their own designs they carry
away prizes from the English and all
Europe. -
A practical farmer says his wagon.
tires wear out before they get loose, -
and the reason is he saturates the
feIloes thoroughly with liuseed oil be-
1 fore the tires are set. The .felloes- are
placed In hot oil for about one hour,
and are thus rendered perfectly water
proof. so that the shrinking and
swelling that loosen the tire are pre-
vented.
The March report Of the Statisti-
clan of the Department Of Agricul-
ture includes several items relating to
p farm animals.
The returns of numbers and prices
of live stock show a light increase
during the year in horses, mules, cat
tie and mileh COWS, and a decrease in
sheep. The New England States ex-
hibit a decrease Of from six to thir-
temper cent. il. swine. The South
ern States from FIVE to twenty-five per
cent, except Arkansas and Tennessee
which give an increase of twenty
three and twelve per cent. respective.
". Illinois, Ohio and Wisconsin
show a slight decrease Indiana and
Michigan, no material change Iowa
? Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska, an
increase.
4 A diminution. in numbers Of sheer
is noticed in every State, except New
Jersey, Arkansas, Tennessee, Yves
Virginia, Missouri, Wisconsin, Tow;
and Nebraska.
The decrease in prices is more
marked than in numbers amounting
e in many States to a reduction of thirty
to forty per cent. The aggregate de
crease is not less Than thirty-fve mil
lions of dollars, averaging nearly
dollar a head. Areduction is notice.
In the prices of horses and mules Il
every section of the country. In com
p~arisOn with those of last year, tn.
decline is more apparent in the South
ern States than elsewhere, owing {
J. the gloomy state of feeling In tn
cotton section, where returns wer
made, the price of cattle Is Teporte
higher than last year, In many of Tia
States with the exception of mile
cows, which have very generally de
creased in yalue.-PhGodephiG Be-
ktin.
s writer who says his COW gives Al
- the milk that is wanted in a family o
eight persons, and from which wa
made200 pounds OF butter in the yea
gives the following as his treatmen.
He saws; II you desire 20 get a iarg
u yield of rich milk, give your cow thre
y times a day, water slightly waTme
and slightly sailed, IN which bran IA
ID been stirred at the rate Of one quar-
to two gallons of water. You vi