The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-30
AGRICULTURAL.
LEARNING CATTLE TO LEAD.

one end around the horns of one animal, |
and the other end around the horns Of
the other, leaving three feet of rope be-
tween the inner horns; then tie their
tails together and turn them into field
free from trees. Let them run, pull, and
haul until they are tired of it, and they
will walk side by side and keep together,
Then take of the rope, and they will ever
afterward lead with the doci!ity of child,
even though the occasion may be years
afterward.
BEST SOIL FOR WHEAT.
The american Wheat Agricultarist
says the best soil for whea. is one in
which the predominating characteristics
are clay and loan, having neither too
much Of the one nor too little of the
other The lighter loan soils, and such
aluvions as have been brought froiu
clayey localities, will often produce boun
tiful crops of excellent wheat; and some
times mucky soil will yield a fair crop
of this kind of grain. But their fertility
for wheat will soon be exhausted. CAL
careous clays, gravelly elays, as we'll as
many soils that are a mixture Of all these
just named, with good management
cultivating, manuring and draining
will almost always yield fair crops of
wheat
TO PROTECT GRAIN.
A correspondent the Gcaesee Farmer
says that after the grain is in the bin,
and made level, we may spread evenly
over it quantity of slaked lime-one
quart to twenty five bushels, or in that
proportion. If the rats or mice come
upon it they will do SO but once-and
will, leave the premises. The lime must
be fresh slaked and perfectly dry. To
keep out insects the lime must be
mixed thoroughly with the grain. 1t
can be separated from it by running it
through tanning mill; on grain used
for stock feed it will do no ipjuIy-a
small quantity is rather a benefit to ami
mails.
KIDNEY WORM.
Swine are often troubled with disease
denominated by veterinarians as "kidney
worm" Corn soaked in very strong lye
made of wood ashes is said to be an infaI-
lible remedy. Salt and birthstone, in
small quantities, is a preventive, and:
indeed, the only one known. Comfort
able quarters and good feed are of really
more importance in the successful man
agemcnt of these animals than many are
inclined to suppose, and should never on
any account be neglected.
TO DESTROY sTUMPs.
The Baltimore Weekly Leader recon-
mends the following as being two good
methods of getting rid of stumps :-s: Bore
with two inch auger to the heart of the
stump, FIJI the cavity thus made with
sulphuric acid, or with crude oil of petro-
leum. In the first case, the acid becomes
the destructive agent within a few
months; in the latter, when the stump be-
comes saturated with the oil it is fired,
and will then bnrn out to the last particle
like a candle.
GOOD FOR CABBAGE.
At late meeting Of the Farmers Club
Of the American Institute, letter was
read from Mr.. G. E. White, stating that
a remarkable growth of cabbage plants,
rutabagas, and the like, had been obtained
by mingling about half teaspoonful of
ground glauber salts-sulphate of soda
around the root. It was also stated that
the fertilizing properties Of this substance
on grass land was good. The cost of this
article by the ton should not be as much
as the common superphosphates are sold
for.
The North British Agricuztmist says
in covered yards, shut out from the
direct rays of the sun, cattle do not thrive
as well as where they bask themselves in
in its cheering rays, and that human be-
ings living in dark dwellings underneath
high walls, where sunlight seldom pene-
trates, become the parents of an unusually
large proportion Of dumb, blind, and
idiotic children.
FEET OF HAY TO THE TON.
A correspondent of the Gernaanto,cn
Telegraph thinks four hundred and forty
eight feet of hay comes as near the cor
rect figures for ton as actual trial will
give him.
CARE OF STOCK