The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-07-19
AGRICULTURAL.

HISTs FOR To-MoRRow.-Under this
heading the Scientific american gives this
good advice; 'lt Is a good plan 10 keep
a memorandum OF work needed 10 be
done, and then there is always a re-
minder for the employment Of spare
hours, and besides, we ran readily
direct which work is most pressing.
Such a plan merely necessitates a sheet
Of paper, or a leaf Of a blank book, and
he entering ~oflvefv itHr' Of work as il
occurs 20 a.. Thus: once TO
be mended.' apple trees to be pruled.'
Outlet Of drain n be deepened.' Bull
10 be rung.' Harness 10 be oiled
Spoke loose In cart wheel Salt needed
for cattle etc., etc. Each evening, a
glance at the list will be ~ great assist
ance In laying out the wOiA the
next day, while il will also Ill all the
spare time with useful work, - We de-
sire - As fast as a piece of work
Is ~ thpnshed, draw a line across the
item. IL is astonishing how such a
list will grow, and how 1t will formu-
ate our work so as BE- enable us TO sys-
temgflZe, and acCOmp' also
another point In It's After the
plan II pursued for a certain length of
time, the mind becomes so trained that
the necessity for the plan diminishes."
such a memorandum may be very
prolta5ly connected with another un-
de- ''c heading Of ''JUbs for a wet
day" in which lille JOBS may be noted
which Though not urgent are still of
sufficient importance to warrant early
attention. The latt might read thus:
"Put laGch on entry door," "Mend cow
stalls" "Grease double harness."
"Clear out water trough " "Clear out
mOws ready for harvest" Mend pig
trough" "Grease two-horse wagon"
ETC., etc. ANY one who has never tried
either of these two plans will be sur
prised at the mass of small items which
will soon accumulate; small and unim-
portantit is here when answered singly,
but at the end of one days application,
yielding great results.
HENS ONE YEAR 0LD.-The best lay
ing hens are those one year old-fowls
that were tched the previous season
in April aid May. Hens two and
three years old lay about % per cent.
less eggs than those but one year old /;
consequently the best way for all fowl
breeders is to raise chickens every sea-
son to be the layers of the next year;
and to kill all the old stock regularly
between December and February of
each year. 1t is doubtful whether it
is profitable to keep fowls without a run
for them ove grass land. A small yard
with grass In it soon becomes soiled and
the grass all picked off; and then the
hens begin to lay fewer eggs, and the
result generally is that there is no pro-
fit In fowls thus confined. it seems to
be the nature of barnyard fowls to re-
quire a moderate run of some 20 or 30
rods from their roosting house, to keep
them active and healthy by searching
for insects. A dozen hens and one cock
in a quarter-acre yard would do well /;
but If confined in a yard 20 or 30 feet
square they would not be profitable,
unless their feed should almost entirely
consist of the waste of the family table.
From a bushel and a quarter to a bushel
and a half of grain is consumed In a
year by every fowl, at a cost of about
one dollar, when no waste from the ia
BILE is given to them; and good breeds,
such as the Brahmas, Plymouth Rock,
Leghorns and Hamburgs, will annually
lay each about 100 eggs, if not closely
confined, worth in most places from 81
TO So. Then a family having ID or 20
fowls, may have poultry to kill in the
winter worth $50 at least, by raising
chickens and killing the surplus
BOOSTERS, and the old stock as above
stated and thus pOultry-keeping is GER
tainly profitable. The light Brahmas
and Plvmouth Rocks are much better
table fowls than the Leghorns and Ham.
burgs, the latter being small and chiefly
valuable for laying.
WHAT DO WI STRAIN OUT OF MILK
| had the opportunity recently of ex-
aiming, under the microscope, certain
minute brownish particles which were
removed from milk by cloth strainers,
after it had been strained in the usual
way through wire gauze. These brown
particles were determined by our viii
lage doctor, a man of no mean attain
ments in his profession, to be of pare
meRt epitheliaD, which must come from
the interior of the udder. The strain
ing-cloth was double, and a good many
of these particles were arrested by the
second fold. In addition to these cpl
thelial scales, there were m%ultitudes of
very minute hairs, so small that they
were scarcely visible as a downy dust
to the naked eye. Now, it is certain
that the presence of epithelium in milk
is a great Indictment to change, and it
.customed walk, he called for,ble to high
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