Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-12-03
ASliGultuIal H.
A lax reid OF $50 acres is the latest
Agricultural enterprise IN kansas.

A lax neld OF $50 acres is the latest
agricultural enterprise IN Kansas.
The four leading States In the Orange
movements are Iowa, Indiana. Missouri
and Illinois. having, .99i. ! 95s and .g2o
and l.is9 organizations respectively.
Dust scattered over the backs Of
calves. from head TO tail. it i laid. viii
drive yermIn Instantly away. II poultry
i well supplied with dust. lice viii not
trouble them.
An intere sting question for the Farm
ers' Clubs 10 discus this winter i the COM
paratiye value of dlfiereut kinds of ma.
nure. takiu. into consideration mat Of ihr
oarn-yard. h"g-pen. stable her-housr aud
ui-ht soil. What i their comparative
value by measurement and by weight?
A sage reflection. that all who belong
70 the producing class will do well to bear
10 mind Many hold on FOR the top price
aud are compelled at last 10 take the bot
tom price, II i, the average market that
: he.lthful and safe both fo- the indy idu-
4! farmer and for ,he community at large.
Manure, when II il comes in contact
with wood work i, very destructive TO it,
here manure heaps come against the
boarding OF stables aud barns. they should
be protected by boirjins OF rough
boards aad an air space between. SAY
iu. penny amounts TO the same as earn
iHs two
No butter will keep unless the butter
milk is worked out Of ii. and it be proper
y sailed. The butter-milk Is most easily
removed from Jersey butter, because il al
way comes with less churning. and j.
harder and more solid. The solidiiy OF
jersey butter is one Of its characteristic
qualities aud gives il much OF its supe-
noriiy.
Early lambs prove most profitable to
the farmer. where he has warm place to
keep them during March and April. Early
lambs are ready for the market al a time
when there j. a scarcity OF such meat. and
bring fancy price. Early lambs. il kept
al home and wintered are likely to make
stronger and larger sheep.
The monthly report of the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington, shows
that Maine produces this year more OF
nearly all field crops than last year The
increase of wheat. 80 per cent. rye, PC:
oats. p; barley, Z; potatoes, beans, |;
peas the same. There j. decrease in
com aud buckwheat. The quality OF the
crop has improved in about the same
ratio.
The dog law of Massachusetts taxes
each male dog two dollars and each female
five dollars. Ii a dog kills sheep, the
owners of the dog, if the killing be proven.
Is obliged to pay the full value of the
sheep in damages. II il is not known
whose dog killed the sheep. then the
sheep are paid for out OF the fund raised
by the dog tax. The law is said TO be Civ
Ing satisfaction.
A black surface absorbes more heat
from the rays of the sun than light colored
surfaces. Hence black soils are warmer
and earlier than lighter colored soils. Ii is
advantageous to spread muck or charcoal
dust upon the surface of a garden to
absorb the heat of the suns rays Such
substances also absorb from the air ammo
MIA very important plant food.
Sulphur should be kept in box ac-
cessible TO fowls, or be mixed with their
food occasionally. 1t is a very efficaeious
In exterIninating vermin and is neces-
sary element of food for fowls. The feath-
ers of fowls contain four or five per cent.
OF sulphur and their eggs also contain a
small quantity Of sulphur. For extermi-
mating vermin. sulphur may be mixed with |
ashes or with the soil OF the dust box. and |
let the fowls use it TO dust themselves in. |