The Republican journal., 1873-07-31
English Farming and American.

Jersey, the other day, the orator of the
occasion alluded to the fact that in Eng
land, i'll less than a century, the produc-
ton of wheat had risen from 16, ,UOn, 900
to 100 600, 900 bushels This enormous
increase he attributes to systematic atten-
ton to all the requirements Of good farm
ing to the skill and exactness with which
all the operations are performed; to their
careful selection of the best varieties of
seed, and to the extensive and good use
of their ball.yard manure Nothing is
left to casualty on chance No rNpcrta-
tions are indulged in that an unusually
favorable season will atone for short
comings on neglect He alluded to the
business-like liberality of the English
farmers in r.-Jt", ing L" the earth. by
means of purchased manures, the elements
of tertilY exhausted by cultivation. and
stated that in 1881 the first year IN " whch
bones came into general use a> "A fertilizer
the foreign bones imported were valued AT
the cnstom-hOuSe at 81 100000, since
which time it is estimated that the amount
paid for imported bones alone amounts to
$50 600 900
Coal On. LAMPS INJt-RIous TO Milk.
high reputation in this market, informs
Us, there had latterly been some com
plants about it, the cause Of which he for
"A time was unable Ia discover, but finally
traced If to the fumes of coal oil lamp,
used in lighting the milk room. 1t shews
Off such n word is proper the extreme
Sensitiveness of milk to the least mpurity
in the atmosphere, and its rapid power of
absorption The difficulty was entirely
remedied by putting in tin yentlatlng
tube, leading from top of chimney to out
side roof. The butter was not afterwards
complained of Practical Farmer.
SOWING WHEAT AND OATS TOGETHER
The plan of sowing some oats with spring
wheat has been practced to a considerable
extent in some parts OF Wisconsin, and
probable more this spring than ever before
James Gillis, Cooksville, Wis, informs us
that in his vicinity but little wheat was
sown alone, most farmers sowing from Il
fourth to a third of il bllshel of oats per
acre with the wheat The attacks Of the
chinch bugs are thought to be prevented
to good degree, by this method. There
is little difficulty in separating the wheat
from the oats. Western Farmer.
MI J. Harris Of Rochester, n. Y, says,
in the American Agrculturist that We
talk about raising wheat enough for the
world" but our own population is lncreas-
ing so rapidly that the time will soon
come when it will tax our skill to raise
wheat enough for ourselves. We shall do
it, of course, but we shall have to farm
better than many of us do now. And he
is a wise man who is getting his land
cleaner and richer.
\ correspondent of the Maine Farmer
states that ''our orchards near the sea
shore are never troubled by the borer,
unless they are already in the young trees
when we purchased them of the nursery
agents. Whether our practice of mulch
ing the trees with rock weed, or they do
not relish the sea air, prevents their loca-
ton and depredations with us, am unable
to deciden
The Ohio Farmer says that for a day or
two last week, the water and shore OF the
lake along that region were literally
swarming with Colorado beetles. Thou
sands were seen floating on the water,
and millions having reached the sandy
beach and dried themselves in the sun
We're taking flight into the country in
search of potato fields.