Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-02-24
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A pair of cattle weighing 2,40l
lbs each were recently sold il
Georgetown Kentucky.
The premium sweet potato at tbe
recent Louisiana State Fair weighed
sixteen pounds, and mea In
shorest circumfo-~nce twenty-four
inches
At a meeting Of the Brandywine
Farmers Club, in Chester County,
Penn, David Branson showed an
ear of corn thirteen and a half
inches long, and containing 1856
grains.
A correspondent from Curtisville
gives us an account of the largest
tree in Indiana. 1t is a white-oak,
twenty-one feet in circumference
and eighty feet to the fork. Our
correspondent estimates hat it
would make over two hundred rail
road ties,
An English traveller asserts that
where wheat is very subject to rust
it is completely checked by the use
Of salt. He recommends about
five hundred weight per acre, APP
piled during the winter or in early
sprig. Who will make the expert
ment and LET US hear the result;
CHURyIx5. An exchange ssysfan
and winter milk for churning should
be scalded as well as strained, TEN
perature Of cream in winter &c de-
grees, IN summer 81 degrees
HAED oy TN SEEEF,-Sheep IN
Colorado have long feeoes il which
the dus: and mud Of the summer
accumulate. Then seeds Of grass
are waited into them by the wind
When the rains Of winter fall, the
grass sprouts and thoussns Of sheep
ara now to be seen On the plains,
carrying their pastures on their
bacss.
Sr17zrs roa H5aszs-A cor
respondent Of the Willamette
Farmer feeds Ii stock q tablespoon
tul Of sulphur 70 each animal, with
their salt, once in two weeks
When he had done 50 no Yermin
has troubled them, and his cows
have not been affected with garget,
norh is sheep with grub in the head
He has practiced this twenty years.
CARE OF Hods.-A hog sweats,
not like ahorse'or man, but through
his fore legs. There is q spot on
each leg, just below the knee, in the
form Of a sieve through this the
sweat passes of, and it is necessary
that this be kept open. If it gets
closed, as is sometimes the case,
the hog will get sick. To cure him,
simply open the pores. This is done
by rubbing and washing with warm
water.
FEEDING TURNIPs.-When turnips
and rutabaga are fed to mich cows
and fattening sheep and beeves,
the milk and butter and meat will
have a decided flavor of the roots.
This may be prevented by feeding
the cows only Immediately after
milking and by changing the feed
of fat animals from roots to hay
and meal for three or four days pre-
vious to slaughtering, there will be
no unpleasant flavor in the meat.
The TOMATO As FooD.-A chemist
of some celebrity considers the to-
mato an invaluable article Of diet,
and ascribes to it important medi-
cal properties. He regards it as
peculiarly useful in all those at
fections Of the liver and other or
gans where calomel is considered
indispensable and believes that q
chemical pill can be obtained from
1t which will altogether supercede
the use of calomel. He says that
it is also almost a sovereign remedy
for dyspepsia and indigestion, and
advises the freqent use of it as an
article Of diet.
MANNER OF APPLYING LIQUID Ma
NURE IN HoLLAND.-In Hollandliquid
manure is applied to fruit trees in
the following manner: An iron
shod stake of about three inches in
diameter, with a piece of wood
nailed on one side, to place the foot
on, is used to make a circle of holes
Just under the ends of the branches,
about eighteen inches or two feet
apart, and from twelve to fifteen
inches deep, and the liquid manure
poured into them. Then the holes
are filed up again, SO that the
liquid cannot be evaporated, or the
earth baked hard by the heat of the
sun. In wet weather, the liquid
manure is applied alone, but in dry
weather it is diluted with an equal
quantity of water. The application
ID made about once a week, com
mencing at the time when the fruit IS
well set, and ending when it shows
the first symptoms of maturity.
Liquid manure may be applied to
grape vines, garden vegetables, etc,