The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-01

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AGRICULfUDAI ITEMS.
| Texas is now sending immense
droves OF cattle to California.
f. A Texas beef condensing factory
packs whole bullock IN II pound
can.
A Kentuckisn has raised 1900
pounds Of hemp from nine acres Of
ground.
The farmers in the neighborhood Of
Quincy, ILL.,, report that much Of the
wheat sown last fall is in danger Of
destruction by the changeable wealth.
er Of the last month. q
A correspondent Of the Ame,scan
AgricsItHrist says that good coat
of unrotted manure, pIoughed In six
or eight inches deep, is almost spe-
cific against white grubs on corn or
potatoes.
A dispatch from Los Angeles, CAL,
dated Feb. 18th, says: Gone thousand
unassorted California horses were
sold Yesterday at eight dollars per
head. and will be driven to Mon
tana."
The San Jose (Cal.) Mercury is n
formed that plenty of Chinese for farm
labor can be- had at IS cents per day,
by applying at the Chinese companies
in San Francisco, who willsend home
for them.
A California paper of February 18th
says flock of blackbirds, winging its
way southwark, estimated to have
presented column in line of at least
four miles, and about 20 feet in depth,
passed over Sacramento recently.
The wheat crop Of England, accord
ing to the Mark Lane Express, is not
up to the average yield, and the oats
crop is much below its average. The
Express estimates, from the returns
received, that the wheat crop will
only amount to 8S,G0000 bushels.
George A. Barnes and brother sold
their farm in West Brookfield, Mass,
at auction lately, to AlansOn Hamll-
ton, for "a, lao. The farm has been
owned by the Barnes family ever since
the Indians were owners of it, and
seven generations of direct line have
resided Oil it.
A Taunton paper says dozen
bushels of potatoes were dug on Fri
day, February 18th, on the Brittun
place, near Raynham. Mass, which
are as sound as those dug in the Fall.
The land was in litigation at harvest
time, hence the delay, and and mild
weather has not in the least injured
the appearance or quality of the escu-
lent.
Pick off the stones from plowcd
land, grain fields, and newly seeded
grass land, lay them in piles, so that
they can be loaded into carts, and
drawn off early in the morning, when
the ground is stiff. Large stones
should be lifted, and have sticks
laid under them, when the ground is
soft,that they, too, may be moved
when it is Fl Oxen.
For worms in calves windpipes, a
disease most prevalent in dry Sum-
mers, and often occasioning great
mortality, V. II. Hubbard, Rochester,
W., communicates the following re-
medy: Asafetida, three ounces; aloes
three ounces; vinegar, one quart
Give each calf tea-spoonful in each
nostril every third morning, taking
care TO hold the head we'll up to pre-
vent waste.
The Rene (Ga.) Courier states that
there never was o better stand OF
wheat in North Georgia and Alabama
at this season of the year than there
is now, and that fully The usual
amount has been sown upon better
prepared land than in former years.
The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle reports
that similar cheering reports come
from Middle Georgia, although the
area gown will fall little short OF
last year.
A gentleman in the Southern Plan.
ter and Farmer, Richmond, in speak.
ing of cranberry culture, says that il
has been the most profitable of any
fruit-growing in that State for many
years. AS to the cultivation of it on
upland soil, he thinks that the profit
does not cover the losses in dry sea
rons like 1869, and that it is better to
adhere to the old system than to risk
money and time in trying to raise this
berry i'm comparatively dry soils.
The New England Farmer says thai
J. G. Barnes of Fort Fairfield, Maine
raised the past year about 5, 400 pounds
of pork, to produce which he used up
900 bushels of grain, mostly buck
wheat. Some oats and peas were
used, and are considered valuable az
tending to harden pork. One of the
hogs, II months cid. slaughtered no,
long ago, weighed $50 pounds. The
value Of the feed is estimated to be
1870. Value of pork, at IL IL cents
per pound, S675.
| A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman, mentions that d. Shaw
Jr.. of Westfield, N. Y, has three.
quarter blood hereford steer which
will be three years old the middle OF
April next, and which weighed the
18th of February last, 1,525 lbs. The
steer has not been fed for slaughter
and is only in fine growing condition.
Mr.. Shaw intends fattening him mex,
Winter. He is an enthusiastic ad-
mirer of the Herefords, both for dairy
purposes and for the shambles.
In reply to an inquiry the American
Aqriculturist says: Potatoes, cab
bages, beets, rhubarb, and radishes,
will not mix if planted near each 9TH
er unless you raise seed. Corn shows
the mixture the first SEASON. Pump
kfns, melons, and cucumbersdo not mix
with one another; the different varie-
ties of each crop readily, but the mix
ture does not generally show itself in
the fruit until the next generation
Varieties of beans and peas mix more
or less, probably by the agency of in.
sects.
To remove warts from the teats OF
cows the Massachusetts, PlOughmdn
recommends tying fine silk cord
tightly around the root of the wart
when the COW is not in milk. That
stops the circulation of blood to it
when it will soon die and fall off
That is common and effectual meth.
cd. If the wart is large at the base
and of form which does not admit o.
] tying, you can burn it off by lunar
caustic. Get it at any apothecary's