The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-05-20
aICCITURAL ITEMS.

The Legislature of California has
appropriated to the State Fair, at Sac
ramentO, $1,000, and to each of the
district fairs $4,000.
The directors of the Sacramento
Valley Beet Sugar Association have
determined to enter largely this year
into the manufacture Of sugar there
from.
y writer in the American Agricul- !
tur1st says 81 have little over 100
acres under cultivation, and my mot
to il, 'PlOw deep, and manure as YOU
60 1t does best for me-"
Benz p. Ware, Esq, in an address
before the Essex County, Mass, Agri-
cultural Society, said that Ayrshire
stock has proved the best adapted to
pastures, and for milking qualities,
heads the list.
The South Bend, Indiana, Register
says:-" Thomas ROckhill, of this
place-himsclf over 70ycars of age
is doing his corn blowing this Spring,
with 4 span OF horses, one of which is
70 and the other q years Old"
4 writer upon onion culture in Eng
land says the best way to get large
firmly the seed is then to be sOWn
OH the compact surface and covered
with 4 rich compost of the usual
depth.
( The New York Observer says -
" a mulberry gate post was shown us
recently, that was then sustaining
| gate, both of which had been in that
place over 60 years, and the post seem
cd good for 30 years more
/ 4 choking horse may often be re-
lieved by pouring a quantity of water
sole car of the animal, which will
cause MIN to shake his head violently
and the obstruction viii be speedily
dislOdged; if necessary, repeat the
operation, but the first dose will gene
rally suffice.
4 correspondent of the Rural New
| Yorkcr has been feeding wheat to his
''shOats" with satisfactory results.
| He is convinced that it is cheaper
| food for hogs than corn, at the pres
emf prices. DE boils the wheat until
it Is thoroughlyFcookC which nearly
doubles its bulk.
The Mequokcta, Iowa Excelsior,
says that the jackson County Agri-
cultural Society has purchased 80
acres of land three fOurths of a mile
from Main street in that city, for the
purpose of permanent Fair grounds,
and that the track is to be made at
once, and the fencing done during
the Summer.
The four famous oxen recently
marketed in New York and fed by
George Ayrault. aVcra gcd $500 lbs.
live weight when killed, having lost
so pounds each while at market. At
one time the largest weighed $500
pounds. 1t is said that no records can
be found of heavier bullOcks in Eng
land or elsewhere. -
The Warsaw mo Tims
hunters and prospectors
quite plenty in that vicinity
raj weeks past, and there has been
considerable changing hands in real
estate. The prospect of a railroad has
also induced the entry of the rough
lands in Benton and Hickory counties
which have hitherto been considered
as not worth the entrance fee.
A correspondent Of the Rural New
y Orker says mare should not be used
for breeding until five years old. Old
pS make any difference, if-
> sound, and Of good con
stICdtiOn' by all means use your be y
mares. | have u colt foalcd June
1865, that was awarded three
premiums last Fall. The dam
years old, and now, at the ag9~
Afarmci~ snecticu1
i piece Of new
barley, rye th
the oats; Gu nd
got small -cr0f q
applied plastcry(nt n
mcnt was pcrccptlble.
Fall he put on Oldish m5gsU1 about
10 loads per acre. lie has cVt grass
on this meadow three seasons since,
and it has produced over ffour-fOld
more than before top dressing.
The cows belonging to a mining es-
tablishment in Nicaragua, drank wa
ter from trough i'm which the mercu-
~ used by the miners was occasion
ally washed. Persons who used this
milk became severely salivated, but
the cause was not discovered for some
time, as the cow snOt at first show
the effects Of poison. But after
wards thszloCcamc reduced in cOndi-
tion-a1)d their gums much swollen,
pine, though not all, died. Dis
81 traces of mercury were found III
The milk by analysis.
In lecture delivered 1T Rockford,
by L. W. Lawrence, he says =" Ny
practice has always been to take off
crop of hay carly, and the ground
being in good condition the second
crop will be as good as the first. This
| pillow under, WECmabOut half the seed
Will grow. The following Spring |
SOW wheat upon this ground and al
most invariably get {, good crop.
When this ground is plOwCd again
the clover seed is thrown up to tine
surface, and invariably will be better
stocked with clover than when the
seed is sOMn-
a -, ChilsOn, living
near GiraFd, Ohio, tf1iIking to rid his
cornffcld Of a troublesome ground
hog, managed to administer TO the
quadrupCd q dose OF strychninC which
Killed him nearly Instantly. The car
Cass was suspended to a tree, where
the crows soon Cspicd the saVOry bit,
and proceeded to appeasC their appG-
titles. After partaking of the meal,
the crows would fly 4 short distance,
as if in agony. and fall dead to the
ground. The bones, being thorough
y stripped of the flesh, remained eN-
posed to the bleaching influence Of
sunshine, rain, and frost for nearly
two years, when. falling to the ground,
u highly-prizcd dog masticatcd parts
of them, and died ten minutes after
ward.
\ writer in MoOre7 Rural New
Yorker gives The following directions
in the treatment of Poll Evil :-"Cast
the horse and cut the affected part
out, always keeping in view that the
incisiou must DC with the grain of the
flesh. so that 10 arteries be cut off: