Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-06-24
J. MAHIN & SON.
Farmers Column.
For the Journal.
Water Lime.


used in Iowa for conducting water and other
fluids under ground, would, in your ssFar-
mer's Column" say that have Just had
pipe, of two inches calibre and seven rods in
length, laid for the purpose of draining nv
cellar. Itfully answers all my expectations.
Having dairy, have placed small box
or cistern of brick, cenented over the pipe
md communicating with it, into which /
pour in the buttermilk and conduct it into
another small cistern at the end of the pipe,
thus saving the labor Of conveying it out
by hand. As the water never comes into
the cellar only In the spring, the two pur-
poses can be accomplished with one tube
or it it should, the orIlice for the water can
at any time be stopped. have also used it
for conduit to the sink. For all these
purposes it is much cheaper than brick or
lead pipe and far more durable. To oil who
may feel disposed to try it, would recon-
mend VIM. 2. Crawford as being skilled mt
pipe laying, having served an apprentice
ship to the business in New York. He is
very worthy young man, a mason by trade,
and can lay the brick and finish the cistern
without plasterer, thereby escaping blame
tn case it leaks.
1t has occurred to me that it might be
Nsed for walling wells where the sand rem
ders it dangerous digging and stoning in the
ordinary way. Over the site of the well.
suspend, SO as to touch the ground, two
cylinders OF sheet iron--one the size of the
well and the other some eight inches more
IN diameter, thus leaving space of four
inches between them for the thickness of
the wall. This space fill with cement, clean
cana and coarse gravel, in proper proper
uons; when the cement shall have set, re-
move the earth under the cylinders, AM the
wall, being now sufficiently strong to resist
the pressure of the surrounding soil. will
sink rs it is undermined. When near the
lower edge of the cylinders, fill up again,
ana thus proceed until you reach water
ms IS only an idea with me, yet should
some OF your ingenious readers test and
find it successful, it would confer a great
henaht IN country where stones ara scarce
and sand so abundant. I.S.U.
HTSTsAsTo MA>UREs.--IIoofs, hairs ,feath
ers, skins, wool, contain more than ffty
per cent. Of carbon, and from thirteen to
eighteen per cent. of nitrogen, besides sui
phur, salts OF lime, of soda and of mag
hesia. These substances hold, therefore,
the first rank, as it were, among manures;
and as long time is required for their de-
composition, their action may often last for
seven or eight years. They yield excellent
results, especially when made into COM
post FOR potatoes, turRips, hops, hay and,
generally, on meadow land. Hairs spread
upon meadows are said to augment the crop
fhrccfold, ana the Chinese, We are told, are
81 welt aware of the very great value of
!tHt manure, that they carefully collect the
hainevery tim6 they have their heads shaved
AMI the epcF%tioD is performed every
fortnight and self il to their farmers.
Now. the crop Of hair which every inji-
t-Htal ,,f bo La, -
amounts to about half pound; reckoning
therefore, at thirteen million, tie number
of individuals who in Great Britain and
Ireland, are undergoing the pro cess of sha.
: wing AMI hair-cutting, we haze 4 produc-
tlon OF about three ousand tons Of hair
that IS, of marlre of Of the most yalua-
Bile klnd-snce 1t represents, at least, one
hundred ana fifty thousand tons of ordinary
farm yard IN mlnure--which might be col
looted almost without trouble, but which,
on the contrary, such is oar careles sness and
indolence in these matters, is, believe, in
variably swept away in our streets or sew
ors ana utterlyw asted.-- farmey's Manual
of .7gs'cnharal Chemistry.
Ii lass BtstyIN3 r9a II .Ss3j.-Bsf ore
horse is attached to any vehicle, the harness
should be allowed to remain on him in the
stable several hours, during two or three
consecutive days; he should be let out so
that he may become thoroughly accustomed
TO tho trappings; and cord SIX or seven
feet in length should be fastened to each
trace. With this tho horse is quietly led
about, one man performing that duty, while
another follows holding the aforesaid CORDS,
which as the animal moves forward, arc to
be strained, so that he feels slight pres
sure Of the collar on his shoulders. he
intention of this treatment must bo obvious;
il the horse is alarmed by the effect of the
collar, the man holding the cords which arc
affixed to the traces, can instantly relax
them; and again when he finds his pupil is
reconciled, he may renew moderate strain
and tnallv, as much resistance as he has
the power to create. BY this means the
most timit horses will gain confidence, and,
by perseverance, the most refractory may
be overcome. A horse, when first encum-
berel with harness, if Immediately attach
cd to a vehicle, is astonished, when reouir-
ed to move, at finding pressure on his
shoulders which he has never previously
experienced. He discovers another novel
apparatus Of confinement; no is, in fact,
trammelled and endavors to escape; proba-
bly, he plunges, kicks, or rears, and bo-
comes difficult to manage; but by the simple
prooess Just recommended, all that is obyi-
A QUESTION --How much pork will
bushel Of corn make James NJ. Ar
netts in the Genessee Farmer, says he
thinks it takes about Ave pounds Of
corn to produce one Of pork. and that il
would be good economy 10 give hog
all it would eat. At this rate, when
corn is worth 25 cents per bushel. it will
cost trifls over two cents pound TO
raise pork. or, taking the expense of
feeding into account. it is better for
farmers to feed their corn TO hogs and
sell them at two dollars and half a
hundred. than TO sell the corn al 25 cents
bushel. We wouli ! like to have some
Of our correspondents give their views
Oh this question: Valley Farmer.
To PuRIFY WArER-Nine ounces
lsays the Scientific American) of pure.