The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-04-28
FARM NOTES.


ANIMALS with small chests do not fat
ten rapidly.
POLAND CHINA swine carried off the
the main prizes at the last great agricul-
tural fair In Denmark.
UNDERGROUND silos of 500 tons capac-
ity, with proper ventilation, are now the
rage In Germany.
DRY fish guano contains more than if
teen times as much nitrogen as is found
in stable manure.
PLENTY of sun and warm soil are
needed for growing mangels. whilst
swedes thrive best in cool, moist soil
and climate.
IL highly bred and literally fed ami
mails the teeth are produced earlier than
in those living under the reverse con-
ditions.
SMALL, yolkless eggs, sometimes OBJ
served In the care of fowls, denote over
feeding, most likely an exclusive diet of
Indian corn, with little exercise and no
green food.
HEN manure carries less water than
stable manure, but more nitrogen and
organic matter. AS to potash and phos-
phoric acid, there is great similarity In
the constituents of both materials.
IF is not desirable to breed animals
that Will eat but little, as it is not rea-
sonable to expect such to give as large a
proportionate return for feed consumed
as those-which have efficient digestive
organs of greater capacity.
INTELLIGENT breeders make rigorous
selection of breeding stock. The late
Edwin Hammond was once asked what
proportion of the rams bred by himself
l.ss l,e.x -, l.
flock, and ne answered promptly, /" Not
one in three hundred"
From some experiments made by Felix
AIasure it appears that when 8rable soil
is very wet it throws off more watery
vapor than a sheet of free water. If the
land is only moderately moist the guam
titles are about equal, and if the soil is
dry its evaporation is less.
SUPERPHosPHArEs are naturally moro
speedy IN their effect than manures
consisting of undissolyed phosphate
A small quantity of phosphoric acid APP
Piled rs superphosphate will have rs
great an effect as considerable guam
tity applied rs bones or ground phos-
plate.
ANEW method of beet sugar manu-
facture consists of submitting the Juice
to some chemical (yet secret), after
which it is filtered. Evaporation and
granulation follow, and this ends the
process, which is said to be reduced to
extreme simplicity. This is German
discovery.
ILLEGrrINIArE tampering with exhibit
hition animals is practised at English
live stock shows. A glaring instance Of
this offense was brought to notice at n
recent show, at which a Clydesdale
horse was disqualified for having had
false hair ingeniously added to his
heavy feet.
No HORSES we're found either in Amer
ica or Australia, when the continents
were first discovered. Now, on the al
most boundless prairies of South Amer
ica, immense herds, numbering many
thousands, are to be met with These
mustangs, or wild horses, are the de-
scendants of a race of Spanish horses
that escaped from domestication.
Mrs. b. ii. FARNHAM, of North An
dover. describes her method of making
premium butter, as follows: The milk
Is set IN tin pans and the cream taken
oil when the milk has soured. When
churned, the buttermilk is thoroughly
worked and the butter sailed to taste.
The next morning the butter is worked
again and weighed into pound balls.
BnEEDERs have noticed that o re-
markable development of the tendency
10 lay on fat is usually accompanied by
n delicacy of constitution, n diminished
secretion of milk and loss of fecundity.
Very fat animals are not likely to be
good breeders; in fact, the excessive
production of fat is incompatible with
high development of the reproductive
powers.
In ARRANGING perches for fowls allow
six inches for each bird. The perch
should not be placed high when there is
no place for the birds to fly down with a
gradual swoop, as is natural to them
when roosting in open places. Three
feet from the ground in confined places
is high enough. The perch should be
far enough from the back wall to keep
the tail plumage clear.
CANADA has become more emphatically
dairy country than the United States.
With population of 5000, 900, they
manufacture annually 60, 600, 600 pounds
of cheese, equal to twelve pounds per
capita, while we with 1900. 600. make
300, 900, 900, or six pounds per capita.
With population not exceeding one
tenth of ours, their exports of butter are
about one-half rs great as ours.
A good crop of red clover, when cut
for hay, removes q large quantity Of
nitrogen from the land, but it neverthe-
less leaves the surface soil actually
richer in nitrogen than it was before
from the residue of roots and stubble.
From whence is this large quantity of
nitrogen obtained? 1t must be procured
either from the subsol or the atmos-
phere. DIR. j. b. Lawes thinks the
former seems the most probable, as ex-
tended experiments have hitherto failed
TO prove that leguminous plants like
clover have any special power of obtain
ing nitrogen from the air.
THE eye of steer, when prominent,
bright, and clear, with mild and gentle
expression, is an indication of health,
with quiet disposition and good feed
Ing quality. If the eye is dull and
snnken the capillary circulation will be
defective and the functions of nutrition
imperfectly performed, and there will
not only be a deficiency in the ability to
tatten, but lack of strength and con-
stitutional vigor. A restless and wild ex-
preston OF the eye indicates a predomi-
nance of nervous action and an unquiet
disposition that is not compatible with a
good feeding quality.
PRUSSIA spends two or three million
dollars annually upon the state forests
and farms. The farms of the state are
rented to practical farmers, who are
bound by their leases to take pupils in
agriculture, and to keep blooded stock
for improving the breeds of the sur
rounding community, and to introduce
such machinery on trial as is recon-
mended by the agricultural minister OF
the crown. No seeds are distributed
free, except in time of scarcity, but
railroads have to carry free articles for
exhibition at agricultural fairs. The
highways are lined with fruit or other
trees, and the government supervision
of forests is strict.
In the use of extra foods for mich
COWS discrimination should be used in