The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-12-04

"A bulky fodder is the natural food OF
ruminants.
"A wire heated by galvanic current
will cut wood like a saw.
"A uniform use of water is essential to
the healthy growth of plants.
Corn stalks contain more potash than
any other fodder fed to cows.
Pots containing flowers should be wash
ed as often as any mould or fungus growth
appears,
Wyoming has 467 1884 cattle and 3S2,-
56s sheep on her plains, while the human
population is 2O,sO4.
To make bale of cotton weighing 500
pounds, from 600 to 1880 pounds of seed
cotton is required.
"A farmer in Hill county Texas, harvest
ed 600 acres of broom corn, the past season,
which netted $4,000.
The rain annually carries to the earth a
quantity of nitrate and ammonia equivalent
to three pounds per acre.
The most fertile farms in New England
to-day are, as rule, those that are deyoted
to stock and dairy farming.
WHEN stra wherry plants are set in rows
three feet al art and f OF apart in the rows
il requires l4,52g Tor an acre.
ON many farms there are some old cattle
and old sheep that can only be kent at loss.
It is economy to latlen them for the butcher.
In all atte mpis at breeding domestic
cattle no immature stock should be used.
Mature sires and dams are essential ifstrng,
healthy stock are desired. Like produces
like"
Canadian farmers complain that tariff
Of but cents per pound ON wool affords
little encouragement to grow merino sheep
or prnduce fine wool.
-Texus is importing large numbers Of
merino sheep, the number imported during
the past season exceeding that Of any form
er season during the past ten years.
A moderate quantity OF cayenne pepper,
mustard or ginger can with great benefit be
added TO the food of fowls to increase their
vgor and to stimulate egg production.
There are about 400 species of minerals
known, but the varieties OF these species are
almost Infinite. For example, carbonate OF
lime exists as chalk, marble, spar, litho-
graphic stone, ETC.,
1t is estimated that the manurial pro-
ducts annually emptied into the River
Thames BY the sewage o? London, if applied
to barren soil, would impart to it pro-
duetivs power capable of feeding l5O, 900
people.
According to DR.. Wiedehold, fungus
growihs in cellars may be combated either
by burning sulphur or by pouring two parts
Of concentrated sulphuric acid over one part
OF common salt, and so closing all openings
as 10 prevent any escape Of the vapors.
DIR. Atwater says that food to give the
best results should contain one pound ol
/ digestible albuminuids Ia five pounds Ul
enrb,-hydrates, and il more than this Of the
latter Je fed it will be lost unless a proper
Tomato quantity Of the former is added
while # more than this proportion OF the
former be fed il will be lost. Economy IN
feeding is keeping these two articles vel
balanced in these propofliuns
The strongest argument in favor OF horn
less eattle is the fact that horned animal
not only hjure one another ia shipment
often To the extent Of Sc TO IS per car, bu
thew frequently eume to market with brOk, /
horns, aud il nearly always happens lha
tAe unes 10 suiier are the most valuable, be
Gauss their horns are always hner than thos
uPoh rOugh. coarse eAiue.