The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-26
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

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In light, poor soil roots of June grass
have been found four feet below the sur
face. .ldSl
RuTA-BAaks sliced and sprinkled with
sweet cornrmeeaail tnneai, will willat9p fattep horses or
cattle. ~
THE Colorado beetle tried the Ken
tuck, potato, and lit out in infinite dis
gust, pointing glas backward Yq the hind hin leg Of
1.-THE price Of linseed-oil is now less
than it has been for many years. but VIC
are not certain that this fact will lessen
the cultivation Of fax. y
1.-THE country about Lexington, Va, is
said to be exceedingly well adapted to
growing cherries, and fine old trees of the
heart varieties are very numerous.
- AN insect which attacks and destroys
growing corn has appeared in Saratoga
County. Its operation is to SO eat
the long leaves that they drop from the
stalk snumuTE ina .ySIk89 Pp "7if
The apple-twig borer is doing some
more of his very noticeable work this
year among apple-trees, as the dead twigs
indicate. The branches should be cut
of and burned. -,
q The Springfield Republican counts up
some 2, 400 acres devoted to tobacco rails
ing this year in Massachusetts, towns of
the Connecticut Valley. :,
IT is said that charcoal will fatten
fowls and at the same time give the meat
improved tenderness and flavor. Pull
vefize and mix with the food. A turkey
requires about q gilla day. wsHfSsS D :
The ice crop of. 2,000, 900, tons har-
vested on the Hudson, estimated at half
| cent per pound, is Of more value by
$2,000,O00 than the entire wheat or
York.
THE Mennonites settled in the north
west of Canada have met with disheart-
ening failures. Their crops have been
more than half destroyed by the grass
hoppers, and good deal of destitution
is the result. .,..,,,.,-.,. 49,.
,. The Massachusetts, Ploughman thinks
that barley is superior to any other
grain for fattening horses. In Germany
the grain is ground into -four, and cakes
are made of it for horses. The English
farmers boil it and feed at evening.
EIGHT hundred thousand acres of
India soil is now under jute cultivation,
producing nearly 100000 pounds Of
fiber, which ultimately takes the form of
1876, $3.50 ganny bags, and an enormous
quantity of mating, twine, d-paper.
THE starch factories of Northern New
Hampshire make good potato market.
In many places they have become the
staple crop. One farmer raised 10000
bushels last year, Farmers have from
ten to twenty acres of land in potatoes,
II butter-makers would all try to pro-
duce the very best article and take 1t to
the market in good shape there would
be more butter consumed, the price
would advance, and butter-making would
pay better than any other branch Of
farming. .,.,,s,..., ,,,.,,u,
A PURE breed merino. ram, owned by
a Mr.. Gibson, of Tasmania, and reared
by him there, was, sold in Melbourne a
short time ago for the sum of 68O guineas.
While the ram was in Mr.. Gibson's pos
session the amount of money raised by
the animals male progeny alone was esti-
mated at 5000 glineas. 'N'' '''''''
The best remedy we ever tried for
caked udder was to bathe thoroughly
and persistently with tepid water and
clean milk. Some use salt and water,
others salt and vinegar, but we doubt
whether they have any advantage over
pure water. The udder at such times is,
of course, infamed, and persistent appli-
cation of water will reduce the infamma-
tion, enabling you to draw the milk. 1t
may require several bathings to entirely
remove the cake, but We are confident
that in three times out of four it will
prove successful.
In New York the bulk of the wool clip
was marketed at from thirty-fiye to
thirty-eight cents. In Vermont, says q
correspondent of the Country Gentleman
the most of this years clip of wool has
been sold at forty cents. The Michigan
clip is sold, the prices ranging from thir
ty-five to forty-fve cents I; but, as 6
general rule, clips that came from 6
party that was well known and had
reputation for well-kept flock, show al
average Of forty-one to fOrty-three cents
The highest prices reported along the
Michigan Southern Railroad are forty
two and one-half to forty-five cents.
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