The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-03-10
FARM NOTES.

POLAND China pigs are beIng SEM
from Illinois to Germany for breeding
purposes.
HooF and horn shavings contain more
than twenty-five times as much nitrogen
rs is contained in average stable manure.
SHEEP fed on dry feed are frequently
troubled with sore lips. An application
of sulphur and lard once or twice Will
generally effect a cure.
CoRK trees are being successfully
raised in Georgia The cork on some
specimens planted there Is already
thick enough for use. 1t IS supposed
these trees can be successfully raised In
most Of the Southern States.
IT REQUIRES about 8, 900 young fish to
stock pond of one acre In extent VI
fish weighing from one TO two pounds
1000 to the acre il . liberal estimate
and these will require artificial feeding
unless the pond is very rich with food
producing vegetation.
PorAro -four, on the dried pulp Of the
potato, is obtaining great importance In
the arts. It is stared that in Lancashire,
England, &C, 900 tons Of it are sold an
nually, and it brings at present In Liver
pool about double in the market as wheat
-four. 1t is used for sizing and other
manufacturing purposes.
IT is estimated that with abundant
fodder, medium-sized animal will pro-
duce in year the following amounts OF
manure Horse, exclusive of loss dur
ing work, nine tons OK or cow, ten to
twelve tons sheep October to May),
three-quarters of ton, and hog one
and a quarter to two tons.
MANY dairymen practice milking their
cows steadily without allowing them to
go dry. They feed heavily on corn meal
and oil cake until the milk fails, when
the COW Il replaced by fresh one. A
dairyman who keeps one hundred and
fifty COWS says such practice is more
profitable than to lose the time between
their going dry and coming in
BE CAREFUL about permitting cattle to
drink from bitches or from pools in
which their droppings are deposited.
Such impure water is not only liable to
injure the health of the stock, but is
also n fruitful cause of malarial and
typhoid fever among those who use milk
product from cows thus watered.
The general food of the Norwegians
is rye bread, milk, and cheese. AS n
particular luxury peasants eat a" sharke,"
which are thin slices of salt hung meat,
dried in the wind, but this indulgence in
animal food is very rare indeed A COM
mon treat on high days and holy days
consists of thick hasty-pudding or por-
ridge of oat meal or rye meal, seasoned
by two or three picked herrings or sailed
mackerel.
The quality of stable manure depends
upon the quantity and quality of the
feeding stuffs used, and ON the amount
of milk or other products obtained from
the animals. As rule, but a small pro-
portion of the manurial elements of the
food are permanently retained in the
body or excreted as milk, ETC., while the
remainder passes into the manure. As
a consequence, the richer the feed the
richer the manure. Good feeding pays
not only through increased production
by the animals, but through the improved
quality of the manure as well.
UNDER drains were used by the Ro-
mans and constructed of wood. Even
brush drains have been made In various
parts of England. Thorough drainage
came into practice about the middle of
the present century, through the exer-
tons of Mr.. Smith, of Deanstone, and
for a time stone was the principal mate
rial used in their construction. They
were either thrown In promiscuously or
laid out in Threats or channels. When
tiles or pipes came into use stones were
laid around them, but it is found that
less soil percolates into the tile when the
eavth is close around it.
The following is given as an excellent
method OF pluckiEg poultry: Hang the
fowl by the feet with light cord then
with small knife give one cut across
the upper jaw opposite the corners Of
the mouth after the blood has stopped
running a stream, place the point of q
knife in the upper part of the mouth,
run the blade on into the back part Of
the head, which will cause twiching OF
the muscles. Immediately following
this operation is the proper time for
pluckiDg the fowl, as every yield as il
by magic, and there is no danger OF
tearing the most tender chick.
HISTORY shows that the establishment
of the beet-sugar industry in France and
Germany was the outcome of not one
year, but twenty years. of careful scien.
tifc work. Many experiments proved
failures, and many men were found who
said from the first that the manufacture
OF sugar from beets was q commercial
impossibility. But in spite of adverse
criticisms, partial failures and the oppo-
sition of many interested parties, the
beet-sugar industry did succeed, and to-
day two-ffths of the sugar consumed by
the civilized world is manufactured, at
profit, from sugar beets.
1T Is a practice with many farmers to
place load or two uf somewhat green
hay on the top Of the NOW, thinking
that it will dry under such circumstances
without injury, and finally turn out
pretty fair hoy. This is q mistake.
The .greenest hay should be placed at
the bottom of the NOW; it will heat
some and throw off the moisture, and
the hay will come out bright green and
full OF aroma. Place the poor bog hay
ON the top of the NOW, and 1t will absorb
such moisture as ascends from the
sweating hay below, and though I'M
doubtedly it will prove somewhat musty.
yet such would also be the ease with the
good hay if placed. on the top of the
NOW. If farmers will try this plan, they
will find they will have first-class hay in
all their mows.
A New York exchange says the
farmers Of Hunterdon and Somerset
counties, N. j., use Coats to protect
their sheep from dogs. Two goats can
drive away dozen dogs, and two are
about all each farmer puts in with his
sheep. As soon as dog enters the field
at night the goats attack him, and their
butting propensities are too much for
the canine, who soon finds himself roll
ing over and over. A few repetitions of
thus treatment causes the dog TO quit the
field, hmping and yelling. Formerly,
when . dog entered . sheep field at
night. the sheep would run wildly around
and cry piteously. Since the goats have
been used to guard them they form in
line behind the goats. and seem to enjoy
the fun. The idea of utilizing goats in
TINS way came from the West, where
they are put in sheep pens to drive away
wolves.
AN AMERICAN traveller in Italy who,
though noticing many fields Of Indian
corn growing there, yet never found
either Johnny GAIA hoo cala h1.a:=-