The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-04-27
FARM NOTES.

ANIMALS with small chests do not fat
ten rapidly.
PoLAND-CHINA swine carried OF the
the main prizes at the last great agricul-
tural fair IN Denmark.
UNDERGROUND silos Of 500 tons capac-
ity, with proper ventilation, are now the
rage in Germany.
DRY fish guano contains more than if
teen times as much nitrogen as Is found
in stable manure.
PLENTY of sun and q warm soil are
needed for growing mangels, whilst
swedes thrive best in q cool, moist soil
and climate.
In highly bred and literally fed ami
mails the teeth are produced earlier than
in those living under the reverse con-
ditions.
SMALL, yolkless eggs, sometimes OBJ
served in the care of fowls, denote over
feeding, most likely an exclusive diet of
Indian corn, with little exercise and no
green food.
HzN manure carries less water than
stable mi but more nitrogen and
organic matter. As to potash and phos-
phoric acid, there is a great similarity In
the constituents of both materials.
IT is not desirable to breed animals
that will eat but little, as it is not rea-
sonable to expect such to give Is large q
proportionate return for feed consumed
as those which have efficient digestive
organs of greater capacity.
L-rE1LIaEsr breeders make rigorous
selection of breeding stock The late
Edwin Hammond was once asked what
proportion of tho rams bred by himself
be would be willing to use on his own
flock, and ne answered promptly, Mot
one In three hundred"
FROM some experiments made by Felix
Masure it appears that when srable soil
is very wet it throws off more watery
o than q sheet of free water. If the
land is only moderately moist the guam
titles are about equal, and II the soil Is
dry its evaporation is less.
SuPRRPHosPHATEs are naturally more
speedy in their effect than manure
consisting of u~ndissclyed phosphate.
A small quantity of phosphoric acid APP
piled as superphosphate will have MS
great an effect as q considerable guam
tity applied as bones o. ground phos-
phate.
A NEW method Of beet sugar manu-
facture consists of submitting the juice
TO some chemical (yet a secret), after
which it Is filtered. Evaporation and
FORMULATION follow, and this ends the
process, which is said to be reduced to
extreme simplicity. This is Q German
discovery.
nLKarrnGATR tampering with exhibi.
bition animals Is practised at English
live stock shows. A glaring instance Of
this offense was brought to notice at 0
recent show, at which a Clydesdale
horse was disqualified for having ha6
false hair ingeniously added to hil
heavy feet.
No HORSES were found either In Amer
lea or Australia, when the continents
were first discovered. Now, on the al
most boundless prairies Of South Amer
lea, immense herds, numbering many
thousands, are to be met with. These
mustangs, or wild horses, are the de
scendants of q race of Spanish horses
hat escaped from domestication.
Mrs. B. b. FARNHAM, of North An
dover. describes her. method of making
premium butter, as follows: The mill
is set in tin pans and the cream takel
off when the milk has soured. Whel
churned, the buttermilk is thorough,
worked and the butter sailed to taste
The next morning the butter is worke,
again and weighed into pound balls.
BREEDERs have noticed that a II
-markubfe Development d the tendenc
to lay on fat is usually accompanied b
q delicacy of constitution, a diminishe
secretion of milk and Q loss of fecundity
Very fat animals are not likely 10 b
good breeders; in fact, the excessiv
production of fat Is incompatible wit
high development OF the r~eproductiy
powers.
In ARRANGING perches for fowls allo'
six inches for each bird. The perc
should not be placed high when there
no place for the birds to fly down with
gradual swoop, as Is natural to ther
when roosting in open places. Thre
feet from the ground In confined place
is high enough. The perch should b
far enough from the back wall to kee
the tail plumage clear.
CANADA has become more e~mphaticall
dairy country than the United State:
With q population of 5000, 0Oe, the
manufacture annually go, 600, 600 pound
OF cheese, equal to twelve pounds pe
capita, while we with {, 1000, 900, max
300, 600, 1000, or six pounds per capitc
With q population not exceeding one
tenth of ours, their exports of butter ar
about one-half as great as ours
A good crop OF red clover, when Gu
Tor hay, removes q large quantity {
nitrogen from the land, but It neyertht
less leaves the surface soil actual
richer in nitrogen than it was befor
from the residue of roots and stubblt
From whence is this large quantity c
nitrogen obtained ? It must be procure
either from the subsoil or the atmo.
phere. DR.. j. B. Lawes thinks th
former seems the most probable, as e.
tended experiments have hitherto faile
to prove that leguminous plants Gk
clover haEe any special power of obtain
ing nitrogen from the air.
THE eye of a steer, when prominen'
bright, and clear, with a mild and gent
expression, Is an indication of health
with o quiet disposition and good feei
ing quality. II the y is dull an
sunken the capillary circulation will b
defective and the functions of nutritio
imperfectly performed, and there wi
not only be q deficiency in the ability 1
fatten, but q lack of strength and cor
stitutional vigor. A restless and wild 81
preston of the eye indicates a FREEDOM.
nance of nervous action and an unquie
disposition that is not compatible with
good feeding quality.
PRUssIA~spends two or three millio
dollars annually upon the state forest
and farms. The farms of the state al
rented to practical farmers, who al
bound by their leases to take pupils j
agriculture, and to keep blooded stoc
for improving the breeds of the su.
rounding community, and to introdue
such machinery on trial as is recon
mended by the agricultural minister
the crown. No seeds are distribute
free, except In time of scarcity, br
railroads have to carry free articles fl
exhibition at agricultural fairs. III
highways are lined with fruit or 9th,
trees, and the government supervise
of forests Is strict.
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