GLEANINGS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1480, 27 March 1880, Page 6

GLE ANINGS.

Experience justifies the opinion that in purchasing seed corn the climate nnd soil whero it wa*"protfuoed ehould not bo left- ouS of the question. Tbo artificial ha' cling of eggs has been praotitied in Egypt for thoueauda of years with success.

A solution of carbolic acid in 300 parts of water hau, io America, been found effective for scab. A strong decoction of tobacco is a good wash also.

Don't cram your poultry jusb before killing, and then sell without drawing— -ypu will lose more than you will gain } the undigested food soon sour*), and the fowls are spoiled. The pigsty has an important bearing upon the dairy. It is a profitable part of most; dairy farma, and it Bpoils the butter and cheese of a grf at many. liiiag bone is one of the old fashioned diseases of horses and cattle, aod probably will always trouble the live stock breeder more or lees. The modern practice is to paint with tinolure of iodine Some use a solution of corrosive sublimate—4o grains to one pint of water. Aberdeen and Angus polled cattle have been introduoed into Canada, whore they have the oharaotor of easy keepers, early matured, and the quality of the fleth excellent. Ia that oountry they havo proved good working oxen.

When lime ia apolied in sufficient quantity, and at the proper time, to pasture land, it oocasious the abundant growth of fine, sweet, nutritious grasses, and promotes tho destruotiOn of mosses and oertain weeds. It is said to destroy even so hardy a weed as sorrel.

In the oatalojtue of the Birmingham Pat Stook Show " the picturesque Herefords " were aooorded the place of honour, " anc," says an English correspondent, l( they are certainly increueiug in popularity." Shorthorns pro* aont on the occasion are desoribed_ as "huge mountains of flash," but symmetrical withal, and indicating perfected art in breeding and feeding. A farmer in a distriot wheje the oeßßona are late, would do well to obtain bis seed from a warmer looility, tho effect of which measure would be a tendency to earlier maturity. It ia alao important that new varieties should be from time to time imported from other countries.

It is handy to have the piggeries near the dairy, for tho whoy and washings do noS requiro the labour of carrying, but you might as well havu no dairy at all as have in near the pige. Milk, cream, and cheeße are well known to possess tho property of absorbing any kind of noxious element whioh may. bo iv the atmosphere, and as a consequence it is impossible to have pure milk when the air of tho dairy is charged with the filthy f umea of a pigsty. It is always an advantage for a farmer to obtain his seed corn from a crop that he has seen growing, as by 80 doing ho can bet'er satisfy himself that there ia no mixture of varieties. The use of sound, well- filled seed h in every w»y advisable. A good seed gives tha plant a vigorous start, und, it consequently grows away rapidly from the first, instead of barely keeping alive until the roots are sufficiently developed to dr.tw nourishment f com tho soil.

Mr M'Combe, who for a long oerios of years has been engaged in developing the best points of polled cattle, saya that he has " come to the conclusion that the Aberdeen and Angus polled, and the Aberdeen and north oountry crosses, are the only cattle adapted, uuder ordinary circumstances, iv the north of Sootlaud, for paying the feeders." This, after many years 1 expenenco in stock, is saying a good deal for this breed of Poleye.