The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-01-09
AGRICULTURAL.

Hereford beef commands higher pr,ces
in London markets than shorthom beef.
There is no animal that will better re
nav the cost Of good extra keep than .
dairy COW IN full milk.
The wheat crop Of the northwest, a. II
is being threshed, is turning out better
than was reported. both In quality and
quantity.
In consequence Of the demobi!iraSon OF
the Russian army. thousands Of cavalry
horses have been sold for mere nominal
prce-
Roadlccomotive eng,nes Are bece'nms
unite common in England for heavy team
ing. plowIng. etc. The excellent re'ds OF
the country favor their usefulness.
According to the report Of the Co'nmis,
sioner Of Agriculture about S.up t"ns os
guano are used annually IN North earo-
lima at about sn average cost OF =" PEI
ton.
The urine Of all animals. especially
those who are highly fed. Is more valuable
as manure than the solid exercments. and
should lie carefully saved by suitable an
sorbents.
North Carolina has for some years been
shipping oottonseed OIL 10 Italy. In ciar
flied state. where II is used IN place OF
the more expensive olive OIL. IL has @
late begun shipping peanut oil.
Work not rod Of land more than YOU
can work well. II Is easier and nom NOR"
profitable To reap SIXTY bushels for one
acre than City from two. Manure and
proper cultivation will enable you 10 do
L.
II ismorr honorable and dignihed 10 he
living independently on farm, making
butter and cheese. and raising abundant
crops and fine stock. than to sit IN high
places and aid IN making bad laws.
Irish grayicr. remove the horns OF cattle
by a sharp gougc when they are calves
Pollei bullock- are said to I've very quiet
and rest comfortably. therefore fattcning
faster and trcading down less straw.
There Is only one other worse thing To
plant on farm than Canada thisfies-
auack grass and that class of noxicus
weeds. I, is a mortgage. Once success
fully planted. II will soon absorb the
farm.
Ammonia escapes rapidly in vapor from
hot dung heaps. Its presence may be
shown by waving bit Of cloth wet with
muriatic acid IN the vapor. when II am.
monia is present dense white clouds VIII
be formed.
In Lincolnshire. England. 10000 aGcs
Of fcver-and-ague breeding swamp land
have been transformed into fields OF
wheat barley and oats and excellent mead
ows through iudicious schemes Of rcciaina-
ton.
Alfred Johnston. OF Salisbury, n C..
has lately dug the largest crop Of sw",t
POTATOES ever raised in that section In ons
season. gathering nearly 900 bushels. OF
this number. loo selected potatoes weigh
ed over COO rounds.
Gypsum il valuable fertilizer and de-
oiorizer too little known and too sparng
Is used For use in the stable and Ponl-
try ward II i. invaluable. II Is a complete
absorbent Of ammonia-a most VALUABLE.
element in all fertilizers.
Don't place too many eggs under the
-itting hens at this season Of the year.
Nine or eleven. according 10 the size OF
the hen. will give better turn out than
more. Place three inches Of dirt m YOUR
box or barrel nest with some so't tine hay.
and Blddy will attend 10 details.
The average period of CESSATION for a
mare Is :sp5 days: COW. 30 dave; eve. l5S
DAYS; goat. i53 days; SOW. III days; slut.
60 DAYS; rabbit, thirty DAYS. Incubation
Goose 20 DAYS; turkey. y days. peafowi.
= days; duck. - day; chicken. u day.
pigeon. IL days. canary, IL days
The mos, climate Of England favor
the growth of potatoes: 800 bushels to the
acre is SPOKEN of ~ no, AN uncommon
WELD Here IL would 10 almost unheard
II. the average in New England no, much
exceeding LOO bushels. and 30 bushels Il
a very heavy cropfor our country.
Mr.. Z. w. Din. Of Auburn. Ne, reports
40 bushels IL corn as husked from ar
scres. His ron, crop - nearly 90 bush
els. mostly beet. which he consider. good
feed for either hogs or COWS. lie also
raised eighty tons a. hay. and all these
crops from farm Of only eighty acres.
According 20 pr. Lawes. the ,alu. ~
manure made by feeding n ton Of corn
meal !. o.. 65 showing that the profit in
feeding meal 10 chiefly 30 be found in The
ie-h produced. Clover hay also s,ands
high a. a source 81 rich manure. the ma
nure from FEEDING a ton icing valued at
inore than half the value 81 the hay
itself.
II i. suggested that the telephone would
te very useful for farmer. A line running
alonf country roads and terminating at
'he neares. village would save many trips
o town. a, II could 10 employed N call q
Doctor, 20 order goods. 30 engage hands for
extra work OF 10 send mes>s9es Ia 10 'sle-
GRABBED b. a distance lffarmers furnish.
81 H.. ,o... q linz eould b. DO, % ~,
aio 30, ,o,I.
49, o...i 49,.
M 49,, - 80 ~ :, "a - T.. e
tai area of 2. .vDD seres. ys, last yea, ia
sr,ort a Earl, r.o.s.oe. Amounted u eysD..
S.y =, :, ,hs ~. a .l.,.,, go No, AR. fs
H. v,,ols ,.l.nd ,neludins ro.ds. roei..
"a va,.- ui.oe. Thn year the