Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-05-14

Of these mills amoun.s to about 5000
pieces, but the entire industry is so
clumsily managed that American and
European makes are being successful
ly marketed.
Orchard grass Is robust grower
and very tenacious of life. 1t masses
its roots so as to resist the encroach-
ment Of other grasses, covering much
of the ground with its large pendent
leaves, that spring out near the base
of the plant, to shade, nourish, and en-
rich the soil not occupied by the plant
itself This, perhaps, accounts large
ly for its ability to endure excessive
drought. 1t will produce two large
crops of good hay on rich soil, and
submit to more abuse than any other
forage plant, except bluegrass, which
is of little value in very dry season.
An English officer who has seen
service in Egypt states that the food of
the Arabian horse consists of six
pounds of barley, which is given at
sunset. This custom seems to agree
with the animal, and it enables his
owner to carry in bag food enough
sixty pounds for ten days journey
across the desert. The stomach of the
horse is small, and for this reason it is
the custom in agricultural countries to
give him three meals day. But in
Arabia they make virtue OF necessity.
Fast is broken but once in twenty-four
hours.
The number of fowls kept in France
is said to be 1885, $50; the average
product Of chickens reared is estimated
at three to each hen, and the average
product of eggs per hen one hundred
per annum. The estimation in which
French woman holds her pullcts may
be realized by the name she gives
them, which is poulette, and means
not only pullet, but darling. Thus
giving her heat to her work, she sue
ceeds in it and makes it profitable.
This is lesson for our poultry. keep
ers.
Kerosene is becoming known as u
valuable nsccticidc. Prof. A. j. Cook
uses tins mixture: One pint of kero-
scnc, one quart of SOAP, one gallon of
water. The soap and water are heated
TO DolllnS' when the Kerosene iSaddcd,
and all well stirred. This preyentsat-
tackS Of borerS in fruit trees, kills all
/ lice ON plants, and has been found cf-
fectivc against many insect pests.
/ With whalc-oil soap in the mixture, it
has destroyed the cabbage maggot.
The Cheshire Dairy Farmers assOci-
alton (EnglanU is considering pro-
posal to acquire 4 pasture farm OF
two hundred acres, on which to i'm
part special instruction to the sons and
daughters OF farmers. The secretary
of the association, who introduced the
scheme, believed 1t could he made alb
solutely self-Supporting, and the pro-
posal was very cordially received by
the members.
Mr.. w. S. LoOmis, of llolyOkc,
Mass, recently made Il seven days
test OF his Jersey cow Louise Of Lawn
field, llJl, \. j. c. {. She gave an
average OF eighteen and onc-half
quarts of milk per day, and made four
teen pounds eleven and onc-half
ounces OF butter from the milk Of the
seven days. MIR. LOOmis thinks the
COW can make at least sixteen pounds
under more favorable circumstances.
An eastern paper saws: We hear of
great losses of bees this winter The
assessors. at least, can find few that
are strong enough to tax. What busi-
, ness have assessors to tax bees, any.
how? The only bee in the hive, il
, there are ten thousand in it, that i,
, old enough to tax, is the queen, and
r nobody knows whether she is alive or
not.
I Over a hole from which an annie.
tree was dug, and which was after.
, ward filled with rich earth from the
roadside, a parsnip was crown las,
4. season that reached fully thirty inchc,
a below the surface and was oihorwis,
e large in proportion. For carrots anc
), parsnlps the soil can scarcely be mad,
: too deep, provided il is fertile nil tht