Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1847-07-01
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are in the habit Of cutting it up by the roots
in gathering it, and curing stalks and all to-
gether, instead of stripping off the fodder
and ears separately as we do, and leaving
the stalks to be wasted. Experience has
taught them that this is by far the most eco
nomical mode of using the crop-as the la
Dor of gathering it is less and the amount of
food from the ears, leaves, and stalks is far
greater.
Mr.. Angus Morrison, of our vicinity, has
for several years gathered part of his crops
on this plan, and assures us that he has no
doubt the amount of food secured TO his
stock is increased by it fifty per cent He
IS, however, like every other sound practical
man, averse to- recommending any thing
new, until well regulated experiments, for
more than one season and by several farm
ers, have sufficiently demonstrated its utility.
He recommends that every one wishing to
satisfy himself as to the advantages of the
plan of cutting corn by the roofs and curing
all together, should this year measure off
equal portions of field of the same quality
OF corn and try the new plan on one them
against the old plan on the other; and then
as he feeds to his stock, ascertain which
goes farhest in furnishing them proper food.
Mr.. Morrison's time and mode of cutting
is as follows Cora after it goes into the
roasting ear stale swells out its milky grains,
and keeps them plump and full until just
before they harden and mature; they then
begin to shrink away to nearly half its size
in the roasting ear state. Just as it begins
to shrink, the corn is cut, and MIR. Morrison
has found that the shrinking will be re-
iarded, and the grain remain plumper on
stalks which are cut at that period than on
stalks suffered to stand untouched in the
field As he cuts, he shocks it around trees
three or four feet deep; or if on old land
where trees are not plentiful, he gels forks
and poles, drives two forks in the ground al
the distance and puts pole from one to the
other al top, and leans his stalks against this
pole on each side to the depth of three or
four feet. Here he lets his corn remain until
housing time when the ears are either taken
off and housed separately or are left on the
stalks and fed with them to his stock. Care
must be taken that every stalk is thorough
iy dry and cured before it is housed, as
otherwise the whole will be apt to spoil. If
there is not house room for the whole (as
the bulk will be great the crop may be saw
ed in stacks, or put together IN large piles
with board shelters over them.
The grain and the leaves proper, or fod-
der of corn crop saved in this way, are not
only found to Be undiminished in their qua
lily and quantity as food, but the shucks and
whole stalks retaining their nutritive prln-
ciples are also highly relished by stock and
have been found as valuable food as the
fodder saved in the.usual manner.-South
Western Farmer.
From the Farmers Visiter.
PRESERVATION OF HUMAN BLOOD.
correspondent. has sent US the follow
ing recipe "for the preservation OF human
blood" |. may prove interesting to suffer-
erS.
.Nessrs Editors Knowing your wide
ly circulating periodical to be the medium
of a vast amount of valuable information !;
and knowing personally that you are friends
to our common race, am induced to offer
the following item of what consider the
most valuable discovery, pertaining to one
have ever met with. All those whose for
tunes have called them to travel, as have
mine, can most readily and cordially ap-
preciate its important merits. 1t is none
other than recipe for the preservation OF
human blood to effect the utter and total
eiectment and seclusion of that most nu-
merous, most voracious and inhuman Of all
blood suckers, usually denominated the "6ed
bag"
casually came in possession of the fol-
lowing recipe, at the North Family of the
United Society ofShakers, Enfield. 1t claims
its original discovery there, and the kind
and generous hearted sister, from whom !
received the details of the process, (who,
by the way, exhibits no ordinary degree Of
inteliigence,) claims to be the discoverer-
She says they have proved it for the last
fifteen or twenty years, and during that time
not even one struggling "bed bug" has been
known to make his appearance although
in the interim, this preventive has not been
renewed. SIS
1t is simply this Paint your bedstead
with thorough coat of verdigris, or, (if any
other color, or no painting a. all, is desired
generality merely paint the lemons and
morlises, and the holes through which the
cord passes, with verdigris. This will re-
quire some little care, as the inside of the
hole should be thoroughly debauded, that
they have durable coat, to prevent the alb
sorbent action of the wood. Then besmear,
profusely, the joints and holes with 3ungu-
entum,'' and put it together; and if it is
faithfully done you will no. be troubled with
bed bugs for fifteen years, if ever. Indeed
was told, that so effectual was this precau-
ton when applied TO new bedsteads, tina,
they had searched closely, twice year, for
nearly twenty years, and had never found
ana In all their hnildinus during that time