The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1882-12-07
Farm Notes.


At least flfty silos have been mad,
and filled In Vermont this season.
Polied cattle are having . boom
In Scotland and England, owing Il
the unprecedented demand In thi,
country.
The Cologne G0setfe points out tha
the system Of using tar for roofing
purposes 10 At the same time eoonomi.
cal aud suitable for agricultural build
ings.
Rams of choice breed fetch from 81
600 to 5000 In Australia, while first
class mutton sells In Adelaide and Sid
ney for 81 cents the stone-fourteen
pounds.
Mr.. Charles Kels0, Of the KelsC
farm on the Manitoba railroad, Min.
nesota, had 5000 acres Of wheat this
year, and realised q profit Of $4,000
from bis crop.
The most successful breeders of
sheep in England find that gOod-yes
even rather high feed keeps their
sheep In much better health than
when they are not so well cared for
Horses shoes made Of three thick
nesses Of green rawhide, compressed
In q steel mould, are used to some
extent In England. They weigh
about quarter rs much as an iron
shoe, and are said to wear longer.
Three cheeses are being made ut DR..
Wight's factory at WhitesborouRh,
N. Y, which weigh q ''long ton" 2.
300 pounds each. These are to be ship
ped to Glasgow, Scotland, and will
be put on the market In time for the
Christmas holidays.
The Indiana Fhrmer boasts of q
sweet potato which weighs 1ve
pounds- It says II Is evidently formed
by the growing together Ok several
smaller ones, held together by the
compact clay coil In which they grew
until they united.
The system Incorporation In France
10 rapidly extending among farmers
for the purchase of seeds, manures
and implements Of the first quality.
The members Of the society bind
themselves Individually to guarantee
the payment Of all orders given.
The northernmost place In the
world where rye and oats mature Ii at
Kengis, In the Swedish province Of
Norrob0tten, fOrty-nine miles to the
north Of Polar circle, whereas the
northefnmOst spot whore corn IL
grown IL at Mu0niovara. ninty-sight
miles north Of the circle.
BY all odds the cheapest and best
way TO eradicate common hard wood
says the Practical RIrmer, Il
to work the ground with . shovel
plow. SOW buckwheat or plant corn
until seeded TO timothy, orchard grass
and clover, and pasture until the
stumps 50 far decay that they can he
pulled out by hitching chain around
the top when the ground II wet In the
winter or spring.
The total quantity Of land In Great
Britain returned In 1882, a. under all
kinds Of crops, bare fallow and grass,
amounts TO 2,3l6, 900 acres, as COM
pared with 81, 21l 900 acres In 1881, Or
AN increase Of loo, 900 acres. A great
part of this increase IL ascribed by the
collectors to the reclamation Of the
moor or mountain land. The whole
OF this increase IL In England and
Wales. Scotland shows Q smaller cul.
tivated area than last year, there be-
Ing several instances Of decrease caused
BY the conversion of sheep runs into
deer forests In the counties of Cath.
ness. Rsss, and Sutherland.
A Nebraska paper aays Edward
Blewett, Of Fremont, 10 bringing Into
that state 4, 900 Oregon sheep, and In
their present condition will averaee
lis pounds In weight. A part Of the
number he proposes to make fat on
Nebrnaka crrn. Lat wear he mt EoPfv