The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1869-11-12
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

No"'S" "Ae oy1nS Oh ny scores with tile
murrain. :.
Gas't"r' mingled with whi,ewasl, applet
20 the interior OF her-house, a. the rate
Of one gill toe pailfull, it i. said will di.-
perse the lice.
o"'':e disease has appeared at Shrews
'ry' Mass. The bronchial tubes of the
slaughtered animals were found filled with
WORMS.
It. pays TO make COW comfortable in as
many respects as possible. Every hour
abe suffers from any cause. the mill; &C.
count suffers corr-spordingIy. '" 80
Forty thousand beef cattle, hound north
have crossed the Brazos river, at Waco,
Texas, the present season; four thousand
crossed in two surcess,2e days.
Farmers in Minnesota are paving twen-
ty-f"ur per cent. interes, for inunav to hold
their wheat, no. wishing to like eighty .,
eighty Eve csnts bushei for it. ''' 81.
The farmer who stints lis G.l,!s, :s rs I'LL
wiae aniimpscviIent rs hs who st,,rvrs hi-
w"tking ca,,Ie--in both c..sps he is ,li.ur,-
i>hing the ability of faithful serven. C tr
rsefa! TO him. "'':'.
The Ohio Farmer estimates the corn
crop III N"'thcrn Ohio will not be more
than cnr third All average, with bali ~ crop
of fodder. and ,la, ,he whole Stale will
not yield more than half crop.
It 's RI excellent plan to keep lump of
common chalk in The feeding though con-
stantly, after the calves ar. tu.n,h old
this will correct the acii,y Of the .,olnach
and have tendency TO keep ,h~m in IL
healthy state. = .. >"
A farmer residing in Dewitt, Clinton
county. rsiseI 2lo bushels of wheat ON six
ahd one-half acres of ground in 1868, aud
on ths same Geld in 1869 he raised 200
bushels, or an average OF 3lA bushels to
the acre Tor each year.
company has been formed in New
York 10 bring fresh meat to that marke,
from Texas, Tho en,iie hold os the ves-
sci is lined with uon-cohducting fell ; and
by chemical 'n.nns cold below the lree=
ing pc'a, will be kept rp. =
Milton M-r,iieId, Of Prnvifeace, caugh,
ihy-,~o rats in ''"ns night, b. exchanging
by rats for one OF wafer, ..ov-rng tha SUI
face wit chalt The 'va,E,.n,s" unsu,-
pec'insly pitche.l in. aud mat n wa,ery
grave. Tins is an oil hu, -x".iIeut ira,
where these animals are plenty.
correspondent If tie Dixie Fame,
gives report Of the sex nf ths calv.,
raised on his DAIRY fam tnis yra,. I'll.
hnll used WAS a two wear nL, AIJ.rn.v
The cows were Of d'ffe enl g,ade.- Tw.n.
~ eight cows pro uced Is males 4. ii 8 H..
male calves l2 heifers broayh, nius nal. ,
and three female calves. -.
At the meeting Of the Social Scienc:
Association. in Albany, New York. the fol
lowing abatement Was made III New York
alone, S32, 100000 worth of meal annual
'y is consumed, besides 80 900 900 pound.
Of butter, valued at $33 900 900 ; ~. 600
600 pounds Of cheese. valued t'$l4 600
ooo-a total of $40 100000.
An Arab pr"verb concerning the horse
Wa; The first seven years for my young
brother, the neat seven for IN tseif, and the
last for my enemy" So lar rs ths r-co.r,
m."'ls light usage during the youth IF H
horse 1t is worthy Of ace+p,anre, tu, til.
period of full s,rsngIh h aii as,ivit, is n,ade
too short. ii The horse is well CARED f:r.
The United States prolure,l twenty. Ave
millions worth of cheese, and hundred
millions Of bulte' last year. e -"
A Correspondent OF the Farmers Club
Warns people aga;ns, feeding the rhu6art
plant to hogs: he lost ssgvr~l by DUNG ii.
All plants grow stronger and rip.n net
ter wien the air circ"Iates freely arouul
tliem. and the SUN is not prevented fro M All
Immediate influence. "'' E g '''
i" easy 10 equal any fancy bred Gov
with n~'ive as a inilk.r. bn, if the daugh
ter Of 'iis native iis as good a COW. it is ~
accident, not SO in thoroughbred stock.
A writer in the C.uA,ry Gsn,Iena re-
o''nmsnds fast ening cows' tails to the ioin,.
overhead. in the barn where piIkiny l.
done, by nieans Of n cord and hook mad.
Of wire. j."
Many English farmers feed no hay ,e
their ~o'k horses, but keep them 10 high
working order with straw, roofs. aud shorts
The equivalent of IL ,ons of hay can be
produced OH one acre in roots.
A writer in the American Stock Journal
says that cos''vsness and its accompanying
evil ere he main cauae of SOW. DESTROYING
their young, and that green and other pro.