The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-07
AGRICULTURAL

.om Russia, the annual product
At the seed in that country being
rom thirty to forty million pounds.
The soil Of our Western States is
said to be largely and peculiarly
adapted to this plant, which yields
an average of fifty bushels of seed
per acre under favorable circum-
stances. The oil is wholesaled at
about twenty cents in gold per gal
lon.
AYRSHIRE Cows AND MILKRRs.-On
the New Jersey Agricultural College
Farm the Ayrshire cow is preferred
70 the common stock, proving to be
not only better mixers, but kept in
better condition on the food. One
Ayr hire COW only medium in yield,
gnv, 1857 quarts Of milk last year;
The greatest yield Of milk reported
from the Ayrshire in one year was
1865 quarts. The usual yield OF
AYRSHIRE cows is from 80 to 5o
pounds per day,
Cnossgs OF SnERp Pontiac
Mich Gazette says that Mr., Peck OF
that town, a breeder OF fine wool
sheep, bought u Leicester buck last
ysar, and from fifty ewes got fifty
cpht lambs, with no unusual trou-
bic at weaving time. They were drop,
ped from tho twenty-eighth OF Aprll
dill about the middle Of May. This
fall, after taking out eight OF the
IN allest, the average weight was a
fraction over eighty pounds, worth
Give weight in Detroit. four and a
quarter cents per pound. He is ey-
cry way we'll satisfied with the trial,
and will keep on. The mutton Is
for superior TO fine wooded.
FAM AccoUNrs.--How con the
farmer form an intelligent opinion
Of the products OF tho fields, the
profits of his stock, the propriety OF
this and that mode Of farming, with
out keeping accurate accounts OF his
business in all of it's parts? No me-
chanic, manufacturer, or merchant
ever thinks of doing business with
out scanning every branch OF his
trade. How can the farmer know
that he makes any profit from his
COWS or other animals, If he does not
know the product and the cost OF
keepingp Yet few farmers do this
Moore's RurdI
Cows LEAKING THEIR MmH.-We
have seen it prevented by placing on
I%ndia-rubber ring around tho teat
after milking. Another remedy,
common with some dairymen, is to
milk such COWS three times a day.
until the muscles Of the tent gain
sufficient strength to hold milk from
morning until evening. Another
very successful and simple way is to
apply a small quantity Of collodion
70 the ond Of the teat Immediately
after milking. This forms at once
a thin, tough membrane or skin,
which will prevent leakage and is
easily removed before milking. 1t
may be had at the druggists.
SWELLING IN HORSES FEEr.-H the
swelling isaccompanied with u great
heat aud tension OF the parts, and
more particularly by cracked heels
then mild a~perionts and fomenta-
ton arc n good beginning; but whert
any haccidity exists, stimulants and
tonics we have found tho sovereign
remedy. Take ofpowdored sulphate
of iron, one ounce and n half /; pow
dered gentian root, two ounces ; nj
trnto OF potassa, one ounce; mix and
divide into twelve powders, and
give one night and morning, mixed
in cut or soft feed, with no more wa
tor in tho feed than will keep the
particles together. Feed the mi
NAL generously and well, and give q
little exercise daily.
CLEAN TIE CELLARS Look over
the cellar whenever dry occurs that
will permit Of tho outside door be-
ing fully opened. Decaying vegeta-
bles often create disease in tho sys-
tens of those who reside above and
breathe from hour to hour tho fetid
matter in evaporation. Living over
q warm cellar filed with vegetables,
put in haphazard as is usual in the
iall, is only second to that Of q NAL
ARGUS swamp. Open the cellar door
.very day, and at oil times when the
thermometer outside is not below
9G degrees above zero, for then the
range Of the cellar will usually make
S5, and q point just above freezing
il all that is wanted-in fact is more
conducive to keeping the contents
OF tho cellar and the health of the
occupants above than anything
warmer.
HARD TINES FOR FAnMHRs.-A far
mer in debt always will have hard
times, as those who have land and
have a comfortable home, free from
all membranes, can not fully COM
prehend. Mr.. Beecher, who knows
tho cost Of farming, perhaps, better
than it's profits, says candidly 4:
mo blister draws sharper than in
tersst does. OF all industries, none
Is comparable to that Of interest,
which works all day and night, in
fair weather and foul. 1t has no
sound in its footsteps, but travels
fast. 1t gnaws at a mans sub
stance with invisible teeth. 1t
binds industry with its film as a fly
Is bound in a spiders web. Debt
IN, nan oval and oyer. bind.