The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-08

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good one is mistaken one.
A farmer in Mt. Pleasant, o., killed
shoat but eight months and three
weeks old which cleared little over
400 pounds.
The first Spanish Merinos were ship
ped to this country in 1898, The Yer
mont Merinos are now recognized as
superior to any of the same breed in
Europe.
According to Orange Judd, it would
require four times the number of horses
and mules now in this country To do
the work now done by the railroads in
Transporting freight.
All farmers children should be taught
at least the rudiments of botany. Should
they remain on the farm, such knowl-
edge will not only be lifelong pleas
ure, but will be of positive value.
Horseradish yields from two TO four
tons per acre and sells for to 10 cents
per pound. The worst drawback to its
culture is the difficulty of eradicating
it when once it gets firm hold on the
land.
Several correspondents Of the New
that paper their ideas of butter making.
They all agree that cream should be
kept at temperature of not less than
81 degrees.
1t is said that If common salt be add
ed to poultry droppings it will prevent
its burning up plants when applied to
them; the theory being that the great
affinity of salt for moisture prevents the
rapid drying of the droppings.
correspondent of the Pyairie Farmer
says the willow will grow on almost
any kind of land, is easily handled.
never has to be planted but once, and
often produces over 800 per acre.
The same paper is authority for the
statement that We now import 50, 000,-
600 worth of willow each year.
The ancient Egyptians of the Nile
had floating bec-houses, designed to
lake advantage of the honey harvest.
They were warned when il was time to
return home by the depth to which the
boat sank in the water under the weight
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might not be lost, they were obliged to
journey during the nighttime.
The Germantown Telegraph says:
Clear rye bran should never be fed to
fowls, on account of its swelling and
caking in masses in the crop, and PROV
ing fatal to chi, ken life not mfr, quent-
ly. 1t viii thus sodden and increase
in bulk very rapidly before digestng,
causing rupture of the crop, if any
great quantity has been eaten.
The following is said to be Il means
of detecting the CHAMBERS: "A bucket
half full of water should be held under
the animals nostrils and the mucus al
lowed to drop into the water. If the
substance remains on top or spreads or
dissoves in the water the disease is
not CHAMBERS, but if the drop remains
undissolved and sinks to the bottom
the horse should be killed. "
In winter, when the ground is cov-
cred with snow and the soil is frozen
deeply, it is sometimes curious to note
the effect of openings leading down to
deep underdrains. The snow will be
up from the unfrozen earth. Even in
an uncovered drain three feet deep,
little straw or loose earth will generally
protect the bottom from severe frecz-
ing.
A farmer of Watertown, Ga, who
for sometime past has missed his usual
supply Of hens eggs, stood watch over
his pouliry-yard the other day, shotgun
in hand, with view OF diminishing the
supply OF dogs in that vicini-
ty. He was surprised, however, to see
u half-grown heifcr walk up to one of
the nests and eat its contents, shell and
all. He exonerates the dogs from all
charges Of egg-stealing now.
The structure of wool is by no means
q simple one, or one easily made out.
Instead of consisting, AS cotton, of 4
single hollow cell, whose walls consti-
lutte the only variations of structure, all |
woods are built up of countless minute |
cells, varously arranged according to
.hc rapidly of growth and other causes
but forming a long cylinder not always |
IF the same diameter from end to end, |
and consisting of three entirely distinct |
parts.
Convenience of farm buildings is IN
aid in good farming, especial
y where much stock is kept and there
IRE many chores. Water should always
Je provided in the barn-yard, the feed
ng-boxes should be near where the feed
$ kept, and the buildings should moi
Dc very far removed from the house.
Il this results in more neatness about
barns and barn-y yards than has been
hought necessary, ii will be another
advantage gained.
Consul Baker, who is stationed al
3uenos Ayres, Il much impressed with
he possibilities of the Argentine Re-
public in the wheat-producing line. He
estimates the wheat crop of this year
II -, 300 900 bushels, more than half
II which will BE- surplus for export
lie says that the surplus corn will
tmount to 300. 900 bushels. As vet
here are les, than 1000 900 acres under
ont OF 800. 600, 600, the rest
being used for grazing cattle and sheep.
The C0uHtrp GeRHemdn says two
hings are necessary for the growing of