Daily Tombstone epitaph., 1886-01-15
Farm Items.


 The outer and coarser leaves of oab- bages are good winter food for poul- try.
 The great value of sweet corn as forage plant is universally acknowl- edged
 The Cincinna6 Commercialis author. ity for the statement that good coal of unleached wood ashes will increase the wheat crop from twenty-five to thirty per cent.
 The Southern Live-Stocb Journal says that Holsteins are finding many warm friends in Mississippi. Many fine animals of that breed have been taken to the south of late.
 An Englishman says that single grain of wheat has produce thirty-nine ears, containing in all 2,800 grains, aI'd that three of the largest of the ears had respectively 104, 103, and 1O1 grains.
 Sugar is fed to the cows on largo dairy farm near London, England, with good results. It induces the cattle to eat every mouthful of food in the man. ger, instead of leaving part, as cattle usually do. The sugar also improves tho flavor of the milk.
 The statistical account of the pro- duction of wool throughout the civil ized world shows that in the year 1880 it was 10000, ,000 pounds, in 1871 it was nearly 2,000, ,000, 900, while in 1883 in the United States alone the produc- ton of wool was 320, ,000, 900, or as much as was produced in the whole world in 1880.
 Disease among fowls is almost al- ways the result of mismanagement, remarks a poultry-breeder, no matter how much science may be mixed in as preventative or cures. Cleanliness is of the first importance; next, an abuii- dance of good food always accessible and In variety; also fresh, clear water, summer and winter, where the fowls can get it when desired.
 The Ohio Farmer is of the opinion that "there is no great bonanza in feeding 60-cent corn to fattening cat tie, but it could be made to pay well in combination wi other foods." A question of great interest to farmers is, will it pay to feed 60-cent corn to cat tleP With fat cattle selling at seven cents per pound Mir. Stewart found that, feeding four pounds of corn and fodder together, cut fine, with two pounds of linseod meal to each steer, the corn alone brought him about 70 cents per bushel.
 The American farmer, says the Breeders Gazette, has very plain remedy for hard times, of which all can, to some extent, avail themselves in giving moro attention to live stock, and especially to economy in its pro- duction, under which head may be in- cluded alike the selection of improved varieties of stock best adapted to the farm management, and capable of yielding the best returns, and the de- votion of very large portion of the farm products to its maintenance. This is a certain cure for hard times, and it has been found even more efficacious as preventative. It is invariably a fact that those who have made live stock production the chief feature oi their farm operations have suffered the least, and many scarcely at all from the agricultural depression.
 The following plan for controlling "breachy" cattle is recommended by the Breeders Journal: Procure com. mon head-halter without leading strap; in place of the strap tie to the ring a half-inch rope eleven feet long, about three feet back, more or less, according to the size of the animal; tie small ring firmly to the rope; pa < the rona hack between the fOreleps which will bring the ring directly un der the waist or girt of the animal pass the loose end up over the back and down to the ring, and tie. This makes harness that will keep the ani nal from getting its head high enough to jump fence, while it does not in jure or annoy unreasonably. Only { little practice will be required for find ing the proper length for each of thu parts.