Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1880-11-27
tCr1cULTUR L.

Good average farms in TIE vicinity
az Ontario, Canada, 81 ct 50 Ter
acre.
A correspondent Of the Utica -. y.
Herald recommends orchard grass for
pastures.
The Cherokee Indians have 500
acres planted in fruit tTee-, principally
apples and peaches.
Cotton planters in Northern leXa~
are e%rnployiBg Chinese lahorero to
gather their cotton crops.
Twenty-Five breakiu. p!onghs, al
within sight, were running recently IL
Valley county, Nebraska.
w. Fl. Black wood. Of Ia, wards
Alameda county, CalifsFnla, realize
SD. 600 from twelve acres Of apricot.
The cost Of cLltivatih@ al acre Of NE
dunn white beans in Can,''a l. sci
down at sli; the yield per acre q
twenty to ~twenty-ti e bus he's, and the
average price at ) %. Those sll;pito
are mostly sent to the [ ni.ed states.
Some experiments by q Number -
German scientists seem toahow that tn
nutritive value Of pea stra" Il eqlalt'
that Of clover hay. Oat straw i inic
rior, both in proportion OF nutr.tivt
MATTER and III digestibility.
The California grape growers aud
wine makers have q fatterin1 prnsneci
ahead in relation to this years vintage.
1t promises to be the largest Cali1ornit
has ever known, and is variously est
mated at from IL, 900, 600 to l4,o)0,D0O
gallons.
The tobacco crop in Virginia is re-
ported poor by the Danvllle IGm.$. In
many sections, owing To the lax OF
plants, the area of land planted n to
baccO was smaller than usual, and We
rywhere the tobacco, though Of bright
color. Is said to be wanting in body and
weight.
The British Goat Society, Of London,
il endeavoring to secure the breeding
of goats for flesh and milk. After they
are eight months old the animal, do EOl
furnish pleasant food for civilized l1eos
pie. The female goat give, excellent
milk and can be maintained III Very
small expense.
1t has been estimated that Of the
horses in the world Austria has ST.
900; Hungary, 2,179,oO Q France about
5000, 900 Russia, q 40, 900; Germany,
3,352,0OO; Great Britain and Ireland,
7,255,VO; Turkey, about 900, 900; the
United States, 300, 90; the Argentine
Republic, i,0O0. 900; Canada, 22,G4l, 600 F;
Uruguay, l,Goo,OUO.
a Berlin Manufacturer is making
horseshocs of iron and hemp which r :
ceivc considerable praise among the
Germans. The shoe is of malleublc
iron carving n deep, wide groove, into
which tarred hemp rope is firmly
wedgcd.' The hemp i, SO thick that it
p%rotrudcs beyond the iron. The Shoe
is very light and is said to BE- service
able.
Recently it has been shown by Ger
man a.!alysyts that The flesh OF the fat
animal in every case is richer in fixed
material than that Of the lean animal,
and though the~4leSh Of Il lean animal
possesses a more uniform quality than
that of q fat one, yet the poorest parts
IN the fat n possess a higher nouriSll-
ing value than the best i the lean ami
NAL.
The Southern Planter gives the fol
lowing method of an Alabama gentle
man i'll asc%ertaining he age of a hors,
more than 8 years old: Aftortlle horse
is 8 years old il wrinkle comes in thu
eyelid, at the upper corner OF thu lowe
lid, and every year thereafter he Ia,
one well-detined wrinkle for each yea
of his age over fine. If, for instance
Il horse has 3 wrinkles, he is l.; if 1
l3. Aid the number OF wriuklee To
and you will always get at it.
One experienced farmer plants TIVE
OF three weeks after the main crop,
new hill of corn III every fifteenth roy
each way. If the weather heconlts DR.,
during the filling time the silk an,
taSSclS DO not recover. Then, for wall
of pollen, the silk is unable to fill it
proper office. At this time, however
the replanted corn is ready To suppl,
fresh pollen, and the filing Is com
pleted. =