The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-11-27
Agricultural Items.

inHeS Va eea"perries 10 narkeC bnk-
season. siBQ liFe hanod
The best corn crop on prairie sod "a,
reported is 724 bushels by weight frol..
scven acres.
A Pembroke, On. h. farmer has
pig which has gained pound and haif
each day since ne was big enough u
weigh sixty eight pounds. 1T
John johnson, the father of uplan,l
tile draining in this country, lives to scs
within the State of New York fifty twe
factories of tile drains.
A dairyman informs the Maine Far
mer that having tried various things for
sore teats on cows, he finds lard bes,,
the most healing and softening. 49,,
The Stock Journal advises a big hor q,
for regular farm work, and one that docs
not, without great pushing, trot moi. +
than six miles an hour with ligl..
buggy. sw
Cooked meal is nearly double the bul's
of uncooked, yetquart for quart it goesas
far. The difference is, that much of til.
food is undigested unless cooked
HALF a dozen eggs beat up with twn
ounces of salt, is recommended as SUR.
relief of cattle choked with potato or,
an apple, by a correspondent Of tlls
Country Gentleman.
Every farmer should have q compose
heap.--Collect every kind of fertilizc-.
and to prevent any from liberatins tn
gases, keep the whole covered with ear;h
/ Or uF7i5it IN luioh y.
The Journal Of Agriculture reeor.
mends the application of top dressi,...
of manure to meadows inimediately af,er
haying, especially on dry patches where
the grass roots are often lpasched anl
| killed III wet weather. ~
From six stations on the Chicago anil
Northwestern railroad 577 eight gallon
cans of milk are sent daily to the Chicas
market. The largest amount sent fr q
one station is 254 cans or 3,O32 galloce
from Dundee Set -
The Journal Of Agriculture thints
present Western prices for wool win ts
maintained, but sees no reason for mu. J.
advance, and doubts whether those wfe
have their last clip on hand viii gain
much by keeping it over.
Mr.. A. S. Fuller offers prize ,os s10a
to any person who will furnish hint 4
cheap and effectual plan of exterminatinw
moles from his grounds. He will III
satisfied with trap or poison, provided
the required work is done.
Mr.. j. Harris thinks steam threshin,.,
machines will soon take the place ofthe
horse machines. This, he thinks, viii
be of great advantage in the way of allow
ing grain to be threshcd as it is taken
from the field, and tie straw to be pu,
in the barn.
Hiram Woodruff says in his b.s.l.
about trotting horses, that pull ON botl,
reins will not bring up a horse when h,
has brokon from trot. A firm. auieL.
pull should be given on one rein, lettinp
the other give a little, as much as yda !
want the horses head thrown ont o,,
lire.
a very practical AGRICULTURAL cast was
given to the examinations at the close az.
the second year of the Massachusetts
Agricultural College by novel opening
exercise. Flom the Sophomore class IC
students were selected by lot, and gatl,
an exhibition of their skill in mow;..e
with hand scythes.
DIR. Mcclure, of PHILADELPHIA. =
Veterinary surgeon who has the care al;
several hundred horses, informs tl:o
Practical Farmer that he has Dey.e.
known the following prescription to f,il
of curing collie in horses: "Aronat: &
spirits of ammonia, half an ounce Laud
mum, one and half ounces; mix wi, 4
ono pint of water, and administer. Ii,
not relieved, repeat the dose.
DIR. Randall says it is not expea4.s
to feed valuable ewes unhuiled corn, but.
says it is not usually thought 20 pay t.,
grind corn for store sheep. He aIsa
recommends bran slops and roots to IN
crease the milk of yeaniug ewes,
1t is estimated that there are oye..
12,O0o,00o head of cattle in Texas alone
but prior to the war that State opl
contained 1000. 600 heaa Thn aar,a