The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-29
Live Stock and Agricultural.

Buttermilk poured over the back of a
scurvv pig will remove the scurf.
Oats grown on clay land make the
best meal. keep longest, and bring the
highest price.
Pigs are able to consume far more
food in proportion to their weight than
either sheep or oxen.
1t is estimated that there is not more
than one acre OF land to a farm in YER
mont planted to corn.
If salt and charcoal be fed TO pigs
every we k IT win greatly benefit them
by preserving their health.
Combs and watles of fowls may be
prevented from freezing by oiling them
SO as to prevent their getting wet.
Sweet apples are excellent food for
cows if supplied in moderate quantities
and under favorable circumstances.
Experiment shows that with Early
Rose potatoes the smallest amount OF
seed in the hill yields the hest crops.
Young cows do not give as rich milk
as those of mature age. do. A lean COW
gives poor milk anda fat COW gives rich
milk.
Linseed is perhaps. of ordinary foods,
the one most similar to milk in compo-
sition, and hence desirable artificial
food for young animals.
Green manuring or the plowing-in OF
green crops is especially adapted for
light, SANDY soils, whici need humus to
increase their retentive power.
Pruning ought to be done after the
leaves attain their s.Ze, when the
wounds will not bleed and they will
commence to heal Immediately.
A farm can be ocked with sheep
cheaper than with any other animals.
Sheep will come nearer to utilizing ev-
ervllino which grows on the farm.
To remove rust from knives: Cover
them with swec. oil we'll rubbed on,
and after two days take lump of fresh
lime and rub Till the rust disappears.
Joseph Harris says that we can make
our lands poor by growing clover and
selling IL, orwe can maze them rich by
growing cloyer and feeding it out on
the farm.
When wheat is cut young it. will be
lighter in color, and will fefment more
quickly than that cut later Late wheat
will make the least flour. but tue strong
est and best
For family cows, heifers with their
first calves should be MIXED within q
few weeks of their coming i'll again. If
dried off early they will always dry up
their milk early.
The general opinion is that ants are
enemies to fruit trees. but it has long
since been proved that they destroy
larv;e a d ehrysalides. and that they do
not destroy the fresh fruit.
Add q little glycerine to the grease
apple to harness. and it will be kept
in soft and pliable state, in spite OF
the ammoniacaI civilizations of the sta
Bile. which tend to make it brittle.
Sheep should be tagged regularly and
kept clean. They should be cttlled
every year, and those in any msnner de-
ficieat in form or age should be put in a
separate pasture and fattened for the
butcher.
Swamp muck is of little value for pot
plants. Leaf-moid mixed with the
loan taken just under the sod of an old
pasture is suitable for nearly all plants;
additions of sand and manure can be
made as necessary.
IF the cucumber which grows nearest
the root be saved for seed for number
Of wears in succession, the result viii pc
4 smaller and earlier variety u the
fruit On tie extremity be saved 1t will
produce a larger and later variety.