The Saline County journal., 1879-01-30
AGRICULTURAL.

Do not forget tnat turnips assist in win
ter feeding of cattle.
The manure bank is the safest bank Of
deposit or loan for the farmer.
There are hogs in Missouri that suck
cows, sitting on their launches to perform
the operation.
Kerosene will soften boots or shoes
which have been hardened by water, and
render them as plia5le as new.
The introduction of the cultivation Of
the mangel wurtzel into Great Britain
took place in l7S6. and formed almost a
new era in British husbandry.
When commencing your agricultural
life remember that industry economy and
integrity will insure success, and form the
best capital that can be employed.
Milk is found to be an antidote to lead
poisoning. The Journal de Medicine
states that after each operator of some
whitehead works received quart day
no collie or harm to health occurred.
An excellent farmer says that for every
sheep he kept last year he sold, in lambs
and wool an average amount of 8 worth
/
paid him better than anything else grown
on the farm.
Potatoes are best cooked in their skins,
for the waste is then only three per cent.
| tbey are peeled first Il is NOT less than
fourteen per cent, or from two to three
ounces in the pound.
Altbopub their nroducts sell for mucb
lower nr;ce. than fbev did a few wears aoo
sbaen ara ill among tbe most nro6tabl,
animals That can ba mt mon q. farm hnt
in orJar 70 Weld the highest returns ot
which tbev are canabie tbev need IN be
nronerlv cared for.
Tha IL &c ,ho o,,s ,roa,c.d .,d
sojd from farms in New York State is
someth;no over 70 yOO. 600 Added 10
This the receints in New York c,ty. from
Western and other sources would make
the total value of euos nroduced and sold
=, Now yorL nearly x6 6OO 0OO
m @. D., D.. .La, ,. asa
40 nae Ie o.. aui itss says Una. 'n.ie je.tS az
o'vv acres y. .,. alnoea sueM .'nne P'th IT,
~ LII 3i o0o aorns . ani ,ha r;.id nf svr,,n
was abont lao O0(, gallons. is expected
tbe Well tb;s year will be nronort ionatejv
;ncrsased Tho Weld of svrnn Is from Ia,
n 1Sil Gallons ner acre
IL 1r n - coo-
non: Inomas 1. 'anes, ooi,iiilissioner m
VI Agrcuituie t1a es., 'ne n.d'e VI teoiI q
SPEAKS IN hls ni!h aiinuai Iepoi. as loi
lows: oucGesiIi asrio"i,ule seeuies I"
noerai ahnua, Pront upon .ie SaP."i III
'es1eo IN lanes' aPplIalioes ah anu ia anu nl
az the sal'e tliie lhcIeises .E tne ief'iiit' vi
Prouueins e"p"o''s vi .he soh
1he average age OF sneeP Is ten years.
Cows have an average OF hfteen years.
nogs nave peeh knoMn 70 n,e icr'y yedrs,
Inc average GI .he morse Is 'weNe
years. , me eiePhan. hNes ~ 'eiy e'ca'
age. ihere u Wu,,e eiePhah' hUS ~
ing III the inhperiai MsnaSeIe III "ussi"
that Is sal" u oe over i'' Seals o'o'
The manure from a ton OF clover hay Is
estimated to be worth S9b4, or about as
much as the hay Is worth IN many places;
1t should be well understood that clover
hay ought to be fed on the farm and new
er sold; II any hay Is to be sold let 1t be
the English meadow, the manure from
which Is worth only about haif as much.
Every farmer may not be able to reach
the maximum OF production' yet ne can
make his land produce what he needs and
what an accommodating market VIII pay
HIM well Tor, when he has II IN excess OF
home wants: No farmer IN the land, how
ever poor his SOIL may be at the outset,
has any excuse for not making every acre
contribute to his own and the general
good.
The more the agricultural situation is
discussed. whether by the press or in pub
lie meeting, the more general becomes the
conviction of the importance of agriculture
in the nation. welfare. 1t is of import
tance TO the whole community thattne land
should be worked to the highest advant-
age. The farmers themselves are fast ms
ing to proper appreciation OF the value
and dignity OF their calling.