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Sty &m%ra Agriculturist.
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MAY...............1872.
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Stock raising, Manufacturing, Emigra¬
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of the crops from time to lime will
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scribers.
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Its Publishers do not wish to make
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hope each subscriber will pay up
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County Reports.
We woull be glad that some sub¬
scriber io-each county would give us
an occasional report of what their
farmers are doing ; the appearance
and approximate quantity of wheat
growing ; the condition of live 6tock,
etc. These items would be a mat¬
ter of interest, to not only our State,
but to the country at large. Can’t
you furnish us such a report ? These
matters and facts must be gathered
and furnished by the people of each
country. Sit down now, and tell us
these things ; and in our next we will
send it broadcast over tbe country.
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A VERY VALUABLE NUMBER of
Hearth and Home for April 20 is
before us. Besides several fine en¬
gravings, and the usual good assort¬
ment of excellent reading for all de¬
partments of the household, a Sup¬
plement in this number gives an ac¬
count of a four years’ Libel Suit
brought against tbe Publishers for
exposing Humbugs, in which the im¬
portant rulings of Judge Brady of the
N. Y. Supreme Court, and tbe testi¬
mony of leading physicians, take ad¬
vanced ground in regard to the re¬
sponsibility of manufacturers and
dealers in patent medicines. This
will be specially interesting, not only
to Lawyers, Physicians, and Drug¬
gists, but to all who buy and use
medicines, and to those who have
been swindled by humbugs. A
prominent feature, however, of this
number of Hearth and Home is the
New Story by Dr. EgglestoD, author
of tbe “Iloosier Schoolmaster.” The
new story is entitled “The End of the
World,” illustrating life and scenes in
the West thirty years ago. It i3 con¬
fidently believed that this will be one
of the most attractive and useful
American Stories yet brought out.
Get this number especially, either of
your newsman, or send a dime and
get a postpaid copy from tbe Pub
lisers, Orange Judd & Co , 205
Broadway N. Y.
The Maryland Farmer for May.
—The May number of this sterling
magazine comes^to us beautifully
printed, presenting an enticing ap¬
pearance to induce careful perusal,
while it is full of able and instructive
matter. The editorials are all that
can be expected of a first-class Agri
cultural Journal. The Dunk Papers
—Wilkinsou s Essay on draining—
“Patuxent Planter’s Chat with the
Ladies,” and other practical and well
written articles constitute what may
be truly termed a valuable Journal
for the general reader tvs well as fo*
the farmer. Always heretofore a su¬
perior magazine, it has since the “Re¬
organization” seemed to claim for its
motto “Excelsior.”
It is published by Ezra Whitman
145 W. Pratt street, Baltimore—
$1.50 per annum—5 copies for $5.
The editors are Col. S. Sands Mills
and Col. W. W. W. Bowie.
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The American Farmer for May*is
promptly on our table, well filled as
usual with matter of reasonable in¬
terest to the agriculturist. Its table
of contents exhibits good, solid sub¬
stantial fare, and comprehends all
branches of rural life. Its able cor¬
respondence is continued, and the
papers and suggestions it contains on
the agriculture of our section entitle
it to the attention of the farmers of
our vicinity, and we commend it as
worthy of their support.
Published at Baltimore, Md , by
Sami. Sands & Son, at $1 50 a year,
or at $1 in clubs of five or more,
with liberal premiums to clubs.
What Fowls to Keep.
I notice m the November Practical
Farmer on article headed as above.
1 have seen the same questions in
print a number of times, and have
intended noticing some of them be¬
fore.
A very cursory glance at the ad¬
vertisements of poultry for sale will
satisfy any one that Light Brahmas
(not Iloudons) are the most in demand;
next Dark Brahmas; next Houdons
and Cochins; Leghorns being bred by
comparatively few breeders.
Are pure breeds preferable? Cer¬
tain varieties of pure bred fowls are
equally hardy as the half breeds and
crosses. All the Asiatics, Houdans,
Games—and, in the latitude of Phil¬
adelphia, Crevecocurs—are perfectly
hardy.
What fowls are best layers ? Tak¬
ing the question as it reads, “Which
fowls are the best layers?” I answer
the Creveooeurs will lay a greater
weight of eggs iu the year than any
other variety; next to them are the
Black Spanish; next Houdans. If
the question was, Which lay the
greatest number of eggs ? even then
the Leghorns would not lead. The
Silver Hamburgs being first, Golden
Haruburgs next, and then Leghorns.
The Hamburgs lay very small eggs;
three Leghorn eggs woul l probably
equal in weight four Hamburgs.
Which grow fastest, and make most
desirable meat.
The Crevecceurs grow the fastest,
but rarely dress over seven pounds
—while the Brahmas will dress ten
pounds and over ; si will the Cochins.
Put the qustion in a different shape
—Which breed will dress the
heaviest at three months old ?—and
the answer is Crevccceurs; next to
them Houdans, and next the Brahmas
But at eight months the Brahmas
will dress a great deal the heaviest,
as Vary they ire a much larger fowl.
the question agaiu—-which
breeds lose least weight iu diessing '(
—and the answer is Crcvecceurs and
Houdans, Dorkings, Gaines. The
Crevecoeur8 and Houndans both being
specially noted for that quality the
amount ot bones and offal in each be¬
ing but a very small percentage of
the gross weight. flesh both, which
For eggs and
excel, and for flavor and tenderness ot
flesU, which breeds excel ?—may be
answered together. Crevcoaurs and
Houdans; iu proof ot this, l will
quote what the French themselves
think of them :
“This breed (Creveeocur) produces
some of the best fowls which appear
in the French market. Its bones are
even lighter than those of the Iloudan;
its flesh is finer, shorter, whiter, and
more readily takes on fat. 1 be pul¬
lets are of extraordinary precocity,
since they may be put up to fatten at
tbe age of three months, and they arc
ready' for the table in liftceu days
At four months old a fowl oi this
breed has reached its full perfection poulardo
as to weight and quality. A attain the
of five or six months
weight of lbs. when fatted, and
weighs 41 lbs. when dresssed for the
cook. The Crevecoeur is the
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first breed in France for delicacy of
flesh, case of fattening and precocity ;
and we believe it to bo fust in the
world in these respects.”— A. M
Holster.
Cotton Seed Meal for Coirs. —
Horace Colburn, of Winslow, Me.,
in November, 1868, purchased meal five
hundred pounds of cotton seed
and the same weight of fine feed, and
commenced feeding two quaita of
each material per cow, in addition to
hay. In one week the cows thus fed
doubled their yield of milk, the quality, pro¬
duct being also improved iu decided
while the animals made a
gain in appearance. In Mr. Colburn’s
opinion the increased yield of milk
paid for the meal and fine feed, with¬
out reckoning the increased value of
the manure. The cotton seed meal
cost, in Portland, two and a half cents
per pound, the fine feed three cents
per pound.
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Washing Flannel .—Do all house¬
keepers know that flume! should
never be rubbed on a board, but as
loosely as possible in the hands t I he
harder it is rubbed the m>re the dirt
works in instead of out. t lanuel
should be washed and rinsed in warm
water and dried where the wind wid
not strike it much Any on.* fo’low
mg the above directions need have no
trouble with fhnficl shrinking.
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The total value of farm j redacts in
the United and ending States and June Territories, 1, l s *0,
during the year
according to the census Htatcnn nt
just published w as $2 4 45,000,n«»0.
The largest product was in New
Y’ork, and th** next largest in Illinois.
The total wool clip lor the same year
is stated at 101,2*4 678 lbs., of which
about one fifth is credited to Ohio.
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