Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-07-21
Gleanings from the Agricultu-
raj Press.

distant as possible from them, so as
to be out of reach of their bleatlng,
and they will then soon become
contented and thriving. The pas
ture to which the lambs are put
ought to be somewhat better than
that to which they have been accus-
toned, yet not too luxuriant, and
if the ewes and lambs can be turn
ed into it together for a week, and
the ewes then taken away, the lambs
will not then fret so much as would
be the case were they removed to q
field that is strange to them.' =
LISA good plan to leave some
OF the ohildless members Of the
flock with tho lambs, il the farmer
has the misfortune to have any or
separating the buck from the ewes
at the same time, and letting him
run with them, serves an equally
good purpose.
The New England Homestead
saws the market gardeners in the
neiphborhood of Springfield are
sorrowing over the failure Of their
onion crop caused by the onion
maggot.
In the matter of the County Agri-
cultural Fair, it says
"Now is the time to begin to
make your calculations for it. Oc-
tober seems long way off, but it
will soon be here besides, as cor
rect statement of the manner of
raising crop or feeding an ami
nal is more than half the value Of
its exhibition, it ought to be com
menced at once"
All Of which is sensible, and
should be acted upon at once.
In an article by a Reverend contri-
butor (Silas Ketchum), who eyi-
IDENTIFY understands what he is talk
ing about, it says that a man with
a competency in the country is
miserably poor in the city that no
man, in either of the great business
centres, can ever get much ahead,
if he has a family, on two thousand
year, which is above the average
of salaries and that, after throw
ing away long life for bread and
clothes, none too much or many at
that, it will cost five hundred dol
lars to bury him in Greenwood, and
then not beyond the possibility of
having another man buried on top
Of him, or being buried on the top
OF another man himself,
The Rural New Yorker SO en-.
phatically setg forth the necessity
of cleanliness in the matter Of "milk
things" especially In hot weather,
that we extract the point Of its elab-
orate and timely article; $3.50
"Again, when milk pals and dai-
ry.utensiIs arenot properly cleaned
particles Of milk leltin the corners
and cracks decompose, and become
a mass Of fungous germs, which
thus find an easy entrance into the
milk from day to day. And as
theee germs are not killed by com
ing in contact with hot wnter short
of 2l2o, or boiling heat, it will be
readily seen how milk will be con
taminated-~eveu in dairies where q
good deal Of attention is paid to
ccanlness-by the neglect in using
water boiling hot"
Without absolute cleanliness, and
cleanliness secured by boiling wa
ter, neither keeping, nor COWS, nor
skill can produce anything that will
rank as Grst quality but with this
cheapest Of virtues, the product OF
very indifferent pasturage, poor
quality Of cows, and even not very
intelligent manipulation, may pro
duce a good result
The Chautauqua Farmer, among
the most sensible Of our exchanges
thus sets forth its agricultural
aims:
"It should be the aim OF such
iourals as the farmer reads to pre-
sent instruction in manner that
will impress, convict and cause q
change from bad to n better hab-
it, With this purpose ever before
us, we have no desire to print even
one line in our paper that does not
contain food for reflection, or that
is not calculated to better our read
crs in some particular"
And It might have added, cor
given them Joy Of the reading,when
the work Of the day is done, aud
they take up their favorite paper
TO while away an otherwise weary
hour"
The American Stock journal has
the following timely suggestions as
TO the treatment ofmilch cows dur
ing these hot summer days
"Mllch.cows should he provided
with shade or shelter during the
hottest part Of the day They will
pay Won for this in the greater flow
or milk. They should have access
to water two or three times q day"
Not only two or three times a
day, hut at their pleasure and no
field is suitable for pasture that
does not have abundant shadc.trees |
which, IL not "natiye and to the
manor born should be planted or
snk eftt AZ once