The Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Ind.) 18??-1920, 1870-06-30
AGRICULTURAL TINS.

y flock Of LOO sheep at Dry
Creek. Washington Territory, re-
Gently sheared, averaged six
pounds to the fleece.
\ Maine farmer of HodgdoI, has
sheep that dropped lamb,
which, when IL hours old weighed
ii and one-half pound.
Moulting fowls should have a few
nails placed in the water furnished
for their use. The rust OccasiOned
by the nails renders them less liable
10 disease.
. Hon. w. c. Flagg, referring to
methods of instruction for farmers,
says "the first in point Of time, and
certainly the first in value, to-day,
are our agricultural newspapers.
The Minneapolis, Mimi, Farm
ers' Union says:-"We have reli-
able reports from all over the State
10 the effect that the wool crop has
come in much more satisfactorily
than for the past three or four
years"
Fish where caught in great
quantities are often used rs fertil-
izers. They are good for any crop;
and may be put in the hills of corn,
/ potatoes, etc. or thrown into the
burrows while blowing and covered
by the plow.
The New England Homestead
says that Mr.. j. y. Bagg, of West
Springfield, Mass, is about to pre-
pare another volumn of that valu-
able work to breeders of Ayrshire
stock. 1t will be issued the latter
part of this year.
The Ohio State Fair will be held
at Springfield, September II to l6.
Competitor opened to ell the States,
and the premiums have beer so in
creased that the aggregate will
amount to more than S25, 000-the
largest sum ever offered by any
State Society In the Union
The Country Gentleman considers
plaster one of the cheapest fertil-
izers used in American farming,
and says:-"Where plaster is APP
piled to clover and other grasses to
manifest advantage, there can be
little doubt that from $50 to 500
worth of hay is realized for every
ton sown at the rate of 100 pounds
pr acre"
The London Lancet says that a
testimonial i'm money has been sub
scribed for presentation to Baron
Liebig:-"At the Baron's request,
however, it Is TO be devoted to the
foundation of a prize, to be called
the Liebig Medal, and TO be from
time to time awarded to the sien-
tifie investigator in agricultural
chemistry"
Anew England farmer gives the
following as a remedy for film on
an animals eye: Pound and rub
alum into powder, making it as
fine as flour. Fill common
goose quill partly full with it, and
from that blow it into the eye. Bat
if the eye is bruised by u blow, that
is another matter, and the alum
would probably do no good.
The Irish Farmers Gazette says
the only remedy for bloody muir
rain is to open the bowels thorough
ly. Give n pound of EPSON SAILS
and a pound of treacle in Cruel or
warm water, and repeat the same
i'm half doses every six hours until
purging commences. Keep the
bowels open by small doses of lin
seed oil; and the diet should consist
Of washes, linseed, cruel and fresh
cut young grass.
Joseph Harris, Esq, in his
"WalkS and Talks on the Farm"
In the American Agricultural says:
mo matter what branch of farm
ing we discuss either theoretically
or practically. we are brought back
TO the old, old story that, as a basis
of successful operation, we must
have dry, clean land. Everything
must be directed To this one point,
we can do. nothing without it; we
can do everything with it,"
At n late meeting of the Little
Falls, y. y, Farmers Club, Judge
Grave of Herkimer stated that he
soiled a horse from early in July
until the grass ceased TO grow in
the Fall, from one-eighth of an acre
Of land. The land was in good
condition and was seeded TO orchard
grass. Each morning while the
dew was on he cut enough TO last
until tho next morning. Besides
the grass, he fed but one peek of
oats day.
European papers announce an in
ternational trial OF reaping ma
chimes to take place during the lat
ter part ofJuly, ut Evry-sur-Seine,
France-also 10 be continued in
August upon two farms ut Senlis.
Intending exhibitors must make
application the lst of July 10 the