The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-02-19

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The London Field records the COM
plete and wonderful restoration of a
lot of chickens badly affected with
the gapes, by means of a feed of tai
low candle melted and mixed with q
quart Of oatmeal. The same cure has
been repeatedly tried with invariable
success. Let no man make light of
this prescription.
A dairyman who gained a high
reputation for his butter always had
the balls marked with q swan. After
awhile the stamp broke and another
pattern was used instead, but the but
ter would not sell. The old stamp
was restored and the butter brought
Its aforetime high price.
The peanut crop of Tennessee is es-
timated for the year ending Septem-
Der 80, 1878, at $780, 900 bushels, and
that of Virginia for tho same period
at $50, 900 bushels. The trade In pea
nuts is fast becoming the source OF
wealth to those Southern States the
soil of which is suited to their cult
walton.
At farmers club meeting i'm Gait,
Ont, Mr.. Alexander Barrie stated as
an axiom, that only while growing
are beef cattle profitable for the farm
er to keep. They are to be kept in
good condition always from the time
they are dropped until put up for fat
tening. AS soon as growth Is attain
ed, they must be sold, rs they do not
pay for the feed after that.
A correspondent tells the Western
Fdrnter that from less than four acres
he gathered a crop Of onions worth
So, 45O, as they yielded at the rate OF
1,O45 bushels per acre, and cost at
least 500 per acre. He adds that he
does not believe that a single acre OF
that land would ten years ago have
produced fifty bushels of the Odor-
Gus esculent in question, and he
shows plainly that good cultivation
Is the secret of his success, "fOr,o he
says, "small crops will not pay; mod
crate crops are little bother; large
crops pay well, and very large ones
will pay splendidly every time"
A Delaware county, 20. correspon-
dent Of the Rural Mcsc Yorker esti-
mates the cost of growing the differ
ent crops on land worth $50 per acre
to be: Corn, 80 bushels per acre, zoe
per bushel; 60 bushels per acre, 25c
40 bushels per acre, Gle to 33c 30
bushels per acre, SIC to 40c. Wheat,
average cost, 81 per bushel. Oats, at
least 3Oc at 30 bushels per acre. Po-
tatOes, mt 100 bushels per acre, at zoe.
These estimates include manure,
blowing, narrowing, drilling or plant
Ing, thorough, good cultivation, and
the stalks and straw of corn and
grains to pay for husking or threshing
and % per acre for interest and taxes
on land. fs. t.
Jean Sisley, distinguished horti.
culturalist ut Lyons, France, de-
scribes In Hibberd's Gardener Mdg.
aziae a method practiced In Ger
many for growing apple trees from
cuttings, which he thinks worth
bearing In mind. Two trenches are
dug, and the earth taken out Is
heaped up between them in round
ed surface. Long rods of the past
seasons growth are firmly placed In
one Of the trenches, and the ends bent
over and as firmly fixed in the other.
The result Is that the rods are planted
ut both ends, and their mid-lengths
are close down on the rounded bed.
They are then covered with q very
thin layer of earth, and left to their
fate. They should throw out roots in
plenty, and nice young sappling trees
should arise from the buds on the
middle of the shoots. Mr.. s.. is of
the opinion that the fruit-growers
ought to settle the question of "var-
ieties wearing out" by the aid of trees
on their own roots. Hitherto IL has
been considered In connection with
grated trees solely. -,