The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-09-25
FACTS FROM ALL SOURCES.
CURING SELF-MILKE Frs.

tying of il hard wood stick, sharpened at
Zach end, across the horns. An invet
erate selfmilkcr will soon learn that the
ends of the stick are pointed, and will |
display great perseverance and ingenuity
in turning her head down so that she can
ret at her milk without hurting herself.
IN effective way is to put "A circinglc
around her body, and attach straps thence
to each of her horns And the New York
Tribune givcS anothcr simple plan which
is found To be effective. Take two old
p,>-bows and fit each in a piece of hard
wood, say 2x3 inch stuff, II inches long,
tying these single yokc-p pieces on her
neck, to stand about a foot apart. Then
connect the hard wood pieces by oak
pieces Ike ladder rungs and screw upon
the bows, on each side, slender pin of
hickory, pointed at the end, extending |
back to rest upon her sides The hard |
| wood pieces should be cut out, SO as not |
| to hurt the neck.
SUGAR BEETs FOR FATTENING SWINE.
| Jonathan Talcott gives statement in
| The Boston Cultivator of an experiment
| performed on Suffolk pig where sugar
| bects were largely employed for I:tten
| ing. The animal was about a year old,
and the feeding on boiled sugar beets,
tops and roots, began on the 10Th of
| August, and was cnhtinieA three times
a day until the list of October, after
which ground feed was given, consisting
of two parts of corn and one of oats,
three times day, till the animal was
slaughtered, the meal being mixed with
cold water. The result was, on the 10Th
of August, when the sugar-beet feeding
was begun, that the weight was 306
pounds; September l, 800; October /,
$50 pounds; November l, 520 pounds.
This is the substance of the statement
givcn, by which we perceive that the in
crease the last of August, when fed on
boiled sugar beets, was at the rate of
two pounds per day; the rate of increase
! on the same food continued through
l September. When fed on ground corn
and oats, made into cold slop, the gain
for the next fifty days Was les than a
. pound and a half per day.
l. MANURE FOR GRASSES.
The Michigan Agricultural college
experimental with different manures as
top-dressing for grasses, with the. follow
ing results as reported il the Michigan
o | Farmer: The results OF a single top
: dressing on eight plots of nearly half an
: acre of sandy, warm soil exhibited the
following facts at the end of three years
:, the top-drcssing was applied in 1864, and
| | w
7 1864 and 1866. The produce OF each
! cutting and of each lot was weighed
!, separately and a perfect record kept
f The results of the four seasons were as
q follows: On the plot to which no manure
y or fertilizer was applied, the total weight
n of hay yielded per acre was s, 40 pounds
i Where two bushels of plaster per acre
E were applied, the yield per acre was
f ,226 pounds, a gain of 44S4 pounds
4 Where five bushels of ashes were applied
4 the yield per acre was 12,907 pounds, s
. gain of 4, l65 pounds. Where three
. bushels of salt were sown per acre, the
/ yield was 1860 pounds, a gain per acr,
r of 1927 pounds. Where 20 loads o.
. muck per acre were laid on, the yield
: was II, SIG pounds, a gain of > ,074 pounds
', Where 20 loads of horse manure were
r laid On, the yield was 1866 pounds, /:
gain of 6,2H pounds. These are results
n which indicate that there are fertilizer,
i which will produce as good results as
n plaster For instance, the plaster yielded
: a gain of 81 per cent, while the horse
! manure gave an increase of II per cent.
: or nearly ton more grass per acre IL
q three years.
d HAVING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
$ ovid hay is the name given by the
;, Swiss to hay made from the grass grow
G ing on strips of soil to be found on the
V Alps, ut a height of from 5000 to 6,0Ut
r feet, III places 50 difficult of access thai
L even the goathcrd and his ventursomt
;. flock forbe;tr to visit them. This hay i.
/ valuable from its excellent quality ant
# delicious aroma. The lawmakers are
n shod with iron, and secure themselve.
d with ropes to some sure hold when il
l. | especially dangerous places, but fata
| lnrlt. IL
# oned that one man can make hundred
i weight of hay daily. This he either car
L ries home at night in Il net slung ovel
|. his shoulder or stacks it on the mountain
r whence ii is removed on slcdge whcr
). the snow comes The wild hay is essen
V tial to the maintenance OF the Alpine
: cattle, the produce of the valley being
insufficient for their winter keep.
ANOTHER SQUASH EXPERIMENT.
They will not put another squash into
= the harness at the agricultural college
q this wear, but they are trying other in
. teresting experiments, with a vine of the
: same kind, the mammoth Chilli. They
! have one squash upon the scales to ascer-
tain its final weight, which is now three
pounds per diem. The growth of its
\ leaves is also recorded Another scale
f marks the increase of its vine in length,
: and still another of its tendrils. An in
p genious contrivance is arranged to find
q out the movements of an unsupported
I tendriI; the result is worked in triangles
on paper perpendicular to the free ten
, drill Another arrangement rs to test
t the strength of the tendrils and their
growth in power relative to the growth
, of the supported squash. gauge is
being prepared to examine the sap in the
vine and its passage into the fruit.
WHY HORSES BREAK.
| A correspondent of the Turf, Field, and
Farm thinks he has learned why horses
break in trotting. He is correct in his
conclusions as to how horses should he
handled, whether he is in his theory or
f not. He says: My theory is, that the
power of trotting fast lies more in the
brain than in the muscles; and when a
horse under the excitement of the whip
increases his speed above a certain point,
his brain becomes unable to keep up with
the rapid continued motion of the mus
clcs He loses control of himself He
is unable to put his legs where he
wants them, and goes into gallopbecausc
that gait requires little or no exertion
of the BRAIN | am almost satisfied in
my own mind that [ have hit on the true
theory, and that a horse should be hand
led as not to lose confidence in his ability
10 do the work required of him.
Farming Near Atlanta. Ga.
Tho A fIan+o EoralJ of e.cnt S4b hoe