The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-10-08
Agricultural.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

ina no eNluCICo OF over production has
been afforded. Smith, Wimple & Co., Of
ter showing that the surplus hops in mar.
ket last fall aggregated much less than for
the previous year, adds: Tho mistake
then, was not so much of q mistake after
all, taking only the American growth into
consideration; but the miscalculation was
in the foreign crops, and the fatal mistake
made by most or very many Of our hop
growers, dealers and brewers mot except
ing s.. W. & CO.. was the starting and hold
ing our own growth so high that we invit-
ed a foreign article, much better than n
large portion of our own, TO supplant and
take the place thenative commodity should
occupy. We now see the error made in
the past, and ask the question, will we be
caught in the same trap this year, even.
should the crop prove q light one2' We
hopo not. The stock of hops ON hand and
unsold including the Bavarian, is proba-
bly, 20. 900 bales; and We will suppose the
brewers hold IS, 900 bales, which will foot
up 35, 600 bales, or one-third Of all that
will be required for the coming year; and
with a present prospect of growing double
the amount of last year, we ask again, will
our growers hold for a high price, or will
they fix the price 80 low that dealers can
ship our surplus out Of the country, there
by turning the tables upon our foreign
friends by placing our hops in their market
to compete with their own GROWTH We
place these facts squarely before the hop
growers OF the United States, and ask n
careful consideration of them."-Rurdl
Neto YOrRc.
IMPROVEMENT OF PASTURES. "A successful
farmer in this vicinity claims that many
pastures are so overstocked that tho roots
Of the grass and the whole plant are kept
so small that its growth is feeble, and not
half the feed is afforded that the laud would
produce if stocked lightly n year or two.
and the grass allowed to get a good thrifty
start. He has kept a large stock of cattle,
yet the feed in his pasture is 30 rank that
in some places n ton of hay per acre might
be harvested. This pasture s%ustains
double the stock than can be kept on nd
joining lands that have been habitunlly
overstocked / passed the pasture n few
days ago. The snow was n foot deep, yet
this grass appeared aboveit. Whether the
stock was cows, sheep or beef stock, they
never failed 10 grow and yield n profit to
the owners satisfaction. aud n decided in
crease over ~noighboring stock OF the same
kind H. Il. JAMESON IN Co1mtry Gentle
man.
OATS nro, of course, n most important mr.
ticle in stable management; and these, rs
everything q horse eats, ought TO be of tho
best quality. II may he thought that the
weight of oats is not II matter of great CON
sequence, nor, in fact, Ia II TO cart or COM
mon horses; but II is quite the reverse to
such rs we arc particular about in regard
to stamina, wind and condition. Horses
are generally fed by measure, not by weight;
consequently in giving light oats we nctu-
ally rob the horse of his proper quantum of
meal, giving him husks instead; and il we
fed him by weight, going on the principle
that n pound of lead and a pound Of fcath.
ers are both II pound, the principle
would be n very bad one as regards oats;
for, in that case, though the horse gets his
pound weight, If he gets an undue por-
ton Of it in husks he Is only filed with
that which is no use TO him; 80 in every
way light oats arc bad for choice horses. -
Prairie Edrmer.
RUpTuRE OF THE STOMACH occurs fire.
quently in horses; It is caused by falls,
forced contractions, when the stomach is
full of food, and copious draughts of wa
ter on a full stomach may also produce it,
II is not uncommonly the result Of stomach
staggora, OF tympanitic stomach, when
remedial means fail in those disorders.
The symptoms arc: Violent collie, during
which the animal lies down and rolls upon
W bhNhf hAiA nbliitAllllHn Bus uDbn It's
launches like II dog. The pulse is small
aud accelerated; the cars and legs are cold;
general tromblings are observed; the body
il covered with cold sweats; frequent
retching and vomiting occurs; and the ami.
NAL at last falls down and dies. This lie.
sion always terminates with death, and no
treatment can BIO attempted -Prdirie Fur
mer.
DWARF EvERoREENs. -Gardners have
lately turned their attention TO the dwarf
ing Of evergreens; and their exortions nave
been crowned with success. Mr.. Burgess
of New York, has produced n variety of
Arbor Vita, called the Commodore INIT,
which grows only six inches high. Az q
border for flower beds IL will be very
beautiful. Dwarf evorgreens grown in
pots are very fine for o%rnamenting piazas;
and few things give n house q more cheer
sui aspect than evergreens growing alone
or arranged among the pots of flowers.
PLUMs. Mr.. John Straight, of Elkhorn,
Wis, is making plrm raising q success in
spite of the curculio. He has one hundred
and seventy bearing plum trees, five and
six years old, IRON which he has this year
raised over twenty bushels Of fine plums.
His crop will be greatly increased every
year. He also has five hundred plum
| AlttN NlAift NfhlN biils lltN ult III klhlAAN
on Wild plum stocks, aud are thus render
ed hardy. Ho has five hundred pear trees
grated ON mountain ash stock, six years
old, which are doing finely.
Coon SEED.-We find in the Iowa Home
stead n statement, by Smell Foster, Esq, OF
the production of two parts of the same
field of wheat this season, both Of which
were prepared alike, and treated in the
same manner, with the exception of the
seed. On N portion very clean, plump,
nice wheat, costing S2.25 b bushel, wal
used; on the other ordinary wheat worth
Sl.75 to $3.50 II bushel was sown. The
good seed averaged 23 1-S bushels N acre
the poorer IS "a bushels u acre,
A HINT. BY enclosing the north side O
your vegetable garden with Il close planl
fence, and keeping it well whitewashed
you may enjoy vegetables much earlier
than without such n fence, or some Othel
artificial means of accelerating their
growth. The earliest varieties should BIZ
planted along such n fence, which will no
only screen them from cold winds, but by
rejecting tho sun rays upon them, hastei
their growth.
RHUBARB RooTs that nave become yer,
large, have q tendency to become decayed
{ and 10 produce inferior stalks. On this
account they should be divided after they
have stood two or three years. Thii
|, should either be done very early in thu
{ spring, or in the fall, after tho leaves havt
fallen. The roots should be separated
; width sharp knife, and parts that are de
cayed should he rejected.
f BUTTONS ON CATrLE's HoRNs.-Few al,
aware how much it improves the appear
ance of old or young cattle to put hand
I some buttons on their horns, They lool
) much larger and finer every way, and TO
fat cattle which the farmer wishes to sell
, they will enhance the appearance of the