Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1841-08-17
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THINGS NOT TO BE DONE.

Sowing spring wheat without soaking in brine
and rolling N lImc is not 10 be done. According tc
". Z. Johnson. salt acts an important part IN ger
mination end promoting the growth OF panfsi and
lime, every one is aware. seems 20 be necessary In
some form the protection Of some plants aad their
seeds. Both, then, should be used IN sowing wheat
Attempting to keep cattle. sheep and horse.
through oar long winters on straw or even hay
without roots, Is thing not % be done Every
good farmer Will therefore make his Arrangements
rs To secure plentiful supply Of turnips and pc.
tatocs, Tor winter and spring usc These it9 with
hay viii improve The stock aud bring the animals
through the moot trying season OF tie year with
safety aud profit.
Making yard Of tie highway and allowing
your tile and sheep 10 be- TED and - drop ihrlr
dung where il rs lost 10 the farm, Is mol, 20 be done
This practice, though common. is wicked one
and should be p formed altogether. Feed your an
Imlls ia stalls Il you can II not, ~ yards. TO d.
otherwise, O. wasteul 10 the extreme.
Allowing you, cattle ia the sprng Of the year "a
60 roaming about, poachng You. meadows and pas
lures " th their feet is thing not 10 be DONE The
amount az food they get la this way, ls poor com.
pensaton Cor the damage hey do and besides It de
stroys their relish for hay without Offering any sub
stiiutc.
Suffering animals TO perish for the want attention
II any soa-on OF ihc year. not 10 be done. Eut
# any dc accidentally they should bee converted o.
usc hy being covered with GARTH 10 absorb the gas
oi oNy gen and ammonia that are the inevitable gee
subs %, animal putrcacton, and which are ,udia.
pensabo o. the growth a. plants
Having yoar pig sly 90 such state or place. that
your pig shall not work Tor living, IS q thing not In
be done. They should have yard into which
weeds, swamp muck, straw, aud scrapugs Of roads
and bitches should lie thrown, to be conirogcrtcd H.
O. manure and # they seem at any time reluctant
to begin the task Of mixing such materials. few
hand iul al scattered the surface vii set
them 20 work most industrously.
Permitting the chlPs, pieces OF bark, and saw
dust, Sc. ot your wood yard 10 accumulate lor
years is thing no 10 be done. Remember that all
which has once formed part of plant can be con
scrted into plant again. and place all such nut
tors where their decomposition viii be most useful
and soonest effected.
Nearly every farm has some pond, marsh bog
winch receives largo portion of the wash OF the
cultivated land and To allow this 20 remain with
ont being returned 20 the soil, is thing not 10 be
done. There are some such places TINT may be
considered as ncXhaust bic dcposlte5 OF icrtilzng
matter yet have never been drawn upon for d single
ioad, by the neighhoring farmers. Let those who
have such depo-ltcs look to t.aom.
Allowing your work To drive you is thing not
10 be done. The man who is half an hour behind
his work, finds labor forever uphill business
There is here a serious mistake committed by ma
ny farmers They lay out more work than they
do well or i'm season, aud the consequence H.
nothing done az the time, or as 10 should be done
What YOU do, do in season, and be sure u Go II
we'll.
Being con,cnted to allow single year TO pass
without correcting some error, or making some mn
proycment la husbaudry, IS thing not io bc done
I'm conversation with an intelligent farmer the other
day. hc remarked that the practice OF all fell be-
hipa their knowledge, or Ia other words uoge did
as well as they knew how. TO put the knowledge
we acquire OF our own or others experience o. Use
should Dc the aim ol every one, and would soon do
sway the cprooeh that the farmers are stationary
race of mcn.--.iHwy CaHtrafor.