The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-08
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.


A farmer in Maine has shOrt-horn
heifcr, coming three years old that
girths seven fee: and one inch, and
weighs 1,62O pounds.
DIR. Randall says, that lie does not
believe that the American Merino can
be improved by any cross whatever,
for the greatest production of medium
fine wool.
III. T. Gates, at New Worcester,
Mass, has turkey that carries a
feathered crest OH its head, and when
it .tgobblcs," "Opens and sports it like
peacock. 1t is rare bird.
Baltimore complains that hogs dy-
ing from pneumonia are slaughtered
there for home consumption, and that
diseased fowls are converted into Bo-
logna sausages for its citizens.
Successful farming is made by at
tcntion to little things. The farmer
who does his best, earns his money
with hest appreciation, and uses it
with best results. Such men are the
salt of the earth.
At recent term of the Criminal
Court of Chester county. Pennsylva-
mia, man enlarged with having OBJ
noxious weeds on his farm, and al
lowing them to grow, TO the great
damage of his neighbors," was found
guilty and sentenced to pay fire of
| $40 and costs of prosecution.
Medina county. Ohio, has cheese
factories, each averaging 500 cows.
The largest factory made 10000 lbs.
of cheese last year. Numerous new
cheese factories are going up in the
| Western reserve, and English dairy
men arc cmigrating there.
Those who think our cultivated
lands must grow poor as they grow
old, will find food for reflection in the
fact that not many years back, the
average yield of wheat per acre in
England was about 10 bushels--it is
now over 80 bushels. Brains accom-
plish it.
A correspondent of the American
Agriculturist in Montana, states that
stock fatten and thrive on the wild
bunch grass of that section all the year
round, prefcrring it even in January
! to well-curcd hay, and that cattle and
horses keep sleek and fat on it all the
year round.
| If horse is compelled TO run when
his head is held in vertical position,
the gravity il thrown too far back,
and he advances with difficulty. The
ears may be called induces of a horses
mind. Intelligent animals prick up
their ears buck. 4 blind horse directs
one ear forward and one backward,
and in u deaf horse the ears arc with
out expression.
4 Texas correspondent of the Sou
thern Cultivator writes: l notice AN
inquiry, "What would cure a horse
of the hcave or thumps!' Put some
water in bucket-anything that he
| can drink out of, and then take two
bricks and rub them together until the
water is full of the brick dust, and let
him drink no other water until he is
well. l have tried it, and | know il
will cure.
The rise of sap in trees and plants
has been explained OH the principle of
capill.ry attraction, but NJ. Becquerel
considers that electricity is an acting
cause. A capillary tube that will not
allow water to pass through it, does
SO at once Oh being electrified, and
he considers that electl o-capillarity is
the efficient cause of sap travelling in
vegetable life.
Lands are made TO increase yearly
in fertility, mainly in three ways-by
buying commercial fertilizers, by buy
ing rich food for animals and saving
ali their droppings. That farmer UNI
derstands his business who knows
which mode is best for him. The
most successful farmers practice all
three.
a correspondent of the Journal of
Agriculture in advocating proper fas-
Jennings for open barn doors and gates,
saws that more than half the wear and
tear of barn doors comes from slam
ming, and that when boy he came
very near being killed by barn door
which was closed with great force by
gust of wind. The cattle had knock
, cd down the prop which had been
placed against it when opened.
Trichina spiralis ilas been develop
ed perfectly i'm fatal case which oc-
Cured in Bridgeport, Conn. The
| cysts, or minute worms, as some Of
the faculty broadly class them,
amounting to 10000 in a square inch
of the flesh of the deceased.
Senator WIN. NJ. Tweed's stable in
Forticth street, New York, is three
stories high, built of light stone, with
Mansard roof cost $4,000 without
the lot, and is equal in style 10 Fifth
avenue dwelling. Window glass that
cost $3.50 pane adorns the windows,
and rich Brussels carpets are ON the
floor.