The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1868-11-28
AGRICULTURAL.

seed, aud onetenth pulp-has sprung up
a large, meaty, and better favored fruit
Maupay's tomato, somewhat extensively
introduced last year, when known, will
be cultivated by all lovers of tomatoes.
/ The flesh is thick and red; it contains
/ but few seeds, and very little water.
One peck OF fruit will make as much
catsup or camel tomato as one bushel
Of the common kind. They arc large
and smooth, and have one great alvant-
age over other kinds-!hc skin is so
thick, it can be removed without trouble
to the housewife. They can be as easily
prepared for the table as cucumber
keye's early tomato, 50 much praised last
year. is the finest early tomato raised in
America. Maupay's superior is French
seeding. II is claimed to be the earliest,
and our expe icnce proves it. We plant
ed last wear Tilden tomatoes on March
10th, keyes, April 10Th; both ripcncd on
August 10th. Mr.. keyes claims his to-
matoes to be thirty days earlier than the
Tilden, and we can testify to the truth
of his claims. This year, we planted the
three kinds the same day, and can fully
test their merits. keyes's tomato has no
bad odor to its leaves, and ripens its
fruit near the ground, and within few
weeks time. Tilden's tomato is also far
better worth cultivating than the common
/ kinds. It is large, smooth, well favored.
! and keeps we'll, as do the other kinds, and
does not decay rapidly.
| How TO MAKE SHINGLES LAsT-
Shingles that are painted will last much
longer than when pus on in the usual
| way. Some advise the use Of tar, either
dipping in tar before using, or tarrins
| the upper end of the shingles after each
course is laid. Mr.. Emerson, of II oils,
! Massachusetts, says. In communication
| to the New England Farmer, that
shingles laid IN whitewash will last twice
as long as if they had not been treated
with the lime. His plan is sometimes
! to soak shing les in thin whitewash made
with brine instead Of clear water. 1t
olht' tlufIS iC iatO HiS i1ItS III Nnic-
wash. When this last course is adopted,
| he lines each course of shingles as laid.
| with red chalk, then whitewash the last
! course laid down to the line, and after
| the buil1inS is shinslcl the whole root is
whtewashel. He speaks Of roof COW
erel with sappy aud shaky shingles that
had lasted twenty years, aud would last
several years longer. In mailing, he puts
/ the nails about two inches apart, and
does not drive them down, but leaves the
heads out SO as to keep up the bu!s nf
the next row of shingles to allow a cir
cuation of air.
TO MAKE Cows GIVE MELK-A
writer who says his COW gives all the milk
that is wanted in Il family Of eight per
sons, and from which was made two hun
dred and sixty pounds of butter in the
year, gives the following as his treatment
If you desire to get large yield of
rich milk, -ivc"your COW, ,hree times a
day, water slightly warm, slightly saltea,
in which bran has been stirred at the rate
OF one quart to two gallons of water.
| Ycu will fad if Won have not found this
by daily practice. that your COW will gain
twenty five per cent. Immediately, under
this treatment, and she viii become 50
attached to the diet as to refuse to drink
clear water when very thirsty, but this
mess she will drink almost any time. and
ask for more. The amount Of this drink
is an ordinary railful each time. morning
noon. and night. Your animal will then
do her best at discountiny the lacteal.
Four hundred pounds OF butter often
obtained from good stock. and instances
are mentioned where the yield was even
Il higher figure"
PROFITABLE BUSINESS A cores
pondent of the Lowell Cnuricr, writing
!. from Sheldon, VT. under date of July
14th, says:
sWithin radius of two or three miles
from where I stand, there are 400 COWS,
from which are made about $4,000
worth Of butter and cheese, annually.
Land is worth from $40 to $50 per acre
One man has 400 acres and keeps I'D
COWS. Othe:s have large farms and
dairies From one to three acres pas
ture Il COW, and two tons of hay winter
her. The gross income from twenty
cows for the season is about $1,000
Most of the farmers are in, or intending
to engage in this lucrative business
Thev seem To have butter on the brain