Show facto for farmers Far mors new york lately shipped bushels of wheat to jape cape town africa 17 vermont ermont has farm farms af which only ninety seven contain as many mally as 1000 acres land is cheap in south australia for a tract of equart miles I 1 only a mile was oll erad cherries will not be as plentiful in ill now jersey as last year but the propof raspberries rasp berries will bo be larger one million five hundred and bushels of salt are used in chicago annually for pr preserving es erving meats bees can call be improved as easily as dair dairy 0 or r oilier other stock if by careful selection s me tion the best queens arc ire chosen mutton Mut tort breeds of slice sheep p arc are rapidly coin coming in to the front and america is likely to take a front rank fyr for good mutton the future for profitable sliced business is is good tho the stock in ill england E is small and good mutton sheep will be in great demand analysis of the pumpkin shows that the rind of the vegetable is nearly three and a half times as rich in albumin as the flesh the australian colonies have a population of but they own sheep or an all average of nearly thirty sheep slice for each inhabitant of tareo creameries crea meries that reported to the new now york state board of health was found that sixty three sent skimmed milk to new york city it is claimed for linseed that it is more similar to milk in composition than other food used for stock a and nd on oil that account more desirable for young 0 animals the tile peach yield from the st georges district y in delaware it is estimated will bo be bushels from froin kent and queen anne counties acs ics maryland bushels are expected cucumbers and melons that have been grown in beds for transplanting should not be set out until after the ath of june or until sure of no danger of cold nights which cl glicck leck their growth growt li american mutton raisers must learn what constitutes best feed for and how to feed to make a streak of lean and a streak of fat first clasa clas mutton should bo be well mixed net not fatted batted wholly upon the outside castor oil is largely used for oiling the bearings of grindstones mowers etc A small proportion of kerosene added to the castor oil and thoroughly shaken up with it renders it less im liable to gum in nearly all cases small boned animals arc are good feeders will in mature early and possess fine flesh on the other hand coarse bones and large joints indicate late maturity poor feeding quality and coarse flesh with a large proportion of offal in plowing it is is never a good plan to turn i up a mass of crude earth of several inches in depth never before exposed exposed to the sunlight and air it wl ditl heavy is added aa as a top dressing result in loss in deepening a soil it is better to plow up an all additional inch each year lion james janies wilson of iowa recommends when grass is is sown with oats for a crop a mixture of about ten pounds of timothy ten pounds of clover red two pounds of white clover and two pounds of blue grass sow early carly and plentifully and keep off the cattle till the oats arc are about six inches high steeping corn in a strong solution of saltpeter 24 to 48 hours before planting is said to bo be a protection against mice squirrels or worms copperas in ill strong solution is also recommended As a protection ag against ainest worms mix half a pint of boiling tar to each peck of corn stir briskly so as to give a thin co coating ging to each kernel of the grains ordinarily used for stock the richest in ill the fattening clement element starch is tuscarora corn 80 per pr cent of starch and then come in in their order buckwheat northern corn 73 rye barley oats while peas pm and beans are less valuable for this purpose and of the vegetables none are very useful in this respect save tho potato parsnips par snips 7 carrots 66 turnip turnips 4 wool contains 98 per cent of organic ganio clement element and 2 per cent of ash asb the former consists of one half carbon 7 per cent of hydrogen and 17 per cent of nitrogen sulphur is one 0 of f the tile important elements also it has been shown according to a recent calculation that sheep in great britain extract from the soil annually over pounds of sulphur land p plaster aster contains quite a proportion of sulphur |