The Osceola times., 1879-10-25
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
Electric Piowing-Jersey Cows-Restoring
Fields Breeding Stock, etc, etc.


Electric Plowing-Jersey Cows-Restoring
fieids-Breeding Stock, etc, etc.
ELECTRIC FLOWING.
AT recent meeting at the Paris Ac-
ademy of Sciences, NJ. Tresca gave an
account of some experiments in blowing
by electricity, which he witnessed at
Sermaise, in the Marne. A Gramme ma
chine, making 200 revolutions per min
ute, and driven by steam engine, was
connected to a second Gramme at a dist
ance of 44O yards, and caused the latter
to revolve at the rate of ] ,l40 revolutions
in minute, the electricity produced by
the first machine being thus converted
into work. The second was connected to
third at n distance of 2l9 yards, and
these two worked a cable attached to a
double Brabant plow. According to NJ.
Iresca, the experiment was very success
ful, the work accomplished representing
the equivalent of three-horse power.
while one-half of the motive power OBJ
tanned from the steam engine was really
transferred to distance of more than
900 yards from the furnace.
RESTORING FIELDS.
The best and most economical wav to
restore partially exhausted fields, and in
reasonable time, is by rotation of
crops, aided barnyard or other manure.
Where system of rotation is carried out
the soil is rested by following one crop
with another, which mainly subsists up
on different elements, and to increase its
carbonaceous matter by such crops as
will add largely to it. 1t is, perhaps, not
very important as to what crops are
planted, when compared with their dis
similarity, disposition of them when
grown, culture, etc, as succession.
When their principal constituent ele-
ments are compared, the following rota.
ton does well: clover, corn. cotton, rye,
oats, wheat. These crops vary widely in
their principal elements, and they pro-
duce and restore the mould TO the
land.
JERSEY COWS.
In answer to a correspondent in Bar
low county, we reply that in our judg-
ment the Jersey is the animal for farm
crs who keep from one TO six or eight
cows. For butter and cream this COW is
the best If our correspondent expects
to realize money profit from cows, be-
plenty of milk and butter, he should
keep only those of such breed as are best
adapted for the purpose. The obscrya-
ton and experience of others is that the
Jersey is a profitable COW. They are
easily kept, docile, yield milk of superior
richness, from which is produced butter
which for color, solidity and fine flavor
is unequaled. As a general thing butter
made from Jerseys commands better
price in the market than that made from
other rbreeds.-CoHstitution.
BREEDING STOCK.
With breeding stock, healthy devel-
opment is of much more importance
than rapid growth. The worst place in
the world TO select animals for breeding
purposes is the show yard, for here all
the appliances known to the best feed
ers are usually resorted TO TO produce
rapid development which consists, in
most cases, of adipose tissue, and these
unnaturally forced show pigs are like
hot house plants, too tender, from the
very forcing process they have gone
through, TO he strong, healthy, hardy
breeding animals. In selecting breeders
it will be well to let the excessively fat,
and the abnormally large pigs severely
alone. National Lire Stock Journal.
FALL FLOWING.
Fall plowing is not sufficiently thought
off and practiced by our farmers. If a
good crop is desirable, the ground should
receive good and thorough preparation.
The climate and soil of England is no
better for wheat than much of the eli
mate and soil of our country, yet Eng
lish farmers pay great attention to the
preparation of their land, and conse-
auently make nearly double to what we
do to the acre. An English farmer will
give his field two plowings, several har-
rowings, sometimes roll 1t, while Geor-
cia farmer will give his field one poor
blowing. Extra work in plowing not
only leaves profit, but such generous
treatment benefits the soil.-Er.
VARIATION IN PRICES.
. There is one matter that farmers should
consider, and that is variation in prices.
Some crops are high one year and low
another year Some pay good profit at
one time and don't pay expenses at an
other. The production of some crops
can be greatly overdone, but there are
other productions it is very difficult to
overdo. Take beef, for example. Look
at the price it bears one year with an
other There is but little variation in it..
Ii always commands good prices. II is
not up to-day and down tomorrow. Ii
is safe to produce it. More farmers
should 90 to raising more good beef cat
tie.
opcu,pns Will NOT CARE FOR THEMSELVES
Many farmers have an impression
that their apple, peach and pear orchards
can take care of themselves. The roots
can stretch themselves little, but their
foracing ground is limited, and to sup
pose that within this limited space food
can be found to sustain growth and bear
fruit for decades of years without any
resupply of the raw material is unrea-
sonable. No wonder that so many OF
our orchards show moss-grown trunks,
decaycd branches and stunted fruit.
NOTES.
Ir is estimated that the wheat crop in
the Red river valley this year will amount
to 6.OOO,000 bushels, against 2,5OO,OOO
bushels last year.
THE hay crop of the United States at
the lowest valuation OF 20 per ton, Is
twice that of wheat, three times that OF
cotton, and ten times that Of wool.
ENGLAND will probably require Of
America ~ ,OOO, 600 bushels Of wheat this
year-equal to the entire import Of the
United Kingdom fve years ago.