The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1875-04-30
AGRICULTURAL.

poorly supplied with late-keepin
aIlf slie Summer ar
q n prices btlinei
HIiA, lleiitl n, Hlea
the man who raises them. The.
would advise g6hosg having pea
orchards to graft their trees witt
Lite fruit, foremost among which ar
the Bartlett and Winter NeIlis. Th,
beftbEgpayietS though light bearer
and small, will yield the creates
amount Of money per acre. re..,ssoa
CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCE =
The farmer Of to-day Is surrounded
by different conditions from the farm
or Of thirty years ago, and the sooneI
hereallAes thia theabetteE iTtentht
dry goods dealer purchased his good
Onsf3C, nine and twelve months credit
charging thifty.thfee To flfty per cent
pnftiOn staplas goods, that to-day arc
sold on margin Of ffteeR To twenty
per cent. But the pay is cash in
hand. This is the reason why the
farm-hand must. have his pay at short
iptarua foeitie very simple reason
that ne, has no credit, andmustpay
cash tpr what he purchases. ia
HORSE. CRIBBING, - Cribbing in
horses is A disease occasioned by
whisky. Horses addicted to cribbing
have contracted tho habit at cross
road Observation-Disclosures by be-
ing tlads 70 posts or fences long after
the hours Of tseding, and becoming i'm. .
patient At the hrotracted stav ofthe,r
masters, who ais seen through the
cracks Of The laglhodse drinking 90
frequenHyaihay 'bAs the mi 'iinila,.
ing the gurglipgssou,a ofnthe imhi.
hers, and in the act swaIow wind and
become fond oft. No c,~a fnr cr;h
bing,d stump, or wind!such. "A
least sthisHwas The cnhsc of ti7S All,
plant Gipento the Farmers Clash.
Z, g. Posteil Of Mississippi. lH
How TO KEEP HAMs.-Every sea-
son more or less hams are destroyed
by insects, or rendered too unpalata-
BILE to be eaten by decent people. By
following this method the insect can
be kept a. tadislgncs. and IL sis very
simple, aud within reach of almost
every farmer in tho country, After
the meat had been welcomed by pick.
70 and smoke take some clparf lashes
free from bits Of coal, moisten them
with little water, SO that they will
form a paste, or else just wet the hams
a littlaslahd fuB 0d the ashes sdfy.
Rubbed in thoroughly, they serve as
q acapital insect protector, and the
hams can be hung up in the smoke
house or wood chamber without any
daugerof molestalion. G 5E cLI
MANURE, For sWHBAT. Where or.
ganic matter abounds in the soil, a
free use Of bones and potash viii
reetore it TO its original fer
tility. II sandy soils organic matter
in the form OF peat, musk, or leaf
mold should be mbined siwith the
potash and the bones. The finer the |
bones are ground the more speedy
their action IftlIe bones are ground |
n raw state, that is, without steam
ng or burning. aud ground very fine
md mixed with three times their
weight OF fne mnck or peat, or leaf
mold, and kept moist for three weeks
before being used, ,they' whl generate
" the ammonia necessary to the rap
d growthof wheat OF other growing
rops, withoutahe addition Of other
ubssances. q ,s4'ses
TALLow FOR GAPEs.---A cores
'ondent Of the Field says; Aa
cone dayiI noticed flock Of
leyen pure bred Creve-C -Cmhr chick
bad with what Is acailed
gapes., remarked 10 the. man who
ad them in charge, that no would
OF have man39chlckdns. out Of that
1t. 'Oh, never mind'' said he, Il
ave got q cure for them ,from a
eighhefing woman, which ~ < q
Dmmon half, penny tlllow candle, |
lelted and mixed Into about quart
Oatmeal and, stlflbout. The /
resOrted toandthe Creve- |
nurs have every one recovered and |
rown into finely developed chickens. 4
have since tried this cure with /
variable success on BrRhmas, Dorls- |
lga, &c.N eEt p,ia3 Frs.4 U1
PIcKING orr PorATo BLOSSOMS --- ~ /
Ve observe some discussion In the i
'pers on the practical utility of pick {
IL the bl0SS0ms from growing I
)tato-plants to increase the growth .
the tsibefs, Absorbing td theory, 3
II Would be the result, the forlna- ,
on Of seeds always tentllng 10 ex- !
aust more or less the vitality OF the O
amt. Many years ago Il statement j
me from Europe on this subject,
nd we were told that the crop would i
} increased ohe.thlrd BY carefully F,
all the blossoms. We ,
ave It a careful test In rows side by !
de- but ordinary mehsurlng did nat !
idlcate the slightest difference,
hich must have been very small Ii =
requiring more refined I
eighing to distinguish It, and of no \
Whatever IN common I
'actice, ..os sg " .'s,aI /, /
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Tue statistics Of American tiairies y
i've been compiled by Mr., Fairohild,
resident of tho Butter and Cheese b
xchaDge, at the request through ex, Q
ov. Seymour sof the Hon. Frank b
ereiord Of West Virginia. In Mr.. u
lirphild's rcpprtit igphowA that the v
Of butter 10 the United n
ates is l,O4O,O0O,0O0 pounds per fl
n'Ipi, for table usb Alone, and b Ia k
Limated that one third moro may be ii
ded i9r culluary purposes, making "
,oial home consumption Of about Vi
'87 i0O0. 600 pounds. Tho exports el
'milha United States and Canada b
.,ahopf 1El0Q, OD1 pounds, msking Id,
annual product al 1,412,OJJ,0 d u,
unda, which, AZ an average Of gJ1 a
lts per pounil, amounts TO SAP ,6b0.- 4
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