The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-03-13
FOR FARMERS LEISURE NO
MENT5-

A white quail was recently shot in
California.
Farming operations are being re-
tsyded by the damp nature of the
soil.
1t is proposed to import bees TO
New Zealand. The bees are removed
while dormant, the nests being sur
rounded by ice during transporta-
ton.
1t is stated that the crop OF an spri
cot tree, in Somerset county, Md,
netted last season $102 over and
above the cost of marketing.
Chicago packers have handled
1,439,O28 hogs the present season.
1t is reported that a farmer, near
Emporia, while pulling his turnip
crop with a stump puller, few days
since, came near losing his life
breaking OF a chain, which let q
large turnip settle back into the bed
suddenly.
Farmers are again reminded to
avoid the purchase Of patent rights
until they really comprehend what
they are doing.
Scions for grating may be cut at
any time previous to the starting OF
the buds in the spring, and when out
should be kept in a cool cellar,
where they will not dry up
Two thousand dollars is pretty
high price to pay for a ro2 ter.
That is what Mr.. Davis, Of Portland.
has Just given to Ira Batch, for
black Spanish cock-eonsidered the
best game bird in the country.
Relieving Choked Cattle.-A cor
respondent of the London (Ont
Farmers AdUocdte says he makes
the suffering animal jump over n
pair Of bars, placed up rs high as it
| is possible for the animal to jump
when compelled BY the application
of a whip. He never fails to relieve
a case of choking by this means
| Occasionally he makes them leap
over the bars twice bHsNlce, as 8
rule, viii be found to have the de-
sired effect.
To clean a rusty ploW use coal oil
and rusty brick the oil should
be poured on the iron and rubbed
with the brick until bright. We
have sometimes used strong vinegar
with good effect. In this, as in
other matters, ian ounce of preven
ton is worth a pound Of cure" and
; q little grease rubbed on while the
plow is still bright, will save both
time and trouble.
1t is estimated that a pair Oi
,, halthy sparrows having a family &c
! briag up will consume over three
thousand caterpillars inside of one
week.
, Measuring Hsy.-To measure 4
1 stack of hay, proceed as follows =
{ II it is q ground stack, tapering from
: the ground to point, measure thI
q width half way from the ground t,
/ the peak of the stack-multiply thiI
r width by itself, and divide it BY 1885,
4 this viii give the average area Of thu
b surface covered by the stack. Then
+ multiply that by the height from th'
!. ground to the point where the widtl
b was measured. If these measure
II ments are feet the sum found is thu
d cubic feet in the stack. II the hay
e is orchard grass, timothy, millet o
hungarian, 500 feet will make a ton
IT or q cube eight feet each way. /
d the stack is very solid, end was Gu
IS when dead ripe, $50 feet will make
n ton. fit is clover or meadow gras
a or redtop, 500 feet will be requires
It to make ton, unless it is presses
d very hard, when some allowance mus
d be made. If the hay is mixed wit
C clover, about zoo feet, or a cube G
]. nine feet each way viii make tor
b The estimates are made from note
IS Of great many stacks and moNs {
% various kinds, and will give fai
T. average.