Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-04-30
RHYMES.
Farm Ann HOUSEHOLD


TIE chestnut teIegrapil-poles decayed
first, cedar next, and the loeust are still
standing.
It is said that if sheep are kept latthe
wool viii be ooarser than # kept only
in moderate flesh.
It is stated that a scientific oultVaior
near Athens, Ga, produced last year
fifteen bales Of cotton from three acres
of land. Tsn
Mr.. Bonner, b~elievingit to be more
natural for horses tofake their feed ron
a level with their feet, places bis feed
boxes on the floor
We learn fronfthe Edinburgil Fag'aaer
that Hsome Of the sugar plantations Of
Louisiana did so well this year rs to
yield sums equal in value to lands,
houses, and machinery"
The Commissioners of Internal Reve-
nue. has decided that farmers who have
their grain manufactured into 6onr,
and then sell the foar in any manner,
must pay a license 70 the government
Al correspondent Of the Formers ca
zette, published at Richm0ud, states
tina in the neighborhood of Suffolk,
a.sthe peanut crop has proved
profitable than either corn, cotton or
sweet potatoes.
At q recent meeting OF an agricultural
society in Pennsylvania, it was resolved
to set apart two hundred dollars toward
a fund 70 be used in importing insect
destroying birds from Europe. The
society extend an invitation to other
societies to join them in this enterprise.
Professor tYoelcher says: 1 have
shown that the amount OF woody more
rapidly increases toward The end Of the.
process of vegetation of the clover
plant, and pointed out the serious loss
In nutritive matter which takes place
when clover is allowed 10 become over
ripe before being harvested"
A writer recommends the following
practice in feeding chickens: "sor the
first week after Matching, hard-boiIed
eggs, chopped fine, at least twice a day,
wheat STEPPED in milk, and coarse IN
dian meal. bread crumbs, etc. A change
of food is necessary twice a week. sub
stitutiDg cracked corn for wheat
The Utica Herald SAYS: % Averaging
theresuIts of several careful expert
ments in feeding corn TO hogs, shows
tha two bushels Of corn m the ear, or
u bushel OF shelled corn, made nine
and seven-twentieths pounds Of pork,
while the same mount ground into
meal and miZedswithwatermad@eleVen
and one-eighth pounds Of pork
Mr.. William Church, Of Seymour,
Conn, is engaged IN p~isciculture, and
estimates that his present stock in trade
consists Of five hundred 'front.' which
will weigh from one and a quarter to
one and a half pounds each five thou
sand which viii weigh one pound;
twenty thousand which Will weigh from
eight TO ten ounces, and one hundred
thousand from two to four ounces. In
three years. time he thinks he will be
able to send to market at least two
hundred tOns per annum.
A poor farmer asked how I Kept my
plOughs so bright. I told him when
ever got through using them in the
fall I cleaned and gave them a good
coating of grease. He said the practice
didn't pay" Perverse person, does he
not know that the oil and labor cost less
than the waste Of metal by rust, and
does be not remember that my spring
ploughing is half done before his
ploughs are in working order?
His hens roost in trees during the
storms of Winter, and he complains that
they lay no eggs his COWS shiVer by
b side of the fence, and he complains
thatthe children eat too much butter
he goes to the grocery with a jug in one
end of the sack and a stone in the other,
and he wipes his nose on his coat sleeve,