The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-02-15

The High Sheriff OF Oxrord,,.;.o os,uo5
last year, valuable prize, 10 De awarded by
the Royal Agricultural Society Of ENGLAND far
the best managed farm in the country. Tho
prlnclpai competitors were Mrs. Millinnton. of
the Ashgrove Farm, and Captain Dashwood
of the Kirtlington Farm. Asheroye contains
about 800 acres, Of which the rent was about
$4,000.
The ezpense of rent and cultivation, incud.
ing the iLteres. on $4,000 capital, was not
far from $4,000. The produce sold for S2s,-
600. These at least are the figures that seem
10 have been settled upon by the writers for
,ne English agricultural papers, who have been
discussing the matter very vigorously since
tne award was made, aud they do not prob
~ VarJ TAR from the truth. One item of ex-
pense looks odd TO us: $4,000 for linseed cake.
which was bought to feed the; beefcattle.
tor the sake of the manure which IL wopld
produce.
Kirtlington contains 1910 acres. The tent
was over $1,000, and the total outlay, including
interest on $4,000 capital, was about S53, 3,OOO.
The produce sold for nearly S60,OOO The ex-
pense in this case for purchased food was be-
tween $11 900 and $4,000. The farms in boil,
cases were managed by tenants who had no
permanent interest in the land, and the soil
n tboth cases was rather light and poor. From
all accounts, the management must have been
excellent, and both farms are, undoubtedly
fine examples of skilllul and careful husband
ry.
The prize was awarded to Mrs. Millipcton
In this country we have few farms on which
so large an area is brought under cultivation
and none on which anything like the same
system of management prevails yet there is
in every exhibition of English high farming
much valuable suggestion for us, and expert.
ence is being had there which viii at no dis
tant day be of the greatest value here
CHALK FOR CALvEs.-When an animal
is found licking his fellow, it is proof thai uu-
easlnesss is present in the stomach, and the
licking of his neighbor is habit contracted
by instinct, with view of removing the un-
pleasantness. Unfortunately instinct is not
at all times sufficient to avoid dangerous prac-
tices, and ii we take for granted that the
stomach is at all times fully charged with
acrld matter, we shall without hesitation find
a remedy. 1t is only necessary TO place with
IN their reach shallow tronehs, in winch is
kept supply OF common chalk. If an ami
NAL has superabundance of acrid secretion,
it will most certainly swallow some of The
chalk, which will as certainly neutralize the
excess of acrid. II an animal has not acrd in
excess, and partakes OF the chalk, it will do
no harm. 1t is often to late 10 administer
remedies to young stock, and the placing of
chalk within their reach cannot be two early.
-English Agricultural Gazette.
To make hens lay in wsnter, chop up pref
ty fine meat Of any kind-baked, roasted or
raw-and to about pound of meat put about
half teaspoonful of cayenne pepper. Mix
thoroughly; then feed the meat TO them, al
ways being careful to have them fed about an
hour before with grain Or other food.
1t meat is not to be had, then make mush
OF either corn meal, oat meal or buckwheat
flour, using one teaspoonful for twenty hens.
Never soak your corn, it is poor plan.--
Poultry must have hard food of some kind, or
they will have poor digestion, and then of
course other diseases. Feed the mixture as
much as twice week. In very cold weather
feed oltener.
Governor Perham paid an official visit 10
Wv <AciiSuitu al SohCSC u OiouO, istot WVchy
leaving Augusta Tuesday afternoon. The
Governor has expressed the purpose to be-
come thoroughly acquainted with the pracii-
cal workings of all the State Institutions, and
is making most excellent beginning.
A PARTY of New York gentlemen are said
10 have paid S65,OOO for the young trottipg-
horse Backford, in Scott County, Kentucky.
He made one race in public as three-year-
old, in which he is said to have scored 2.31.
FARMERS wife, in speaking of the
the smartness Of her son, lad six years old,
said: "He can read fuently, repeat the whole
catechism, and weed onions as well as his
father" Eyes, mother" added The young
hopeful, +and yesterday licked Ned Rawson,
throwed the cat in the well, and stole old
Hickley's gimlet."