The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-11-11
Farm and Dairy.
Agricultural Itens.

mix Gay ioI oo Gays, ons COW giving
f1 pounds per day.
A correspondence of the Proctfcuf
Farmer says that in expressing the
opinion that very little If anything can
lie done in changing the percentage of
utter in milk by feed, he is sustained
first By the authorities and second by the
result Of his own experience.
The Butte, Cal, Mercury says that Of
n fock of sheep which were brought
down from the mountains and turned in
to field Of wheat, 100 died in one
night from eating wheat and drinking
water. The wheat swelled to such an
extent az to fracture the stomach
The 1ndiara Farmer says that reports
from several counties in the southern
part of that State mention a new and
fatal disease among hogs, causing death
in large numbers. Hogs attacked with
this disease die In short time, and no
remedy has yet been found. The
symptoms Of the malady are not
given.
The New England Former says that
fertilizers such as potash, wood ashes,
Ilaster, lime. salt, etc. which do not
: waste ny exposure to the atmosphere.
may be applied to grass as top dressing
at any time of the year. But those sub
stances which waste by exposure to the
weather should be applied directly pre-.
vions to the growing season.
A farmer named George Pairing,
who,e home is about four miles east Of
Kansas City Mo-, came to a horrible
death on Sept. 90. He became entan-
gled in a threshing- machine and was
drawn through the wheels and literally
broken to pieces. Every bone in his
body was broken. He was worth $50
600, and has resided in Jackson County
&c years.
l. J. Mechi, of Tip-tree Hall. say,
that everybody mus. believe who sees the
action of the powerful and undertaking
eam-plow, that its cultivation is great
" more perfect than either horse or
manual labor. The soil j, plowed deep,
and there being no treading it lies as
light as feather bed, and is admirably
prepared to receive atmospheric infuen-
ees and fructifyng alliances
The Peruvian Government has offered
for sale to buyers in the United States
!0,OS0 tons of guano, at the deposits of
the Peruvian Islands in thePacifcO Ocean.
Heretofore the contractors for this coun-
try have had a monopoly of that trade.
hut it has been suspended, and the Per
uvian Government has taken possession
Of the deposits and is making contracts
for the sale of the guano
At the sale of the short-horn herd of
B. b. Groom 4 Son, ofWinchester, KY,
on the 18th inst, Ga females averaged
SLIGO, and nine bulls S1557. The
most remarkable sale was that Of the g.
months-old heifer calf 22d Duchess of
Airdrie for SIT, 500, to J. II. Spears
q Son, Of Illinois. Highland Maid the
9Th sold for $1,000, and two imported
cows, Kirkleavingtod Duchess and Fen
aell Duchess, seld for $4,000 each.
At recent meeting of the Farmer $
Club of the American Institute, Mr. T.
A Thompson, Of Minnesota, made some
remarks on the natural advantages of the
West He said that the country there
vas being rapidly developed. The
farms were conducted on a mammoth
scale He knew of one in Kansas on
which 81, 000 bushels Of wheat was pro
duced this year. There was surplus OF
20, 600, o00 bushels of wheat in Mime
sofa this year.
If a farmer keeps thirty cows that av-
erage $50 year, cash, for milk, and he
can increase the average to $40 year
by the use of the thoroughbred bull, of
goodmlking family, he can afford to
pay good round price for such a bull.
If he is raising ca,rle for beef. and can
add 200 pounds 10. the carcass of each
animal hysthe time it is ready for the
shambles, by the use offs short horn bull
il will be good investment to pay q
large price for a suitable animal.
4 farmer. in Ontario County. New
York, sowed oats broadcast, in the usual
amount, aud then drilled in corn, using
three bushels of corn TO one of oats.
When the oats were ripe the whole crop
was cut like grass, and the dry oat straw,
absorbing the moisture Of the stalks,
rendered the whole easily cured. Anoth.
er cures his fodder by placing it in the
NOW between alternate layers of dry
straw, and his horses and cattle devoul
the straw with the same relish as tht
fodder. ..s
Weeds In the Vest.