The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-09-05
AGRICULTURAL.

about country tayems.
If horses are rubbed, morning and noon,
with handful of smart weed, the flies
will not trouble them in the least through
the day.
Colonel +. d. Curtis says, in the Rural
New Yorker: "Wcbb'S Swedish turnip
kept sound and hard in the pig-housc eel
lar until the last of July. This is the best
variety to keep we know of, and it is an
important ITEM
In moist charcoal seeds will sprout with
remarkable quickncsS and certainty, but
after they have sproutcd they do not con-
tinue to grow well in charcoal alone.
Drilled in with the seed, charcoal powder
is said greatly to promote the growth of
wheat.
The best time to top-drcSs grass land is
in August or September, before the fall
rains occur ard after the burning heat Of
summer is past if then applied the rams
soak it and carry the fcrtilizng properties
directly to the grass roots, where they are
needed.
Still another remedy for the ccrtanc ncurc
of bee stings: Take fresh tomato leaf,
crush it, aAd l,,p it upon the part stung.
The pain will disappear Immediately, and
without the Slightest trace of swelling.
We would like to transmit to postcrity the
name Of the discovercr of this method.
1t is said by a farmer who has tried the
experiment so often as to be sure Of his
ground that buttcrmilk poured over the
back of scuryy pig will entirely and
speedily remove the scurf. The remedy is
simple. Almost every farmer can boast
of one or more SCurvy pigs, and If butter
milk will cure it, it should not be spared.
To secure the total destruction of the
tobacco fly sprinkle the plantswith adecOc-
tlonot onc-siXthot an ounce Of stryChninc
dissolved IN twenty quarts OF water, This
application has been known to destroy the
fly absolutely. and cause no injury what
ever to the Young plants. An indefinite
quantity will be found to work no injury
whatever to the plant. 1t can be applied
with perfect safety.
The London Farmer has the following:
"A capital plan of protecting horses and
cattle from the tormcnting attacks Of flies
in hot weather is to wash their coats in
the morning with dccoction of walnut
leaves, the peculiar smell of which effect
lally keeps the would-bc marauders at a
distance. The decOction is said to have
.hc further power of destroying any eggs
hat may have been already deposited in
he skin
We often urge the necessity Of using
males Of the best milking breeds to cross
m the common COW, and that daiymen
should raise their own cows, for the feed
ng of the young hcitcr has much to do
with her usefulness us COW. Some prog
'css has been made in this direction, and
american dairics are better than they
we're ten years ago, and are constantly
making slow progress. But they might
make much greater progress than they
lavC done.
Mr.. IIoyt kept seven sheep. grade Cots
yOlds, and raised thirteen lambs He
old his wool for thirty cents a pound, and
lis sheep averaged six pounds each; this
makes an average income for each sheep
If $50, or IL total of SIS 10 from the
lock, rating the lambs at the mAykct
,rcc, $3.50 each. The seven sheep can
Dc kept on the same feed as one COW, and
With ever so much less trouble they will
ftord greater yield. Where there is IL
rood market for lambs farmers ought to
:ccp more sheep,
For years we have been troubled with
and, Notwithstanding repeated
moving during the summer they would
Dm seed in the fall. After many cxpcr-
mcntS, Il certain and speedy remedy for
he pests has been discovered in kerosene
il. lfa small quantity be poured into
he hearts of the plants, directly after cut
ing, they will disappear entirely, roots
nd stalks, leaving no trace OF their for
Ter existence save Il small hole in the
lth where they stood. Refined or
rude oil will accomplish the purpose
luallywcll.
1t is matter of little consequence AS
, the acreage which Is put in, in this or
nat grain in this or that crop; it mat
rs very little how much farmer raises
n his farm-the important question is
ow much he raises per acre. The far
Ter who raises one hundred bushels of
heat ON four acres will become we'll
)-dO, independent farmer, if not Il rich
IAN, if he does not meet with cXtraOrdi-
ary misfortune; but the farmer who
uses one hundred bushels of wheat on
yciye acres is ON the direct roai to pow
Ity, and undoubtedly will become poor
he lives lor. enough and raises wheat
nough
A correspondent OF an exchange paper
atcs that he fed his horses skinned milk
nj that hc has known cases where it was
great benefit and was an economy He
Tvs that pail of it three times day
i'll keep work horse in better condition
ian will four quarts of oats OF course
lis sort of ration would render less wa
+ necessary. Three pals of ten quarts
Ich would give twenty-four quarts of wa
r, as milk has OF solid matter &c per
mt. only (one-ffth), and 50 per c,nt.
m-ffths) Of water. So thirty quaIts of
ilk wculd give the twenty-four'lu-rso
ater.
Speaking of the farm of Hon. George
,ddes, Fair Mount, N. T.. the Country
says: "The tweutyacrc field
hich was cultivated for seventy years
thout bammauura, and which continued
yield hH1yy crops duriug al tlus peri
|, was treated with an application OF
ri mdnurr q few years since, not irC
" necessity 5 It, but because there hap
ned to be q surplus near at hand. m
.ldcy thinks it caused some increase IN
e luxuriance of the crops, but he still
c, Ms, as u matter of economy, the proc-
sisd, ,plowingin in clover, A mass of the
ms and leaves copious enough 10 I'LL the
Irow he finds more VALUABLE than any
mmon coat of yard manurj while The
ots are not only a valuable par. Of the
,p, but they serve as anedcien, lUosener
the soil, All Allthemanuremdle on the farm
however, carefully saved and ipplied
a useful auxiliary in mGlntnMug the
'tility of the land =
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