River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-10-12
AGRICULTURAL.

Three-year- old Shorthorns are under
the best management made to weigh
1000 pounds, which sell at 81 60 per hum
dred. or $15 per head. Four year-old
scrubs sell for $50 per head. Grass and
Shor'horns make farmers rich.
The Delaware peach growers are
drying large quantities ofpeaches now,
which bring on an average 25 cents per
pound when they have been well dried.
They get from the ordinary peach
basket about three pounds,75 cents per
basket at home Rura! NstO Yorker.
Fall-sown-rye makes excellent winter
pasture for your stock and mich cows,
and when sown in September or Oc-
tober where another crop has been
gathered, if not used for winter pasture,
will yield fine crop of feed, cut in
April, for mich cows, and the ground
planted again in corn or ether crops.
The short corn crop should be supple
mented by winter rye.
A correspondent of the Canadian
Horhcukurist pooh-hooh the notion of
bagging grapes to prevent the depreda-
tons of birds, and says a sheet If
coarse gauze or netting spread over
the entire vine is much more easily Sc
cured. will last several years with ordin-
airy care, and is great saving of time,
while the expense is not sufficient to
prevent common use.
The bearing peach tree cannot be
cultivated too often. The soil must at
all times be kept loose and friable, and
cultivation should be kept until the
fruit is ripe. The new growth of the
wood OF a bearing tree ceases to grow
early in the season, and there is no
danger of stimulating late growth.
Stirring the soil should be the rule, and
neither grass or weeds permitted to
grow at any season.
Some experiments have recently
been conducted in the old country,
with view of ascertaining the best
methods of preserving manure so as
to retain the more valuable ingredi-
ents. In one of these experiments the
manure was allowed to accumulate
under the cattle for long period
three months or more-in specially
constructed deep stalls. 1t was found
that in every case the manure so
the manure heaps, in more workable
condition, the ammoniacal salts were
better preserved, and all useful ingre-
dients were present in greater proper
ton.
The Rev. Mr.: GILES pie, secretary OF
the Galloway Cattle society of Scot
land, said at the last annual meeting at
Countries that, while the ipolled Angus
vas magnificent breed for particular
circumstances, the Galloways, he be-
fieved were the best adapted of all
breeds for the purposes of American
breeders who wished to rid their
horned cattle of these needless appen-
dages. He ventured to affirm that
where pure, well-bred Galloway bull
was put to COWS of any horned breed,
the produce in nine cases out of every
hundred would be.polled.
There is certain number of pounds
a team can draw day after day and not
VERY them, but if little more be add
ed the horses walk unsteadily, fret and
soon tire. Every pound taken from
the draught of the pillow is gain to
them. For any soil, except sand and
gravel, use steel pillow, and in blowing
sod the Golfer does great deal of the
work, and should be kept sharp by
grinding every day if necessary. 1t
will wear out soon, but new Golfers are
cheaper than new teams. When the
share is worn replace it with a new
one at once. Practical Farmer.
There can hardly be q doubt that
hogs are to rule high another year.
Farmers throughout the country have
been selling close and short since early
last fall, when it became certain that
the corn crop would be short. The
number of hogs wintered was less than
usual, owing to high priced corn, and
the prospect of light corn crop again
this year has caused the marketing of
thousands early this summer. The
supply os hogs is unusually short, and
high prices must prevail.