The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-28

Cedar boughS scattered IN d..
hen-house / SAID To dlSpcr,e ol
stroy yermin.
DO up the chores. Many II ta
DAYS may be spent IN choppnc ..
wood for next summer.
Mr. Brandt, a member of .na
Minnesota Legislature. accepted
bride Of $50, CIV it to the Clers
and exposed the corruption, which
related to the supply OF books for
the public schools.
1t is of more credit 10 a f4ru.r
to raise 100 or 140 bushels OF shell
eel corn on an acre than 1t wog.s
be TO serve a term IN the State ..--
islature: and TO be able To raise lt.
bushels Of shellcd corn from au acr.
is more to be desired than an c..
ton As Il member Of congress.
\ New York farmer goes w...
over Guinea hens. lie declares tina.
each one Will keep an ere of pots.
toes clear of bugs, and viii au>ve-
every purpose Of Il barometer in pre-
dieting storms. He also SAYS THAI.
they Will not scratch. and lay mar
and better eggs than the common
hen.
Partridge or quail multiply rap
idly. In the Spring Of 1880, ID.
Coues found no less than thlr,s-
two eggs III one nest. The fema..
matches two broods in a single ,e.-
son, the latter in August. III.
fayorite food Of the birds in >au-
mer is seeds of various plants au.
berries. In the Fall they grow ID.
on the gra8s-hoppers.
Sleeping corn in IA strong ,o,Ur.#
of saltpetre t~wcnty-four to FORT.
eight hours before planting, i, ~t.
to be Il protection against mlr..
squirrels, birds and worms. Cop
peras, III strong solution, is also a
commended. As protection again.
worms, mix half a pint Of boIH-
tar to each peek Of corn; stir brisk
so as to give IA thin coating to
kernel.
The practice Of feeding wet, n.
corn meal is very injurious to
kinds Of fowls, and especially m
turkeys. Small grain and ya"
bread, meal just mixed with Wa.
and baked, then dampcncd, may
fed, and the chicks VIII thrive.
pan Of sour milk set out 10 them
will disappear in an incredibly ,..-
time, and the curd scaldcd and Il.
whey poured off is excellent (
them.
The richness of milk doe I.
depend at all upon the time OF III.
all other circumstances beinI
same, 1t Is controlled by the len
of the time between milking
longer the time the poorer the m..
When the days are short the ul-.t
milk is the richest, if the m..a1 -
is done ut the extremes Of the day.
When the nights are short, milk
richest III the morning. and RGs.
the intervals between milking
equal the milk viii be alike, uu.,t
some conditions are varied, IL e..
else, quiet, heat or cold, etc. wins.
may Interfere and Cause yarat.9la
This has been demonstrated oa
large scale with whole dairle- a
at factories where several huuo
cows have furnished milk. y
seryatlons upon such a scale, MAS
times repeated. have a weight w.
carries conviction, a they caal
be warped BY the petty condlt..l'
to which single animal are Liable
v. \. Tribune.
Talking recently to a A9ra-
western farmer upon the differ
between farming in this coa1.
and in the South, he asked:
YOU use wind-mills in the Sou.-
When we assured him w
never seen such a thing IN the ..
ton states, be expressed great
ishment. and assured Us theF
pen III his pam
try: for, said he: "Whcre -tr
are lacking We sink a well, place
Windmill over il, and by Its l9"
draw all the water for u
and occasionally irrigate a
land" We thought much Of
subject during the month q -
last. Not a shower Of ran
from May 9Th till June lutl.
every day the wind blew stead.
at least ten hours during the
Had on. farmers erected TInl--
near the water courses they
have been made TO pay Tor l-e
selves during that time lrr4-'
the low lands, which III mos.
became 700 hard to work, ana L.
which the crops seemed 70 gro"
an inch In SIX weeks. NIHd-L