The true northerner., 1882-04-14

partial Idiluro VI tne crop LII IIhBiouu hno
Scotland.
IT APPEARS that the factory dniries OF
large districts are apt to fall under Ole
strong management by purchase, after
awhile, as railways do.
In THE past two years the aQeage de-
voted to sorghum in Kansas has doubled,
and in 1881 amounted to 57,628 acres.
The crop last year was partially n failure,
vet the product was worth 81, ,754, TAB,
al average of nearly $50 an acre.
The fertility of soil is nearly con.
nected with its power of retaining plant
food. Sandy soils, from their small
chemical retentive power and free drain
age are of small natural fertility, and
dependent ON immediate supplies OF
manure.
In ALL the operations of the dairy the
greatest cleanliness must be observed.
All vessels should be washed with hot
water as soon as done with, to destroy
any adhering ferment. Without such
precautions no good butter or cheese can
be made.
To MAINTAIN fowls in a really healthy
state appetite must be kept up, and it is
good management to have the poultry in
such state that they will fly up to meet
the poultry men, and scramble for their
food. Loss of appetite comes from un-
wise feeding on Over-spiced food.
A FRENCH chemist reports that water
made slightly salt, and to which, when
boiling, bran in the proportion OF one
quart to every gallon has been added,
has been found in series of experiments
to increase the yield of milk twenty-five
per cent, if given to the cows as their
ordinary drink.
A CHEMICAL analysis of an unpleasant
tasting bread, recently made by Ger
man chemist, revealed 4.2 per cent. of
glucose and 1863 per cent. of dextrine.
This was accounted for not on the ground
of adulteration, but by kind of malt
ing" of the grain, which was injured by
wet weather during the season of 1880.
The sugar contained in milk is known
by chemists as lactose. When milk turns
sour the lactose is converted into Tactic
acid. This aciditication of the milk in
duces the coagulation of the caseine, and
the milk curdles. The ordinary souring
of milk is the work of ferment. When
this ferment is excluded no souring takes
place.
ARTIFICIAL incubation has been prac-
tised from the earliest times in the East,
chiefly in China, India and Egypt. In
the latter country large manuals, or
ovens, holding from 10000 to $4,000
eggs, are still used for the purpose; and
the villagers bring their eggs In the ex-
pectation of receiving, after a lapse OF
twenty-one days, 200 chicks for every
800 eggs deposited.
OUT of 157 5S8, 52l, the number of cat
tie estimated TO be in the world, 35, ,907,-
791 including all kinds, were In this
country at the taking of the last census.
Out of 3S2, 763, ,0l5 sheep we had 81, 183,-
903 head. Out Of 81 $3.50, $50 hogs we
had At ,6SS,S71, which would place the
United States as the foremost hog coun-
try in the world, with more than one
half of the grand total.
AN ASSOCIATION, to be known as "The
British Goat Society" has lately been
formed in England One of the objects
of this society is to establish system of
supplying these animals to cOttagers as
source of milk The system SO far
works well, the demand for goats being
much greater than the supply. The
superiority Of goats milk over that of
cows for infants and invalids has long
since been acknowledged, and before
long it viii DO much more generally used
than at present.
Crooked or broken breast-bones in
chickens are caused by perches being
placed too high from the ground when
the roosting place is Of small size.
Objections are made to letting chickens
roost early, but little harm will come of
il if the perches are at proper height.
II Is the perpendicular, sudden flight to
the ground in confined space which in
juries and breaks or bends the tender
breast bone. In limited space and with
chickens brought up in confinement,
shelves, sanded and then Uttered with
chopped straw, are safeguards against
this evil
A FRENCH correspondent If the
Farmers ReUieaU writes: In the north
of France, sugar beet is viewed by
agricuturists as cornucopia. 1t pos
sesses the advantage of feeding stock
cheaply, under conditions where high
farming is practised The products
from beet--sugar, molasses, alcohol-re-
pay in great measure the expenses of
production, while the pulp, varying in
price from 81 to $3 per ton, following
not so much quality as locality, feeds
working bullocks, then fats them off, in
addition to supporting sheep and cows.
The value of the manure must not be
omitted. In the department of the Nord,
25 per cent. of the arabic soil Is under
beet, which realizes, on an average,
about $3.50 per ton. About 2t tons of
pulp are viewed as equal to one ton of
ordinary hay.
WHEN broody, that is, wishing to set,
hens go about clucking for several days,
sit longer and longer on the nest after
laying, cease laying finally, and do not
leave the nest. If setting hen is not
required, remove her at once to fresh
run and new companions. Shut her out
for few days where no nests may
temp. her. If, on the other hand, she
is required to incubate, encourage her
by false eggs in the nest, and partially
protect the entrance to the nest from
other prying hens. All Asiatics are
much given to setting, and Dorkings and
SillSies are good mothers No hen even
crossed with Spanish. Leghorn, HAM
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