The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-04-25
AGRICULTURAL NOTES

nursery at the Kansas Agricultural Col
lege.
According to scientific journal, wood
soaked in a strong solution of common
salt, is thereby protected against decay,
especially when placed under ground.
Secretary j. III. Klippart, Columbus,
Ohio, will give information to all who may
desire to know more concerning the grand
trial of farm implements to be held at
Springfield, June Is.
The Agricultural Society of Wisconsin
has published ten yearly volumes of trans
actions, and brought up the receipts of the
annual fairs from $500 to $4,000, and
all this, too, without dollar from the State
treasury.
"A peach-grower speaks well, in the
Boston Cuttipator, of the black ant, whose
only object he says in travelling up and
down the tree is to destroy the lice which
frequently congregate upon the young and
tender leaves.
William Orr, Hamilton, Ontario, said
he prevents the depredations of crows by
scattering few kernels of corn .on the
surface of the field. He has yet to find
any crow fool enough to dig and dive for
what he can have without this trouble.
The Country Gentleman, is glad to know
that there is prospect of the importation
into the United States, next spring, of Nor
folk Polled cattle, the merits of which for
the dairy, as we'll as their symmetry of
form, have been frequently referred to.
They have been bred with care, and during
the past ten years, as we are assured, have
been considerably improved.
"A bill has been introduced by Senator
Morrill,, of Vermont, and referred to the
Committee on Education and Labor, APP
propriating to each state in which agricul-
tural colleges have been established in ac-
cordance with the law of 1862, / ,0OO, 900
acres of public lands for their further en-
dowment and support. No mineral lands
are to be taken under this act.
The late General Ewell, of the Con-
iederate army, owned three thousand nine
Tennessee, one thousand two hundred of
which were under cultivation. lie had one
thousand two hundred sheep, Southdowns,
Cotswolds, and half-bloods, and four hum
dred head of cattle. He worked dairy
with fifty cows, averaging each a pound of
butter per day.
The ramie plant continues to enlist
considerable interest in many parts of the
South. 1t is now generally conceded that
it will be profitable crop, more profitable
than sugar, cotton, rice, or tobacco, when
ever machine is invented which will be to
the raine fibre what Whitney's saw gin
was originally to the cotton fibre. A ma
chine is all that is necessary TO make it in
a few years one of the most valuable crops
in the South.
Judge r. Ii. Gresham, Louisville,
KY, wrote in regard to gentleman in
England who ''contemplates crossing the
ocean IN May, in company with several
others, to spend some time in looking over
our vast country, with the intent to invest
largely in lands, to influence other foreign
ers to do likewise, and to try to establish
plan of cooperation among phianthropists
III Europe and America, whereby many a
worthy family in extreme poverty may be
aided to emigrate to the United States,
who by industry and economy may rise to
comfort and comparative independence"
"A man fortunate enough to own 100,
or 200, or 800 acres of land should not,
says The farmers Home Journal, be SO
contracted in his views as to suppose that
the chief end of his existence is to make
money. With a family around him, Sc
cured against want or embarrassment, he
should give a portion of his attention to
identifying his grounds, to rendering his
home more cheerful, and the cultivation of
an aesthetic taste which will bring to him.
self, his wife and children, a rich content
ment that will endear the spot called
home to the hearts of each one, and bind
them together in fonder and more endear-
ing union.
"A correspondent informs The Iechaol-
ogist that he has now in his possession
stakes for flowers and shrubs which have |
been in constant use for over nine years,
and their points are yet perfectly sound
VI take" he says, common coal tar and
bring it to boiling point in a kettle some
10 to II inches deep then place the low
er part of the stake in the boiling tar, i'm
mersing it as deeply as the pot will allow. |
After remaining therein about ten minutes, |
take them out, allowing the surplus tar to |
drain off, and roll the tarred portion in |
clean sharp sand, covering every part of |
the tar. After they have become perfectly
dry give them another coat of tar, COM
pletely covering the sanded part" He |
keeps the upper parts well painted.
1t is the little foxes, says Joseph Har-
ris, that spoil the grapes. The farmers of
the United States sustain more damage,
every year, from a little stagnant water
beneath the surface of their fields than
from the great foods on our mighty rivers.
An experienced thrasher pays more atten-
ton to some of the little pinions that re-
volve rapidly than to the main driving
wheel. He looks at every part of his ma
chine, but more frequently at those which
are most likely to get out of order. And
so it is in farming. The steady, big jobs
will almost take care of themselves. 1t is
the little details that are apt to be neglected, |
and yet upon them mainly depends the
profit or loss of the whole years opera
tons. Look well to the pennies, the !
pounds will take care of themselves.
"A correspondent of The Kansas SPIRIT,
b sprightly journal lately started at Law
renee, recites the following experience:
Last spring planted small bag of beans
n my garden. They were direct from the
Agricultural Department, imported from
Europe, and what was equally interesting
they had name designating their genera.
attended to them with extra care. As
they blossomed thought to myself / had
years ago observed flower very similar,
but yet was in doubt. At last they ma
Iured, and to my horror and disgust found
them 70 ba the old ho-Sa haan which ia