Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-13
UNION AND AMERICAN.
FARM AID GARDEN.
MAKE A FEW DOLLARS ON CUCUM
RERS,

MAKE A FEW EOLLAhS OG OLCDMs
BERS.
A correspondent of the Maine Farmer
says:
Many farmers in this State do not
know that they can realize more money
from raising cucumbers than IRON any
other crop. There is always a good
demand for them if they are picked
small and well cured. They should be
sailed by making strong pickle-not
dry sailed, ss that viii shrink them up
and cause a loss to the grower, as well
as to the parties who put them up for
market We are nov compelled to 90
to Chicago for pickles, on account of
the scarcity of them here. Even In
Boston and New York the supply does
not meet the demand, and millions of
dollars 90 out Of this State for the very
article that We should ship to other
large cities.
If frst-rate pickles were placed in
all American markets as cheap as they
can be afforded by the aid of system
In the production, the consumption
would be something enormous. With
our bacon and bread, our systems need
something sour-a mild vegetable acid
is best. The juice Of the grape and
that of the apple make vinegar, and
vinegar and cucumbers make excellent
pickles, if well handled. Many fruits
may be picked, naming peaches and
grapes as samples.
EGG AND MILK PRODUCTION.
Reading and observation convince US
that only a few understand the art and
science Of producing eggs and milk to
the best advantage. The following
from the pen Of a professor IN the Hi
nois State Agricultural College comes
pretty near developing the true chemi-
cal idea in the matter of,egg and milk
organization
obtained, the other day, a striking
illustration Of the similarity there is IN
the food best suited to egg and to milk
production, IN course Of a brief talk
with milkman Of a neighbOring city.
To my inquiry as to what he was feed
ing his cows during the present scarcity
and high price of grain and fodder, he
said, Bran and timothy hay" l
farther inquired what food, had he the
choice, his experience had taught him
would make the most and best milk,
and keep the COWS IN good, healthy
milk-producing condition. His instant
answer was: "GrOUnd JCbeGt screenings
and early cut and carefully cured
clover hay,'' What he had found best
for producing milk, 1 had found best
for making fowls lay. But then his
experience Tailed with mine IN another
direction-in this, that my fowls are as
fond Of clover as his COWS, and viii pick
off every leaf, and even the young bios
SONS. when 1t Is distributed to them as
a part of their rations. But l must
not neglect to state that, according to
the authorities, early cut and cured
clover contains from 8 to 5 per cent. Of
the phOsphates.
Very true as to phosphates; but then
the writer Of the above fails to discover
the important chemical fact, that of all
the green or cured grasses which a
chicken, gosling, or COW can eat, clover
contains the most nitrogen and sulphur
ready organized to form milk curds,
and the white and yolk Of eggs. These
animal substances are really the pro-
duct Of vegetable life-a fact of the
greatest agricultural and economical
importance. Imagine a first rate dairy
COW running into a good clover pasture,
andyielding twenty quarts Of rich mllkin
twenty-four hours. This is over forty
pounds Of milk day. True, this won
derful secretion all comes from the ami
mails blood, but 1t is obvious that her
blood IS constantly renewed IN ITS
healthy condition by a full supply Of
most nutritious clover. The latter Is
formed directly from the elements Of
water. carbon, assimilable nitrogen
sulphur, and the phcspbates Of earthly
and alkaline baz es. On disorganized
food. so adapted and so satisfactorily
to plants, all cattle and mankind
soon starve. Every one should know
that common air and watel
and all agricultural salts are mineral
and must be organized by plant life be
fore they Will form eggs or birds, mill
or children. In farm and household
industry, we have a class Of plants cul
tivated in the field, garden and orchard
which are Of very unequal value pc
acre foraIlnutritive purposes. Timoth.
Is generally over-estimated, and SOLE
in market at an extravagant price. On
pound Of the best clover bay Is wortl
not less than two pounds Of the bes
timothy to form the blood u any horse
COW or sheep. One pound of goo
clover hay has more Of the element
which form flesh, bone, brain, egg
and feathers for birds than five pound
of the prairie hay from Illinois, TO
which we are silly enough to pay TWEEN
ty dollars a Ton in Nashville. Whe
eggs and poultry sell at good prices
the industrial operation should be COZ
Quoted something after this fashion
Raise as much clover, orchard an
blue grass as possible to form buttel
and the curds of milk. The latte
will make fresh eggs and chicken
tits a plain fact that substance
which to day are in the atmospher
and worth nothing to any human beInl
no more than a world of sunshine, RAJ
and dew. may be very easily trans
formed into grass, green oats, Glove
corn, barley, rye and millet.for dan
and all feeding uses and purposes. /
do this sbilfu1yls to utilize the phys
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