Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-07-17
NOTES

An Boglish paper, in commenting upon
the subject, remarks that the Cheshire
dairy farmer, by the free use of bone
manure laid on the grass lauds, makes
his farm which at one time, before the
application Di bone manure, fed only 20
head o. COWS, now Eel 40. In Cheshire
two thirds or more, generally three
foutths, Of dairy farm are kept in per
fect pasture, the remainder 10 tillage.
It's dairy farmers are commonly bound to
lay the whole Of their manure, not on the
arabic, but on the grass land, purchasing
what may be necessary for the arabic.
The ohief Improvement Decides drainage
consists in the application OF bone ma.
nure. 10 the milk Of each COW, in its
urine, in its manure, In the bones Of
each calf reared and sold off farm, II
paris with So much earthly phosphate Of
lime IS ia contained in half hundred
weight OF bone dust. Hence the advan.
tsSe of returning this mineral manure by
bOning grass lands. The quantity OF
bones now commonly given in Cheshire
to an imperial acre Of grass LAND Is /, 200
to ], 300 weight. This dressing on pasture
land will last seven or eight years, and
on moved about half that time.
Sir J. b. Lawes says: In writing upon
the subject of our feeding experiments at
Rothamsted We have stated that, with
good food, pigs will increase at the rate
Of one pound to each four pounds or five
pounds consumed. With oxen, however,
the case is very different, as they have
very large stomachs, which are not
adapted for concentrated food taken
alone. Oar results lead US to think that
1t requires from IL pounds to 10 pounds
OF dry food to produce one pound of in
crease in the live weight OF oxen.
1t lie said that the liquid manure from
a horse in one year ia 5000 pounds, or
about 8 pounds daily; from a COW 5000
pounds, or about % pounds daily from
sheep $50 pounds, and from pig ], 200
pounds, yet many who think they are
good farmers, keep their stock OIL floors
where large part Of this runs through
and ia lost.
Mich COWS should always have at least
small amount OF some kind Of green
food, suoh as roots or ensilage, when
other green food ia not in season. Such
ration will do much to tone up their
general health, as we'll as to increase the
hoT Of milk. So says the National Stock.
man.
Herr HssSelmsn of Holland, writes the
London agricultural G1seite that in all his
stables hs has not had case OF milk
fever since he adopted the plan of feeding
the COWS pretty literally Of mangels, cut
straw aud hay and no corn meal for some
six weeks before oalving. The disease Ia
very troublesome one among thorough.
bred cows, and this remedy is rational
and available.
A correspondent writes to the Gdrdener's
M,nihtg: Waite, cress ia grown by us
Montrealers without the aid of spring
water az running brook. We simply
stick 1t in the form Of cuttings, on a we'll
drsined bench OF sweet oil, in the fail, in
house where the hea. is about as
degrees all winter. Sprinkle freely, and
We have cress all winter and all summer,
i repaired, by shading. Some of our
Montreal hotels must have the water
ereasss on their tables all the year round;
and, as it is not found growing wild in
this vicinity, II ia always a luxury.
Parsley and mint we also grow in large
quantities on the same plan.
An agricultural writer, speaking Of the
best methods OF feeding cornfodder aud
other coarse foods, calls atsen ion to the
fact that since these are in themselves
incomplete foods, lacking the heterogeneous
and fatty elements, they should invariably
be supplemented with some food which
will supply these. lie regards cottonseed
cake, or linseed oil cake, az among the
hest, as they not only supply the needed
elements, but also greatly enrich the
manure.
oar ideas of high farming differ very
materially from those OF ths aRIioulturists
Of many sections Of Europe, where rents
run as high as $500 Per acre, and where
farming is made TO yield good income
even at these figures. France, England,
Holland and other countries are a long
way ahead of us in the matter of making
every foot Of land give its largest possible
yield, and this is accomplished by ma
nuring highly and cultivating with the
utmost thoroughness.