The Republican journal., 1877-06-07
Agricultural Gleanings.

The West will cultivate more acres of
corn this year than ever before
Montreal steamers are frcighting hun
dreds of live cattle from Canada to Eng
land.
In cases Of accident don't try to eXtin-
guish a kerosene fire with water. Smother
the flames with blankets or rags.
In Southern New Jersey farmers are
mach alarmed over the discovery OF mil
lions Of eggs OF the seventeen year locust.
Charles Riddle an English farmer, has
in his possession cow aged fourteen Years.
which has produced tWcnty-0ne calves,
having had twin, nine times and single
calves three times.
WhitcWash for outside exposure is made
10y Stacking one-half bushel of lime in a
barrel, adding one pound Of common salt,
one-halt pound of the sulphate of zinc
and gallon of sweet milk.
In ,!!24O pounds of potatoes we find 1850
pounds OF water, 81 pounds of albumi-
nous compounds 4l9 pounds of starch, "a
pounds of woody fibre and 2:} pounds Of
mineral matter. Exchange,
The grazrr should always consider the
quality OF his grass lands, and select eat
tie suited thereto. If his PASTURES bc luz
urant he may turn in larger breeds of
cattle or sheep than if his grazing ranges
he less productive.
Estimating the produce of an acre in
oats AT fifty bushels, they will contain $50
pounds of tlesh-torming food and 672
pounds of tat-iOrming food; While three
toms of hay of the same acre will carry
lS0 pounds Of flesh formers and 279O
pounds Of fat formers Hay is a standard
food for cattle
Green clover makes better returns as
cattle food than hay made from it, be
cause in the progress Of drying many of
its vegetable particles are So hardened
that the digestive organs are unequal to
the task of assimilation. Steaming clover
hay improves its feeding qualities Am.
CultVator.
\ remedy for slugs and other enemies
of flowers is benZnc. \ few drops scat
tered over the PLAN, will cause an insect
to decamp, and it is Il singular fact that
the bodies Of bugs killed bv it become
absolutely rigid, SO that a wing or lee
will break rather than bend. The remedy
will not hurt the flowers, and the only
objection is its disagreeable odor, which
soon disappears.
The quality of food from a wel-ted ap-
pie tree is altogether superior to that Of a
half-starved tree of the same variety
Very few farmers think it profitable to
bring poorly : fed beef to market, and
there ought to be very few who think it
profitable To raise poorly-ted apples. Let
us have fat apples as well as fat beef
Feed the apple trees. Top dress with
ashes, muck, or barn manure Apply
superphosphate, bone dust, and potash
salts. Lewiston Journal
No man should be allowed to own an
animal who does not show toward it care
and kindness. How often do we see men,
and even women, beat and abuse milk
COWS for the most trivial thing. AS long
as a COW is made to stand in dread of her
owner trembling while being MIXED, in
fear of sudden severe lash, just 50 long
will that COW fail to give full satisfaction
at the pail. How much better also to
have your animals gentle, so that YOU
can approach and handle them even in
the fields, than that they remain wild and
ever ready to run at your coming. Ken
lucky Live Stock Recorder.
Root crops for cattle many profess not
to believe in because Of the cost of cult
walton, and a sound objection it is. This
overcome, and roots for cattle we believe
would be held in as high repute among
US as by the British farmer. By planting
on land containing few weed seeds, and
by using the improvements in cultivation
and harvesting, the question of cost would
be largely settled. Mangolds are the best
roots for milch cows, and should be plant
ed while yet the winter moisture is in the
land. Lanes improved sugar beet is the
leading sort. Turnips are planted later,
as a rule. Mangolds require a rich soil,
and should be planted in drills wide
enough apart to admit Of horse culture
scientific Farmer.