The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-02-19
REaTsE ANn FARM

mi Department mt Washington has
prepared Il table, showing the average
yield per acre, during 1868, of the prIn-
eipal crops In the country, and the av-
erage price per hushel on Jan. / 1869,
According 10 this table, in pennsylva-
MIA the yield per acre are rs follows -
Wheat, i2,s bushels rye, 1872 bushels;
barley, ef.4 bushels oats, 27.s bushels;
corn, 81 bushels buck wheat, 1876 bush
els white potatoes, 81 bushels; sweet
potatoes, 30 bushels, and hay, .3a tons.
The average price per bushel on Janu-
AIRY LIST, 1859, were: Wheat Sl.s9; rye,
$i.32; barley, i,65; oats, 81 cts corn, 81;
buckwheat, Sl.90; white potatoes, 93
cts; sweet potatoes, $l66, aud hay,
SIC per ton. The several crops of
Pennsylvania therefore yield tho fol-
lowing money value per acre: Wheat,
$25.Si; rye, $l7.42; barley $500; oats,
i7.79; corn, $50; buckwhoat, $l7.99
white potatoes, SSls4; sweet potatoes,
$i49.40, and hay, s2I,6 Due regard
must be paid TO the fact that some of
these crops, snch rs barley and sweet
potatoes, are only produced within mar
row limits, and cannot therefore be ta-
ken as fair specimen Of their yield
over the entire State.
Disease among Turkeys. Farmers
and housekeepers have had a plethora
of various species of cholera among
their cattle, poultry, &c. Horse chole-
m, cow cholera, sheep cholera, hog
cholera and chicken cholera, have all
had their day and their numerous vic
Tins, Cholera is generally incurable,
hence whatever attacks an animal aud
carries 1t of, no matter what the ma
ture of the ailment, is pronounced
cholera. The latest is the turkey chol-
era, which has attacked several focks In
different parts of the country, and is
rapidly reducing their ranks. 1t first
appears in the dropping appearance of
the fowl, soon followed by the swelling
of the head and throat and an incapaci-
ty to eat and drink. Examination
shows that the tongue is thickly coated
with white gummy substance which
fills the lower bill and ehokes the fowl.
a remedy which ifapplied in time, eff
fects a cure, is to remove the gummy
substance with stick, and fill the
mouth with lard and pepper. House
l-nDy,avs Xl-D1 onfa VfySth al Ha Il
struction of flock which cost so much
labor and care last summer, will do
well to note the remedy.
.SolcfRg cl0rer will no doubt be the
most expeditions. and cheap method of
restoring worn out lands, or to contin-
ue good land in a fertile state, that cen
beemployed. As manure it is worth
three or four times rs much as that
which is commonly hauled from the
barnyard. The roots of clover furn-
ish as much fertilizing material as
the top growth. They are strong and
penetrate to a great depth, and the
mechanical condition of the soil is
much improved by their decay. Some
farmers turn under the crop when
fully grown-say in June; others take
off one crop and turn the second under
others take off two crops and plow un-
der the second years growth, 1t
affords almost the only method of inn
proving high ground, where manure
could not he hauIad
Digestion Of Food.-Rice, boiled;
pigs feet, boiled, tripe boiledwill digest
in one hours time.
NenisOn steak, broiied; salmon, broiI-
ed whipped eggs, raw, will digest in
one and one half hours.
Beef liver, broiled dry Goldfish, boil
ed ; apples, sweet and mellow, eaten
raw, and cabbage with vinegar, will
digest in two hours.
Roasted turkey, roasted goose and
roasted pig, broiled lamb and boiled
beans, roasted potatoes and boiled pars-
nips, will digest in two and one half
/ hours.
Roasted beef, boiled mutton, boiled
apple dumping and Indian corn cake,
will digest in three and one-fourth
hours.
Stewed oysters, raw cheese, hard boil
ed and fried eggs, wheat bread, boiled
potatoes and boiled turnips, will di-
gest in three and one-half hours.
Fried beef, boiled and roasted fowls,
roast duck and boiled cabbage, will di-
gest in four hours, while roasted pork
requires five and one fourth hours,
Defend The Weak Cutlie.-Some
farmers are not as careful as their true
interests require them to be in separa-
ting weak stock from the strong and
| aggressive when the season of storms
and feeding comes round. In most
herds embracing any considerable num-
Der, will be found some animals dimin-
utive in size and timid inproportion to
their physical weakness, which the
more vigorous attack whenever mod
est effort is made to share in the food
supplied. They are hooked here and
chased there by the strong, and should
enlist the care and sympathy of their
owner. 1t will pay well to provide a
separate inclosure for such animals till
sufficiently developed to hold their own
at feeding time, or, till they are fit to
be disposed Of in some other way TO
advantage. Ifloft to shirk for them
selves they will be likely to 20 under
before spring, or should they winter
through they will be in condition so
exhausted al to render them next to
yalulc ss for that season.