The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-08-20

the soap sud- went to the gutter as reg
ularly as the washing-day was ended,
and there are too man who allow
the plan to be followed in the present
day. All do not yet seem to have
learned that a tub full of strong soapsuds
is worth as much, az a fertilizer, as a
wheel barrow load Of good manure; and
yet how much is thrown away. No won
der that the grounds about the kitchens
and farm-houses grow rich in SO short a
time.
Now every bucket of suds should be
thrown where it will not be lost. The
garden is q good and convenient place
to dispose of it, but tho roots of grape
vines, young trees, or anything of this
sort will do as well. Anything that re-
quires a strong, moist soil, needs soap
suds. How many a good crop of veget-
ables or fruit might be realized, if eve
rybody would act on the hints here CIV
en.-Lndiana Farmer.
THE YELLOW LocUsrs.-Mr. s. Cune,
of Brattleboro', VT, writes the Country
Gentleman as follows:
"I will tell you how I managed to
get a grove of yellow Locust trees
About twenty years ago 1 sowed half a
pound Of locust seeds in beds, the same
as I SOW beets or carrots. 1 prepared
my seed by pouring hot water on it and
letting it stand a few hours. The next
spring, I took up my Seeding trees, and
set them out on q piece of ground that
was SO poor that it would hardly turf
over. I plowed some burrows twelve or
fifteen feet apart, laid the roots of my
Seeding trees into them, about two
feet apart, covered them with my hoe,
righted them up with my hands, and let
them go without further cultivation. AT
this time I have a beautiful grove of
trees, straight and thrifty, and many of
them long enough for fence posts. The
effect on the land is wonderful. II pro-
duoes ten times the feed it did before
the trees were set out. When I took
possession of my farm, I found hat acre
had been skinned until it was almost
worthless. Now it produces double the
feed of any acre of pasture 1 have. 1
take no little pride in showing my trees,
and the luxuriant growth of white clover
under them"
How DoBs SALT BENEFIT CRoPs p
In some remarks on salt as a manure,
some time since, we stated that so far as
had been indicated by experiments, it
was only on rich land, or such as was
calculated to produce luxuriant growth,
that salt had proved useful. We cited
the language Of Nj. Prideaux, that the
benefit of salt was to check o~vergrovth.
In a lecture lately delivered by j. G.
Nesbit, Principal of the Remington
Chemical and Agricultural College, be-
fore the London, or Central Farmers
Club, the following remarks occur, in
which, it will be seen, Mr.. Nesbit de-
elares that the whole agricultural value
of salt " as a corrective of excessive fer
tility. We commend this rational con-
clusion to the attention of the jealous ad-
vocates of salt as a fe1tHizer boston
Cult.
by using salt with either nitric of
soda or guano, you arrest the abnormal
growth of the straw, and the nitrogen is
reserved for the growth of the ear. 1t
has long been a problem, what is the real
use of saltP Some time ago we had
over here Mons. Dumas, the great
French chemist, and a deputation from
France, for the purpose of travelling all
over England to ascertain what is the
real use of salt and these gentlemen
found such a variety of practice, and SO
many discordant ideas prevailing in ref
erence to that subject, that they went
back at last, no wiser than they came.
The simple truth is that salt acts as a
corrective of excessive fertility, and
that is all that can be said on the sub
ject."
TOMATOES FOR Cows.-A writer in
the South Carolina Agricultural y
that or giving tomatoes to COWS, he
found the quantity of butter increased,
and a beautiful yellow color and delici-
GUS favor impaired to it. The tomato
is a very wholesome vegetable for man
or beast, and the effect thus noticed not
improbable. It is very easy raised, and
bears abundantly. The tomato is not
easily raised. On the contrary, it is
difficult to raise the crop for couss. The
plants have to be started in a hot-bed,
and when set out have to be very care.
fully tended for the first two or three
weeks. If the seed could be planted
out in the open ground, like most other
crops, it could be raised with little trou-
BILE. In the South, it is, however, differ
ent.
E The Red Owl is a most effect
i've ally of the farmer. The number of
mice which one of these birds will de-
stroy, is immense. Near a nest of owls, |
nearly a bushel of the offal was gathered.
It was found, on examination, to consist
almost exclusively of the skeletons of
mice. While the young are in the nest,
the parents bring a mouse to it, every