National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-12-13

HoPs.-- srench chemist has detcrmir
oil that an acre Of hops carry of from III
soil DO pounds Of nitrogen, 20 pounds Z
phosphoric acid, IL pounds OF magnets
and 40 pounds Of potash. II require
heavy mannring to replace this waste,
Srrp.-ProG Buchanan reports to o.
English farmers club that in a pint @
Italian rye grass seed he had examined h
found 7,040 seeds Of weeds; from pint O
mixed grass he took out s,40O, from pin
OF Dutch (white) clover 2G,5O0, aud from
pint OF Alsike clover 1000. All thes,
seeds we're OF plants Of an injurious o.
troublesome character. many Of them de-
cidcdly poisonous,
MILg.-Tha Poly,schnisches Journal Of
Sweden directs attention to method Of
preserving the lactcal fluid during the hot
weather 1t consists in adding Is grains
of boracc acid to quart Of milk, where.
by it is retained perfectly sweet for 100
hours, while milk not so treated became
sour in so hours. A preparation of equal
parts OF boracic acid and alum, called asep-
tin, Is used for the preservation OF meat.
TREEs.-A writer In Moore's Rural
urges those who desire to grow chestnut
timber, or the trees Tor ornamental pur.
poses, to choose for planting tho largest
nuts TO be found. A few generations of
selected seedlings would, he thinks, result
III our having in this country varieties that
would equal II not surpass, tho European
sorts in size and it is well known that
chestnuts OF American growth are far the
best in flavor.
CRANBHRRIEs. cranberry field in
Burlington county, n. j., containing
one hundred acres, has employed three
hundred hands, who pick by the bushel,
clean as they go, making good wages.
Fifty acres picked over yielded 1000
bushels. four acres Of which produced,
what seems enormous, 1000 bushels.
Twenty acres more gave only three thou.
sand bushels, and the remainder made
up the quantity to !. 900 bushels, yet the
owners complain of the shortness of the |
crop. They hope. however, to improve
their prospects by gathering from the
remaining fifty acres 10000 bushels
more. They expect to sell all to one
dealer at S4per bushel
SHoEINd OXEN FOR PAvHMENrs.-In
regard to the matter Of shoeing oxen 20
that they can work ON pavements, Mr..
i. +. Slbley writes to the Boston Journal
rs follows: Gas l have worked twenty
four years at blaoksmithing, and claim
to be master of my trade, will give nv
opinion in regard to shoeing. In the
first place turn the she as usual only
little thicker at the toe, then weld togeth-
er at the toe, and put calk on the toe
about an inch long and one quarter inch
nigh; heel calk the same In setting,
care should be taken to keep each claw
IN its natural. position, that is, spreading
them as the OK would usually stand, and
also fit the shoe well. Put six nails IN
each half of the shoe. have ALWAYS
used the NuraD No. 6 nail. Ihave shod
cattle IN this way that were driven
through river twenty times a day, and
did not lose shoe for weeks, when if d
shod the common way they would soon
become lame."
The WAY TO RAISE CALF WITHOUT
who sell their milk {
with some show OF reason declare them
selves unable to raise their calves. But
they need not. A calf is q long-suffer- I
ing creature and easily adapted to arti- c
iclal conditions, and its supply of milk I
being cut off substitute may be found S
With which it may be kept in thrifty s
For the first four days it is q
necessary that it should receive the milk v
Which Is nit for no other purpose, and a
has certain medicinal uses for the calf. Il
Is soon as this period has passed, it may a
De furnished with the substitute feed, as il
ollows: Oatmeal sifted from the husks
s Loiled into thin cruel, strained,
weetened with brown sugar, and fed to
he calf; having previously been taught I,
o drink, the calf will readily take a ra. a,
ion of quart three times day, which O.
nay be increased gradually as it be- d
ONES older. Finely cut clover hay, the 3,
hottest of the earl y harvest is mixed II
With scalded oatmeal, sweetened, and Il
ed in small quantities, gradually in.
reased. If the bowels become too loose +.
teaspoonful of prepared chalk is given t.
s corrective. With this feed and good il
are calf will thrive and grow better 4
han on skim milk. w.