The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-04-20
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

DEcAYED grain OF any kind IL highly
injurious to stock. II has a paraly2ing
effect upon the animals fed whit, often
times causing death.
SPENT tan-bark has been plowed into
compact clay soil with the best results,
as it rendered the soil mellow aud i'll
creased its warmth.
Ewes in lamb are very liable to take
cold, and when exposed to wet and cold
weather, or allowed TO lie on the ground
Gre likely to suffer abortion.
PASTURES that havo been fed n few
seasons will generally produce more
milk, or make more fat, than those
which have been newly seeded down.
ASHES are, Tor many soils, Il standard
fertilizer Places whore tree on brush
heap has been burned of show the effects
OF the manming for years, 1T is an old
saying, "Ihc land never iorgets ashes.
A WISCONSIN farmer, twenty-thrcc
years ago, planted piece Of land unfit
for cultivation with black walnut trees.
The trees are now from sixteen 10 twenty
inches through, and have been sold for
S27, 00O'
Stow melts away from drained lands
sooner than on those mdraiucd, hence
the drained soils are ready for blowing
much sooner. In Scotland 1t is claimed
that the harvest is from ten 10 fifteen
days earlier on drained than on UNI
drained lands.
The moisture in which one kind Of
seed would flourish would be destructive
to another class, causing them to rot in
stead Of forcing growth. The heat ncces-
sary TO start one class Of seeds would dry
up and utterly destroy the gum Of an
other class The application Of rules
requires mixture Of common sense and
observation.
A LADY who has raised large number
Of hens says that after yainly trying the
recommended remedies for lice, she has
hit upon the plan Of giving them once or
twice week large loaf made Of Gra-
ham flour, in which n handful Of sulphur
has been mixed. The hens like it, and
are freed from lice and kept healthy
through the season.
WE have noted, from time to time,
tho constantly decreasing area in Great
Britain devoted to cereal crops, The
agriculture Of the country is gradually
changing from grain growing TO stock
feeding and dairyng. From the inyal
liable agricultural returns Of Great Brit
ian, published by Mr.. Gillen, it an.
pears that since 1870 there has been an
increase OF $500, 600 Of acres in pcrma-
ncnt grass.
No gRAHcH of husbandry furnishes
more agreeable occupation than forest
culture 1t affords pleasant diversion
from the protractcd laborB Of the field,
and employment for long winters that
without it might prove monotOnous. In.
tcIlgcntIy and systematically managed,
onr forests will yield profitable returns,
not only to our own, but to all succeed
ing generations
FAEMEnB should be careful not to DO
III too close competition with each other,
and above all things not TO compete with |
themselves We once knew Il farmer
who, not Wishing to trust too much TO !
ono man, consigned three lots Of par
tlcular product to each Of three different |
commission houses in the same city. II |
happened to be the only consignment Of |
the kind offered. Unfortunately for
him he proved TO be- his own competitor |
in the market.
pRoroTrIoS or CREAMIN MILK. The !
first fifth portion OF milk from the COW
contains about Onc-twcnticih part OF |
cream; the second fifth, onc-twoItth; the |
last fifth, onc-Bixth. How important !
then to get the last and richest drop,
even il it were not true that cows 0ro |
quickly dried up by aloyculy practice
Of leaving II small portion in the uIdcr
Cows will continue to give flow of milk |
ut much longer period when MIXED |
dry Farmers, it will be seen, receive
double benefit by such course. First,
there IL moro cream III the milk, aud
second, the flow will continue longer,
two requisites IN all dairy countries.
EWES IN lamb should, ne far ~ prncli-
cable, DO fed aud sheltered separately
from the non breeding animals, as the
crOwdinR and more rapid movements of
the latter are apt 10 result inurously,
while such separation makes more CON
ycniont certain little attentions TO which
breeding ewes are entitled ns the ycarn-
ing season approaches. and winch may
be prOlltnbly accorded 10 them. Adj
vantage will be fond in subdivision of
the several ages and sexes into as many
smaller lots as circumstances will admit
OF, as such course lessons the liability TO
crowding and overlooking of the
stronger animals at the expense Of the
weaker ones ltnlsO brings each animal
more directly under the eye of the nt-
lcndant, who will the moro readily de-
lcct the first symptoms of doyating
from the desired thrift.
SELECrNG SEED Cons. Professor A.
T.. BlOunt Of the Colorado Agricultural
College at Fort Collins, gives these views
On selecting seed corn: of the stock be ,
healthy one and free from injury by
insects or weather, the topmost ear is al
Ways the largest, and best formed, and
has the best filled grain, provided the
PARENTS from which ii came were perfect.
very variety OF standard corn produces ,
rs best ear nearest the tasscl for reasons
hat are quite evident Being nearest it -,
ccclyes tho pollen first and in grcntcr -
mntlty than those below it: another 4,
nason ~ that 1t is the natural distance
rom the soil, etc, etc. A careful exam n
nation of the stalks in every stnge Of
heir growth always shows that the n
'west ear has the longest shank, the !
ext has shorter one and so ON to the II,
)pmost one, which sets close upon the
Lalk. II shows also that the lowest ear in
the smallest and the top ear the larg-
st, as above stated" "
BEDDING FOR CATTLE. There is no
rm work, considering the outlay, that lie
avs so large dividends as the procuring
some sort of bedding for the cattle, :"
r it not only keeps them clean-a great 81
lint in itself-but also promotes their -,
'owth and thriftncss, and the additional 81,
for the manure pile will ''
ore than pay for the labor. There is ii
ually large amount of litter that ~,