The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-16
SOUTHERN FARM AND HOME.
AeRECrLrUnAL No Us.

Good wages are paid to corn % usker
and there is plenty OF work.
Nine thousand bushels of pesnuts vii
be pro- uced in North Carolina thisyear
Minnesota muskrats are building theil
winner houses 50 slenderly that the
westherwise predict warm winter.
Ire fertile soil and genial climate Of
the United States induced 80 60 Cana,
dians 70 enigrate during the year ending
June 80, 1873.
The spple srop east of the Allegheny
mountains Is sim ply enormous In many
places they can not be disposed of for a
dime a bIshel.
The cattle trade through Atchison is
larger than at any other point on the
river. Over two Thousand head are
shipped this way.
Franz Hart is now the big sheep man
OF Gavaal County, Arizona, II is thought
he will shear fifty thousand pounds OF
wool mex. spring
a receu sale Of one hundred Hereford
bulls is reported in England for expor-
tstion 10 Buenos Ayres Tor crossing on
native stock there.
the price OF wheat is so low in Eng
land that an agricultural paper Sdyises
farmers 10 feed It (setted anu allowed to
ferment) to stock.
Cattle are coming into Southwestern
Iowa by hundreds from the west aud
north, 10 eat up the corn that Is most a
burden to the farmers Of TIA. vicinity.
An Indiana paper SAYS: "The intro
ductiou Of i'm rJved farming implements
and Lester ed of cattle j. ducug
the area ~ tobacco growing on cur fine
lands
Az exchange says the wagss II woods
men in the Wisconsin piulIias for tie
coming season nsve been fixed az SO to
$50 per month and board. It's not
mucI, but il be2.s nothing all hollow.
The Western Iowa Horticultural
Society meets at Council Bluff on the
18Th and 1854 and 20lh ult. Good
men are taking an active part il this
as Ocjltiou, and the approaching session
Is expected to he a useful one.
Almost ali pure honey will grsnulate
when exposed 10 light and cold. The
granuate state Is an evidence OF purity.
Much OF the jar honey heretofore sold
and recommended not to granulate, is a
very interior article, composed largely OF
glucose.
Orchard Csterpillars have been album
dant IN some localities. As soon as the
leaves have fallen their nests OF eggs may
be readily seen near the ends of the
branches, and nay be cut of and burned.
Every one thus II mOved will prevent a
large nest OF devoureIs.
There were received at the Union stock
yard, Chicago. during the month OF
November 9O7 ,629 h0gs-the largest
month y receipts on TecOrd-an average
OF 81 900 hogs during each working day.
The number OF hogs packed during the
month was about S44 90. The aggres
gate weight OF the hogs received was
236 a36 AS pounds.
Fried potatoes are in the market.
They hail from Boston and come PACKED
IN barrels like dried apples, and are sold
IN grocrIles at twenty cents PER pound.
They may be warmed up by putting
them Ia hot oven 1Oy q few minutes, OF
eateu cold
a writer sends TO the Elmira Farmers
Club the following cure Tor gals on the
shoulders Of draUghJ animals, which ne
says is the best lie ever used: Dissolve
six dTachms OF iodine in a half & pint Of
alcohol ana a ply il on the sore with a
feather as soon a the color is removed,
aud when at rest twice day, morning
auq evening. The article should be il
the stable OF every farmer, a. il Is an
excellent application on horses, whore
the skin Is broken by kic or other aCci-
dents, and l. a sure cure for splints II
used ia proper manner
A mich COW on the average requires
daily, thee per cent. OF her weight IL
hay to keep Der In health an OK two per
cent, not working, or p per cent il
working moderately. An OK Tatteninr
five Per cent. at first and 4 J cent when
hall fat; S. eep. 81 Ter cent. to keep in
stOIe order. If other food is substituted
for hay, or part Ot5t, its com pars.iye
value as Bulr,ment must BE- ascertzined
Thus, oigl. pounds Of potatoes are equsi
10 four pounds O good hay, while elguJ
pounds of g0od turnips are only equal 10
one Sud thTee-t tins pounds Of hay.
At the Missouri Agricultural College,
out OF 81 varieties OF wheat sOwn. the
exparimentersa ys in varieties yield
ing 20 or more bushels per acre the
amount Of straw per bushel varied from
SO pounds in the Clswson To 2O49
pounds in the Russian No 5, difference
of les il favor OF the ClawsOn. A
bu=hel of Claws0n wheat requires for its
growth 1O4 pounds Of coda and potash /;
a bB .hel OF the Russian No. requires
l73 pounds of the same element, or, in
other words, crop OF 80 bushels OF Claws
son is no more exhaustive than is crop
OF 20 bushels OF Russian wheat.