The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-06-02
FARM NOTES.

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Nearly forty-six per cent. of the whole
surface of the kingdom of Spain is still
uncultlvated
The food supply of Sweden and Nor
way shows deficit in grain, but . sur
plus of meat
THERE are upwards Of ], ZOO, 600 agri-
cultural land owners in Germany. pos
sessing less than 81 acres.
THE products of the farm can be in
creased by large percentage through
rejecting all inferior seed and planting
varieties notedly prolific.
In SOME sections of the West the con-
dition of the roads through the farming
districts Is much improved by the use OF
tile drain on each side of the line of
travel. If the tile has good outlet and
Is always kept open, a dry road will be
secured.
ILLINOIS is now the foremost State In
the Union for cattle. Kane County has
elghty-nine head to the square mile be-
ing mostly mich COWS, while De Kalb
County has an average of seventy-four.
The average of the whole State is thirty
eight to the square mile.
ANY marked falling off in the supply
of milk a cow has been in the habit of
giving should be at once noted, for it Is
an almost unfailing indication that there
is something amiss. This will some
times take place before any falling off IN
the animals appetite is noticed.
THE French census shows that, though
The rural population is declining, yet
more than one-half the total population
still depends on agriculture as a means
of living. There are Is, 513, 325 lndlvid-
uals, comprising 500, Ill heads of fam
ilies-and the rest ependents-engaged
in agriculture.
Or THE wheat crop in the East Indies
one peculiar feature is that 1t is never
failure. Nine-tenths of the rainfall Is
during four months of the year, ending
about the Goth of October, and the
wheat is sown at the end Of this period.
In some districts where the soil is
sandy loan, the crop will mature and
yield at least moderate harvest without
a drop of rain after 1t Is sown.
THE London Agricultural Gazette Is
authority for the following item concern
ing a prolific flock of sheep: I'm n
well-known flock in the eastern counties
forty ewes have this season brought the
extraordinary number of 40 lambs,
thirty os the sheep having three lambs
Youngsters are all nice, strong lambs.
The flock is of the pure-bred, black
faced kind"
In SHOOTING fat-footed horses, If the
animal has a spongy toe it may be cut
off to the proper length. After this is
done the horse will travel easier than
before. If, on the other hand, there is
hard shell around the hoof, it is best
-. lfkflea x,ncof1,la m tho solo
If the sole of the foot is thick let the
shoe bear on the sole and hoof equally,
but if the sole is thinner, dish or con-
cave the shoe so as to bear on the rim
only.
One of the ancient grist mills of Pom
peii, which has been unearthed, had
four run of stones, conical shaped with
a stone hopper receiving the grain,
turned by the upper stone, which was
/ the runner. The stones were hard,
porous and black, similar to some in use
at Naples at the present time for the
manufacture of macaroni The stones
were turned by two levers, one on each
/ side, the motive power, of course, being
manual labor.
BETWEEN 1916 and 1880 there has been
ain enormous increase In the imports of
grain and -four into Great Britain. In
1916 the imports of grain and Hour
amounted to seventeen pounds weight
per head of population; IN 1893 hey had
risen TO seventy pounds per head, and in
1865 to ninety-three pounds weight per
head of population. Finally, in 1880,
the imports of grain and -four amounted
to 1875 pounds weight per head of popu-
lation of the United Kingdom.
u WHEN wheat is not very rich in gluten,
and the -four is therefore wanting In
body, an addition of two to three per
per cent. of bean flour produces an ex-
( cellent effect: it increases the extending
properties of the gluten and renders the
bread light. This small quantity is
neither injurious to man nor does it de-
teriorate the flavor, but this proportion
must not be exceeded. Egyptian beans
are the most suitable for this object In
France this admixture is quite generally
resorted to.
SINCE last June, NJ Pasteur has vac
I cinated 90, 900 head of stock, among
/ which were 10, 900 oxen, COWS and horses.
+ In every instance his process was
successful the animals vaccinated es-
( capped the Charlton malady. while those
I non-vaccinated fell victims to that
/ plague NJ Pasteur (and others have
corroborated his view, lays down that
the effects of his preservative vaccine do
not last longer than eight months, SO that
vaccination must be repeated annually,
and that April is the best month for ex-
ecuting the operation
NJ. GoFFARr states that his corn fodder
for ensilaging is cut in the field by wo-
men, with sicklcs. These French women
have great skill in the use OF that i'm
plement, and eight of them will cut cas-
lily one hectare (2l acres) day. They
receive fifteen francs per hectare, and
therefore earn about thirty eight cents
day each. IF water invades silo,
whether it enters from without or from
compression upon maize that is very wet
at time of ensilage, it should not be
wasted. Cattle will drink that kind OF
grass-soup with great avidity.
An ENGLISH farmer. in the matter OF
rearing calves, writes: After weaving. at
/ the end of a week or so, the calf can feed
very well upon SKINNED milk. Many
substitutes for milk have been expert
mented with, including hav tea and
hnseed jelly. Hay tea is made by pour
! ing boiling water over fine sweet hay,
and inclosIng the vessel, when IN the
course of a couple of hours a stong
liquid is produced. It should be given
of the warmth of the natural milk Of the
COW. Linseed jelly is made by
putting one quart of seed to
six of water. and allowing it to boil for
ten minutes. Nothing is better than skim
med milk thickened with linseed. Some
very successful calf-rearers use mixture
of linseed and ground wheat to thicken
with, In the proportion of two bushels
I linseed to one of wheat
1T HAS been a matter of surprise TO
American farmers that English bacon
sold so much higher in London than
that from America. An English coz
temporary explains this matter. West
of England bacon has for MANY years
been famous for its delicious flavor.
Pigs weighing from seventy to ninety