Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-04-12
RURAL ECONOMY.

EIONOu4s
From the Cultivator.
MASuRING
Was held in such high estimation by the
Romans, that Immortality was given to Stu
entius for the invention. They collected 1t
from every source which had been thought OF
by the moderns, vegetable, animal and mine.
raj, territorial, aquatic and marine. Animal
dung was divided into three kinds, that which
is produced by birds, by men, and cattle
Pigeon dung was preferred to all, and next
human ordure and urine. Pegeon dung
was applied as top-dressing; and human
dung mixed with the cleanings Of the villa,
and with urne, was applied to the roots of
the vine and olive. Dunghills were direct
ed to be placed near the villa, their bottoms
followed out to retain the moisture, and their
sides and tops defended from the sun by
twigs and leayes.-Enc. Of Ag. p. 25.-
Good farmers know how to prize and to
economise the food for their animals-they
save even the crumbs-but few, very few
are equally careful of the food Of vegetables,
which are to feed and fatten their ANIMALS.
What an astonishing quantity of the latter
is disregarded or wasted upon Our best man.
aged farms. Every substance which has
formed part vegetables. The urnc of
animals, which with us all runs to waste; the
dung of fowls, which we generally disre-
gard; all vegetable and animal matter
which taint the atmosphere the filth about
our dwellings,, the refuse and slops OF our
kitchens, which are seldom husbanded; and
the ashes from our hearths, all afford materi-
ais upon which plants live, grow and multiply
their increase. Not particle ofvegetabie
or animal matter is destructible. 1t may
die wither and rot-it may be reduced to
fluid, nay, gaseous state-and become IN
visible to the eye-and yet it is not lost, not
destroyed, however often it may change It's
form. These elements controlled by natu-
raiiaws, will again unite, assume an organic
form, and become again parts ofvegetables
and animals. Truly "all flesh is but
grass"
PRESERVING WHEAT FROM SMUT.
The French chemists have multiplied ex-
perimcnts to preserve wheat from the DIS
ease which is indiscriminatcly named blight
smut, &c. This is well ascertained to pro-
ceed from microscopic grains, or atoms OF
black DUST which gcrminate, reproduce
themselves, and take possession OF the car.
In the BbiRothque Physico- Econom'que,
lining, by immersion, is said to be the only
preventive, warrented by science, and sane
toned by experience. The directions given
for this operation enioin, that in order to de-
s,roy this germ in l-2 bushels OF wheat
six or seven gallons ofwater must be employ.
edaccordmg to the greater or less dryness OF
the grain, and from2 lbs. 8 OF. to 2 lbs.
1907. ofquick lime, according as its quail
,y.is more or less active, or to the greater
orless degree ofsmut in the corn. Bale a
partof the water, and slake the lime with it
after which add the remainder of the water.
The heat of the whole Of the liquid ought to
be such as that We can with difficulty bear
the hand it. Then gently pour the lime
water upon the grain placed in tub, stirring
it without ceasing. at first with flat stick
and afterwards with shovel. The liquor
should a. first be three or four fingers breadth
over the level Of the wheat. Leave the
grain to soke twenty.fom hours, turning it
i've or six times, when it may be sown.
Grain lined by immersion, does not in
commode the sower, like that which is lined
in the ordinary way. Nadheres like var.
nish to the surface of the grain; its germin-
alton is Quicker, and, as it carries with i,
moisture enough to develope the embryo
the wheat win not suffer for want OF rain;
insects will not attack it as they cannot bea'
the acrid tast of Ime.-See Rep. Of Arts
.. 34.-The utility Of lime in preventing
smut is well known to many Of our farmers
but the mode of doing it by immersion, &C
cording to the above directions, has mani
fest advantages over the common mode o
using it in adry state.
GRAPE DIET.
The physicians of Geneva send some o
their patients to the Pays de Vaud, during
vintage, to take what is called regula
course of grapes-.hat is, to subsist thre
weeks entirely on this fruit, without takin,
any other food or drink. In few day
a crane diet becomes agreeable and weal
persons, and the insane, have found grea
relief from subsising on it for three or fou
weeks-BakepcPs Trauels, .. IL, p. zoe
We can add our>own authority in conil
nation of the Utility of a grape diet. "
have twice made our almost entire foo'
from ten TO fourteen days each time, whe
confined with bilious fever. We ate the'
without stint-they were at no time ungrat
full to the stomach, and We ore satisfied the
did ,,s much GOOD. Reader. have VOL, MIA,