The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-09-22
FARM NOTES.


ground corn passes through cattle undi-
gested.
IT IS said that in Great Britain more
persons were killed last year by horses
than by all the railways Of the United
Kingdom. Very bad management some
where.
The oxygen OF the air aids and facili-
tates the termination Of seeds, and seeds
buried so deeply in the ground as to be
out Of reach of the atmospheric mir will
exhibit no signs Of life.
ANIMALS when first confined, and sup
piled with fattening food, always increase
largely in weight during the first few
weeks, after which the rate of increase
diminishes to q considerable extent.
TEXAS has five million head of horned
cattle and n superabpadance of mast and
corh, and thousands thoroughly educated
men and women, yet she imports butter,
lard and school teachers from Kansas
City.
ID. BHGos, Of Davisville, Tolo Co.,
CAL, has a plantation OF 460 acres OF
graperies from four to eight years old,
on which he has raised forty-six car
loads of raisins, most of which were
sent to the East.
IT Is said that one Of the best remedies
for the cabbage worm is TO sprinkle air.
Stacked lime on the plant in the morning
on the dew till the plants are white With
it. One who has tried il for several years
says that at most tvo applicstiols are
sufficient. - A. - - - n
IF THOSE farmers whose farms are soils
underlaid with clay would sell one
quarter or one-half Of their land and put
the proceeds into the judicious tilo
drainage Of the rest, they would make
more money from the one half Of the
original farm under improvement than
they now do from the whole area.
FoR general purposes on the farm cas-
tor oil, with little kerosene added, is
the best lubricator and preserver. For
saws, mowers, buggies, and the like, this
mixture furnishes more body with less
gum than most other oils. The amount
Of kerosene, il any, to be added must be
governed by the purpose for which it lis
designed. .
OPINIONS upon practical agriculture
should never be formed from books or
papers alone. They are excellent for
suggesting ideas, and for comparing
notes with our own practice. We NAV
be able TO endorse the opinions at sight,
but generally speaking new practices
should be verified upon our own lands
before we either adopt or endorse them.
REFERRINa to the scales which form
the cortex Of wool, and continue its
most important distinction, determining
its felting power, o recent writer gives
the following table of the average mum
Der OF scales to the linear inch in differ
cut wools East India wool, 1000 scales
to linear inch, China wool, 200, domes-
tic wool, 1,400, Leicester wool, 1,4OO,
Southdown wool, 1,500, Merino wool,
1000, and Saxony wool, 1900 scales to
linear inch.
MANURE should be forked over occa-
sionally to make it fine. II it is heat
ing, thqn muck or loan should be mixed
with it to absorb the ammonia which is
formed during the process of decomposi-
tion. Sprinkling the manure pile with
= ground plaster is advisable. The plaster
will absorb any ammonia which escapes
from the pile and save it for the USE ol
growing plants. Ammonia is too valh-
BILE IN element Of plant food to allow il
TO be wnsted. Again upon some lands
plaster is an excellent fertilizer
THERE is probably no feed SC good fol
raising good dairy animals as warm skim
milk with n mixture OF moderate quaint
tiles Of ground oats scalded. The mill
and oats contain large amount O
muscle and bone material, and, as (
consequence, we have u COW with an ex
cellent constitution and q good-sizeC
frame. Corn meal does not contain
enough Of the requisite materials fo
giving n good-sized and at the same tim,
well-formed animal The oats Nigh
be alternated with linseed and cottol
seed meal. MAN HA
The Australians have a very stringen
law for the eradication OF scab in sheep
State scab inspectors are appointed
whose business it is to see that the la,
is enforced. Every owner who discover
indications Of scab in his flock is oblige
TO notify oil hock-masters within q Ger
tain radius Of the fact, and also to DOS
notices in public places. II the diseas
Is not stamped out within ninety days
the diseased animals must be killed
The result has been that scab has almo,
entirely disappeared from Australia
aocks. a
AN INCORPORATED company for shee
Missouri, one hundred and fifty mile
from st. Louis. The incorporators pr,
pose TO locate 90, 900 acres Of land ON IL
side of the Ozark Mountains, and {
start with 1000 sheep, fenced in at
less cost than herdsmen can be employe,
They expect to bring the land uud
cultivation at an early day, and to gra,
the sheep in blue and tame grass instea
of bunch grass also, to provide shelt'
and winter feed for the focks. with 9th,
necessary improvements as needed. TIL
Is more sensible than the Colorac
system (which relies on pasturing
starvation Ia the winter.
LEdUMrNous crops have n special DOW
of accumulating nitrogen in the su
face soil, and are hence of the create
value In rotation. Red clover is I'll
most striking instance of this actio
Its roots extend further perhaps tn,
any other farm crop, and being bienni
has long period for growth. II
accumulation OF nitrogen at the surfac
IN the form Of roots, stubble and decay,
vegetable matter, is in the case of
good crop OF clover so considerable, til
the whole of the above ground grow
may be removed as hay, and the La
yet remain greatly enriched with nitr
gen, and in an excellent condition (
producing a crop of wheat.
As TO the manurial value of differe
cattle-foods, we find that tho oil cak
yield the richest manure, as they CT
tain the largest amount of nitrogen a
phosphoric acid, with consideral
amount Of potash. Next to these bea
and peas. malt-dust and bran. Clio,
hav vielda n richer rnanr1ra than M
wheat. barley or corn, while mead
hay stands below the cereal grains. I
various grains and the roots, Ike t
tips, carrots and swedes, contain abc
dry substance the roots, however, 8,
ply much more potash. Potatoes sta
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