Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1853-11-04
AQriruliural.
Hints for Farmers and Mechanics.

Florida Il IS said possesses poth soA anu cAI-
mate calculated TO make Il s great vine growing
country.
A Com Eusler, capable Of doing the -7oTk Of
dozen nea. vss exhibited Ct The Bristol Coua-
~ (Mass.) Ca.tle Show.
Near Cincinnati gentleman has six acre lot
Of grape wines, which viii yield 1000 gallons Of
grape juice to the acre, worth 81 gallon.
A COW bought for ten dollars, whose milk but
just pays her keeping. affords less profit than one
At thirty dollars, giving double the value Of milk
afforded By the former.
It costs 10 more 10 raise hundred bushels Of
Baldwins than hundred bushels OF cider apples;
OF ten barrels Of Vrgalesus Bartletts, than the
same quantity Of chokepea-s.
An axe costing two dollars, with which Ia
borer nay cut fifty cords month, is a cheaper
tool than an axe costing but one dollar, and with
which ne can cut only forty cords.
A common dasher churn at two dollars, used
one hundred times year, is not SO economical
purchase as a Kendal churn at four dollars, re-
quiring but half the labor to work It.
The Portsmouth Chronicle states that in gar
den in that city is a ST. Andrews pear tree,
which has borne three crops ofRears the present
season. and is now in bud for thefpurth crop.
sewing machine has been invented by Chas.
Miller, Of St. Louis, which makes stitch ike
" back-stitching," in hand sewing, making, also,
complete transverse button hole stitch.
A writer il the New York Tribune says ~
have examined many lightning rods, On buildings
struck by lightning, and have never known
painted rod TO perform any Of the duties Of con-
ductor."
8 ten acre field, costing fifty dollars per acre,
and ditched, manured, and improved at fifty dol
lars more, 80 as TO give double crops, is much
more valuable, than twenty acres uninproved,
costing the same money.
A 6 cheap plough" at FIVE dollars costing in
one season three dollars for repairs, and three
more in lost time to teams, men, and by retard
ing crops, is dearer plough than one at ten dol
lars, requiring no repairs.
The laborer who wastes his strength in work
ing all day with a dull saw, because he cannot
give shilling afford half an hour TO get it
sharpened. will waste at least twenty five cents
per day, or six or seven dollars per month.
Take good newspaper-aad pay for It. a
paper will be worth ten times its cost in any far
mcr's family. Ifyou are husband, you should
no more think Of being without such al able
sistant, than without your bible.
The farmer who resides in the vicinity of man
ufacturers where hard wood, or even the soft va
rieties are used will do well to apply the saw
dust, in liberal quantities to his lands, after pre-
pairing It BY composing. 1t decomposes readily,
and tends to keep the land light and open.
In the time Of the American revolution salt
petre for the manufacture Of powder, was made
by procuring the soil from under buildings and
teaching It Ike ashes. A corrcs sPondent Of one
Of our agricultural journals states that he has
found the soil thus impzegna-e ed with nitre fully
equal TO other manure for corn.
The man who loses half an hour Of time, with
one shilling, and wears his wagon and team equal
TO two shillngs more, by going over long and
rough road 10 avoid plank road toll siz-Pence,
loses Just two and sixpence BY the operation
This does not apply to the loaded wagon, where
the loss is much greater than in the smaller
loads.
To cure staggers in horses take one quart OF
brandy or whiskey, and dissolve one ounce Of
camphor in it, and give for a dose one gill. In
about two hours after taking this preparation,
The animsl viii get up. Care should be taken to
prevent them from drinking water for twenty
four hours, in which time q complete cure will
be effected.
Instead Of permitting the waste from your sink
spout and laundry to accumulate in filthy pools
near your dwelling, adopt some means TO render
It available for the sustenance of your crops. A
few paifuls Of this fe-tlizing liquid showe-ed
over your cucumbers and melon beds in dry
time viii inpart fresh vigor, and secure sue
cession Of excellent fruit, even during ssTere
drought.
Spent tan may be proatably used in compost.
Formerly it was deemed worthless for purposes
OF enrichment, but recent experience has demon
strated the utter erroneousness Of this opinion
When composted with lime or other aIkalescent
articles and permitted to fornent, it soon loses
its astringent properties, and when applied TO
vegetation produces all the salutaty effects of an
inal excrement.
The fallen foliage Of the forest, taken with the
rich surface soil, formed partly by the decom-
position Of previous castings, makes also a good
ingredient in the compost heap. Mid winter or
early spring is the most proper time for accumu-
iating and Transporting them, as they at that
season wet and consolidated by the pressure Of
the winter snow. When dry, they are not 90
easily gathered
Recent accounts from the Chincha Islands
state that new survey has been made Of the
guano, and it was ascertained that the manure IS
several feet deeper all over the island than was
hitherto supposed. Large valleys were found to
exist which were hitherto unknown, completely
filled, with guano to a level with the surface of
he II, q. : L.. l. IL
Will prove almost inexhaustible.