Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-12-14
Singular i.sze.ce c. Breeding.

George +. Warning, Jr., writing TO
New York agricultural paper, SAYS:
We have recently had striking illus
/ tration of the influence of inheritance in
developing the milking tendency. We
! have a heller, now Two wears Old, which
/ is deceuded from some OF the most per-
-istant milking stock OF the nerd. On
7 the llth oi June last she was observed
I in the pasture to have developed a full
bag, and to be leaking her milk. 1t was
supposed OF course, although she WAS
iuil in the flank, that .he had abortcd
her calf al about : months. She was
! taken 10 the stable and MIXED regularly.
/ giving from two 10 four quarts day.
I | might have sold her for a fair price at
the time, but owing to the value of her
( family, determined 10 keep her over. let
I her mis-, year, and trust that she would
come cut all right after that. Two
months later il became evident that she
/ was carving a living ca {, and on the
/ 9th + August she produced perfectly
formed and HEALTHY though VERY small
heller calf, which i now thrifty and
/ promising. She has increased materially
! IN her yield of milk, aud her udder has
become very much developed. This is
an almost unique instance in my expert
ence, but believe that it NAV be sui
iicientiy accounted for by The fact Of The
accumulation ofhc ancestry, doug bred
with much care Tor milking qualities) Of
a tendency 10 tie production OF milk,
I which has finally oyerleapcd its natural
bounds, aud has attained 4 considerable
Development at all unusually early pc
Rod of pregnancy"
DRAINAGE.-Thorough drainage right
y ranks as one OF the most important
things in agriculture. Why! For the
reason that, however much manure NAV
be applied to the soil, and however
much care may be exercised in the Sc
lection Of seeds, and however much la
Dor may be bestowed upon a crop, with
cat some system OF drainage we cannot
produce the best results The reasons
for il are these: While water is an es-
sential element of plant life and growth,
yet an abundance of water about the
roots of plants, forms, among other de-
letcrieus substances, the black oxide of
iron, which is a plant poison.
Again, an excess Of water prevents
the free ingress of air. and consequently
depriyes the plant of part OF lis sus-
lenanee. Ii also keeps the soil cold,
which is not favorable to plant growth.
These are not all the reasons, but they
are enough TO establish the necessity of
drainage Tor the best results in agricul-
ltnrc.
Trees assist very much in purifying
The air, aud therefore the planting OF
them ia the eli ie- should he very much
encouraged. The way ia which trees
puriL the ait, IL just simply tlIi,: The,
take b. means OF their leaves, the 4. :
hHo" +" a. VA b"hiC Pd- anu separates
ilir carbon and oxygen eli " ..ich the "a.
j. composed. retaining the carbon "a
assist il buii'iu. np their wood, true
ture. al Ii5cia.in! the "NA.cn 9" Toe
breathed BY animals, aud 10 cpn>i'IhnIe
its part toward line publication OF the
blood, which is The. life both vi ma aud
beast. OF course vegetation of all kind :
assists IN thi- work Of purifying the air,
but trees are the only sort possible, 10
any great extent in our cities, and hence
their superior claims to our Attentions in
this connection.
CHICKENS IN THE ORCHARD TIE Sci.
entifc Farmer says: "The amount uI
good done by chickens amoun= fruit
trees can hardly be estimated. We com
pleiely conquered uie canker worm in
AN richard OF two Kindred frees in wO
wears time by colonizing y flock OF iiiA
chicken or so la the midi of The lot
not - mention the ceaselcSs nii-.ioDart
work undertaken by The biddies in the
-urr .umding garden and fields We al
va,~ preserve all the birds. too not b.
drudge them a few cherries or berries
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] B. Starr. the well knnwd Liichfield,
Z Conn. farmer, had Jersey COW, two
years and halt old. al The centennial,
which gave during July and August
1853 ~ pounds of milk, when she
weighed 700 pounds.