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

AgricuiGurai k00i1s.
sESfs si5Ysfs l5ggl 1-fs Ut
M Hammonton, NJ j !, sent miIljs
quarts of strawberries to market fhn.
season. Sp, f,fas Gssisa & sf1sS fTr6 i3.ss,od
= = The best corn crop on prairie sod ySt
reported is 724 bushels BY weight frolr
seven acres. &. s,
81 A Pembroke, ON. H.. farmer hass
pig which has gained a pound and haif
each day since he was big enough u
weigh sixty-eight pounds. e.,.n
John johnson, the father Of splan,l
tile draining in this country, lives to sou
within the State of New York fifty tws
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 aud softening. i.s..,
The Stock Journal advises a big hor .
for regular farm work, and one that docs
not, without great pushing, trot MOI,
than six miles an hour with ligl..
buggy. go
Cooked meal is nearly double the bui.s
Of utn'cooked, yet quart for quart il goes:,s
far. The difference is, that much of th.
food is uudigested unless cooked
Half a dozen eggs beat up with twa
ounces OF salt, is recommended as sprs.
relief of cattle choked wish potato orr
an apple, by a correspondent of chs
Country Gentleman.
Every farmer should have composs
heap.-Collect every kind of fertilizc,.
and to prevent any from liberating I'll
gasscs, keep the whole covered with ear,lr
or muck
The Journal Of Agriculture recor-
mends the application of top dressi,.<
of manure to meadows iimmediately after
haying, especially on dry patches ghcsa
the grass rppts are often patched ani
Killed IN wet weather..
From six stations on the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad 577 eight gallon
cans of milk are sent daily to the Chicae
market. The largest amount sent ff i.
one station is 254 cans or 3,O32 gailora
from Dundee. ssa ts M e
The Journal of Agriculture thin.s
present Western prices for wool viii b..
maintained, but sees no reason for mn. J,
advance, aud doubts whether those VIII.
have their last clip on hand, win gin Il
much by keeping it oyer.
Mr.. AS. Fuller offers prizetof sIoa
to any person who will furnish hinr 4
cheap and etfectual plan of fexterminatins-
moles from his grounds. He will ii
satisfied with trap or poison, provided
the required work is done.
Mr.. J. Harris thinks steam thrashin,.i
machines will soon take the place ofsle
horse machines. This, he thinks, viii
be of great advantage in the way of allep,
ing grain to be threshed as it is tal,a
from the field, and tie straw to be pul.
in the barn.
Hiram Woodruff says in his bss.l.
about trottins horses, that pail on both
reins will not bring up horse when h,
has brokon from trot; A firm, GuistS
pull should be given on one rein, lettins
the, other give little, as much as ysiai
want the horses head thrown ont us
line.
A very practical agricultural cast was
given to the examinations at the close d
the second year of the Massachusetts
Agricultural College by novel opening
exercise. From the Sophomore class lts
students were selected by lot, and sar.
an exhibition of their skill in rnowsa :
with hand scythes.
DIR. Mcclure, of PHILADELPHIA. !
Veterinary, surgeon who has the care e;,.
several hundred horses, informs ti;o
Practical Farmer that ho has ney =
known the following prescription to fs,il
of curing collie in horses "Aromat,
spirits ofammonia, half an ounce Laud
mum, one aud half ounces; mix wi,
one pint of water, and administer. IL
not relieved, repeat the dose.
DR.. Randall Gays it is not sxnea;,,. (
to feed valuable ewes unhaIled ooya. bn,
says it is not usually thought Ia M t,
grind corn for store sheep. lie also
recommends bran slopa aud roots to Ia.