The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-02-20
AGRICULTURAL.

AUhIS OL1 ChAL.
Dry, billy pastures are most suited Il
sheep.
Excessive moisture is injurious tc
sheep.
In Europe pig dung Is largely applied
to the hemp crop.
Chambers and farcy in horses are differ.
ent notifications Of the same disease.
A lining Of tarred paper in poultry
houses Is recommended as preventive for
lice.
In experiments with barley the best eff:
fects were seen where heterogeneous man
ures were used.
Voelcker's and Gilbert's analysis Of
earth closet manure have shown that il
possesses but little value.
Grass land is very much improved by
the consumption Of oil cake. grain and
feeding stuffs rich In heterogeneous sub
stances.
Parsnips are used very much in France
for fattening meat cattle and hogs.
Steaming or boiling them is strongly rec
commended, especially for swine and
poultry.
The finest wheat in the world is grown
in Bar5ary and Egypt, fact which has
always existed and always Will, on ac-
count Of climate influences. The Scotch
is the poorest.
1t is reported from Jersey that the de-
mand for the island cattle is in excess of
all previous experience. France and
America are competing with England for
any choice specimens.
Over $4,000, 900 pounds of artificial but
ter were manufactured in this country in
1873 much of it being sold as the genu-
inc article. This product has had an in
huence in depressing the price of the poor
grades of butter.
Potatoes cut ten DAYS or two weeks be-
fore planting, and sprinkled with plaster,
will sprout earlier and grow Detter than
when planted on the same day. Do not
forget this. The result will surprise you.
OF $40 cows observed by Mr.. Tessur, q
calved between the 240th and 27Oth days.
the meantime being 2j9 days: j4i calved
between the 270th and goth days. the
meantime being 2s2 days. while 10 calyed
between the 299th and 32lst days, the
mean time being 303 days.
Drawin's idea that heavy and fine seeds
tend to yield the finest plants is supported
by practical experiments on turnip seeds
in England, which gave a product of 2
pounds ounces per seed in the case of
large seeds. as against 2 pounds II,
ounces in the case of large seeds.
Three or four bushels Of corn meal, with
a quart CT salt, in a hogshead CT water,
stirred occasionally for three or four DAYS
until it ferments, is much better and far
cheaper than feeding either meal or corn
to growing pigs. You can add bran or
of Stops to 1t; and when halt
used, fill up with water, and SO repeat,
adding meal when needed and a little salt.
This swill will stand a 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 sensibili-
hes were shocked at the odor of stable
for fertilizing pot plants, put
piece of beefsteak under the roots of an
ivy, and was surprised at the other "kind
If richness developed" Well, it is mere
y matter of taste. If one is able to
manure with beefsteak at twenty-five
,ents per pound for the small amount of
nitrogen it contains, it is no ones bust
ness except the one who holds the purse
strings. 1t is, however the most expensive
source Of the production Of nitrogen for
growing plants we have lately found.
An enthusiastic breeder of poultry says:
Farmers will feed a bushel of corn TO |
produce six pounds of pork, while the |
'ame amount of corn will keep a good |
aging hen one year, and she will produce |
It least twelve dozen eggs. averaging |
eighteen cents per dozen, which would |
.qual S2.l6; in addition she would rear |
rood OF chickens worth as much more, |
making total of nearly FIVE dollars, |
Igainst six pounds of pork at ten cents,
'qualing 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 pou'.
ry. it affords healthful recreation and
nioyment to all classes. Those who |
laily toll in the counting house. factory
II mill, each and all need some light. at
ractive, health-producing employment.
Being about to let my farm for term
4 years, ! seek information ON the follow
ny IuestloHs. rlTst, WHAT Is the rules In
citing on shares, the proprietor furnish
ng teams, tools and stock to start with
nj getting one-half the produce? Does
e furnish one-haif the feed for stock and
cams, one-half the seed. etc? What is
visionary and Just under such circum-
tances?-"K.," Peninsula. o. IGood
arms are commonly let on shares on these
arms: The tenant furnishes the teams
nd tools and half the stock or animals
le receives feed for his teams and one
alf of all the crops and increase Of an
mas, the owner having the other half
seed is purchased, each pays for half;
r if II is taken from the farm. it comes
,om the common stock, or each furnishes
alf. The farm and fences are kept in
r,ler by the tenant. These terms are
aired with circumstances. On a good.
ch. productive farm. tenant would
i've the owner better terms than on
Cor one; and the owner could afford TO
i've the tenant better terms if he IL indus
-ious and good manager. than If a mis-
lanaSer. Where the owner stocks the
lrm and supplies tools and teams. one
lird Is commonly allowed the tenant. on
ood productive land
Irs. Senator Gordon on the Battle Field.
-usn the Washington Letter.
Some people were speaking the other .