Farming
Farming. To Those Who Can Look Back To The Days When The Labors Of Tbe Farm Were The Merest Drudgery; When A One-horse And A Two Horse Plow, A Harrow, The Crudest Hoes, Rakes, Scythes, And Reaping Cradles Constituted The Working Implements Of The Farm, And Compare Those Of To-day, ...
Farms And Crops
Farms And Crops. The Animus Of The Present Age Is Toward The Concentration Of Capital In Gigantic Enterprises. Thus Within The Last Fifty Years Immense Establishments Have Grown Up For The Extensive Manufacture Of Almost Every Article Required, Either For Ornament Or Use. Agricultural Enterprises, As A Matter Of Course, ...
Feeding
Feeding. The Proper And Economical Feed Ing Of Live Stock Has Always Attracted The Close Study Of Intelligent Stock-growers. The Time Has Long Since Passed When It Is Considered True Economy To Allow Young Stock To Shift For Them .selves Without The Intelligent Care Of The Master, And Proper Feeding. ...
Fence Laws
Fence Laws. In Nearly Or Quite Every _state In The Union There Are Laws Defining What Legal Fences Shall Be. In Some Of The States, As In Illinois, The Law Leaves It For Towns, Villa Zes, Counties, And Communities To Define What The Fence Shall Be, Or Whether There May ...
Fences And Fencing
Fences And Fencing. The Fences Of The Country Are Estimated To Be Worth More, As To Cost Of Making And Repairing, Than Are All The Buildings Erected. So Onerous Is The Cost Of Fences That In All Districts, Where Timber Is Scarce Embankments Protected By Barriers Of Various Kinds Have ...
Fermentation
Fermentation. Fermentation Is That Decomposition Or Decay Which Apparently Acts Spontaneously On Animal And Vegetable Sub Stances, Involving Heat And A Rapid Evolution Of Ga,s. The Primary Cause Of Fermentation Is From Microscopic Fungi, Acting As A Ferment. Thus Any Organic Body, Not Living, In The Presence Of Moisture And ...
Fertilizers
Fertilizers., The Necessity Of Fertilizers For Worn Land Is Generally Acknowledged Even By The Most Ignorant; But Very Many—otherwise Good Farmers—fail To Appreciate The Advantage Of Applying Manure While Yet The Soil Is In A State Of Vigorous Fertility, In Order To Keep It So, And Also To Still Further ...
Feverfew
Feverfew. Pyrethrum; From Pyr, Fire, The Roots Being Hot To The Taste. Of This Interesting European Genus Of Plants, The Matricaria Of Linnfeus, Three Species Only Are Indigneous To England. The Common Feverfew, (p. Parthe Nium), A Biennial Which Grows In Waste Grounds, Hedges, And Walls, Flowering In June Or ...
Fiber
Fiber. This Is A Term Used To Designate The Filaments Or Slender Threads That Constitute The Substance Of The Bones, Cartilages, Ligaments, Membranes, Nerves, Veins, Arteries And Muscles, And The Slender Threads Composing The Structure Of Plants, And Found Also In Minerals, Is Termed Fiber. Any Fine, Slender Root, Thread ...
Fine Wooled Sheep
Fine Wooled Sheep, The Introduction Of Fine Wooled Sheep Into The United States Dates From Early In The Century, Through Im Portations Of The Best Individuals To Be Obtained From Spanish Flocks, And Later, Of French Merinos, Saxon, And Silesian. Judicious Breed Ing For Many Years Has Resulted In What ...
Fish Breeding
Fish Breeding. The Subject Of Fish Breeding Has Attracted, Increased Attention From Year To Year, And As A Productive Industry It Has Assumed Large Proportions, Especially Since Improved Means Of Transportation For The Eggs Have Been Largely Perfected. So Between Arti Ficial Fecundation And Artificial Spawning Beds, The Operator Or ...
Flax
, Flax. Since The Introduction Of The Cotton Gin, Cotton Goods Have Largely Supplanted The Use Of Linen. Up To The Period Of The .ast War With Great Britain, Flax, For Manufacturing Into Goods For Wear, Was Generally Raised By Farmers And Spun By Their Families. The Census Of 1810 ...
Flea Beetle
Flea Beetle. Under The Name Flea Beetle, There Are Several Species Of The Hal Fleet Family. The Cucumber Flea Beetle (h. Coeumeris) Is Said To Be Often Largely Injurious To Potato Vines. Dr. Fitch Thinks This, Ii. Cucurneris, And H. Pubesc,ens Is The Same. This Species Certainly Attack The Potato. ...
Floriculture
Floriculture. The Increasing Taste For .the Cultivation Of Flowers Not Only In Our City And Village Gardens But At Our Rural Homesteads, Is Evidence Not Only Of Progress In Refinement And Material Wealth, But Also Of Correct Appre Ciation Of The Beautiful In Nature, And The Goodly Influences They Bring ...
Flowers
Flowers. The Most Beautiful Parts Of Plants And Trees, Which Contain The Organs Of Fructification. (see Botany.) From Their Fre Quent Utility As Medicinal Drugs, As Well As Their. External Heauty, The Cultivation Of Flowers In Our Gardens Becomes An Object Of Some Impor Tance. Flowers Are Many Of Them ...
Forestry
Forestry. The Planting Of Trees For Economical Purposes Is Denominated Forestry. The Destruction Of Forests In The Marcli Of Civilization Was Long Ago Recognized As An Injury By European Governments, And Remedial Means Have Been Long Since Employed In Their Reinstate Ment By Artificial Planting. This Almost All The European ...
Foul Brood
Foul Brood. Foul Brood In The Hives Of Bees Has Become A Source Of Serious Annoyance To Many Bee-keepers. The Following Digest Of The Subject, From A Number Of Sources. Will Show The Result Of Some Of The Later Investigations Upon This Subject: Putrid Foul Brood Is A Dis Ease ...
Founder
Founder. This Disease Is An Inflammation Of The 'sensitive Parts Of The Foot, Sometimes Itcluding The Laminae, The Sole And Also The Foot Lone. Hence The Name Laminitis, And Also In Flammation Of The Feet, And Fever In The Feet. In Slight Cases Only One Fore Foot May Be Affected, ...
French Horses
French Horses. The Ordinary Mixed Breeds Of French Horses Require No Notiee. The Arden Horse Has Many Good Points As A Vvork Horse. The Distinctive Breeds That Have Acquired Celebrity, Are The Norman And The Percheron, Somethnes Called Norman-percheron. Of These The Principal Difference Seems To Be In The Fact ...
Frontlet
Frontlet. In Ornithology, The Part Of The Head Next The Bill, Usually Covered With Bristles. Frost. In The Article Dew We Noticed Frost Incidentally. Frost Is Crystallized Vapor, And Can Only Fall On Clear, Still Nights, When The Atmos Phere Is In Repose, And The Radiation Strong. Thus, The Atmosphere ...
Fungus
Fungus. To The Botanist The Fungi Are A Most Interesting Class Of Plants. Their Seeds, (spores) And Many Of The Resulting Plants Are So Small That They Must Be Examined With The Microscope To Bring Out Their Character. What Are Understood As Funguses By The Ordinary Observer, Are Toad- Stools ...
Gallizing
Gallizing. Adding Sugar And Water To The Must Of Grapes Containing Too Large A Propor Tion Of Acid And Tannin, As The Coneord And Clin Ton, And Fermenting It Therewith Is Ealled Galliz Ing, After Its Inventor, Dr. Gall. Another Means, Adding Sugar And Water To The Husks, After The ...
Galloway Cattle
Galloway Cattle. It Is More Than. Probable That Representatives Of This Hornless Race Of Cattle Were Early Brought To America By The English And Seoteh Settlers Since, As A Boy. We Often Found This Blood Cropping Out In What Were Then Termed Muley Cows, And, As A Rule, They Were ...
Game Fowls
Game Fowls. While It Is A Fact That The Game Fowl Is The Most Elegant And Intelligent Of The Gallinaceous Tribe Of Barnyard Fowls, It Is As True That They Are Not Generally Liked By Farmers, On Account Of Their Pugnacious Dispositions. In Fact They Can Not Be Kept With ...
Garde Ne R
Garde Ne R. (see Gardening.) Gardening. The Term Gardening Is Used To Designate The Cultivation Of Culinary Plants, Flowers, And The Adornment Of The Landscape . Thus We Have In Special Branches Of These Elegant And Fascinating Branches Of Agriculture, Kitchen Gardeners, Who Raise Vegetables Solely For Private Use, Or, ...
Garget
Garget. This Is An Inflammation Of The Udder, And May Attack The Suckling Females, Of Any Farm Stoek, But Is Principally Confined To. Cows And Ewes. It Is Not Common That The En Tire Udder Is Attacked, The Inflammation Being Confined Generally To One Or Two Sections. There Will He ...
Gases And Vapor Of
Atmosphere, Gases And Vapor Of. The Invisible Fluid Surrounding The Earth Is Termed The Atmosphere. It Is Composed Of Oxygen 20.84 And Nitrogen 79.16, In 100 Parts Water, In The Form Of Vapor, And Carbonic Acid Gas Is Also Held Mechanically, The Former Aver Aging One Per Cent., But Varying ...
Gastritis
Gastritis. This Is The Name Applied To Impaction Of The Third Stomach In Ruminants, Also Called Stomach Staggers And Mawhound. It Is The Distention Of The Third Stomach (omasum) With Undigested Food, And May Be Followed By Congestion, And Inflammation Of The Lining Mem Brane Extending Even To The Fourth ...
Gates
Gates. There Are Few More Important Con Veniences About A Farm, And Certainly Compara Tively Few Farms That Are As Well Supplied As They Should Be With Free Swinging Gates, That Will Remain Open Without Sagging. The Cause Of The Sagging Is From The Settling Of The Post, Or From ...
Generation
Generation. The Production Of Life Has Always Been A Favorite Study Of Scientific Minds. All Labor, However, To This End, Has Really Added Little To Our Knowledge Of The Genesis Of Life. The Theory Of Spontaneous Gen Eration Has Been A Favorite Dogma With Many Superior Minds, And Yet, Again, ...
Geology
Geology. Geology As An Agency In The For Mation Of Soils Is An Interesting Study To The Farmer. By It He May Not Only Form A Definite Opinion As To The Nature Of The Soil, By Knowing What Earths Are Produced By The Decomposition Of Certain Rocks, And The Elements ...
Geranium
Geranium. Geraniums Have Come To Be As Indispensable Bedding And Decorative Plants, As They Are Beautiful In Their Variety Of Rich Bloom, In The Garden And Green House. They Are Now Broken Up Into So Many Ornamental Va Rieties, Single, Semi-double And Double, And In The Rich Variety Of Coloring ...
Germination
Germination. The Physical Changes Dur Ing The Germination Of Seeds Has Long Been A Careful Study Hy Students Of Vegetable Physiology. In The Germination Of Seeds Heat, Moisture, And Air Are Requisite. As Each Species Of Plants Have Their Zero At Which They Are Killed, So Each Has Its Temperature ...
Gestation
Gestation. The Gestatory Term In Quad Rupeds Is Much Regarded By Their Bulk. In The Elephant It Is About 20 Months, In The Camel Between 11 And 12, In The Mare And Ass The Same. According To The Observations Of M. Tcissier Of Paris, In 582 Mares, Which Copulated But ...
Goose
Goose. Anser. Of The Eight Sub-varieties Of The Goose Family Supposed To Have Descended From Three Distinct -wild Species, The Common Gray Or White Goose, The Brernen Or Emhden, And The Toulouse, Are Supposed To Have Coine From The Gray-legged Goose (anger Ferns), Still Found Wild In The North Of ...
Gooseberry
Gooseberry. The Original Plant Of The Cultivated Gooseberrry Of Europe Is Said To Be Ribes Uva-erispa. It Is Found Wild Quite Plenti Fully, And Sometimes Side Hy Side With The Culti Vated Varieties, Also Run Wild From Gardens. In England Many Varieties Of The Cultivated Fruit Are Known, But In ...
Gopher
Gopher. The Striped And Spotted Squirrel Found All Over The West Is Incorrectly Called Gopher. The Gray Squirrel Of The Prairies Is Also Sometimes Confounded With This Species. The Two-pouched Gopher (gemys Bursa/rim) Is Entirely Distinct, And, Where It Abounds, So Destructive As To Call Forth The Most Persistent Efforts ...
Grade Cattle
Grade Cattle. Grade Cattle May Be Defined As The Descendents Of Any Pure Breed Crossed Upon The Native Or Mixed Breeds Of A Country. In The Mixed Farming Of The Older Settled States The Three Purposes Of Beef, Milk, And Working Cattle Are Desired. Hence The Grades Are Made Up ...
Grafting
Grafting. Grafting Is The Uniting Of A Shoot Or Scion Containing One Or More Buds To A Stock Or Root With A View, By Their Union, To Iiroduce A Superior Fruit Upon The Inferior Stalk. There Are A Number Of Ways Of Grafting, Cleft Grafting Being The Mode Usually Adopted. ...
Grape
Grape. The Grape, During The Last Ten Years, Has Come Fairly To Contest The Palm, During Its Season, Vvith The Other Fruits Bought For Use By All Classes In Our Principal Markets. Since We Have Ceased To Be Guided By A Hot-house Standard, As To What Constitutes A Palatable Grape, ...
Grape Insects
Grape Insects. Grape Vines Are Attacked By Numerous Insects, On Leaf And Root, And Also By Borers. The Most Devastating And Dreaded Of Late Years Is The Grape Phylloxera ,which, Having Devastated The Vineyards Of France And Other Principal Vine Growing Districts Of Europe, Are Now Giving Vinegrowers In The ...
Grasses
Grasses. The Great Order Of Plants In Cluded In The Graminew, Or True Grasses, Are Described Botanically As Having Mostly Hollow Stems (cutafs) Which Are Cylindrical And Jointed, Closed At The Joints (nodes), Leaves Alternate, Two-ranked, Parallel-nerved, The Dilated Petiole (sheatp.surrounding The Culm And Split Open On The Side Opposite ...
Green Sand
Green Sand. New Jersey 'marl. One Of The Upper Secondary Deposits Of Geologists, Con Sisting, For The Most Part, Of A Sandy Formation, The Grains Of Which Are, However, Much Softer Than Those Of Common Sand, And Consist Of Sili Cate Of Iron Chiefly; They Are Of Several Colors, From ...
Grouse
Grouse. Among The Sub-families Of That Known As Tetraonidce, The Grouse Sub-family Is A Most Important One From The Value Of The Flesh Of The Species. North America Is Conceded To Contain More Species Of This Valuable Game Bird Than Any Other Country In The World. It Is More Than ...
Gypsum
Gypsum. Sulphate Of Lime. A Mineral Found Extensively In Various Parts Of The Globe. It Is A Constituent Of Soils, Especially Peat Soils, And Is Found In Sensible Quantities In The Clovers, Some Of The Grasses, In Turnips, And In The Dung Of Animals Subsisting On Grass And Clover. Its ...
Hamburg Fowls
Hamburg Fowls. Hamburg Fowls Are Of A Number Of Varieties, The Principal Ones Being The Black Hamburg, And The Penciled Ham Burgs, The Latter Being Divided Into Golden And Silver Penciled. Whatever The Variety They All Have These Characteristics. They Are Of Small To Medium Size, Compact, And Handsome In ...
Hampshire Down Sheep
Hampshire Down Sheep. This Eng Lish Breed Is Said To Have Been Produced Hy Cross Ing The South-down Upon The Old Breed Of Hamp Shire, And Subsequently By An Infusion Of Cots Wold Blood. This Gave Them An Increase Of Wool, A Larger Size, Their Constitutional And Hardiness Being Retained. ...
Harvesting
Harvesting. Harvesting Is One Of The Most Important Labors Of The Farm, And Must Be Attended To At The Proper Time Whatever Else May Be In The Way Of' The Farrner. For This Reason A Diversity Of Crops, Excessive Hurry In This Labor By Extending It Over A Greater Length ...
Hawthorn
Hawthorn. Cratavus Oxyacanthfii. Prob Ably Every Person Who Has Thought About Plants For Hedging, Has Had A Longing Desire For The Eng Lish Hawthorn, From The Associations In His Mind In Reading About The Beautiful Hedges Of England. Whatever It May Do There, It Is Not Adapted To Hedging In ...
Heart Wood
Heart Wood. Duramen. The Central, Old, And Colored Wood Of Trees; It Is The Most Durable. Heat. .a.griculturally Considered, Heat Is The Force Through Which Plants Are Enabled To Grow And Perfect Their Seed. In Connection With This, However, There Must Be Moisture And -with Moisture Substances Soluble In -water ...
Hereford Cattle
Hereford Cattle. Hereford Cattle, Named From The County Of Hereford, England, Where They Have Long Been The Favorite Cattle, Have, Within The Last Twenty Years, Gained An Immense Popularity In The United States, And Now Successfully Contest The Palm Of Victory With The Best Short-horns At The Leading Fairs In ...
Hickory
Hickory. The Hickory, Ca Rya, Of The Order Juglandacece, Is Common In Most Parts Of The United States, And Is Found Exclusively On The American Continent. The Species Are The Bit Ternut Hickory, Cwrya Amara; Shell-bark Hickory, C Alba; The Thick Shell Bark Hickory, C. Aulcata; Mockernut, C. Tothentosa; Pignut, ...
Hog House
Hog House. In The Breeding And Rearing Of Swine, It Is Essential That They Be Kept From Severe Cold, And The Attacks Of Insects. Nature Has Not Provided Them With A Warm Covering Of Hair. They Are Natives Of Warm Climates Where Vegetable Food May Be Found The Year Round. ...
Holstein Cattle
Holstein Cattle. Within The Last Ten Or Fifteen Years Dutch Cattle, Now Generally Called Holsteins (from The Name Of The Country Whence The Principal Importations Have Latterly Been Made,) Have,in The West,grown Into Great Impor Tance. There, On The Flush Prairie Pastures, Their Yield Of Milk, Rich In Curd, Is ...
Honey
Honey. Honey Has Been Regarded, From The Remotest Ages, As A Product Of The First Impor Tance To Man. Wild Honey Is Eagerly Sought By Savage And Barbarous Tribes, And Bees Have Been Kept From The Earliest Ages By Civilized Man. Honey Is The Saccharine Fluid Of Flowers, Gathered By ...
Hops
Hops. Humulus. The Importance Of This Crop In All Civilized Countries May Be Inferred, From Its Constantly Extended Cultivation, Scarcely Affording A Supply For The Increasing Demand. Its Principal Use Being In The Manufacture Of Beer. In 18-40 The Entire Product Of The United States Was 1,238,502 Pounds; In 1850, ...
Horse
Horse. Zoologically Considered The Fainily To Which The Horse Belongs Consists Of A Single Genus, Opus, And Is Distinguished From All Other Quadrupeds By Having Only One Apparent Toe, And A Single Solid Hoof On Each Foot, Constitut Ing The Soliped, Single-hoofed Family Of Cuvier's Order, Pachydermata. The Different Species ...
Horse Of All Work
Horse Of All Work. The Horse Of All Work May Be Designated As That Class Used Principally On The Farm, Specially Adapted To Farm Labor, But Which Being Stout And True At A Heavy Pull, Will At The Same Time Be A Tolerable Saddle Horse; And Which On The Road, ...
Horses Limbs And Feet
Horse's Limbs And Feet. It Has Been Said That However Superior The Horse's Body, Lungs, And Digestion, That He Becomes An Ineffi Cient Servant Without These Are Accompanied With The Most Excellent Limbs, And Good Feet; Limbs Are Useless If The Feet Are Unsound. It Is, Therefore, Of The First ...
Horticulture
Horticulture. In Defining Agriculture, 'in Another Part Of This Volume, We Stated It As Embracing All That Pertained To The Working Of The Earth, Dividing It Into Two Great Branches, Husbandry And Horticulture. This Latter Is Again Subdivided Into Pomology, Vegetable Gardening; The Raising Of Nursery Stock, Floriculture And Landscape ...
Hot Bed
Hot Bed. The Laying Up Of Heated Manure Or Other Vegetable Substances, Which Will Fer Ment In Such A Manner That Heat Will Be Given Up Slowly, Continuously, And For A Considerable Length, Of Thne, Is Termed A Hot Bed. The Hed Or Heds Are Then Surrounded By A Frame, ...
Houdan Fowls
Houdan Fowls. This Is One Of The French Breeds Introduced Into The -united States. In France, The Houdans Are Held In As High Estima Tion As Are The Dorkings,in England, Being Noted There For The Excellence And Quantity Of Eggs Laid, And As Excellent In Their Flesh. They Are Supposed ...
Hybridizing
Hybridizing. Hybridization Has, Of Late Years, Come To Be A Distinct Branch Of Agricultural Axt, In The Production Of Grains, Plants, Fruits And Flowers. In Animals, It Has Been Practiced, In The Production Of Mules, Between The Ass And Mare, The Buffalo And Cow, Brahmin Bulls With Short-horns, Alpacas With ...
Hydrogen
Hydrogen. A Natural Element, One Of The Constituents Of Water Which Is Always Formed When Hydrogen Gas Is Burned In Combination With Atmospheric Air, Or With, Oxygen Gas. It Is. Known To Us, In Its Simplest Form, Only In The State Of Gas, And Is Speedily Fatal To Animal Life ...
Ice Harvesting
Ice Harvesting. In Harvesting Ice The Proper Tools Should Be Purchased. These Are, A Marker For Marking Lines, An Ice Plow For Deepen Ing The Furrows; Ice Chisels And Bars For Separat Ing The Cakes; Ice Picks, An Ice Saw, And Two Sets Grapplinc, Hooks. One Set Of Tools Will ...
Ice House
Ice House. Near All Situations Where A Sup Ply Of Ice May Be Had In Winter, An Ice House Will Be Found One Of The Best Paying Investments Freely Drainage Should Be Provided By Means Of Tile Or A Foot Of Rock, Gravel, Etc., Should Be Laid Down With A ...
Immigration
Immigration. The History Of Immig:.: Don, Into The Ltnited States, Furuishes A Most Curious Study. As Showing To How Many Nations Of The Earth We Are Indebted For Our Wonderful Growth And Prosperity. In The West, The Influx Has Been Most Constant And Marked, And Has Exercised A Commanding Influence ...
Impotence
Impotence. The Breeding Of Animals Has, In Many Cases, Been Carried To Such A High Degree Of Fineness, And Close Inter-breeding Is So Much Practiced, That Impotence Is Not Now An Unusual Occurrence Among The Higher Caste Of The Finer Breeds. In Many Cases, However, This Is Not So Much ...
Incubation
Incubation. The Brooding Of Eggs Until Hatched, Is Called Incubation. When Performed By The Mother Fowl Which Laid The Eggs, Or By Another Fowl, It Is Natural Incubation. Artificial Incubation, A Term Now Applied To The Hatching Of Eggs By Artificial Heat, Has Long Been Practiced In Egypt, And Some ...
Indian Pony
Indian Pony. The Name Indian Pony Is Rather A Vague Term, By Which To Designate Any Particular Race Of Indian Horses. Those Formerly Known In The New England States, Along The Chain Of The Great Lakes, Both On The Canadian And States Shores, Were, And So Far As They Now ...
Indigo
Indigo. Indigofera. A Vegetable Dye, Embracing A Large Industry In The East And West Indies, And Central America, From Whence The Indigo Of Commerce Is Obtained. The Varieties Cultivated In Hindostan Are Principally I. Nerium Tinetorium And L Tinetoria Argentea. In The West Indies And Central America The Variety I. ...
Industrial Education
Industrial Education. The Subject Of Industrial Education Has Been Partially Dis Cussed Under The Head Of Agricultural Colleges. The Idea Of Industrial Education, That Is, Such Education As Would Best Fit The Student For Grap Pling With The Sciences Which Underlie Mechani Cal Operations And Agriculture, Has Long Been Mooted ...
Influenza
Influenza. Under The Names Epizootic, Contagious Catantal-fever, Contagious Influ Enza, Pink-eye, Etc., This Disease Has Been Known To Veterinarians, And Since The Year 1872, Gener Ally To The Horsemen Of The United States And Canada. Its Immediate Cause Is Entirely Un Known, But That It Is Produced By Blood Poison ...
Inundation Of Lands
Inundation Of Lands. Fields Are Sometimes Covered With Water In Agriculture, Especially Meadows, And In The Cultivation Of Rice. The Water Is Let In By Sluices, And Allowed To Remain For Several Days Or Weeks, And, In Meadows, During The Whole Winter. It Kills Those Weeds Which Are Not Aquatic, ...
Invention In Agricultural Art
Invention In Agricultural Art. Invention In The Processes Simplifying Agricul Tural Labor And Art Have Scarcely Kept Pace With Those Applicable To Manufactures. Nevertheless, Within The Last Ten Years, Such Notable Improve Ment In The Adaptation Of Machinery To Agricul Ture Has Been Made, That Scarcely Any Farm Labor Need ...
Iron
Iron. A Ductile Metal, Susceptible Of Taking A High Polish. By Exposure To Damp Air, It Absorbs Oxygen, Becoming Rust. Its Ores Are Very Numerous. Few Soils Are Destitute Of Some Admixture. The Ashes Of Plants Are Also Furn Ished With A Small Quantity. Cast Iron Con Tains Irnpurities, Which ...
Irrigation
Irrigation. In Warm Climates, Where At Certain Seasons There Is No Rain, Artificial Watering Must Be Adopted. Hence It Became One Of The First Supplementary Arts Practiced In Agriculture Arnong The Ancients, Especially In Egypt. The Appliances Were Crude, And The, Manual Labor Connected With It Excessive; But In Those ...
Jaundice
Jaundice. Congestion And Inflammation Of The Liver, Called Hepatitis, Results In What Is Called The Yellows Or Jaundice . The Eyes Assume A More Or Less Yellow Tinge; The Bowels Are Con Stipated; The Animal Is Feverish, And There Is A General Debilitated And Feverish Appearance. 'i He Animal Must ...
Jersey Red Swine
Jersey Red Swine. Of This Breed, Which Has Acquired Very Considerable Celebrity In New Jersey, But Which Has Not Been Largely Disseminated, The Committee Thereon, Of The National Swine Breeders' Association, Says: The Positive Origin Of This Famil:y Of Swine Is Unknown. They Have Been Bred In Portions Of The ...
June Beetle May Beetle
May Beetle, June Beetle. Lacknos Terna Fusca. This Is One Of The Greatest Pests Oi Meadows,and Occasionally Of Pastures. Pastures, However, Are Not So Liable To Be Severely Injured When Fully Fed Down, Since The Continued Tramp Ing Of Stock Is Not Favorable To Either The Egg Or The Future ...
Juniper
Juniper. Juniperus. This Immense Genus Of Evergreens Comprises Varieties From Creepers And Trailers To The Largest Trees Of The Forest, And Are Fonncl In Every Portion Of The Earth, From The Torrid Zone To The Arctic Circle. Some Species Are Valued For Their Lumber, Others For The Valu .able Resins, ...
Jute
Jute. Jute Is The Film. Of Two Species Of East India Plants, Corcharu.i Capsu Lath, And C' ()writ's, The Latter Sometimes Called Jew's Mallow. The First Named Is Considered The Most Valuable. They Are Annuals, And Grow To A Height Of From Four To Twelve Feet. The Jute Of Commerce ...
Katydid
Katydid. Under The Heading Catytid, Was Given Something In Relation To That Class Of Insects, Except The Locusts Proper, Which Go Under The General Name Grasshopper. The Katydids Belong To The Order Orthoptera, Which Includes The Earwigs, Grasshoppers, True Locusts, Crickets, Etc. Dr. Riley, In His Sixth Missouri Report, Says: ...
Kerry Cattle
Kerry Cattle. The Kerry Cow, A Most Valuable Milking Strain Indigenous To Ireland, But Not, We Believe, Imported To The -united States, Except Occasionally By Amateurs As A Curiosity, Are Eminently Adapted For Taking Care Of Themselves On The Hills With But Little Care From Their Owners. Hardy As They ...
Knot Grass
Knot Grass. A Weed-like Plant (poly Gonum, Avicul Are); Also A Holcus, Which Produees Bulbs Ou Its Roots. Ed. Polygon7111g. There Are Many Varieties Of Polygonum, Including Buekwheat, Wild (false) Buekwheat, Knot-grass, Smart Weed, Water Pepper, Ete., And All Worthless To The Farmer, Except The Eultivated Buckwheat (polygonum Fago Pyrum). ...
Lady Birds
Lady Birds. Coccinellidee. These Are Among The Most Beneficial Of The Insect Tribes To The Farmer And The Horticulturist, From The Fact That They Prey On Other Insects In All Stages Of Their Growth From The Larva To The Perfect Beetle. They Were Narned Frorn Coccus, The Insect Which Produces ...
In The Peach Yellows
Yellows, In The Peach. In The Mid Dle States, Especially Upon Sandy Soils, Peach Trees Have Been Subject For A Long Time To A Dis Ease Known As Yellows, A Remedy For Which Has Not So Far Been Found, Except That Of Grubbing Affected Trees And Burning. The Applications That ...