The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-02-12
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

Nearly S5, 00O, 900 worth of Iowa real
estate is exempt from taxation, under
the provisions of acts to encourage tree
culture. The State thereby loses about
SIC, 900 of revenue, and counties lose
over 500, O00.
According to the latest census returns.
Westchester Co., N. Y, dairies aver
aged LA pounds of butter to the cow,
while Chautauqua averaged al pounds,
but Westchester dairymen had to buy
$42, 500 worth of fertilizers to do it,
while Chautauqua farmers expended
only IS, $50 to import anu to their
soil.
Cotton-seed meal is a very valuable
but concentrated food, and in using it
this fact must be kept in mind. A ton
Of it contains about 374 pounds of pot
ash. so pounds of phosphoric acid and
rs pounds of nitrogen. 1t is highly
heterogeneous, as the analyses show, and,
therefore should be used with sub
stances rich in starch or like materials.
which contain little or no nitrogen.
Two pounds of cotton-seed meal is
enough to feed daily to a COW or a
horse; smaller animals should have pro-
portionally les.
Hogs, when nearly fat. are liable to
have disordered stomachs through over
feeding, refusing their food. The best
antidotc for this is charcoal. II the
charcoal is taken from the stove when
cold there will probably be ashes taken
up at the same time. These will not
hurt the hog should he eat a portion Of
them. Charcoal is best taken from an
open fireplace. 1t would be well to
have on hand at all times a barrel or
two of charcoal. Charred corn-cobs @,
charred corn have a good effect. There
is nothing better than these substances
where hogs have the scours.
Crib-biting is often a habit, but may
be caused by q disease. Indigestion
occasions a constant irritation and un-
easiness, which may impel the horse to
take hold with the teeth and stretch the
neck as O means Of rolief. From this
grows the habit of crib-biting and
wind-sucking. which ceases when the
cause is removed. As a remedy give
the horse, in his feed, daily, for a few
weeks, one drachm of copperas and
half an ounce of ground ginger, and
feed him upon cut feed, with crushed
or ground grain, and an INT of salt
in each feed.
It appear from French statistics that
France imported in the first four months
Of 1880, 81, 200 head of horned cattle.
SIS, 900 sheep, and 95, 200 pigs. OF this
number only 131 oxen, 1,405 sheep, and
rs pigs came from this continent. These
figures will give some idea of the vast
ness of the European demand for meat.
outside of the English. Doubtless the
A~rvpynt,Ar Of p,nof IN E,-onrn yynr1.t
be greatly increased If the article were
supplied of better quality, and at o
cheaper rate than now prevails. Al
present t%wo-thirds of the foreign suppl,
comes from Italy. 1t is needless to
point out that Italy could not compete
with this continent in supplying neat,
either as respects quality or cheapness-
Barley must be cut before it is dead
ripe, as, il left until ripe the loss from
shelling is very great. The best time
to cut It is when about thrce-quarters Of
the heads have turned yellow. As to
the method, if there is q great crop with
long straw, the best way will be to bind
it. II the straw is not long enough to
bind easily, cut it with = reaper with q
rake so set that every arm delivers the
grain. By this means the bs'ley is de-
liyered in q swath clear Of the ground,
the horses will travel over the next
round. Being in a thin swath the bar
ley dries quickly. Itmay be cooked for
ease of loading or loaded direct from
the swath. Either in cocks or swath it
is in o very good form for resisting
damage by q passing shower, but II a
long rain is threatened the barley
should be cooked. Ii this is done well
only the top of tho cock will get wet.
and that should be spread and dried
before carrying. Tho main object in
harvesting barley is to get tho grain
safely in the barn as soon rs possible.
but il will not do To take it In too greon.