Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-02-20
AGRICULTURAL.


sheep.
In Europe pig dung Is largely apple
to the hemp crop.
Chambers and farcy in horses are diiie
ent notifications of the same disease.
A lining of tarrel paper in poultl
houses Is recommended as a preventive ft
lice.
In experiments with barley the best e
tccts were seen where nltrOgenOus mm
ureS were used
Yoelcker's and Gilbcrts analysis (
earth closet manure have shown that
possesses but little value.
Grass land is very much improved b
the consumption of oil cake. grain an
feeding stutfs rich IN nitrogcnous sui
stances.
Parsnips are used very much in Franc
for iattening meat cattle and hog,
Steaming or boiling them is strongly rec
commended, especially for swine an
poultry.
The finest wheat in the world is grow
in Bar5ary and Egypt Il fact which ha
| uINdl 'aiHNHu tlIu blNdlo Will WI dN
count of climate influences. The Scotc
is the poorest,
tits reported from Jersey that the de
mand for the island cattle is in excess 0
all previous experience. France an,
America are competing with England 10
any choice specimens.
Over 9r,0OOO)0 pounds of artificial but
ter were manufactured in this country il
1873 much of it being sold as the genu
Inc article. This product has had an in
iIucncc in depressing the price of the poo
grades Of butter.
Potatoes cut ten days OF two weeks be
fore planting, and sprinkled with plaster
will sprout earlier and grow letter THAI
when planted on the same day. Do no
forget this. The result will surprise you
Of $40 cows observed by Mr.. Tessur, q
calved between the 2i0th and 270th DAYS
the meantime being 2j0 days; j4i calveC
between the 2IOth and 209th days, the
meantime being 2S2 days, while 10 calveG
between the 29Jth and 32lst days, the
mean time being BOB days.
Drawins idea that heavy and fine seeds
tend to yield the finest plants is supported
hy practical experiments on turnip seeds
in England, which gave product Of .
pounds ounces per seed in the case Of
large seeds, as against 2 pounds Il
ounces in the case Of large seeds.
Three or four bushels of corn meal, with
Il quart of salt i'll hogshead cf water,
stirred occasionally for three or four DAYS
until it frrmcnts, is much better and far
cheaper than feeding either meal or corn
to growing pigs. You can add bran or
mldIings of sIopS to 1t; and when half
used, ill up with water, and so repeat,
adding meal when needcdand little salt.
This swill will stand Il good deal of thin
ming, and is the cheapest method known
Of making pork.
A lady contributor to an Eastern agri-
cultural journal, whose delicate sensibli-
ties were shocked at the odor of stable
richness for tcrtiIizing pot plants, put Il
piece Of beetSteak under the roots Of an
ivy, and was surprised at the other "kind
Of richness developed. Well, it is mere
ly matter of taste. If one is able to
manure with bcefsteak at twenty-five
cents per pound for the small amount of
nitrogen it contains, it is no ones buSi-
ness except the one who holds the purse
strings 1t il, however the most expensive
source Of the production of nitrogen fol
growing plants we have lately found.
An enthusiastic breeder of poultry says:
Farmers will feed bushel Of corn to
produce six pounds of pork, while the
same amount Of corn will keep Il good
laying hen one year, and she will produce
It least twelve dozen eggs, averaging
eighteen cents per dozen, which would
'qual S2.lG; in addition she would rear
BROOD of chickens worth as much more,
making total of nearly five dollars,
lgainSt six pounds of pork at ten cents,
'quallng sixty cents; or, in other words,
he hen will yield seven times as much as
he pig fed on the same quantity of food.
Aside from the profit. which is an impor-
ant considaretion in the keeping of poui-
ry, it affords Il hcalthiul recreation and
Enjoyment to all classes. Those who
laily toll in the counting house, factory
n mill, each and all need some light, at |
rdctiSc, heaIth-producing employment.
Being about to let my farm for term
# years, seek information on the follow
ng questions: First, what is the rules in |
citing on shares the proprietor furnish
ny teams, tools and stock to start with
md getting one-half the produce? Does
le furnish one-half the feed for stock and
cams, onc-haf the seed, etc? What is
visionary and Just under such circum-