The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-04-22
GENERAL FARM NOTES.
Do not pillow land while wet.

DO not plow land while wet.
| Do not neglect to cut seed potatoes
ten days or two week before planting.
The samples Of sea island cotton
grown in Fiji have been pronounced
at the Paris Exhibition, as the best
in the world.
The value Of a COW depends much
more upon the length Of the milking
season than upon the quantity Of milk
given for q few weeks.
The farm OF the late John B Casey
near Covington, Ky, containing 55i
acres has just been sold for $53SIl.
being about sos per acre.
Minor Colvin, of Pendleion coun.
~, has a sow-Poland- China which
has produced 4S pigs, In three litters,
within one year and three days.
The committee Of Congress ID.
pointed to ascertain all the facts pos.
sible connected with pleuro- pneumo-
MIA IN cattle, Is actively engaged and
has appointed a subcommittee.
Clark County Democrat From
1863 to 1878, lS,0l6 Shorthorn cattle
were sold In this county at public
sale for an aggregate snm of $6,57I,-
1S5, an average Of 1866 each.
Roll all the grass land as soon as
dry enought to get on. One hundred
pounds OF land plaster to the acre on
the clover fields will give a big mon
ey reward.
Last year 1877 Short.horns were
sold by Kentucky breeders for sl47,-
5SI, an average Of $lS7.53 each, all OF
the State combined sold 2O43 head
for SSO9,9O6, or al an average OF
To "dry" linsecd oil without boil.
ing it. add TO old oil about two per-
cent, OF horato of manganese and heat
in water bath to, almost. 225 degrees
Fahrenheit, string well,
Worms at the roots Of plants can Be
exterminated by watering with a So
luton made OF fresh lime and water.
Use after the lime has settled. 1t
will improve the plants.
Some experiment on the preserva-
ton Of the eggs Of the silkworm have
been conducted BY G.. Luvini. He
has kept the eggs in good condition
for three months in hydro gen carbonic
acid oxygen and nitrogen. Those
which were in carbonic acid and in
the nitrogen Matched well and gave a
highly satisfactory yield after rcmov
al.
Says the Woodford Sun. Last
March Mr.. N. b. Carpenter, who
lives near Payne's Depot, bought
eve with two eve lambs by her side.
In August the same eve gave birth
to two more lambs IN the following
February, she again LANDED and gave
birth to twins. And now the two
yearling ewes which were following
her last March, have LANDED, each
producing twins.
A months feeding on turpips and
clover-hay has effected remarkable
change in the condition Of few old
sheep we know of. Poor aud stringy
mutton is What helps to make Amcri-
cans dislike it. Turnips assist in
ihickcning the loins and rendering
the meat tender and juicy. This Is
the secret Of the superiority Of English
mutton. and when American farmers
combine turnip- raising with a mutton,
more Americans will have taste for
mutton-chops.
Grade-pigs are preferable TO any
pure bred ones for the farmer. As q
rule, it will be found mistake for a
farmer to keep pure bred animals ex-
cept males to produce grades. High
bred animals are nearly always small.
err and more finely organized than
their grade progeny. The greatest
value consists in producing an i'm
proved progency from our common
stock. This is large in size. and in
every way more valuable for the mar.
ket or for home use than the pure
bred sire would have been. In no
kind Of stock is this fact more maui
fest than with swine. No matter
what kind of a breed Of pigs is kept,
this rule will hold good.