Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-07-09
Ear,n Notes.

Let the hogs choose between roots and
corn, and you will grow nine-tenths roots
to one-tenth corn, the pork crop will weigh
City per cent. more in the fall, be entirely
clear Of disease, and if fattened quickly
will pay.
The English feed for fattening sheep con-
sists Of cotton-seed and turnips. They
claim tina, it puts on most fat, is the SAT-
est food, makes the best mutton at less
cost, and produces the best and strongest
manure.
Fresh COW dung on dairy pastures when
brought from the barnyard, produces grass
e distasteful to dairy stock, and claimed
by some to be productive Of abortion. In
deciding where to use your manure heap,
therefore, this fact should be borne in
mind.
Poorly fed fowls give inferior eggs, just
as cows on poor pastures yield sky-blue
milk and little cream. Fowls never do
better than when they have free range aud
access to grass or roots, which they con-
sumo abundantly, together with insects,
seeds of weeds and grains
The man who doesn't squander any
money hiring lawyers has turned up in
Sonora county, Cal, where be recently re-
corded deed to $4,000 worth Of land
in which one Of the boundaries is describ-
cd as being between the wheat and corn
now growing on said land
A Connecticut farmer turned down a
rank growth Of clover and sowed winter
wheat, which yielded PA bushels per
acre A neighbor sowed the same kind of
seed in an adjoining field, not fertilized with
clover, and harvested fair crop Of straw
that contained no grain.
Analysis of leaves and wood show that
Of earthly matter or ashes, the manure TO-
hlge Of the elm contains / / PEI cent, the
solid wood less than 2; the leaves Of the
willow more than 8 per cent, Its wood
ouly 90; those Of the beech CO. per
cent. the wood only OBS; those OF the
European oak 4.06 per cant. the wood
only 0.22; those Of the pitch pine 8 l3
per cent, the wood only OBJ
The WEsrKRN FARMER says; "One of
the first things to be taught boy upon &
farm Is the use OF tools lie should be a
good carpenter and blacksmith, in fact,
able to make or mend nest any implement
upon the farm A few tools are always
necessary and the proper Use Of them can
soon Toe acquired, so that the farmer can
shoe MS own horse, make his sheds, build
his barns and thus turn every day to &C
count
Stock, when having suitable shelter and
protection during cold and inclement wealth
er, gsIn IN condition onless focd than would
Keep SIMILAR stock, when unprotected, from
actually losing condition. In seeking to
protect our stock in stables, etc. We must
see that We provide for good ventilation,
without which little comfort is realized by
the stock, and the beneficial effects OF good
feed and warmth are defeated
Probably the plough in Egypt Is Of the
same form as in the days Of the Pharaohs
If not, indeed, Of still ruder construction.
The fellsh mas TO procure the animals Of
draught whence he may. The Egyptian
oxen, which have something of the char
acter Of the bison or buffalo, are sturdy
beasts; but they are not plentiful. 80 the
patient camel. with all the gear for being
ridden, is also put to the plough. They are
On assorted pair; 1t may not be easy to
drive and direct them, vet they appear to
work tolerably well together
Lswes and Gilbert's experiments proved
that for every 100 pounds live weight the
pig would eat daily, when fsttening, % to
80 pounds, Of which I - per cent, was
stored up in the animal, showing that 90
- per cent, passed the animal in its ex-
cretions In the case Of the sheep Is
pounds, Of which 5 per cent, was stored
W IN the animal; the OK II 10 Is pounds,
Of which Is per cent, was stored up in
the animal Based on the dry weight Of
the food, the pig stores up about 20 per
cent, sheep i per cent, or per cent,
showing that the feeding of pigs and sheep
Is more profitable than that Of oxen
Wax is generated in the bodies of bees
al viii, oozing out between the scales Of
their abdomen In little plates no larger
than the top Of pins head When bees
areengaged building rapidly, the AoOr-bOard
is often thickly sprinkbd with the wax
scales which have fallen from the work
mems mouths. Each bee generates two
scales al time, and is unable 70 do so
on sesnty diet, but must be led literally
on honey during the time. fhe consump-
ton Of honey Is very great when wax pro-
duetioD Is going on Liebig was OF opinion
that 20 lbs, Of honey were required to
manufacture ID. Of wax - EssLIsH
MECHANIC.
A Scotch paper says: DOGS and cats
sometimes find their way home from long
distances in very surprising manner.
Mountain sheep have also ksble'hom-
ing" faculties. The following instances are
reported a. having taken place lately in
the north: A Cheyiot eve, which had
been driven in flock from Northumber-
land to Southerlandshire, Was found one
day Oh her ole pasture, followed by her
lamb. having traced her way back hum