The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-03-16
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.


grown in India.
IT is asserted that the dairy products
OF the United States have twice the value
Of tho wheat crop.
A COMPANY has been organized in New
Orleans, with capital of 100000, to
manufacture jute bagging, which has
hitherto been imported.
A RECENT sale in England of one hun
bred Hereford bulls for shipment to
Buenos Ayres, shows that even there
the improvement Of stock has com
msnced.
Coop sweet milk contains one-fourth
more sugar than butter; this sugar turns
to acid, aud If this acid is too much de-
veloped before cLurning the coveted
aroma is destroyed
The past season has been a very fine
one for feeding wheat, and there has
been full crop sown. Winter wheat is
reported in many places as having come
up remarkably well.
The following may be accepted as an
approximate TO tho average qualities OF
milk given by different breeds Of cows:
Natives produce annually ! ,79i pounds;
Jersey, $500; Ayrshire, 1900; Holstcin,
1927 pounds.
Is Germany the dairyman sends his
butter through the mail to the con-
sumers table. In winter il is sent in
parchment paper and wrapped in com
mon paper; in summer i'll tin cans or
wooden boxes made expressly for that
purpose.
THE EIgin, H., Board Of Trade arc
doing n service TO Western dairymen by
showing up the Chicago frauds who are
putting up neutral lard, deodOrized dead.
horse grease, and other nauseous and
deletcrious mixtures, under the name
Of Western creamery butter.
Mr. Lakin, Of Powylb,, Worcestershire,
England, says that his short-horn COW,
Old Strawberry, gave an average OF 4,2OO
quarts per year. for fifteen years, her
daughter Star gave an average Of 300
quarts for seven years, and her grand
daughter Stella gave an average OF 3,92O
quarts for five years
In the process Of dressing hogs for
English bacon tho hair ia removed by
being singed, instead Of being scaldcd
M. ther,fore the animal must not be
too chuify, Hogs suitable for making
this singed bacon, for which there IL
growing demand, are cross with the
pure Berkghires.
Frw nersons oro oworo Of the manu-.
rial advantage Of sewage, 1t is said that
IL the scwo9e Of London couId be ap.
nliod 10 nm entirely barren soil it would
confer mon it the pover of producing
fnoJ sufficient for 15O GOO people. md
va, thia ia drained into the river Thames
n nni.ou IL wutcrs md send pestileuct
oInng iis shores practical e1lution O
hnw r. utilize s,wora World be boon I,
tho world
pur Roiharnsf,l c,ncri,urIts nv Dr
Il Jowa .hn,y an ov,rn,o nr,dur
th;s yoor ~ twentv.riyht AMI ono.sixtl
insb,Is NOV ocro snr tbo nnm,nnroi
,Jo,a u,ot boyo Leon IN who,t ,vitbou,
,nrt;liynra fnr thirty.soven vonrs in euc
rossinn onJ thirtv'sour and fvo.sixtl
,,ohnla nor nora for tLo MANFRED nIots
Th;s ia a much hottor result Than th(
nyoroon ~ tnn yoors nnst NOT 90 good
a. the nrncndiSD c;gbtocn vears vet a
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p l,,ar, - 'ri't' and vrshirca NINA noni
~ e;,nIor fnnJ fnr coch onort nf ,nill
An"thrr aer;ca Of nxnerimnnts conduct,
Inv VilIornrv resnl,oi in showing that I'm
n1unds If Inv nroduced in Hollnndnr
ivcntv-rino nuorts and in Uoroforls vi,
torn Guortg On n compnrison of thes
dgures with other data it appears tina
,Ln AVERAGE for NIL breeds ia nbout 81
nonnds 81 Inv. or it's equivalent for ON
aunrt Of milk,
souAsurs oro or ,ron,col or,oin mn,
Therefor. when spring oucus il "a use
Icss To plant them until the soil ia amt,
warm md nil danger Of frost or col,
nights ia over. Amin as they mike
very rapid growth there is no necessit,
of haste in Qettin4 the seed into TN
around. Suuashes are good feeders. Xix
ING n rich soil. II is best TO manure il
tho NIL. IN Sowing IlnCc Il dozen seed
in each hill, and when danger from TN
bugs is over pull up all but three or four
A mellow. warm soil is the best. 70
bush sorts make hills three or four fee
apart, and for running kinds twice TIM
distance All winter souashcs should be
ripcned thoroughly or they arc watery,
lacking sweetness and richness, also
lacking keeping properties
Mn U,nwry ~ Worceater in givino
his eyncr;cnce with shade md orpomon.
tal trees nj the Southboro meeting OF
the Massachusetts Board said tiat the
Norway maple would succeed where
many other varieties of the maple failed
II succeeds well ON a stiff. heavy clay
favorable circumstances. In cultivntlng