The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-07-27

ENb44tl WV mon 7iiNC 0lit'tl - ~
three pounds OF wool No sheep should
he retained that shears less than pounds
If wool; turn of ali this low kind of trash
lud the best time 10 test their value is at
thc time OF shearng Then mark every
sheep for the shambIes that does not come
u, 10 the standard 1t is time the wool
growers OF Michigan got entirely through
with the use OF scrub rams and scrub ewes.
1t is time that all halt-breed bucks were
cent to the shambes and there should be
Il loud call for the best thoroughbred rams
Ihere should be an advance along the cen
tre line of sheep breeding. We wish our
-AIee could reach every stock master in
,ue State with such potency as would
compel, this season, the slaughter OF every
scrub ram in the borders Of the State. The
hest llocks are the ones that are going to
plv 1t is with sheep as il is with swine
n with cattle-there mast be selections,
docks must he culled-some pains must be
taken with breeding stock All we can
saw IS, let the man who has good flock
1T sheep keep making it better. Resolve
to add one pound of wool to each fleece
Michigan Farmer.
Sow none bat the best seeds. Keep
none but the best stock. Use none but
the bast tools Plant none but the best
trees or vines
All kinds of fruit trees require q great
deal Of potash and lime and some iron
pears. peaches and grapes require the
most, pears love the richest soil Fruit
Recorder.
The wheat crop Of the United States is
estimated to average from l. to II bushels
per acre, while the possible yield has been
shown to be over 10 bushels
The yield of hay for the whole country
Is not much over one ton per acre. on y
general average, against possible yield
0t ) tons and over as shown by various,
successful farmers
There are some root crops that produce
on an average less than 200 bushels per
acre, which, according 10 authentic rec
ords, have occasionally yielded over SIX
teen hundred bushels
Some ladies on Fifth avenue, New York,
have tanned the sparrows to such Il degree
that during the hot weather the birds fly
into the Railways and drink and wash in
the aquariums
Salt is quite a. beneficial for horses as
for cattle, and il Jumps Of rock-salt are
laid in the manger. where the horses can
help themselves Is they desire it. they
viii be The healthier,
The mind is the man. Farming. in the
highest sense, is not simply doing the
hard work necessary. This can be done
hy muscle when directed by brains The
true farmer is he who can plan, direct
and control skilltully.
The training Of trees and shrubbery for
uInamentation is a curious feature Of Jap
anesc gardening They are made to grow
in the most grotesque shapes, represent
Ing animals Of all sorts, dragons, serpcnts
and idols being iav0rte forms OF this sort
OF culture
In the case Of Indian corn. the great
staple of the country, the average product
is not more than 35 bushels per acre,
though crops of 100 bushels and over
have been well attested, and a crop of 200
bushels have been reported and authenti-
Gated by DR. Parker, of South Carolina.
\ loose, pulverized surface, such rs may
be produced by u proper use OF the hoe, is
the best preventive to the escape of moist
are from the soil. rs it always evaporates
at n rapid rate under the strong influence
OF sun and air, when not intercepted in
This way. TLopdon Gardeners Chronicle
ne corn crop oi lhl7 country costs inc
Pfo"ucGr. OH 'lh average over MY cents
Il pusllci III llle Eastern 9slteS ana under
'We"'y I"Ne cents 't' 'lo W FSl et cases
prairles even lower than seven cents a
bushel, and Il corn crop of some notoriety
was announced last season in New Emo
land at Il cost of twelve and one-hall cent
per bushel. TChristiau Union.
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,,4s 80 n,t,,, ,,,,,' 'a'V d nuliuie,' aPple
.i,lIt1 t.,ai' '','" "'o ufi9eu W cuI
''l9 a''tt; p'!''iec the
r'''I'7 Iaol ;,iu i",ae m in l'hihg
'+'e'i "P p't ~ ,'I'il,i'5u ~ t1le winter
4 CO" Dlohe III anu cropped Iite lop ol
lng severe, these and few others, Were
the only trees which survived The others
had more top than they could carry. and
whipping about in the wind. they did NOT
grow.
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y 'ctei i'iaiS SUI SON writes 70 the
ouNlly Wen nentieillail lh ti!a' nlS experience
W WIZ VI Saw1OaU a9 @ Is trao II ~ ene pest neoulhs
!" 1e i,|" iol nor'eS or ~ caCtle, IL Is su
& po,aIi hott w. ts,"w ~ m'ans iuspects II IS a
% ,nuen oouoei "ooDi ne''V 'lli'i sIla"' ;.'iu =.
~ iiiuon olt'iiei w . 70" ~ noi7I ~. ~ -
only where the foot touches the floor OF
stall, while straw being long it is displac-
ed generally by the act OF paving.
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