GLEANINGS.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1672, 24 March 1883, Page 4

GLEANINGS.

Another Way qv Uhinu Sam; fob JJiiEKr "'tfuiKK. Thousands of , sheep, the, English papers report, died' in Devonsuiic'liim' Wo'muisot twpiseaspns sjiiee irpm iluke, thu i csult boingthiit the'lldcks have n<(t icfcoverfeil.' At tlic commencement of l«st winter the Dexonslurii county v.etoi inai y suigcpn, Mr Heath, deelddcl to experiment upon .1 iloclt, to scj if by any means the disease could be combated. At a meeting ot agiicultuiists held -at Exotei, he gave the rosultj j of / l)is i qvperiinonts. Jfe announced th.it they h.id been attended With success. ; It being admitted that iluko %\ as iibwMoped in peimanont pastures taken into the system With the iood, ho turned out, the Hock in pastiuo th.it hitherto had ' been fatal to sheep. One hall lie allowed to feed their own way, but with fche iood taken by the remainder he c.vety diiy mixed a quaiter ot an ounce ot sal'taiid a pint of coin. On killing the nn&lpjeft ior poition ot the flock this fauin'ii'ier he found then lima full ol iluku, bo t|)at they could notliavi Ined another winjtcrj whilst the &heep to which the halt ami coin woic gi\on woie peileetly souiifL.' The gieatest satisfaction was expressed by the larg- body of agriculturist present at the success ot the experiments. tjWALL Tjuetij fob Vise Tiuagi:. Fpr all tilLige except plouglung, the Binallest steel teeth that can bo made to pass, through the giound will do a better elaBS of tillage (unless theie aie thistles to be cut up) than any ot the bioad teeth of the cultnator style, and better than the Average implements in use to-day for such purposes, and will do it fully onethud easier and even with only half the diaughb i cq in red by mjijic of them. The came pi inoiplo hokU good m the choice ot implements ioi hand tillage, and especially foi the gaulen, when: the moid delicate a\oiK is inquired among yotjilg and tender ]^ a)l^. Fur this puipi.oe tlio foui 01 livc-tnicd potato hook, of long and .slender tines, i*, the \eiy best ; it is much lightci woi k than using the hou ; will do it iat.tui.md a much linei cla^s oi woiL Jn using tlio gaidcn rake or the potato hook to ilie^-i and till the gaidcn, (it cotu&c it is? to Ijc used bcfoie m ceils hase attained muoli si/c, and when the liieic auuitying of the sinincc cmth by pacing these tinet. lapidly thiough it Mill caiihc tlic death ot d-11 the veud*-. that lia\o begun to geimioate. Using Mich a tool nibiead of a hwi", and with liglit, i.ipid and bkilful fctioKws pabsmg it back and ioith, oi to and iiotn you, you can -lumfy about two inollob ot suilacuhoil without misplacing itqi lemovmg it as the hoe would do, and ail will he done much moic niculy und easily. — il. I\l i,\n jS'iii ) u>LTi 10/oic. rin i.i r Mam ni . Sheep in. mm o, tiom its Loldiifs^., does not fi'ru.ent liLe hone dung, and thciciore ictaiiii its value much lougei than tiie excu'incnt of mobt animals. It lanl.t. among the voiy bi"sd in.imiio pioduccd by ammuN, and sheep led on ncli food ■wli-eh fatteiuni; pioduco bettei mauuie tli.Ul thoie liinniiij; ii. p.istiue. The mastication ol .sheep is so perfect that theie is iO d:iiigei ot wctd beed coming up at tin h.iMng pdsbtd tlnougli the stomai'h ot sliuep. JJoth thu mine and dibppin^s hie veiy rich in lei tilling pioperties. (Jtca, the actn c pimciph; of mine, has a large amount of liiliogeu in it, and sheep' .s ui me contains, accoiding to analyse, '2S p.uts of mea in oveiy 1000 paitb of silts, among which is a huge piopoition ot phosphoric acid. In 100 parts of the dung ot bheep thcie aie GS paits ot water, J !)".'$ of nnnnal and \egetal)le mattci, and l'J.7 pur cunt, of .saline mattter. This 19.3 l)er cent, ot oigimc matter contains as much nitvo^cii, which is chiefly the \alue of nuimnvs, as 13 paits of hoi so dung, (53 paits of liog manuic, or 12.3 paits ot cow (liirn;, and is cijiial to 100 parts of the oidiuary stable oi bamj.ud manuie. It is much dnei than other manuies, having b it little u.iter compatatncly speaking. Fin, nihtaii'e, let a hoi-c leceno 100 jjulk of diy toddei, and he will defecate of fitsh miimic, u'lueli heiiigdiied, ill make ot dudl ni.inuie, while th'j sheep with Hie .inie lood would gne J.iSlb Ol iIC .11 lII.IIIUK 1 , lli.lKllHf (.ill) Of din.d. 'J'lii^ is m i mu c made by the oidiuai} ni'.thod siith as h.i^, loddei, and mil.li gias^> as they may piclv up. But v. 'ion sheep aie led on sjiain and other highly .stimulating jood, foi fattening puipc/scb, with fooilueli in albumen and othei phdsphati's, the oil and bUudi 01113 .lit assimilated an 1 go Lv the formation ot fat and fle-jli, while the lemainder, ineludiiig a laijrei poition ot the fc.tltb, jioeb to tlie nianuic heap, thus adding \eiy laigely to its \jliu ,ib a land ap)>\il ition This fact has long been Kiiounand used to the impio\cmcnt of land hy tl.o Mn^liih farniei, ami must be piactised )>y 0111 people.

To ,i valued eoiiespondent v>ho wntes fiom I'ustol, on ,i )>o,t-c,uil, almiit goose])oi lies luibcule ' Noodle ! Lliot ! I'.lundeihe.idcd lioohy ' DonLoyand Ilass ! We do not gunuiilly answer conaspon d«'iili thiii hilly, hut this one really seems riiiMous that we i-.ho.ilcl, and theiefore we uliict.mtly hi cm k tluough a nilc. Pass lound to .sympathizing friends, then iiamo .md gla/u. " I'd like to be a dai->y In the clo\ ci , Tli.il I might look up briuoly At my lovoi," " What should 1 do, I wonder, \Vhcn lie went ? Why, I would like A daisy — ]je content." Til k; i. ni Hip l.iryot cheeses yet made armed m iho Clyde in D.xembpj. One of fb< i»i is 2K)olb Jn weight, .md the othci '2\lWlb c«d,(/Ji. TJioy mc.i-.uro sft diameter by 2fl 2m deop the total cucuuifpienco bo-in-r H)tl. J'hi'y mo said to be of .".plendid qii.ihly, and .no the pioduct of six days' milk of .i. lu'id of 8(.'O cow-, owned bv Dv L. L. Wight, Wliitp.sbmout'li New York. A (JiJKioiis TitvniTiuN. —A bird's nest with c^gH in it was discovered a slioi t time since in England in au elm tiuiilc that was being sawn into planks. The fact M ; .i3 'recorded as an exri.ioidnury event, and elicited fioui au anonymous coucsjiondcut ot tlio London Stfiniltnil the following extieinely cuiious .stoiy, which had/ better be given in the wutei's own •\\oids — " M.iy I relate the facts of a mote U'uwuUable incident ot this natuie ii-liich ha])pened a few yeais a«;o ou. the Island ot jLaotouga, in the South Pacific Oteau 'I This island if> bupposeel to have berun hrsl inhabitiid t\l)ov\t 000 yeata ngp, M'licn a wanior named Tonga lauded .with A large number of followers fioin a neighJjoui ing group. W hen I was living on the island, '20 years ago, 1 often heard tidditions relating to thiy wanior, and among them was one to the elJect that when he .set up his kingdom on the ixiuiid lie fivod his seat or thionc at the foot; of a certain 'tamanu tree,' n\ hose shade made it a convenient pla6e for holding his counsels. This seat con&iuted of a stone measuiing about eight cubic feefc. Accoiding to tradition, jt was, at the time of the warrior's d,eajth, Jfcaken by the s;ods and hidd<?u,Mfrotn jnoi tal eyes, ami it was commonly, sajd (phat \\ hen the ' tainami tree* fell, as it was jn danger of doing diniiig ,6<^ve*c storms, Dn account pf its extraordinary height and age, the stone of Tonga would 1 Jbo iound in its heart. ', Here I must expkiin that the- tree in (question was 20 years ago the' /ineefc on th^ island /.and meatmed c]iut 24ft in eiireii inference, 29ft ( fiMm the bas?, and fully fcjyide those ' dimensions at the ba3e itself. On the j JoVest computation it must have i b'eeu ' «0(J years' bid. The story of the embed<M& stone proved to bo no legciidary! inythi for about live years ogo thcgieat' klrnc Ml, aod ou being cut up for'timW! tr'as 4Uwvered near the^ centie'of 'iYk'titurfk; and-afoout 30ft from the Vbois, a ■tone corresponding i# size to tbo'l^eti-i a'afy seat of Tonga." ■■ , The-Kircel «ysfcena in sewiW iniwhines. -Singer (band/, '£s Is : SinßeWs frnprti^a ca'v& Jan'daU c«tras( £5 fis : Weriheim, £4 10s ; Hom<s Shuttle, £H ; Knitting MachincVj&r. Hfljfrf 3 \ White, Bd]js, s |cc.j<alwfiy ] sl,ins 1 ,in stpcjc r a*., J?. gii