New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-12
AMERiC4Y INSTITUTE FARMERS CLUE

No abatement in the interest no lack Of speakers,
no empty seats, no ebb in the flood of correspond
ence We have had many accounts of fat animals.
VIII the readers of the report favor us with
counts of what their farms produced the past year
in bushels quarts pounds, or cords y We think a
great deal of such accounts as that of Richard A.
Leonard, printed last week. and ask the prize
farmer Of Michigan, of OHIO or Illinois, OF Yer
mont or York State, if with 100 acres and three
hands ne can show bigger figures.
PEACHES on NORTHERN SLoPE--G. NJ. Birdsall,
Lawton Mich asks these experienced in fruit to adj
wise him on which side of the hill to set out his
trees.
2. T. Quinn--It depends whether he wishes to put
his crop into an early market. If he does he will
select southern exposure, but if he fears Spring
frosts he will select northern exposure. 1t also
depends somewhat on the variety of peaches he in
tends to cultivate: All things considered, however,
the north side will probably he found safest. While
this subject may mention, as curious fact that
the growers in Maryland prefer to have half their
crop destroyed in the bud at least one of them told
recently, saying In explanation that they have
uniformly found greater profit i'll quarter or a third
of a crop than in full one.
Isaac T. Trimble--We Ought to know another thing
about his situation-how far he is from the Lake.
and how much he is protected in Spring by water
climate.
Cows TO BRAG ON.-John W. Temple Of Lionve,
Pa, has the common native cows. The year past
they brought on an average something more than
net income of 800 each. We feed he adds. about
four quarts meal per day before turning out to pas
ture, and then slack oft gradually During the Win
ter we have our milk-room heated TO regular,
moderate heat, about Coz. by wOOd-stOye into
winch we put large chunks which cannot be split
for other stoves. On one occasion, III this room
chuTned in common old daSher-clIurn IN three and
half minutes, and brought excellent butter We
are particular TO put nothing hut cream IN cream
cans t. Co. no milk. Wheat-SCreenings and rye.
mixed with corn and oats, l believe TO be the best
feed. j am trying potatoes now.
w. S. Smedley, LiOnvie, Pa, ncighbor Of John
Temple writes as follows Aubrey Hoffman, living
in an adjoining township has two cows, huge Dur,
hams-from which he IL making now - pounds OF
butter per week and from of which, III the sum
mer season, when in her flush of milk, he has made
81 pounds of butter i'll seven days. He Is wealthy
old farmer not given TO boasting, md without mer-
cenary motive in making the statement as he has no
cows to sell. but would like 20 procure some more OF
r. j. Bussey OF Macedon, New-York forwarded his
STORY of four cows MIXED by him the past season,
the average time of cayng being April ls" sod
three calves, weeks old for S27 2 raised one worth
ave. n%'S erce "I Der pound 50 cents 7 ~ M
pounds pork, at az per hundred, SIS 16; total,
S597 40. The hogs consist of sow and seven plRs,
being 10 days old the 18th day of April, for which
paid $50 In addition TO the sour milk, were fed with
corn, worth slO 10 bushel, of barley screenings
wcrth s.: total $50. Product OF cows, s5l7 10 In
come from each COW. s29 42l. The cows we're fed on
nothing but grass until the sd day OF November,
when they were put upon clover hay that had been
| Summered over, and peck of potatoes each daily
| and are making now II pounds OF butter per week
I
| monds of North ColebToOk, Ohio wOuld know the
safest surest, and most etecual remedy for lice on
cattle. " r
| are the bane of the Ock-breeder the world over
| ''safe sure, and eitectuaP remedy has long been
| searched for and sighed for. CarbOlic soaps and
powders are coming rapidly into favor and receiving
the appreciation of all concerned. BY their use one
| can clear ont the vermin without lnIuring the
animal.
| IMPROVING THE MERINO EwE.-Newton Edmunds
of Yankton Dakota Territory: ] have upwards OF
1000 grade Spanish ewes wish TO increase Sc tilc
practicable. to meet the demand for such wool, ana
the market here for mutton sheep desire TO ascer-
tain whether the object can DC o
hardness of the herd. What breeds should be used
in crossing when herds OF one or two fhonsaha are
this country, think there is no State east OF the
Miss .sppi River that successfully compete with
purposes regard unsurpassed our grasses are hne
| and nutritious, and make first qnallty nay, %hlch
can be put in stack at 81 30 per tun' and the range
| f. ID Curtis-Spanish Merino sheep are the best for
large ocks The coarse wool varieties require cover
| confined in close quarters A of the Merino
with South Down will improve the mutton, but not
the wool. These sheep would be comparatively
hardy. Combing wool, the hghest-priced wool now
a-days can be obtained by crossing Merno ewes with
pure bred Leicester or COtswold ram. graded up to
three-iOurths blood but very much doubt II such
sheep would be profitable on the Western Plains, as
they would not be so hardy and as easy Kept as the
| MerlnOeS They would 90 well DuI L
| should be afraid of the Winter.
| THE CHEMICAL Man OF THE CLUB TALKS SCIENCE.
| Prof. James A. Whitney to certain knotty ques-
| tons pr0pounded. answers as follows:
QaestiOn.-;By j. u. Gordon, Shall NIX Inc morn
shavings and dust with ashes what is Their Vauc as
| compared with fine bone and common DarnyHd
manurei A. They should not be mingled with ashes,
but with fermenting horse-manure toleraby clear
| from straw; moisten the heap with llqud manure,
| cover with muck three inches deep to absorb the
| ammonia, and let tho whole decompose together
Horn sbayngs and dust are worth rather more tnIi
| bone-dust and will act quicker. Horn, weight iQi
weight has about 20 times much nitrogen as stable
manure and its relative value may be estimated I'D
| fine same proportion. j. u. GOOdby Ere County,
New York. asks how to puiveIze tne naru Iu',p9
sfted from guano without pounding, which costs TOO
| much. A. Jumps which show a whlte interior arc
one of the tests OF good guano and are better II any
thing, than the finer part ne pest way 10 ira.
them will be TO mix with halt dozen times theit
bulk Of fine EARTH and mix with Ilqud manure. re
| fermentation will soften the Jumps, ana inc Wh3e
may be made into friable mass ny turning WIN i'
| shovel j. c. Burlingame, ROckland. n. l.. ASKS
| VIII copper answer for eayetTougns ann lIpeo =.
conduct rain water from the rooi for household uses
A. No Use sheet tin, the cheapest and best natci,al
| Tor the purpOse. Copper Will form compounds ny
exposnTe TO air and water that will faint the water
and make il dangerous fOr use. a. NJ Morgan, lhele
IJorbor N Y. asks for filter 70 puriiy ram water
for drinking &c py an hfa inc Ss rarfcIes Of
dit NAV DC made of several layers OF hanDe CHAR
coal broken 10 the size OF kernels oil corn ana clean
sand but no filter VIII separate me clc,.JAl i.'P
tiles that often contamnate water and make IT dan
| gerons 10 health Rain water shenld never DC uscu
| when spring or well water can DO had. lis mos,
thorough publication may be secured ny n1liHe "
addition 10 iilteriDg Viii Barber. Downsvlle' N L.
sends three samples OF mineral supposed 10 DC pl's-
ter or gypsum. The material Is not the stone CON-
monty ground for plaster 10 has IRON pyIles W ~,
| minute examination VIII eh"oic ho W '''" ~
exactly as 10 It's value.
] PoRRsr TpRFs AND CASTOR BRASs.-G, Haines OF
| Mount Uoiev n Liam much pleased with the dts