Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1880-12-18
AGRICULTURAL.
FOR FARM READING.

ana IL IL eSllII. aleu- tIdt NIollldHa ~
produce $1,000, 900 pounds of wool in
1850.
The sale of the flock Of MerinO sheep,
owned by the late Mr.. Ingalls,, Of AL
mont, Michigan, was well attended.
The no~n-rcgistered rams, mostly yearl-
ings, averaged S22.50 per heads Eff
teen registered ewes of mixed Atwood
and Robinson blood brought 81 each,
while pure bred Atwoods brought 80
each.
The original ~SOuthdown were the
Iurest blood Of any English sheep:
Their improvement was accomplished
by judiciOus selection from various
flocks. Great symmetry of form has
been attained, large size, andfattehiDp
qualities. BY reason Of their purity
they have stamped their fattening
qualities more certainly upon their
offspring than any other English breed.
Meat i. scarce and dear in France,
the p~casantry being able TO taste il not
oftcner than once a week, and then
limited to bacon andI pork in. other
forms. Game is particularly scarce
and expensive, the import duty greatly
enhancing its natural value. The
stock raisers in the United States will
yet find a market in France for their
fatted animals.
The sheep in Silesia are never ex-
posed to much rain. Shelter and shade
are provided for them. Nor are they
OK posed to dust, for that is known to
be injurious to the fleece. The greatest
possible care j. taken in the breesiing.
Men OF experienrcarc employed To- go
from farm to farm to examine the
sheep and select the best rams that can
be found. The lambs are closely eX-
alnincd as ~ their flc~c hearing prop
critics, and ali but the very best are
sold off. The whole economy of the
enccp farm is "a perfect az intelligence
and industry can make it.
For heavy farm and road work, the
city dray and truck, no breed Of horses
VIII W l'tpS Nv l9ltlINIoI, ~ tiIV
lighter class are well adapted for the
express wagon, the omnibus and the
horse railroad.
Fifteen hundred persons attended tue
sale Of the Angus pOlled cattle of the
late McCombie, Tillyfour, Scotland.
Seventy head were disposed of at large
prices. One COW brought $3.50, the
highest Yer paid for an animal of this
breed.
a writer in the Country GenUeDldn
says that, of everything he tried to
cure of roup in fowls, the best is to take
pulverlzed copperas and put a%teaspoon-
lll in three quarts Of water, and give
it to them to drink. Should they not
drink much in a day or two, mix il
into corn meal and feed it to them.
Gladiolus, a five year old Angus bull
weighs 1850 lbs; by Eyehriyht, a tw,
year old heifer, also Of this breed
weighs the same as this cow. These
three animals are owned by the On.
tario School of Agriculture, and art
said to be the only ones owned in
Canada
BE careful about letting your cattl,
drink from bitches, or from pools il
which they are accustomed to stand o.
in which their droppings are deposited
1t is not only liable to injure the
health Of the stock, but is also a fruit
ful aus of malarial and typoid fever
non those who use the milk from
cows thus Watered.
The following is said to be the com
parative milk yield of the various
breeds Of \ native COW pro
buses annually l,794 lbs of milk Jer
sey, $500; Ayrshire, 1900; Aulerical
liol>tein, 4,527. Taking the weigh
900 lbs of native COWS, they produc
twice their weight in milk Ayshires
six and o%ne-half; Jerseys; four an
one-half; Holsteins, five times.
Those who will take time to exam
inc Il horses foot will find it a series c
ellipti,al springs separated from eac'
other 10y a spongv substance. and tn
frog of "A cushion To rest the foot upon
the whole being admirably co%n>tructe
for a heavy body to resist jars, an
from which the natural Inference ma
he drawn that cutting AN pairing tn
hoof is not only useless hut injuliou:
The trouble with III It persons VIII
keep horses no matter whether o
farms for farm work, or for drivin
purposes-is, they feed too much Ina,
and to this cause can be attributed III
general sluggishneSs often manifesto
10y the horses until they have bee
working a couple Of hours, while I'll
wind is also impaired. Night j. tt
only time when hay should be fed, e
pecially to animals used To guic
work. Even the slow pillow teal
should have but little hay at the morn
ing and noon feeds. but give them
generous supply AT the evening mta
GREEK AGRICULTURE.
Selected from tn, 7rdreLs oil Alo-
charsis, the Younger. IN Greece.
We afterward requested from Epth'