Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-02-19
AGRICULTURAL.

LINOIs.-I got some Early Amber seed
from the Department of Agriculture at
Washington, and planted it on May IA.
The weather was so dry that did not
get half stand. The cultivation was
the same as for corn, except that it re-
ceived some extra dressing with hoe.
1t commenced to ripen about the 18th
of August and was ripe the 1st of Sep
TENDER, when frost almost ruined it.
Then it was cut and piled, and laid
there three or four weeks before it was
made up. 1t made good strip, but this
did not granulate well. 1 made about
700 gallons of strip for my neighbors.
l made theirs before my own, and there
fore had better success. Most of it
graduated in the coolers when it was
made, or soon afterwards. 1 think that
to secure the best success in granu-
lating sirup, it should be kept in a warm
place, in open tanks or barrels. 1 put
some in open tanks, and some more of
the same kind in tight barrels. That in
the barrels granulated pretty well, but
that in the tanks did much better, all of
it turning to solid mush sugar, with the
exception of a little molasses on the top.
M. Il. Colby, Bureau County, Ill.,, in
Rural NeW Yorker.
SELECTING DAIRY COws.-Look first
to the great characteristics of dairy
cow-a large stomach, indicated by
broad hips, broad and deep loin and
sides, a broad or double chine-these
indicate a large digestive apparatus,
which is the first essential requisite to
the manufacture of milk. Secondly, a
good constitution, depending largely
upon the lungs and heart, which should
be well developed, and this is easily de-
termined by examination; but the vigor
and tone of the constitution is indicated
by the luster of the hair and brightness
of the eye and horns, and the whole
makeup. Thirdly, having determined
her capacity for digesting surplus food
for making milk, look carefully to the
receptacle for the milk--the udder-
and the veins leading to it. The COW
may assimilate large amount of food
which goes mostly to lay on flesh and
fat; but if she has a long, broad, and
deep udder, with large milk veins, it is
safe to conclude that her large capacity
for digestion and assimilation are active
in filling this receptacle. In fact the
udder is the first point to look at in a
cursory examination of a COW, for Ma
ture is not apt to create in vain. If it
reaches to the back line of the thighs,
well up behind, reaches well forward, is
broad and moderately deep, with teats
well apart, and skin soft and elastic, it
may be inferred that Nature has pro-
vided means for filling it. If the udder
be round cylinder, hanging down in
the front of the thighs, like a six-quart
pail, the cow can not be a profitable
mixer, whatever digestive apparatus
she may have. A yellow skin and
yellow ear Gnside) is almost universally
regarded as present in a cow that gives
rich yellow milk; but after you find the
indications mentioned above, you may
admire as many other points as you
please-such as first-class escutcheOn,
long, slim tail, beautifully turned
dishing face, dropping, waxy horn, a
small, straight, slim leg, or any other
fancy points; but do not look for these
till you have found the essentials Nd
tional Lice Stock Journal, Chicago.
"DUNG-HILL Fowls" FOR PROFIT
1t is noticeable that though SO much
attention has always been given by
poultry raisers to improving the differ
ent breeds of fowls, by importations
from other countries and by care in Sc
lectiens, that some varieties Gas the Leg
horns) which never set have been pro-
duced mo variety has yet been able to sup
plant what is commonly known as the
dung hill'' chicken; and few people,
except poultry fanciers. who make it a
regular business, raise blooded fowls.
A recent writer in Land and Home as
serted that people who raise fowls SOLE
ly for profit, would find it to their adj
vantags to raise some pure blooded va
riety, because they can be sold at prices
that will more than compensate for the
extra trouble. Such has not been my
experience, nor that of many of my
friends. But even if the assertion were
correct I doubt if pure FLOODED fowls
would ever become profitable hens to
the practical farmers and others, who
raise fowls purely from economical mo-
tives, nor take the place of the ordinary
barn-yard" fowl. All the different
varieties possess the same good quality
to an unusual degree, but are fatally
wanting in others. The Leghorns are
great layers, but never set; some Of
the light weights, as the Games, have
a very delicate flavor. A per-
son, by keeping several separ-
ate focks, might profit by these
different qualities to certain extent,
but with the majority of poultry raisers
this would NOT ha aotica h1o Cf;lI or