Year: 1876

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Entire U. s.. aO9,loa7oo 1875 941 s29l ,lo7,8a2 |
The Northwestern Flax Society, Columbus,
Ohio, report (S68) that fax was the most
crop raised in Morrow county,
Ohio, yielding twenty.seven dollars and
eight cents per acre hence flax gave nearly
two and one.half times, or two hundred and
fifty per cent, more than the United States
wheat average of 1874 (eleyen dollars and
sixty-six cents)-facts that should be pru-
IDENTIFY used by every farmer in the country:
The United States annually imports about
$25. 900, 900 flax and its manufactures. Should
not these be supplied by America-domestic
linen from domestic flax


WILSON WATSON.


Heartily indorse the above.


PETER COOPER.


WHEN SHOULD Cows CALvE Aunt
Chloe in Uncle Toms Cabin used to say,
"There's reason in all things, and good
deal more in some things than in Others"
A correspondent of the ~. f.. Farmer has
been giving the reason" in deciding
what is the best time for cows to calve,
We quote: -,


For the man who has cold, open
barn, with nothing but husks, straw,
swamp or latecut hay to feed: who
leaves his chores all to the boys, and had
rather his cows would 60 dry four or five
months, than to bother with milk in the
winter, l would by all means, recommend
the first of May; but for the farmer who
has good warm barn, and is willing to
take care of his stock; one that would
not mind getting up cold night to look
after young calf; and If he has plenty
of early cut hay to feed, with little
grain, and wants to make the most milk
and butter he can, | would consider the
first of February as the best time OF the
whole year for his cows to calve. l find
that cows that calve in the winter, if
fed with all the early cut hay they will
eat night and morning and are fed from
two to four quarts of shorts, and half as
much meal per day, scalded and given
warm in water, will give as much milk
| i'm winter rs in the summer In good
pasture. BY having them calve the first
of February and feeding as indicated,
we can obtain large flow of milk, which,
if properly handled, will make excellent
butter, and after three or four months oil
barn feed, when they begin to shrink q
little, we have the flush feed of May and
June to turn them into, which will in
crease their milk again.


Then, in the fall we have our fodder
corn, pumpkins, cabbage and root tops to
feed, with which to keep up the flow OF
milk until winter sets in, about the last
of November, when it will be time to
dry them off, so they may go dry two
months, which will bring them around
TO the first of February again. | find
that cows that calve in the winter OF
spring will invariably shrink when winter
sets in, and it is hard to keep up salts
factory flow of milk in the short, cold
days of December, and what milk we dc
obtain will not make as good butter a
milk from new milch cows; the butter
often will not come until after tediously
long spell at churning.


The COWS that calve late in the sprins
will not give much more in the fal
months than those that calve in th'
winter, and both will dry off nearly to
gether. am satisfied from my own ex
perience, that by this system, can OBJ
tain onefifth more milk in the year thar
by the cid system of having the cow
calve in April or May. Aside from th'
increased flow of milk, it is quite an ad
vantage to have the calves come early
whether intended for the butcher, thu
early calves will bring the most, and i
to raise, they have the advantage of {
longer time to receive milk before th'
feed is ready for them in the pastures
The late calves are apt to be neglected
or weaned and turned of too young, ant
seldom make as good yearlings as earl.
calves.


DRAINS IN RoADs.-The road questicl
is ventilated pretty thoroughly in on
agricultural exchanges. The plans ad


vOcated are diverse, and some of then
extraordinary, but the fact that it occu
pies the thoughts of so many, prove
that our present system is wrong. On


man advocates throwing up the entiI
plan of road superintendency by path
masters, and substituting law by whicl
!. each man shall make the road along hi
. own premises, according to late raugin
standard. This would throw out goo
deal Of the tax which is rightly paid o.
personal property, and would be rathe
heavy upon class of taxpayers who ar
already land-poor. Besides this, ther
would be no equality in the rating O.


account of the variation in soil, drainage


etc. The matter of having standard G
some kind is a good one-that is, peopl
, should know what a good road is an
how to make it so. The great troubl
with roads is their lack of drainage, an
, this matter receives but little attention
even within corporate limits of cite
: where the road-making is supposed t
be under the guidance of skillful engir
GERS. Streets are often graded and cut
made so that the road actually become
ditch, into which the water from tn
surrounding country settles, and, eve
J with liberal covering of gravel, the
, are almost impossible in wet time
The truth is, gravel, or even pounde
J stone, is useless in retentive soil wit
no under drains.


Home Hints.


BRoILED SALT MAcKEREL.--(In soak
ing all kinds of salt fish put it into


large pan or dish of water, with the ski
up, else the salt, which of its own weigh
naturally sinks to the bottom, will settl
J In the skin, and the fish not be freshene
at all.) Soak a mackerel over night
NTH the skin up. In the morning tax
from the water, dry carefully, trim o.
head, fins and tail, cut the fish in hal
and rub off the skin with a coafs
towel. Be careful not TO break the fish


Rub the bars of the gridiron with Ii!
tie whiting, and the fish will not site
!, TO them. Prepare the butter sauce befor
putting the fish over the fire; and jus


az you are ready TO broil IL throw hand


full of salt over the Goals to moderate tn
! fire, and also to prevent the disagreeabl
smoke or gas that would otherwise arls