The interior journal., 1875-10-15
Farm AVID FsREsrDR.

farm was presented in q strong light by
the Secretary ofa New Hampshire Agri.
cultural Society. The revenue from this
branch Of farming was said to exceed
that derived from the potato product
Of the State. A bushel Of corn produced
nine pounds Of live poultry. The amount
Of the product Of bushel Of corn fed TO
hens for eggs was nine dozen. The ma.
nure from the perch was equivalent to
guano, pound for pound, and would pay
we'll for attendance Of hens. The Sccre-
tary said this industry would furnish
profitable employment for men too infirm
for field labor, and for woman's active
hands and busy mind. For the egg de
partment, the non. sitters recommended
were: Leghorns, Houdans and Black
Spanish. Good layers were marked by
single combs. Good layers were found in
other breeds, but their product was small.
The different varieties Of hens by exper-
iment, were found to lay the following
number of eggs yearly; Dunghills, 240;
Brahmas, 2I0; Black Spanish, 100 to
100; Lcghorns, 200; Hamburgs, 2I0;
Houdans, $50. The Secretary would
feed moist food in the morning and dry
at night. The liability to disease should
be prevented, as it might be in great
degree, by care and attention.
INpIGEsrIoN IN HoRsEs.-M. Pcty, a
French veterinary surgeon, draws atten-
tion to the liability of horses and cattle
suffering from indigestion from the con.
sumption of forage in humid or musty
state. 1t is from over-feeding this COM
plant is ordinarily produced, or to the
too rapid transition from dry, unlimited
green food. Another very common cause
is the putting Of animals to work imme-
diately after their feed. The giving Of
chat and the refuse of the threshing
machine is also another principal source,
as well as excessively cold water, and,
above all, allowing the animal to drink
the water Of marshes. A little salt or
handful of meal isexcellent in the drinks.
Old animals ought never to be given too
much food at once, and it should ever be
mixed with a little straw. When the
horse shows symptoms of indigestion,
restlessness, suddenly refusing food, rest
ing on one leg, then on another, the head
dropping and seeking the left flank, its
excrements either hard or liquid, etc,
an excitant, As three ounces of kitchen
salt or glass of gin in bottle of water,
will afford relief or an infusion of chano-
mile and sage. In case pain exists, two
spoonfuls of lardanum will prove excel
lent OF fcourse, soap injections, friction
and fumigation, are not to be overlooked.
Bleeding, in case of grain indigestion,
becomes mortal.
SHEEP As ENRICHERs.-H. G.. Abbott
writes to the Germantown Teiegraph: In
1865 had a field of ten acres that had
been moved some ten years in succession
without a particle of dressing put upon
it; the grass had completely died out,
and nothing was to be seen but white
weed and yellow weed, or butter cup and
ox.eyed daisy. The soil was clay ey
was, wa. In ,ho .n,oo,hos, no.s;Lio oon
di,ion wi,bop, . s,umn or s,ono and
horJar;nn unon = s,raan of wa,o, Tn
,be snr;n. Of Tho SANE vesr mn, ,,on
,bis 6eld Of ton ac,.s f,r,v ons'voar oId
sbeen w;,bou, Iamhs Tho.o sh.on bon,
everything down as smooth as a harm
aoor The next wear 7 nut ON ,he same
number and bon, than On rn,;I lin. ,o
como 90 ,ha h.rn IT, wora NO, ,aLon
sror, ,ho soIJ =, on, 81 ,ur;, ,Lo
season no;,ber did ,bev b,vs onv ar,in
Of anv lind I'M, wsre in snlsndid con.
Ji,;on Tbev wore cr.de Mo,;nos
In tho snr;,, of IsG7 I ro,;cod ,ba,
tho 6eId laoted c,een tho Ias, ~ Anil
and The first of Nav 40 mucL 40 ,ba, in
co,sul,;n, With NV no;ohhors 7 w., IN.
duced to leen og from II and Ia, !, coma
nm 10 grass for the scvtbc The field in
the meantime had been soved over with
a ligbt dressing of plas,er about one
busbel In the acre and a small quantity
of grass seed, timothy and red top
Nothing else has been done to the field
in any shape up to the present time.
Now for the result The first year
after taking the sheep off had the great
est yield of grass that ever had from
any of my fields under other treatment,
and of the best quality, a mixture of
timothy, red top white clover and some
grass that cannot name. Hardly head
of white weed was seen on the field.
But what is the most remarkable to me
and my neighbors is, that the field has
continued to produce bountifully up to
the present time, which is eight years
since the sheep were taken off; and to-
day august 2d) the field is tented thick
with punches of the very best hay, aver
aging over one ton to the acre. | have