The Lake County star., 1876-06-15
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS

in your DOrkings; not little stubs point |
ing anywhere, but uniform sized longish
toes, pointing toward the body.
AYtEsBURY ducks with yellow bills,
or bills spotted with black, are not what
they should be-"a clear, pale, fesh-col-
ored bill Is the thing"
REMEMBER that the present fashion
demands Dark Brahma cocks with very
dark breast and thighs, and, in mating
up your stock for breeding, aim to pro-
diice it.
WHITE Leghorn fowls with black or
red feathers in their plumage are faulty,
as are also Leghorn cocks with dropping
combs. Such should never be used for
stock birds.
"VULTUhE hooks" is the name given
to stiff feathers that project below the
knees of the fowl. They occur in all of
the Asiatic breeds, and are unsightly
and Objectionable.
The parsnip has many valuable quail
ties which commend it to both farmer
and gardener. Hogs and bullocks are
fattened upon it in very short space OF
time, and the flesh is considered of
superior flavor, while in cows it pro-
duces an extraordinary yield of butter
milk, having a rich color, and affording
butter of excellent quality.
To destroy plant parasites, carbolic
acid is as good as anything else known to
nursery men. The acid may be mixed
with water in the proportion Of one part
to one hundred parts, and literally ap-
piled to the skin. The dark-colored i'm
pure acid is preferable to the pure speci-
men, some of the allied products being
more destructive to the parasites than
the genuine carbolic acid. The addition
of little tobacco liquor will make the
mixture even more efficient.
The Florida orange crop for the
present season is 25, 900, 900, worth on an
average at the groves fifteen dollars per
thousand, making 1876, 900. 1t is esti-
mated that there are now not more than
5000 acres of young trees from four to
six years old from the bud, some bearing
as many as one hundred oranges the past
fruit season. For the next five years it
is believed the crop will gradually in
crease from growth of trees to 0,0OO,.
900, yielding a product of 81, 250, 900, or
about one.seventh of the product of
Palermo.
AN investigation led to the following
striking result: Of every one thousand
traders but seven acquired wealth. From
such sad results farmers are cempara-
lively exempt. Of one thousand one hun
dred and twelve bankrupts who took the
benefit of the bankrupt law in Massachu-
setts only fourteen were farmers; and of
two thousand five hundred and fifty in
New York only forty-six were farmers.
Less than two per cent. of the bankrupts
belonged to the agricultural population
twenty-five years ago, though that popu-
lation so largely exceeded that OF all
other yocations. How is it at this epoch
of our country's history?
CORRESPONDENT Willamette Farmer
As some are writing about mutton, /
thought l would write few words in
regard to dressing mutton to prevent It
having a sleepy taste or offensive smell.
As to leaving the pelt on until the
intestines are removed, it is all notion
or humbug, just as they have mind to
call it. I have learned by experience
that if yOu can behead sheep and let
!, it bleed and kick until it is dead, and
then hang it by the hind legs and skin
, it, and then remove the entrails without
letting any of the contents of the bladder
; get on the meat, you will have good
, sweet mutton; if otherwise, you viii
have something you can't eat.
COLORADO Farmer: We have waitet
until the moment of going to press t.
gather the latest news from the battle
, that is going on between the farmer ano
his enemy, and the intelligence is favor
able to the utter rout of the grasshoppers
We hear of several disastrous raids o
! the hopper, where by break in ditcl
they crossed in force and destroyed
several acres of wheat; otherwise th'
! news is of the most cheering kind, ant
as the farmers gain courage by ex
: perience, hope swells within them ant
they are encouraged to redouble thei
efforts. From no place do we get dis
couraging reports. 1t is being forcibl,,
, demonstrated that man is superior to al
J of the creatures of this earth.
! The production of wool in Californi
has increased with wonderful rapidit.
within the past few years. The sam
( may be said of Oregon, Washington, ant
our other new States and Territories. Ii
Q 1855, according to the Journal of Com
!. n,erce of San Francisco, the wool crop O
? California was but 10000 pounds. Il
! 1875 it was 43,532,2 During thes
q twenty-one years it aggregated 274, ,224
/. 433 pounds. Oregon's reported produc
9 for 1860 was 220, 900 pounds; for 1875
h 2,25O,O00. For sixteen years the aggrt
3 gate clip was II 7,802, 800 pounds. Ad
them to New Mexico, Washington
- Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Nevad'
Dakota, Idaho, Montana and Arizon!
and the grand total foots up 32l ,677 ,23
y pounds. These new States and Teri
= :. tories already produce a quantity
d wool nearly equal to all the other thirt.
e four States of the Union. May increa
1. ing success attend this industry. W
y have no fears of an cover production
\ \ of shee p or wool for many years to com
a Inok Ont Young Mani