Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1881-02-03
FARM NOTES.


Green oats is good soiling crop.
Hay should surely he cut in its ear
liest bloom.
Milk is almost ninc-tcnths water, or
S73 in 1000 parts water.
y true test for eggs is to drop them
in water and if the large end comes up
they are not fresh.
Good milk requires good sound food.
and a large yield of milk requires
large supply of good sound food.
Care kindness, quiet, moderate cNcr-
else, regular and iudicious feeding are
all important factors in milk supply.
Meadows may be pasturcd in the
dry season after the crop has been re-
moved: but never in the early spring
nor late in the fail.
The air supplies most of the organic
NATTER and thus helps to keep the
land good when we sell off part of the
products, which are part u the farm
or of the soil itself.
Do not undertake to keep sheep on
low, undraincd lands. They will sure
Iy contract disease, and Il sick sheep is
about as mean Il thing as we know of,
not excepting sick chicken.
Good sweet milk contains onc-foWth
more Of sugar than of butter; this sug-
ar turns TO acid, and if this acid is too
much developed before chuning the
coveted aroma Of good butter is lost.
Bran is an admirable food in u slop.
1t produces Il large quantity of milk,
and ii can be fed with safety in the
hottest weather. Meal may be added
to bran as the weather becomes cooler.
Ii alwayspays okeep young stock in
a thrifty, growing condition. Better to
feed little corn and meal now than to
defer ii until next February. Always
keep young stock in an improving con-
dtiOn.
The yearly consumption Of butter in
London has been estimated at l0lbs
per head Of the population, or 10000
OOO per year, without including some
5000 tons necessary for yictualling
SIlps leaving the port
Cows remove more from the pasture
than their droppings supply; therefore
it Is Il good plan to spread manure over
them, sprinklcd with plaster to save
| the ammonia for the Young grass in
the early part OF spring.
Warm and airy stables. great clean
illness with the animal and her pro.
ducts, judicious feeding Of cows, and
feeding of pastures, are the indispen-
sable means to supply milk in quality,
quantity and soundncSs capable of re-
ISSUING decay
Stringhalt is an affection of the
nerves, and is incurahlc. 1t is caused
by 4 loss OF power of the nerve which
controls the muscle by which the leg is
lifted, the action then being spasmol-
ic, irregular and excessive. causing the
ll'Sh llitlhS usual III tins disorder.
Pure water and salt must be SUP
piled TO COWS ai Hbi'Ra, as 81 per cent.
Of thrmilk consists of water, and where
salt is sparingly supplied the digestive
powers Of the COW are enfeebled, and
the milk is defective in keeping quail.
t., and probably also in quantity and
quality
The country is rich and prosperous.
says the politicians. How few of the
non-moducing classes stop or admit
that all wealth, all riches proceed from
the soil, and it is only by the increased
productiycncss of the earth that the MT
tion is rendered richer.
The longevity of animals is snmo-
thing extraordinary CnmeIs soma.
times live n ccnt,iry Nrcor1ing to
Cuyier whales live - thousonJ yn9rs
An eagle died at Vienno nt the agc Of
lOl Crows Frequently attain a con.
trwy. Swans have lived 300 vo,rs md