Hints for Home and Farm.

Bush Advocate, Volume XI, Issue 863, 25 November 1893, Page 6

Hints for Home and Farm.

The dower trade of London is estimated to amount to JC5,000 a day. The strength of tho horse is equal on an average to that of seven and a half men. An American paper states that more pounds of pork can bs mada from an acre of clover thaa from an acre of maizo. Napthaleue, which is the produot of coal tar distillation, in appearance something lika paraffin, has been found useful iv England | for the preservation of timber. The wood is soaked from two to twelve hours in tha molted nepthalene at a temperature of about 3t)odeg. Fah. In 10 tons of solid and liquid sheep manura there are 2501 b. of nitrogen, 3 lib. of phosphoric acid, and 2111 b. potash. In the same amount of cattle manure thore are only STlb. of nitrogen, 171 b. of phosphoric acid and Olio, ot potash. These tigures ara sufficient iv themselves to show why the foot of the sheep is golden to tho land. To iiud the livo weight of an animal, measuro the girth close behind the shoulders, and the length from the joint of the shoulder to tha butt of the tail. Multiply tho square of the girth in feet and inches by the length iv feet; and multiply the product of -23, -24, -20, -2S or •30, acsording to the fatnoss of the animal. Tha i*63Ult will givo the woight iv imperial stones. Thus : The girth of an animal in moderato condition is Git., the length from point of shoulder to insertion of tail sft. 4in. Thon, 6x6 equal ".fl s s>„ equal 102 x .24 equal 4G-0S stones. This the live weight. The carcasses would bo about gof tho live woight nor cattle ; for sheep, from -i to £ ; and for & •jiig from ._■ to *} of tha live weight.