The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-08-17
How the Milk Business Improves III
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Dairy lands arc steadily improving
in the elements Of fertility, and arc
now in better heart for grain crops
than when CROWN. was made the
business of the farm. IL Is true that
upon many farms the yield of grass
Is much less than il should be, but
this is not so much on account OF
lack of fertility in the soil AS from
neglect Of proper culluro-allowing
weeds to creep in. oyc"slOckipg pas
lures, feeding down the aftermath OF
meadows, cutting grass when over
ripe, and other abuses which, IN
time, have served to lessen the pro-
duct. When farms have been prop
crly managed, and have received The
liquid ami solid cScrcmcnt Of stock,
judiciously applied, they have been
wonderfully improved, and are an
nually yielding immense crops.
The dairymen of Central New
York, where dairying has for n long
time been followed rs especially, arc
generally swell off rs to worldly
goods" and in wealth will compare
favorably with the farmers in any
other portion of the State. Dairy
lands we think have increased in
value more rapidly than the grain
lands Of the State.
Ilcrkimcr county, the oldest cheese
dairying county in New York, con-
tains about 27S,W0 acres of improved
land. This is dividedIupinto two thou.
sandfarms oflilty acres and over, and
ono thousand farms running from
three to twenty acres, or, in all, say
about three thousand farms. The
value Of products taken from the
farms in 1861, according TO the State
census as follows:
Dairy products, ..., 9j,ljbl"O
Grain products, ........ .,.. l,lOH,lSO
Some j. other products, D.. .2,52i,SS2
TomI,i year, ..... ...... .$6,70l,70l
Now if this sum was equally di-
vidcd among the three thousand
farms, it would give each farm 81
2Gl as the average income. But as
there arc one thousand farms that
run from three to twenty acres, or
that arc under fifty acres each, some
idea may be had as to whether the
farming is rs productive in its results
as in other sections. If we have
figured correctly, the average product
per acre in 1861, amounted to some
81. The highest annual product of
cheese sold from tho county has been
Il little above lS,OOO,0OOlb In 1861
the cheese crop Was only a lite over
1000, 600 pounds.-N. ", Farmer.
SHOOTING IN JArAN.-Thc pleas
ur & of shopping in Japan are thus IT,
Illustrated in Scribncr's Monthly:
In blandncss of manncrthc Japanese
merchant cannot be surpassed. Seat
ed on Il neat mat-covCrcd floor, clc-
waited say two feet above the street
level, his heels for II chair, and at
tired in u calico gown with flowing
sleeves, he salutcS his customer with Il
suasiyc voice, "O-hi-a,' which might
be considered Synonymous with
GLOW are you?' To learn the price
Of an article you say, ho.rall =
chow much?) Invariably an cxlorbi-
,ant figure is named, which, if you
have been initiated by some thought
full friend, will be repealed with
ici.ncd establishment. The merchant
at once responds, GLOW much you
OnC-half the price asked
will be unreasonable offer by way Of
compromise. A profound consulta-
ton then takes place among the sew.
cral trades interested all Of whom by
this time will have cmpticd their
pipes and risen, some of their num-
Der meanwhile shutting on wires
their little balls of the calculating
machine. If your offer is accepted,
several mods Of the head and Il ST
m%ultancuus clapping of the hands
assent. If rejected, make
no more than II trifing concession,
for if by any chance you are permit
ted to leave the store without n bar
gain, n messenger will be dispatched
in hot pursuit, saying, "Can do" A
porter is at once instructed to deliver
the goods.
PAIN KILLER.-ln another column
will be found tho advertisement of Da-
yis' Pain Killer. There is probably no
other preparation manufactured that has
become so much of II household word AZ
tho Pain Killer. For thirty years it has
before tho public, and tho innum-
orablo testimonials that have bocn CALI
lorth voluntarily, testify fully to its
merits. When You need II family medi-
elmo buy tho Pain Killer.
A WindinIl for Somebody.
In the city of Memphis, Tenn, Mt u time,
now not distant. ono half million dollars, in