The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-09
FARM

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from Illinois to Germany for breeding
purposes.
HooF and horn shavings contain moro
than twenty-five times as much nitrogen
as is contained in average stable manure.
SHEEP fed on dry feed are frequently
trouble ed with sore lips. An application
Of sulphur and lard once or twice will
generally effect q cure.
Cork trees are being successfully
raised in Georgia. The cork on some
specimens planted there is already
thick enough for use. It is supposed
these trees can be successfully raised In
most of the Southern States.
IT REQUIRES about 5000 young fish to
stock a pond of n acre in extent. OF
fish weighing from M to two pounds
1000 to the acre is o liberal estimate
and these will require artificial feeding
unless the pond is very rich with food
producing vegetation.
PoTATo -four, on the dried pulp OF the
potato, is obtaining great Importance In
the arts. It is stated that in Lancashire,
England, 90, 600 tons of it are sold an
nually, and it brings at present In Liver
pool about doublein the market as wheat
flour. 1t is used for sizing and other
manufacturing purposes.
IT Is estimated that with abundant
fodder, a medium-sized animal will pro-
duce in a 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 q ton, and hog M
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 is replaced by a fresh one. A
dairyman who keeps n hundred and
fifty COWS says such a practice Is more
profitable than to lose the time between
their going dry and coming in.
BE oAREFUI 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 q fruitful cause of malarial and
typhoid fever among those who use milk
product from COWS thus watered.
TIE general food of the Norwegians
is rye bread, milk, and cheese. AS q
particular luxury peasants eat " sharke,"
which are thin slices of salt hung meat,
dried in the wind, but this indulgence in
animal food is very rare indeed. Acorn
mon treat on high days and holy days
consists Of thick hasty-pudding OF por-
ridge of oat meal or rye meal, seasoned
by two or three picked behring's or sailed
mackerel.
TIE 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 q 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
q consequence, the richer the feed the
richer the manure. Good feeding pays
not only through increased production
blythe 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 throats 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
eayth is close around ii.
THE following is given as an excellent
method of pluckiEg poultry Hang the
fowl by the feet with a light cord then
with a small knife give one cut across
the upper jaw opposite the corners Of
the mouth /; after the blood has stopped
running q stream, place the point of o
knife In the upper part Of the mouth,
the blade on into the back part Of
the head, which will cause q twiching of
the muscles. Immediately following
this operation is the proper time for
plucking the fowl, as every yield as II
by magic, and there is no danger OF
tearing the most tender chick.
HISTORY SLOWS 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.
Ghc work. Many experiments proved
failures, and many men were fonnd 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 q
profit, from sugar beets.
1t Is q practice with many farmers to
place q 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 hJy. This is a mistake.
The greenest hay should be placed al
the bottom Of the NOW; it will heat
some and throw off the moisture, and
the hay will come out bright green an6
full of aroma. Place the poor bog hay
on the top of the NOW, and it will absorb
such moisture as ascends from the
sweating hay below, and though un,
doubleday it will prove somewhat musty,
yet such would also be the ease with the
good hay if placed on the top of the
NOV. If farmers will try this plan, they
will find they will have hrst-class hay il
all their mows.
"A New YoRK exchange says the
farmers of Hupterdon and Somerset
counties, N. j., s goats to protect
their sheep from dogs. Two goats car
drive away a dozen dogs, and two are
about all each farmer puts in with his
sheep. As soo as q dog enters the field
at night the goats attack him, and theil
butting ~propensities are too much fol
the canine, who soon finds himself roll
ing over and over. A few repetitions o.
this treatment causes the dog to quit The
field, limping and yelling. Formerly
when . dog entered q sheep field a
night, the sheep would run wildly around
and cry piteously. Since the goats have
been used to guard them they form II
line behind the goats. and seem to enjoy
the fun. The idea of utilizing goats il
this way came from the West, wher'
they are put in sheep pens to drive ava.
wolves.
AN AMERICAN traveller in Italy who
though noticing many fields Of India,
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