Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-08-11
AGRICUL TURAL.

Within few years past the problem
of increasing the yield of corn by I'M
proved methods of cultivation, has
been warmly discussed, and, no doubt,
with benefit to the farmers of the land.
The average farmer will not raise one
hundred bushels of shelled corn per
acre, but the successful efforts will, at
least, induce him to strive to increase
his Weld 1t would be well if a great
more thought and investigation were
given to increasing the yield OF pota-
toes.
The exports of breadstuffs from the
United States for the fiscal year ended
with June 3Oth reached the enormous
total of $277 ,226,762, the largest
amount for any one year in the his
tory Of the country. This places bread
stuff in the front rank Of our export
trade. for in no other line of products
does the total reach these figures, and
the only approach to them is found In
cotton and provisions.
The Farm and Fsreside speaks with
just severity of the way blacksmiths
hack of the frog of the horses foot, as
though nature had made mistake IN
putting it there. 1--WE know" it says,
..what an elephants foot is; it is all
rubber-like. The horse has the same
encased in shell, which gives him
accurancy and steadiness OF movement.
Now, this casing protects the frog
1t grows slowly, the frog grows rap
idly. The healthy foot OF the colt
shows q centre, if not projecting, at
least level with the line of the hoof
He does not take his weight wholly
on the rim of his feet. Old horses
would have feet more like them II
blacksmiths would allow they knew q
little less than nature, and really knew
enough to read her intentions.
A correspondent of the Chicago
Times relates some remarkable ex-
periences with the use OF salt In MS
garden and orchard. In 1877, he says
bis wife had garden forty feet square
which it was necessary to water every
day, and still the plants and flowers
were very inferior. The next year he
put half barrel of brine and half Q
barrel of salt on the ground and turned
it under. That season watering could
be dispensed with, and the plants were
of unusual size and the flowers OF
great beauty. He also had some po,
tatoes growing from seed that wilted
down as soon as the weather became
very hot. He applied salt to the sur
face of the soil till it was white. The
vines took vigorous start, grew to
the length of three feet, blossomed and
produced tubers from the size of hens
eggs to that of goose eggs. His soil Ii
chiefly sand.
The high prices that ruled for wheat
during the past season, led farmers
through the Northwest to sell. as
rule, all they could possibly spare,
while the same cause seems to have
deferred millers from laying in heavy
supply. Accordingly the latter
through almost that entire section ap-
pear to be short of "hard," or "Min
nesotan Spring wheat, so that it is re-
ported that of the 204,730 bushels oi
the variety lately in storage in Chi
cago, $4,000 are to be sent by water
to Milwaukee, and 100000 by rail to
points in the interior as far of as Min
neapolis. In the absence of sufficient
supply of "hard, !" it is doubtful whether
the mills will decide to take what is
known as "soft' Spring wheat, or shut
down until the new harvest is in the
market. The new wheat in that re
gion will hardly be ready for grinding
before about the middle Of September
for after it has ripened and been har
vested it will require some time unit
it is dried enough for millers' use.
Success in butter-making depends
largely on the prompt cleaning of thu
dairy utensils. Every utensil, aftel
being used, must he cleansed immedi
ately in order to prevent taints in tht
milk, cream or butter.
On the 18th of July thirty Norman
horses, all sound and healthy, and il
fine condition, arrived in Boston by
the steamer Anglia. The lot consisted
of twenty-five stations and eigh
mares, and the importation is regarded
as the most valuable assortment o
Norman horses ever brought to thi
country.
A correspondent Of the Ohio Far
mer, who strongly urges the growing
of turnips for stockfeeding, says tha
with turnips fed tops and oil to sheep
with q small additional quantity o
grain, either oats or corn, the amour
Of hay required for a flock of sheel
will be very small. Cattle also ca
them with great relish.
Ohio in 1879 had 9, 10000 sheep
and dog interest assessed at 1878,
624. These dogs last year killed Al
626 sheep, valued at $lO2,444. Il
1871 the value Of aheep killed by dog
in that State was 100000. From
this it appears the Ohio dogs destro.
their value in sheep in a period of les
than two and half years.
Skinned cheese, says an exchange
has received the black eye it has Ion
deserved. Illinois creamery skins ar
selling in New York at from three t
five cents pound, which is about ha
what whole milk cheese is worth
The practice of the creameries of takin,
off all the cream they can get, and the
making up a cheese from the remain
der, has had its day The practices
full stock, with just as little as possibl
taken Of the nights milk, is the com
ing cheese, and the nearly WORTHLESS
commodity made by some of the cream
cries will be forced out of the marke
CIDER WINE.-To three gallons {
new, unfermented cider, add min
pounds Of sugar dissolve the suga
by stirring it well. Put it into
sweet keg, and let it stand four weeks
Al