PROCEEDINGS OF THE FARMERS' CLUB. 105 



Blue Jay. 



Mr. A. A. Stewart, De Graffe, Ohio, says : I see in a recent 

 report of the proceedings of the Farmers' Club, a letter from C. 

 H. Murray, Cincinnati, O., regarding the destructive habits of the 

 blue jay : and that no member of the Club had ever heard that 

 the jay is a carnivorous bird. 



The jay is not carnivorous, but, (like the raven and crow, birds 

 of the same family) is omnivorous ; eating fruit, grain, insects or 

 flesh, as he may choose. I have never known him to destroy the 

 nests of other birds, or to molest birds that had left the nest ; Init 

 the young ones or eggs in the nest are never safe within his reach. 

 He is a sly thief, always stopping his noisy prate when he means 

 mischief. I know no bird or beast of prey, except vagrant boys, 

 half so destructive of birds' eggs and young birds as the jay. 



If the jays with which the members of the Club are acquainted 

 are harmless birds, they are entirely different in their habits from 

 our Ohio jays. 



Isn't it possible that birds belonging to the same family, may 

 have different habits in different localities ? 



A Profitable Cow. 

 Mr. E. A. Kussell, Hermitage, Wyoming Co. N. Y.: "Receipts 

 of four months, from November 20, 1865 to March 20 1866: 



Butter sold, 147 lbs., 50c $75 50 



Calf raised on the milk (have been offered) 25 00 



Butter used in family of six persons, 3^ lbs. per week, 50c. 29 50 



Two quarts new milk per day, 6c 14 28 



Total _.. $142 28 



Cost of keeping, 1 1 tons hay, $8 $12 00 



Twenty bushels roots, 30c 6 00 



Five hundred lbs bran, $ 1 5 00 



One hundred lbs. cornraeal, $1,50 1 50 



24 50 



Total surplus $117 78 



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Plowing. 



Mr. Nicholas Shelton, Odessa, Schuyler Co., N. Y.: "Is plow- 

 ing gravelly loam all the time one way, better than cross plowing? " 



No, sir. The more you plow the better j^our crop. Plow it 

 one way, two ways and three ways, if you can. 



