The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-10
Miscellaneous.

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crop in this country fully one-half."
Miscellaneous.
A correspondent suggests that the best |
time 10 make war on the English sparrow |
is in the winter, while the song birds are |
away in the South. Then you may shoot |
and poison without fear OF driving away
the birds whose presence you wish to en-
courage.
A great many farmers have allowed their
stock to run down in number in the last
few years, and now find themselves ut the
approach Of winter with good deal OF feed
on hand that they cannot well utilize.
This is causing strong inquiry in some
places for stock Of different kinds.
A very small quantity OF bran planted in
a hill with potatoes is said to have an ex-
cellent effect in promoting vigorous
growth and tubers free from scab. Though
bran possesses considerable manurial value
IL is for its ELECT in promoting smooth
growth that its greatest advantage Is
claimed.
All kinds OF animal manures left in heaps
are liable TO violent heating, losing much
OF the value by lirefangng. This is espe-
cially true OF horse manure, and more 50 II
the horses are grain fed. a mixture OF
earth is an excellent method oil modifying
this great heat. ii sods full OF vegetable
roots are brought into the heap they soon
become valuable manure, absorbing ann
monia that must otherwise be wasted.
The fact that cross Of pure bred fowls
often does better than either Alone has
misled many into cross breeding too TAR.
TO get the best results, fowls ut least on
one side should be pure bred. That will
make them balf-bred. II is the time OF
year when poultry dealersare thinning out
superiluous ilocks, and some OF the best can
now be had ut very moderate prices. This
kind OF change in poultry should be made
every year or two nj the iarthcst.
The average annual expectation Of wheat
from the United States for the last forty
years has been 81, i62, l20 bushels. Reck-
Oning five bushelsas the amount necessary
for the support OF an individual for year,
we have in that time steadily furnished
bread for 1900, 900 people OF other coun-
tries, number equal TO one-third OF our
own average population during that period.
q. T.. Morrow, OF the University Of llli-
nois, says that the experiences OF the last
two years have caused much uncertainty
in the minds OF farmers as 20 cattle feed
ing. The unprecedented receipts ut Chi
cago and other great markets keep down
prices, except for Me best qualities. At
Chicago over n ,005 were received in one
week, 200. 600 in three weeks, aud almost
2GO, 900 in the month OF September. At
rates now prevailing there is more profit
In feeding hogs than cattle.
A well burned tilewill not dissolve when
once safely under ground, whatever its
color. Nor is u any better for being
burned until IL Il block. Red color in the
tile or brick Is evidence Of iron in the clay
from which they. are made. The city OF
Milwaukee Is built az croam.colorcd brick.
The clay near that city does not contain
iron, but the brick il Just rs durable under
cXtrome cold rs any other. AL tiles are
more or less porous, and II filed with
water will crumblo and break II frozen in
that condition.
There is atNoriniion In the degree OF
cold required 20 kul peach buds. Under
| favorable circumstances they will endure
much lower temperature than at other
times sullicc3 10 kill thcm. Well ripcncd
buds not pushed into prcmaturc'growth
are most hardy. Either extreme Of un-
ripencss or too great forwardncss makes
the peach bud very tender. Disease Of
any kind in the tree is marked 10y q slen-
der, immature growth, easily killed.
At the recent meeting Of the Western
| Dairymcn's Association in Iowa, an inter-
csting paper was read by Col. Curtis, OF
New York. ON "rhc Individual Dairymcn,
the Little Ones" lie said the private
dairymcn make abuu, cight.tcuihs Of our
| /, OO0, 900 pounds oi butter annually
produced In this country. II Is In the
power OF the priynle dHrymcn Of this
country TO abolish olcomarga rine and TO
provide the market with good butter ut a
lair price. but the great hindranco 10 this
u the enormously large per cent Of the
| output which ranks below middle grade.
The great river Of Egypt has not sent
down lis accustomed floods this year, and
the people who depend on that for their
food indulge only the most gloomy antici-
pations Tor the future. There will be- no
corn In Egypt this year. aud the ancient
grnnnfy OF the world must itself buy OF
moro prosperous nations Some believe
that the great Feeders oi the Nile have
been cut oil by growth Of vegetables chok-
ing oil the passage OF water Another
theory IN that the large flood year ago
left dams which nov obstruct the water,
~ was the case some yeam ago, and which
were not cut through until 1880.
A COW or horse will need from twenty
eight 10 thirty-hve pounds Of feed per day,
the amount varying according 90 sizo NJ
animal and kind OF food given. With the
best chance for plsiuring stock there
will be- nearly or quito 200 days Of barn
yard or stable feeding. Thirty pounds per
day for this time makes total ol 6,OOO
pounds. or three tons. II all this has 10
b. purchased Il will cat into the value Of
prcily good stock nj the present prices Of
Iced. With ordinary stock the farmer can
only make himself whole 10y feeding Il
with rough fodder that would not bo read.
ily salablc, but may be changed into val.
uablo manure.
The muskrat Il a serious injury 10 farm
or who undordrain. lie makes home
In the larger maine, opening a passage
which let's in the ART, which soon choke.
and spoils II. Thf p'uskmt IL a very Gun.
ming animal, and haEl 10 tap with any
kind Of bait Tbs best succcss Is found
by slightly coverises trap with leaves and
placing II at The entrance 20 his burow in
the path usually. taken. lie will walk
into Il unsuspcctingly aud II iho trap IA
strong enough and atll secured by q chain
fastened 10 some FlAkc hc may he captured.
But muskrais have been known TO eat OF
limb u left too louli and thus make thcil
escape, though rfohably incapaciialco
thereafter irom Yo,pg much damage by
digging.
Il IL often saidlha' mulchlng with any
thing Is valuable in promoting plant ul
tree growth. PlgSy6 hoard on the ground