Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1879 — AGRICULTURAL. [ARTICLE]

AGRICULTURAL.

Wild peppermint scattered arouua the walls and floors of a bam to said to drive away rats and mice. H%ve yott a meadow that you want to keep in heart another year. Top drees it immediately. You will see the benefit in the next grass crop, »«»f when 1 broken up for other crops, you will continue to see what manure will doT; . ---•/ The acreage of corn planted this year in Wisconsin, in comparison with tbs' year 1878, shows an increase of 4 per cent. The increase of tobacco planting to 23 per cent.; of potatoes 4 per cent. The clip of wool sho;w6 an increase of 9 per cent. - i The Ohio Farmer says that land plowed from one to two months before seeding time is very much mote likely to produce a good crop of wheat than if plowed later. Correct: provided the crop that springs up in the meantime is kept from rendering the ground trashy. Oats are justly advocated as the grain above all others adapted to horses, and it to true that for young horses, and those used on the road, there to probably nothing equal to oats, but they ought to be crushed or bruised, and not ground. In tact, all grains are better fed in this way. The Live Stock Journal, London, gives the following account of a prolific breeder; Mr. Wm. Mathieson, Banchory, is the fortunate possessor of a breeding sow which, during the period uflts existence (ten years), has presented him with the enormous number of 304 pigs, viz., nineteen litters averaging sixteen each litter. One thing about turnips—nb farmer can afford to be without them in winter. All my stock—horses, hogs, cattle and fouls—have them daily. I do not think there to any fat in them, but tney aid very materially In other ways. I tried an experiment with my cows this winter. II took the turnips from her and added an equivalent in meals for one week, and the result was a less yield of milk and her food not digested.