Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1881-02-24
Farm Notes.

As high as $1,000 is announc-
ed as having recently been paid
for a single imported Jersey.
The best authority on the
subject declares that, with pro-
per treatment, horses will aver
age thirty-one to forty years Of
life, and that four-ffths of this
period they should be in good
condition for service.
Ground bone, bone meal and
fine granulated bone are all
merchantable articles nowadays,
and large quantities OF this very
economical provision for poultry
are used by those who under
stand its value.
An authority on stock raising
says the extra value of the man
ure dropped by stock fed on
cotton seed meal paid for its
cost, so that the benefits deriv-
cd by the animals feeding on it
was just so much clear gain.
If the comb of "a fowl loses its
bright, rich color, rest assured
the fowl is diseased in some way,
and as the disease approaches
its worst stage the comb turns
black. The comb Of a fowl is a
sure indication Of the state Of
its health.
At a fire in Newark last week,
the temperature being six de-
grees below zero, the fremen
suffered from the cold. Sever
al of them were frozen fast to
the ladders against the building,
and could not get free until
their clothing was cut away.
1t is announced that the 1880
wheat crop of the "Dalrymple
farm, in Dakota, foots up 432,-
900 bushels-dbout 900 car
loads, or IS train loads Of TWEEN
ty car per train. This immense
crop is expected to net sixty
cents per pushed at the farm"
Cotton lands in Alabama
have more than doubled in price
within the last five years, but
are still greatly below the esti-
mated value prior to the war.
Plantations which then would
command $50 per acre can at
present be purchased at $40 per
acre.
1t is stated, whether correctly
or not we cannot say, that the
first case Of, pleuro-pneumonia
noticed in this country was in
IS43. A COW, landed at Brook
Ign, from Germany, brought it.
From this the disease passed to
the cattle of New Jersey, and
there, it is charged, it has re-
manned ever since.
In localities where peach trees
budded with the improved va
rieties fail, seedlings will often
be found to succeed. The yell
low fleshed kinds, when raised
from the parent fruit; others
even if some of their offsprings
prove inferior may produce
seedlings of superior quality.
God Almighty first planted a
garden, and indeed it is the pur-
est of all human pleasures. 1t
is the greatest refreshment to
the spirits of man, without which
buildings and palaces are but
gross hand-works, and man shall
ever see that when ages grow to
civility aud elegance, men come
to build stately sooner than to
garden finely, as if gardening
were the greater Perfection
Lord Bacon.
1t is the opinion of the New
York Times that "the average |
yield of corn is less than one
half of the possible yield. When
one thinks how little the second
half of a 100 bushels of corn
costs per acre, the profit of
growing such a crop becomes
and it is easy to pro-
duce such yield. One wants
the right kind of corn, good
land and a little extra work in
cultivation. The cost of the
land and Of planting and tend
ing the crop is the same for
twenty bushels as for 100 BUSH
els per acre."
For sore toes in cattle remove
the animal to dry, well-bedded
stall; cleanse the feet thorough
"; apply poultice of equal parts
Of bran, fiaxseed meal and char
coal, during day or two. Then
apply, twice or thrice daily, by
means ola feather, a portion of
a mixture of two ounces of oil
of turpentine, half an ounce of
acid, and one ounce
of olive oil. Carefully remove
decayed portions of the horn. so
as to avoid wounding vital parts.
Subsequently fill the clefts with
pledgets of oakum or tow, satur
rated with equal parts of ia
and tallow, melted together.