The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-09-16
THE FARM.
CREAM is lighter than milk, and is
very nearly the specific gravity of water,
which is reckoned at .O0O

place of cream to make a cheap article.
1t Is on par with suet for butter in the
form of oleomargarine.
STATISTICS show that the annual con-
sumption of eggs in the United States is
about 10, 800, 900 barrels. The poultry
marketed or consumed is estimated at
$50. 900, 900 pounds, at SOS. O0O. 600.
LET every farmer who Is not able to
fence a large pasture get few boards,
build few rods of portable fence aud
make n small enclosure for his hogs and
move 1T around as circumstances require.
1t Will make pOrk-raislng more profitable
than to keep hogs confined in pens all
the time.
TaE most dangerous insect TO farm
crops IS the wheat nudge. Late sowing
OF wheat IS sometimes remedy, though
this has Its disadvantages. All insects
found IN cleaning wheat should be de-
strcyed at once, and wheat stubbles
p.owel Immediately will be likely to de
stroy al those wound up in cocoons on
the ground.
CAUSE AND EFFEcr When fattening
an animal for beef let the process be as
quick as possible. Any stint in feeding
" Il make the meat tough and dry.
Stalled animals will fatten more readily
/ an others, and younger animals re
quire richer food than older. ones. In
winter fittenlng much depends upon the
warnth of the stable. The warmer the
cattle are kept the less food will be
needed
SHEEP do not impoverish land. Rug
e 4 canyons and mountains slopes, at
present not available for Other usS~nntil
b. tier roads are built to market, may be
a iized long way IN advance of the
the march of improvements Time will
surely enhance the value Of these pos
ses sions a surely as roads, settlements
end school houses draw nearer TO them.
And In the meantime, the hardy pioneer
need wait but short while for their com
Ing
CASTOR oil is undoubtedly the best.
and therefore the cheapest for iron
aNles-which should always be wiped
clean. A correspondent informs us that
his market wagon would run only twenty
miles before requiring TO be regreased,
when lard was used, but with castor oil
il ran sixty miles, and was good for
twenty mora big difference, and worth
remembering. He further remarks that
e n wheel well fabricated will turn one
half easier, and wear as long again,
gain of one hundred and fifty per cent.
by the liberal use of oil
NUTRrrIvE MArrEH IN HAY AND Conn.
The average results of experiment and
theory, so to speak, make 81 pounds Of
Indian corn, equal to 100 pounds of hay,
or !, 40 pounds of Indian corn TO the ton
of hay. But it must he remembered
that the nutritive effects OF food upon
an animal are varied by many causes.
and also that the comparison of foods Is
affected by the object sought, "a fact.
growth. labor, milk, sc. The above is
the relative am punt of nutritive matter
in corn aud hay, as determined by ex-
pertinent aud theory.
Ii is evident that the changed oondi-
ton of orr agriculture must soon com
pei the employment OF skilled hands.
and these skilled hands must be cdu-
Gated before they can be employed.
Agricultural laborers are composed too
largely of a floating, unsettled class. and
this must be changed before amendment
in the degree Of skill can be eXpe ,ted
They must be composed of a class with
settled and definite ends and aims, who
arc educated TO the l'-IsineSs as earnestly
rs mechanics. With such assistance agri-
culture will attract capital, and afford It
safe investment. Skilled labor is the
imme diate demand of the future in agri-
culture.
Coon FARMING. 1t Is one sign Of
good farmer II he prizes manure. It
does not require a good farmer TO raise
bountiful crops on farm already rich,
but the art lies II; so managing the firm
that it will produce gcol crops every
year without losing in fertility A man
may make money from his farm while he
Is wastelul of ferti izers, but he is not a
good farmer, for he IS constantly running
his land int debt Good farming con
sists of such management as will make
the fern produce the best possible re
suits without deterlOrating the soil. This
can only be accJmp' ished by a rigid
economy in the making and Use Of ma
nur and a s s.emahc rotation of crops
that VIII b. the least exhaustive T. the
suil.
WHERE steep ore Tent for the double
purpose Of direct income in wool, NUT
ton. etc, and the manure they make. IL
is impoTtlnt that the extra food, or that
u'sde of what the pasture furnishes,
should be chosen with care. II would
be wise for the American farmer to be-
come bett n acquainted with cotton seed
cake. hnseed oil cake, and ike ccncen-
trnted foods By feeding. and feeding
literally of such DDS. the sheep not
ouly grow rapidly, but the manure they
make is rich heterogeneous matters and
valuable fertiilzine salts. The growth
# animals is means to an end. end
when the most money Is made from the
flock and the land enriched, the most
rapi ly the end is gained. The profit of
sheep as fertilizers depends largely upon
the kind of food that is used.
PIcKINe FRUIT. The following sag7
ges tions in regard to picking fruit for
canning are furnished Ivy a gentleman
with the business :" 1t pays
70 pick your fruit carefully and in fine
# in right condition one day the next
will lie too late to Pick. Go over your
trees many times. Don't try to pick all
at once. IF green, YOU lose weight. If
too ripe, it is spoiled for canning. The
prop' coalition for apricot, plum, peach
and nee'arine IS when fully matured,
hut before softening. Use shallow boxes.
Shakes make good boxes and are cheap.
Above all, bring TO the cannery, or send
to tn, m rset. at the earliest possible
III 'tiltIiN attSI picking. Ii II 4ct teiA htLe
to thin ont some fruit Trees that over
beir do not Weld marketable fruit"
Fowls N ORCHARps. Last fall, says
The F'0u}try IIiOrid. we visited m or
chard in which fowls were kept, the
ovrer of which toll us that before the
fowls We're confined III it, the trees m1de
bt t. or no growth. aud only cores
pending amount of fruit was obtained.
BIT what change was evident now
The grass was kept down. the weeds
k IL d, and trees presented an appear
ance of thrift, which the most enthusias
til lorticulturist could not brt admire
a1d envy. The growth of the trees was
most Wig nrcus, and the foliage remark
alb Y luxuriaut the fruit was abundant,
of large size, aud free from worm, aud
ct er imperfections. The excellence
was accounted for by the proprietor,
who remarked that the "hens ate all
the worms and curculio in their reach.
even the canker worm" He found less
trOuble with their rOosEino- -, .-oo. fban