The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-07

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split them on q dish, adj butter. pep
per anu salt.
The better animals are fed. and the
more comfortable they can be kepp
the more profitable they aro, and -
farmers work for profit.
Psach-trees are said IL make ex.
cellent fuel. and On account II their
rapid growth are commended 10 farm
ers on the western prairics where
wood i scarce.
In the interior counties Of this State
and IN New Jersey. women perform
an important part Of the labor II SOW.
ing and harvesting. In the State Of
New-Iork there are said 10 b lib
female farmers, - florists anu 80 gar
dencrs.
NJ. Mcchi, the famous scientific farm
or Of England. estimates that fifteen
hundred sheep folded on an acre 81
land for twenty-four hours. or one
hundred sheep for fifteen days. would
the soil sufficiently Ia carry II
through . four years rotation.
In India the elephant 10 made ser
viceablc before n gigantic plow. The
implement II guided hy two men AMI
turns up a huge ridge and forms Il fur
row three feet deep by four ami a half
wid ut the top. This i the deepest
sub-soll blowing We have any account
OF.
A statistical report to the Montgom-
cry county, Ohio. Horticultural So
cietv, says that the State averages
100 nln# l,rZ1,-H4Lf -. -
that 10000 acres are in grapes. produc-
in. an annual average Of 1900, 900
pounds, yielding 100000 gallons Of
wine.
Horses are cheap in Texas. Pretty
fair horses, adapted to the saddle or
wagon out unbroken, can be had for
SO. The finest Spanish pony, wild "a
a gazelle, and costing - 10 break. sells
for $40; and - no corn or fodder Is
necessary to keep a horse in Texas.
the s|ucculent grass OF the prairies be-
ing to him more delicious than any
thing that an be fed to him. the con
sequence Is everybody rides. and the
unfortunate individual who can't sport
and own a horse is To be pittied.
The silk-worm disease, which has OF
late years interfered with the produc-
ton of silk in Europe, the silk-worm
growers partially attribute 10 the
deterioration of the m~ulberry-trce.
upon the leaves Of which the worm
feeds. The long persistence IN strip
ping the leaves from the trees il be-
lieved to render the alimentary quail
ties less suitable to the sustenance OF
the worm than 1t otherwise would tie.
Greater attention should be devoted to
the growth Of the mulberry.
The Scientific Fdrmcr estimates the
value of hen manure from granted
fowls at s. per 100 lbs. the valuable
constituent. being nitrogen. phos-
phoric acid and potash. and Says IL
NAV be fairly compared with ammo
mated supeT-phosphates. which II r.
sembles in composition, with the nj
dition Of a little potash. Its coInparI-
son with Peruvian guano - not war-
ranted. since. though both are excre-
ments of birds, their food IS entirely
different. being in case fish, intbc
other grain.
That self-sacrifcing body Of grave
and reverend seniors, the senate Of
the United States, has restored the
franking privilege. Several years ago,
men AAfE DIt1S St&ptAAA[A thu
Of the people and urged the abolish
ment Of the ranking privilege. the
Congress yielded under protest, AMI
avenged itself by putting a stop 10 h
free transmission Of newspaper ex-
changes through the mails. Now the
senators restore the rank - hem
selves .in the interest Of an oppressed
public # course. and 10 relieve over
burdened mail bags. We cease 10
wonder x any thing that congress
NAV take into its head 70 do, IN this
year, ISIS.
In the Minnesota State Senate .
written statement Ma presented last
week. signed bv Z number Of persons
formerly employed III the State Hos
pital for the Insane. and alleging gross
cruelty and Encouragement on the
part Of the officials Of that institution
II Is charged that disgusting sub
stances were often served as meat u
the patients that the Assistant super
visor. Belts. IN administering medi-
cineS sometimes acted IN Il most brutal
manner forcing the mouths III patients
open with a wooden plug, and, II the
n~atients were troublesome, forcing the
plug down their threats SO far and 80
ruielr that the mouth OF the sufferer
and the plug would be covered with
blood. Similar plugs were used 10
compel obsutate patients 10 s"aIlo"
food. and on rs occasion a lunatlc
was strangled 10 death. Bette havIrs
deliberately poured soup down tie
man. throat after being warned that
he was choking. \ committee has
been appointed 10 investigate the