The Lincoln County herald., 1870-01-06
AGRICULTURAL. DOMESTIC, ETC.

A correspondent Of the Country Gen
tlemap thinks that. If fruit tsses we're
planted instead Of naples, We could
have both shade, ornsment, and fruit.
Practical illustrations Of. the benefits of
such course are often seen. We have
10 mind two farmers whose land borders
on the road. One Of them mas a nice
row Of naples, which furnish nothing
but shade, and seriously injure his land.
Tho other has splendid row of apple
trees. They furnish shade, are orna-
mental, and do not injure the land near a.
much as naples. They also furnish .
largo supply Of valuable fruit. Believ.
ing the last example much the best, We
would recommend it for imitation. The
Horticulturist. ..,.
A correspondent Of the Davenport,
Iowa, Gazette, put two hundred measured
bushels of corn in crib in November,
1868, which were recently marketed.
The corn was kept in we'll protected
crib, and was 10 excellent condition when
sold. 1t was found to have shrunk forty.
eight bushels, equal to twenty four per
cent. discount from the original amount.
There was no unusual exposure to rats,
bad weather, &C., the corn was FIRST eual.
ity and he thinks the experiment was in
oil respects fair test Of the profit and
loss Of holding over.
/ A correspondent of the Journal Of
Agriculture 10 advocating proper fasten.
ings for open barn doors and gates. says
that more than half the wear and tear of
barn doors comes from slamming, 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 knocked down the prop which
had been placed against it when opened.
Dr.. Warder, Of Cincinnati, in q public
lecture, said that there was . way of
surely and quickly destroying Canada
thistle, and without great labor. Gentle.
men who are hesitating about attacking
these pests, because the more they are
rooted out the better they will grow,
should try this mode tits to pile straw
thickly on the surface where they are to
be found, and let it remain there. They
die for want Of light and air.
The N. y. Farmer says: None Of our
manures are used in state Of sufficient
6neness at least none that are employed
as top dressing or placed near the sur.
face. Even when plowed under in a
green state, they are not as evenly dis.
triduted as they ought to be through the
soil. The crops, therefore, are uneven
and unsigh'ly on the field, and probably
are lighter, as some patches are overgrown
while others are starved and lean.
A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer,
whose sheep we're dying from disease
known in that section as "papcr skin"
killed one or two of these diseased sheep
about on their last legs, and on dissect.
ing them, found the tubes of the lungs
filled with small thread.like worms, from
half an inch to two inches long, and Of q
whitish color. He then killed healthy,
we'll conditioned wether, examined its
lungs, and found nothing Of the kind.
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lapples in cold water, and set them over
the frc when soft, drain the water, STRIP
the skins of the apples, core them, and
lay them in q deep dish. Beat the
whites Of twelve eggs to a stiff froth
put h,lf pound of finely powdered white
sugar to the apples beat them to stiff
froth, and add the beaten eggs. Beat tht
whole to . stiff snow then turn into 4
desert dish.
It is said that buckwheat straw used
for bedding lives toek Of any Kind causes
nm eruptiOn of the skin. which ia troublc
some and injurious. 1t has been fire.
! quoutly noticed that hugs when feeding
among buckwheat stubbles are subject
to an eruption on the skin Of the necl
and cars, owing to an acrid juice which
exudes from the cuts Of the stubbles.
It's is predicted that Florida will be-
come one Of the largest sugar producing
localities on this continent. The charae
ter and soil are admirably adapted to il
D culture, and the crop is sure one.
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