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TEE AGRICULTUBAL JOURNAL. 



Gleanings. 



A cow is different from a child, in that she 

 can never be spoiled by too much petting, Speak 

 softly, milk sently, and she becomes at once 

 your" profitable friend. 



Pig manure is valuable for all crops, either 

 alone or mixed wi'h other stable manure. It 

 can usually be handled to better advantage 

 mixed, as it is considered rather strong for some 

 crops when used alone in a liberal application. 



A Chilian military journal (the "Kevista de 

 Cabballeria") gives an account of a long-dis- 

 tance ride recently accomplished by a party of 

 Chilian cavalry officers which is interesting, as 

 showing the endurance of horses of purely 

 Chilian breed. Twenty-one officers took part in 

 the ride, mounted ou their ordinary chargers. 

 On the first day 81 miles were accomplished ; a 

 like distance on the second : and on the third 

 88 miles, miking a total distance of 250 miles m 

 three days. The route lay along very bad roads, 

 over a mountainous country, a height of over 

 3,000 feet above the level of the sea being 

 reached. 



Fruii-tret s, economic plants, shade, and timber 

 trees are largely grown in the Government Gar- 

 dens at Jamaica for distribution amongst the 

 settlers in that island. A few kinds are given 

 away gratuitiously, but f(rmcst of the kinds, 

 such as plants of cofEee, cocoa, nutmeg, kola, 

 croton. in liarnbber, sar^aparllla, balsam of Peru, 

 coca lace bark, dragons blood tree, and 

 nurr'erous others, the small charge of Jd., Id., 

 and 2d. each is made, packed and delivered at, 

 any railway 'tation or port. Citrus trees and 

 plants generally, which may be obtained at 

 private rurseries, are not to be had iiom the 

 public gardens. 



When killing a pig it is best to stun it before 

 sticking it. Take an axe or a hammer, and give 

 it a knock on the forehead ; it saves a lot of 

 trouble. Have the pig lying on the right side, 

 catch hold of the foreleg, pull the pig forward, 

 point the knife straight for the tail, drive the 

 knife forward, then turn the knife a little up 

 and downwards, th;«t will cut the blood vtss Is, 

 and the pig will bleed all right ; but have a knife 

 with a straight point for stickii g. As si on as 

 the water is boiling and ready f- ruse, pulahttle 

 cold water in it. J f there is no trouuh, lay some 

 straw on the ground, lay the pig back upwards, 

 the feet underneath, put a bran bag over it, 

 keep the bag well on the pig. pour the water on 

 the bac' That way you can do with les. waters 

 and it scalds better. Stait at the head first, and 

 move the baa as j ou go on. When all the rough 

 work done, lay the pig on a bn.x, ( r liang it up 

 at once, pour some cold water on it, and wash u 

 well off Then have a good knife, and anything 

 that IS left will be removed easily. A good 

 knife is half the work, and will make a clean 

 job. 



For egg-stealing dogs, blow out the contents 

 of an egg, fill up with ammonia, seal up with 

 beeswax, cleanse the outside oi the shell, place 

 it in the nest with a good sound egg, and await 

 developments. If that dog steals another egg 

 nothing but death will cure him of the habit. 



The State Entomologist of Georgia, U.S.A^ 

 since March, 1898, has caused to be dug up and 

 burned 300,000 trees, which were infested with 

 the San Jose scale - most of them so badly that 

 they were beyond recovery. Last autumn a 

 nurseryman in Tennesse began to ship trees into 

 Georgia which were covered with the s^ale. 

 He was warned not to ship, but presisted in 

 doing so. As a result, 30,000 of his trees were 

 seized and burned. This nurserjman threatened 

 to bring suit for the destruction of his property. 

 The case was submitted to the Attorney- 

 General, who decided that the State Entomo- 

 logist had the right to destroy such infested 

 stock, and that it was his duty to destroy it. 

 That ended the case. 



Professor Clinton D. Smith, after five years 

 investi<^ation of the milk question, publishes ttie 

 following conclusions :-'-First— A cow yields 

 as rich milk as a heifer as she will as a mature 

 cow Second— The milk is as rich in the first 

 month of the period of lactation as it will be 

 later, except peihaps during the last few we^ks 

 of the milk flow, when the cow is rapidly dry ng 

 off Third— There is little difference m seasons 

 a« to the ciuality of the milk While the co«s 

 are at pasture the milk is neither richer no 

 po.rer ou the average, than the milk yielded 

 when the cows were on winter feed, iourih— 

 The milk of a fair sized dairy herd varies little 

 in composition from day to day, and radical 

 variations in this respect should be viewed with 

 suspicion." 



One of the strangest fads ever taken up by 

 civilized people is surely the eating of raw flesh. 

 The " National Provisioner ' has the foUowmg 

 on this subject :-The raw meat cranks are m 

 dead earnest. They thinli that raw food is the 

 manna of heaven. So convinced is Prof Byron 

 Tvler of this fact thPt he has stuck the foUow- 

 in^ si"n over his room in the Grand Central 

 HSteCohicago -.-"Chicago Raw Food Society. 

 Restaurant No 1. Meals at all fours. Service 

 a Specialty," The piofessor is cus-omer No. 1. 

 He was a telegraph operator and a physical 

 wreck. His present health, he says, is, due to 

 "ea in" foi)d as it is prepared byn.iture. ihat 

 induced him to turn his hotel ro.mi into a ' raw 

 food restaurant." The following is the average 

 menu of the ' Raw Food Restaurants : -Oy- 

 sters on the shell, celery, radishes olives clam 

 iuice, raw steak, cold slaw, Waldorf sala '.cheese 

 nuts and raisins, piessed wheat, crackers, fags and 

 oranges. Nothing is cooked. The steak is 

 chopped and mixed with celery and onions. 



