Sharp County record., 1888-09-20
HERE AND THERE.

Three years after the landing OF
the English colonists at jamestown,
Va, the first importation of cattle oc-
CURED. They were bull and four
COWS.
Geese may be picked every ten
weeks. Old geese should be kept for
breeding, and the surplus goslings
marketed as soon as they are largo
enough.
The melon crop in Georgia has
been greater than the facilities for
transporting to markets on which ac'
count many melons have persisted on
the fields.
The feeding of sulphur to animals
and poultry may be excellent at times,
but it should never be given in damp
weather. If given in excess it causes
leg weakness in poultry and also in
jures larger stock.
One sheep for each COW can be
kept without additional expense, as the
sheep will consume much that the COWS
will refuse. Sheep readily eat young
weeds and other tender herbage.
An enthusiast says that the silO
will make dimples on the faces of a
good many dairymen, and that if they
fill the siIo according to the latest light
on the subject they will never regret
it.
When cleaning out purslane not a
leaf should be left in the ground. II
is a persistent weed, and can only be
destroyed by exposing cycry part Of
the plant to the sun, 50 as to scorch it.
Don't neglect the eggs for mar
ket at market prices branch Of the
poulty business. Especially to fan
cier who is just starting into the poul-
try business does a regular trade come
in handy,
When the ewes become old their
places should be supplied by younger
ones. Pen them in the fall and get
them fat by giving them all the hay
and grain they will cat, with plenty Of
turnips. and they will be in excellent
condition for market in a short time.
The poultry-keeper who wants q
good supply of eggs, and healthy
handsome fowls should not spare the
dust. The fancicr who wants to win
at the autumn shows should keep his
fowls where they may dust to their
hearts content.
Cut off the twig or limb Of the pear
tree as soon as the slightest indication
of blight appears, or the disease will
gradually extend until the whole tree
is infected and the tree doomed. 1t is
claimed that Swabbig the trunk of the
tree with linseed oil is an excellent pre-
ventivc of blight.
Where old strawberry fields seem
to be dying out NOW off the tops OF the
old plants and scatter woOdashes free
" over the bed. If fertilizers be used
literally and the old bed is burned over
after frost comes new bed may be
secured without the necessity of setting
out young plants
Two COWS in Georgia are reported
to have lost their tails by the operations
of worms. The worm in each case eats
its way around the tail about a foot
from the body. The lower part Of the
tail becomes dead, and in few weeks
breaks off. The presence of the worms
was not detected except by the work
they had done.
The annual consumption of feathers
in this country for bedding purposes is
said to amount to 100000 pounds, or
375 carloads. To furnish this 3,00O,O O0J
healthy geese must give up their
feathers in a year. The geese furnish
inc these are to be found mainly
in Southern Illinois, Missouri Arkan-
sas. Tennessee and Kentucky. The
climate is cold enough to cause the
feathers to be fine and soft, and not TOO
cold to make their care a matter Of un-
nroftable labor TO the farm er.