The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-11-19

SEED CORN.-Save the middle
grains of the finest ears Of corn fol
! seed.
WHEAT.-Wheat is now sown in
nine months Of the year in England
from August to April. October and
November are the principal months
for this work. The advocates of thin
seeding prefer early sowing, while it
is advantageous to SOW thicker rs the
season advances.
A MIR. WATTS, of South Carolina,
has female Angora goat that gives
four quarts of milk daily, the season
through, of as rich quality as any
Jersey COW ON his farm, of which he
has several. An Angora goat will
thrive where a COW will starve, and
six goats will subsist luxuriously
where one cow will find only sufficient
goog grazing.
BUILDING SILo.--In building a
silo the main point is to make II tight
A perfect seclusion Of air is necessary.
Any failure In this respect will be in
furious to the contents of the silo.
PEAR BLIGHT.-Pear blight has in
several instances been arrested In af-
fected trees by Swinging them with
weak solution of potash, and 1t has
proved a preventive when applied to
the healthy trees.
POLLED CATTLE.-A writer in an
exchange says: mo farmer who has
owned a head of improved poll cattle
will ever again have cattle with
horns. A dozen of the polled cattle
will drink at the same trough which
would accommodate but one animal
having horns. The same number
will crowd together under shelter in
the whole space which one horned
animal would consider necessary for
its comfort, driving its fellows out.
With these polled cattle the farmer
and the shipper of stock need have no
fear of damage from the gorlng of
horns. There Is now demand from
all parts of the country for young
bulls of this breed, the progeny from
a cross of these on horned cattle being
for the most part hornless. The bulls
are notably quiet"
CONDIMENTS FOR PoULTRY.--All
kinds Of fowls in their wild state eat
large amount of highly favored food. |
The smaller birds catch and devour
vast number Of insects. All land |
fowls are very fond Of the pungent |
fruits, particularly berries, that grow |
In woods. Wild ducks and geese eat |
wild celery and other highly favored
plants that grow In lakes aud rivers |
and about their banks. In Africa and
central America all kinds of fowls de-
your large quantities of peppers that
grow wild. They also eat the skins of
oranges and lemons. In the East In
dia Islands fowls eat all kinds of
spices, and their flesh Is favored with
them. The most successful poultry
raisers are careful to provide their
fowls with highly seasoned food. They
collect and chop up the skins OF or
anges and lemons for them, and mix
ginger, red and black pepper and mus
tard with their food. Many substances
can be raised in the field and garden
1t small expense that make excellent
for fowls Among them
nay be mentioned carraway seed,
red pepper and garden cress.
Ducks are especially fond of celery,
md the trimmings Of the stalks shd
he pieces left from the table should
De fed to them. They will also eat
yarden and water cress. Onions are
EXCELLENT for all kinds Of fowls. The
,ulbs may be cooked or chopped up
aw and mixed with dough. Native
owls will eat the leaves when chop
,ed up. 1t is always desirable to lay
n quantity Of cheap condiments to
eed fowls on during the winter, when
hey cannot obtain supply Of highly
favored food out Of doors.