ITEMS FOR FARMERS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 42, 25 January 1881, Page 4

ITEMS FOR FARMERS.

A*ten<-p|? B^ai^ed^d cows returns more tlioa it's' cWi'h manure. 'J^j»s fl^yw of-lm^v consifis, ,of iat&^RvtQi'X whjcK ho fio<; combine wiik.^r.v;atpv/ tKerefor-" v?ftT>')o* h° wa^hftd.W«y b.y"ft, : , Owners of self -binding harvesting machines iv tho States cut and bind wheat and oats for"^fs por r.cre. Tho N. '(*. Times the Government gard&ner,; Mr- Holiz, is producing ffne samples- of oil from the peanutj r atfd ho ' rookoni the yield of mita to b* itt*ll» p«r *eie, *feWfr 'agricultural pee* han nppoaricPiii CKeflhire ; iDiaa fly, tSe ••oiftj^goft from, which is half an mcli iaifenMll^ nod i-hicii destroys the •ntftre mangold and beet crops. An unreasonable preference is sh6wn»by many for pigs noted for putting on fat with' little feeding ; but some have learnt by sorry experience that fat in bacon or pork is rarely rolished. The assertion's often made ; ad many people believe it, that water washes out the flavor of the butter ; but it only cleanses the butter of the buttermilk, sugar, md milk acid which may adhere to it, just as clarifying sugar removes from it the foreign matter. The American Stockman (Chicago) thinks that whtm iuUtrgonrse be* tween Australia and the Pacitio Slope becomes more rapid, pure bred bulls wili be more likely to be * imported from Australia fhau from Britain. . Eggs for Wfrtei* Use.— To two and a half gallons of soft witter add 21bs. of salt and 2ozb. of saltpetre. Boil la minutes, and when almost cold,; stir in four tatlcsspoonsfull ol quick lime. Let btand two or three days, tfoen pack the egg's, small end down, into a stone jar, and cover with the mixture. Keep where it is cool, and do not move the jar. The Avay that turnips can be sown, and yet not require a special preparation of the iand, are many. 3 know a farmer, who, after the last hoeing of his potatoes, scatters the seed thinly along th» rows, and when the potatoes are dug, the dirt is pulled back into the last hill, and the turnips are not disturbed. 'J he fine soil that works down about them rathei helps than injures them, and a big crop of turnips usually results — Practical Farmer. m The Leader, under tho heading of ™« The Farmer who Farming Pays," instances the case of a farmer who stored in March last a large quantity of wh#at in Melbourne, getting aa advance of 2s 6d per bushel ; in Augusf itNfcai &ff, and he " netted 7d," not per bushel, but on "the total sale It brought 4s Id per bushel, the difference all fcoing to the merchants •who u farm the farmer." No stock could be kept on some of the ii(rge': "haciendas," in Mexico, where not a diop of waccr can b« found for hundreds of miles, save by sinking, were it not for the prickly pear, the leaves of which are greedily taten by cattle, and seem to seivo both as food an A diink. When used as fodder for working bullocks or milch cows it generally is held oa a long stick over the fire so as to burn off tho long thorns. Cattle tcon learn what the performance means, and will crowd round the fire robe fed. Milk removes much phosphate of lime, aud the pas ures should be sown •with ground bones or rock phosphate, cf lime. - Wool removes sulphur, ani therefore sheep pastures nva improved by plaster or. sulphate of lime. Ashes and salt are of the highest value to pastures. But when the pastures have too far failed, it is better economy to plough them up as fast as possible, and sow. them to pasture grasses and seed* to oats, to shade the young shoots and tender roots. A correspondent of the Amoricau Poultry Yai-d gives the following bit of experience : — A neighbor of ours whose hens, to our exasperation, kept on laying when eggs were 45 cents per dozen, while om« persistently Uud oil duriug the same season, on being questioned revealed the face that hia hera had a puilful of skimmed milk each day, and no other drink. (In comparing notes, we each found that our management of our lowls was almost exactly alike, with this single difference — a difference that put many a dollar 'to the credit side of the ledgei while din own was left blank during the same period ; and this thing had B°^B on to yeara, with th« result^waya in favor of a milk diet. Horeea.— When hard work commences, dry food wi Ibe needed. It hardens the^tnuacles, and prevents ex cessiveperßpiration. The skin, tender from: long rest, is easily chafed and galled €<rtd water and veterinai^ cosmoUue will keep galls in check and heal raw si>ots. Clean, soft harness, prevents galls. Shots that have been long on ought to be removed, and in paring the hoof let no knife touch the frog. It wUl wesvaway faat enough. A .German profeMor has been ex psrimentiDj? with potatoes, and h« find* thtt Si.me aru6o|al n)«aures art very prbfitabl*. £lUroge«ions comp^uud* iaoreMo the yield, sqp«rphoephatf• alonp «r^e worth little, but a combination bf both is moci useful; a^id toaimra., * tho belt re%u4M..ilißßgthyi»xDerimentf^lrelaiid^rould s««ia to show that jh^urid^ bon^dust, to which potistfaittA a litir« v ipulphat« of am* S^^^^¥' *" % *****