1882.J 



THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



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over 500,000. The list comprises the deaf' 

 (liinili, blind, insane, idiotic and jiauper. 



TwENTY-KivE acres of tobacco liave been 

 growu this year at Putney, Vt., which there- 

 fore chiims to be the banner town in the State 

 in tliis respect. 



"LYiN(i ligures," says Mr. Dunlap, of The 

 Chiiago Tribune, " are tliose in a current 

 newspaper article to the eftect that with 

 $2,500 a person can go to Dakota and realize 

 a net profit in wheat culture of S19,000 the 

 first year." 



TilK statement tliat the Canada tiiistle is 

 spread inu; over a large part of the Northern 

 or Middle States is not creditable to the en- 

 I teri)rise of farmers. It should be eradicated 

 by eternal visilance. 



The Philadelphia Farmer has already pre- 

 dicted that there will not be even a fair crop 

 of peaches next year, should the coming win- 

 ter and sjiring be favorable. The freezing 

 last winter and the hot, dry fall, told severely. 

 Blossom buds, usually prominent before frost, 

 are shriveled and show but little strength. 



It is estimated that the Barton drover.s 

 handled 3,000 cattle this season, and two 

 Craftbury men have sold 7,000. 



If the novice would stick to one or two 

 kinds of fowls in the beginning, less losses and 

 disappointments would be the result. 



Oil of titrpentine is recommended to 

 keep harness free from mold. 



All manner of decaying vegetable matter 

 should be added to the compost heap instead 

 of being left to accumulate about the door- 

 yard, where it will prove a fruitful source ef 

 malaria. Turn the heap occasionally and 

 keep it moist to prevent fire fang. 



Greex manuring, or the plowing in of 

 green crops, is especially adapted for light, 

 sandy soils, which need humus to increase 

 their retentive power. 



A. B. Gkofp, of Michigan, is said to have 

 exhibited an onion seventeen inches in cir- 

 cumference, weighing upward of two pounds. 



A MIXTURE of muriate of potash, fish 

 guano or sulphate of ammoniate and super- 

 phosphate of lime, is an excellent fertilizer 

 for corn. 



Oregon had 100,000 tons of wheat for ex- 

 port, this year. 



Texcii, a French food-fish, have been in- 

 troduced in the Central Park pond, in New 

 York. 



AViiEN artificial teeth were made of ivory, 

 the canine teeth of hippopotamus were highly 

 valued by denti.sts for that purpose, on ac- 

 count of keeping color better than any other 

 kind of ivory. 



In the construction of the tubular bridge 

 over Menai strait, England, there were used 

 2,000,000 bolts, averaging seven-eighths of an 

 inch in diameter, four inches in length. The 

 quantity of iron consumed for the purpose 

 amounted in length to 120 miles, and in 

 weight '.100 tons. 



Probably 10.000 is an underestimate of 

 the number of eggs shed annually by the 

 herring. 



domestic. 

 Combs and wattles of fowls may be prevent- 

 ed from freezing by oiling them so as to pre- 

 vent their getting wet. 



Pigs arc able to consume far more food in 

 proportion to tl>eir weight than either sheep 

 or oxen. 



The Italian bee was lir.ss imported into 

 America in September, 18.50, and ever since 

 importation and home breeding of queens has 

 been constantly gaining, until at present the 

 supply ralluT exceeds the demand, and im- 

 porters are opening a new field t)y introducing 

 other races of bees. 



I.IKE the blackberry, the raspberry bears 

 the fruit upon the cane of the previous year's 

 growth, which, after fruitage, dies, the new 

 cane coming forward for the next year's crop. 



In the orchard the thumb and forefinger 

 are a better pruning instrument than the 

 knife, and the latter than the shears or the 

 .saw; but the former must be used in the nick 

 of time. 



Two cows well sheltered in winter, will 

 produce more milk and butter than three un- 

 sheltered animals, though no more than half 

 the feed required for the three should be given 

 to the two. 



If the cucumber which grows nearest the 

 root be saved for seed for a number of years 

 in succession, the result will be a smaller and 

 earlier variety. If the fruit on tlie extremity 

 be saved it will produce a larger and later 

 variety. 



Whatever you undertake in the poultry 

 line be sure to cultivate a thorough know- 

 lege of its details before launching out with 

 full steam in a haphazard way. 



Sheep should be tagged regularly, and 

 kept clean. They should be culled every 

 year, and those in any manner deficient in 

 form or age should be put in a separate pas- 

 ture and fattened for the butcher. 



Eggs from hens partake in a great degree 

 of the flavor and quality of the food, proving 

 that they should be fed on clean wholesome 

 food. One may get onions instead of eggs by 

 feeding hens on onions. 



Tomato Soup.— One pint of milk, one 

 quart of water, one pint of tomatoes; two 

 crackers powdered, and one and a half tea- 

 spoonfuls soda. Boil twenty minutes. 



To break up setting hens liave seven pens^ 

 one for each day of the week, then all hens 

 found wanting to set on any day of the week 

 should be put in the pen corresponding to 

 that day. Keep them in five days. By this 

 arrangement it is easily told how long each 

 hen or pen of hens have been in. 



Save the middle grains of the fine ears of 

 corn for seed. 



Hogs should be allowed to have a heap of 

 coal ashes. They will be all the healthier for 

 it. 



Beef and mutton are not flavored by 'feed- 

 ing turnips to the animals— at least this is the 

 statement of some who have tried it. 



An orchard should never be planted in a 

 clay soil unless the latter is underdrained, 

 after which it becomes one of the best soils 

 for apples and pears. 



Let every farmer keep all the stock he can 

 possibly afford to — and generally he can afford 

 to keep more than he does. The dependence 

 of farming for all time must be mainly on 

 stock. 



Young cows do not give as rich milk as do 

 those of mature age. A lean cow gives poor 

 milk and a fat one rich milk. 

 scientific. 



The latitude of England is tlie same as that 

 of Labrador, and the former country is only 

 saved from the coldness and desolation of the 

 latter by the warmtli of the gulf stream. 



Insects are often attracted from a distance 

 by artificial flowers, but they never liglit on 

 them, leading us to believe that they are 

 guided bv some other sense than that of sight. 



It is recommended that, as the common 

 ailanthus tree is diiecious, only the female 

 trees should be propagated for shade in towns, 

 the male having the disagreeable odor. 



The assertion that iron and platinum 

 when raised to incandescence, are transparent 

 to light, has been proved false by a series of 

 experiments. 



Some engitieers of Dundee, Scotland, have 

 tried with success a new gun for throwing a 

 line to a wrecked vessel. The gun is about 

 two feet in length. 



The impression that flowers are never 

 found double in a wild state is an incorrect 

 one, the fact being that this is frequently one 

 of nalure's variations. 



Herr Hansen has found that the blue 

 color in milk is due to the presence of peculiar 

 microscopical organisms — known as bacteria 

 — which multiply very rapidly, and in so 

 doing produce a blue matter resembling ani- 

 line. These organisms render the milk unfit 

 for food, especially for persons of weak diges- 

 tive power. 



M. H. F. Blanforu reports that he has 

 observed white ants in the act of emitting 

 rythmical sounds. Another observer, Mr. F. 

 P. Pascoe, has heard a peculiar sound, in 

 fields of Southern Europe, which was found to 

 be the song of a small lizard. It is generally 

 believed that these creatures have uo power 

 of producing vocal .»ounds. 



As we ascend from the earth the air grows 

 thinner and thinner. From this fact astron- 

 omers believe that the limit of the atmos- 

 phere is 200 miles from the earth's surface. 



Coal consists of from eighty to ninety-five 

 per cent, of carbon mixed with a small pro- 

 portion of mineral substances, which, after it 

 i« burned, remain as ashes, and of an inflam- 

 mable gas contained in its interstices. 



In Alpine regions there are more narrow, 

 partly-closed flowers than elsewhere, and a 

 greater proportion of long-tongued insects, 

 the flora seeming to be exactly adapted to the 

 insects feeding on its honey. 



The roes of various kinds of fish contain 

 from about 30,000 to over 3,080,000 eggs. 



The lion's teeth seem formed rather for 

 destruction than for the chewing of his food. 



A four-fingered monkey, in its native 

 state, has been seen to go down to the edge of 

 a stream, rinse its mouth and then clean its 

 teeth with one of its fingers. 



In Bavaria medical men arc shorter lived 

 than any other class. Out of every 100 in- 

 dividuals, 53 Protestants clergymen, 41 pro- 

 fessors, 39 lawyers or magistrates, .34 Catholic 

 priests, but only 26 doctors reach the age of 

 50. 



