The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-02-20
RURAL POINTS.

The. most successful farming IN Cali
fornia depends upon irrigation.
The hest herd of dairy cows IN this
country weld from GOO 10 500 pounds of
cheese per cow Few OF these are thor
oughbresis, but are selected from the best
grades of the various breeds
The poultry should be fed meat three
OF four times a week with their other
food, when the ground, being frozen.
there are neither worms nor insects for
them to pick up about the premises
shipments of American hay 10 Eng
land fave resulted in remuncrative re
turns. II is quite likely that the low
rates of steamer freight new Offered may
stimulate the export trade il baied hay
OF late large coasignmen;s OF butter
have bcea shipped in ten pound pack
ages, lnclosed in tin cans, 10 scotland.
/ the shipments were received IN good or
( der and sold readily ii - ccHts per
I pound.
/ Cows, when they expeEd vitality in
labor, eat more; when they expend it in
!. keeping warm, they need more food; and
when they either lay on lat, or produce
/ milk, or grow, they need food ia pro
portion
The potato crop OF the country is est
mated at 1Sl 800 ,o0G bushels. Compared
| with 1878 there was an increase OF ) per
cent. in acreage, and tlIe yield IS estima
ted by the department of agriculture a
ninety-eight bushels per acre, agains
siXty-nlne bushels last year, and ninety
four in 1874.
Cattle like q change OF diet occasion
ally, as men do Keeping cattle on hay
or straw alone is a little like living OF
bread or potatoes, or meat alone, will
nothing except that one dish. Therefore
feed some roots, as well as hay and mea
or shorts. If you haven't the roots OF
hand, be sure and have supply mex
winter.
II. NJ Vail, of Pemiret, VI, says tina
fifteen years ago the average yield OF but
ter per COW was 100 pounds in that town
while now it has increased to 20t
pounds, and the price has correspond
ingly increased. He thinks this Ia
: been attained by high feeding, more car
| in selecungcattie and better care CT then
generally.
Fence posts or timber cut for othe
. purposes in September will be NOR
durable than ii cut At any other season
. Many farmers give ii as their eXperienc
} HAT fence posts cut in August or SCI
= tcmber viii ouilast by many years other
i that are cut in winter or spring; and
. the ground ends OF gate posts are Sigh
; ~ chaIrcd before sinking they will No
i rot for years.
C in Great Britain machine has bee
invented by which wet grass is rapid
: turned into hay. TAc machine Ia
{ worked very Successfully during the pa:
1 season, and il is said this method {
} making hay is to be introduced on man
;, large estates in England. The admon
. ton of the old adage, ''to make hay Will
J the sun Shines is in danger Of losing il
q force in that country.
q The question being whether not
: bearing interest at certain rate, and III
n paid at maturity, continues to bear int
! est at that rate until paid, or whether,
the absence of any expressed stipulatio
i as 10 the rate Of interest after maturiI
: il thenceforth bears interest only ut I'll
= rate fixed by law-the court held that
the parties meant that if the contract ia
h should continue, il would have been cas-
: Ia say so. In the absence of any stipul
ton such intendment can not be inferre
n and the interest after maturity will be Il
y rate fixed by law.-IIolden vs.. Free
I mans Trust Co, Sup. CT, L. S.