The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-10-04

tliiT. tcrr'rrf -" r"'a'lNr value OF manrr =
the OIL, safe rule j. - con, de that both are
applied in Tie best manner.
SUPER PHOSPHATE OF LIME.--A good
metlo recommended to the farmer who
would make his own super phosphate of lime
is TOR him to yet large tub, or end OF
cask. place in it the quantity of bone dust
that can be best worked at time say sixty
pounds Sufficient water should then be at
d.d ust to wet all tl: bones; let this be
stirred Nil the dust is all wet, and then add
the proper quantity of acid-twen'v-two
pounds. When mixed it can be thrown
into a heap on the floor and the process re-
pcatrd. The operation should be don" ex-
p.dtiouSlv. and the larger the he ~ the bet
ter. as the heat enyen.lered during the
process materially assists the acid in decom
posing the phosphate. When properly man
utac'ured it will be sufficiently dry to SOW by
hand without any absorbant substance but
if drilled it is necessary to mix it wish some
dry materials such ~ coal ashes saw dust.
peat. Sc. hit neither lime, wood ashes,
nor any caus,ic akaIics or alkaline earth,
.hou,d be used, for re- action Immediately
takes place ard The hi phosphate is CONVEX
ted back into the bone earth phosphate of
lime
To" MrcU LA>D-Thc great error
with orr American Agrculturali>ts is a
morbid desire to own and occupy more land
than they ran cultivate. Farming is a sci
entfic business. and is capable of being re-
duced to rules as precise and accurate, and
we NAV add. as successful az those which reg
ula'e the maripula'ory process of the yracti-
cal chemist Washington. whose discrnin-
atino powers were certainly of an exalted
order, in one Of his valuable epistles to the
celebrated Arthur Young, saws:
"1he agriculture of this country Is indeed
low: and tie primary caEsc of It's being 50 is
that instead of improvn. a li'tle ground m'N
We attempt too much and do it i'll. \ half. :
third. or even fourth of what we manGIe
well wrought and properly dressed, would
produce more than the whole, under our sys
tenn of management"
THE VALUE OF Bones -The Amcri
can Farmers say that every forty bushels of
bones dissolved in su!phurc acid (ahout one
third weight of the latter. diluted with wa
teri are equal to two hundred pounds of gu
anO.
MlynEw OF THE PorATo-Philip Nor
rll of Glenburn, writes to the Bango
Wing:
From present indiratons the loss to til,
farmers upon their potato crops. the pre>en
season, will be more general aud severe thai
in any former year. 1t is very early in tn
season for the potato now to be so completed
dead as most have seen now are. This is
sure indlration that the rot of the tnbcr wi!
soon follow The only remedy is to dig an
properly secure the crops"
BENEFIT OF MrCk- Benefit is often or
sai""d tr"'" frosh dug muck, applied at ono
to the soil. In this case slow decompOsito
takes place. evolving ammonia and mechan
zeal action also results. by which heavy soil
are made more porous and pliable and bette
able to resist either wet or drouth, and also {
receive benefit from atmospheric influence:
It's greatest benefit is found when composite
with other decompo>inC agents,-with an al
' kali. or mixed with stable manure, or used a
an absorbent Of the liquid portions of tn
same. or Of the gases Of animal or vecctatl
: matters undergoing Spontaneous dccomros
: on-bcfore its application to the soil.
PROPER FEEDING; OF CATTIE.-The fcct
'nEof roots to cattle. If done properly, is d
great advantage. In doing this however, III
roots should be cut very fine and mixed wit
chopped hav, or straw mixed with meal, $
that the dry food will be moistrned by tn
jnire Of the roots About hushcl or bu>l
Gland a halfto large tattrning bullock, tire
times day, is considered about the prope
r quantity to be fed, and IN smaller cattle i
proportion. Roots should be fed to all cattl
= IN winter quarters or dry food.
: RITA BAGAs.-Shecp are partcnlarl
fond of ruta-hacas. ard thrive upon them
they ar" especially good for ewes havin
, lambs. They can also he easily kept unit
, there is good supply of grass in the spring
> and 10 not become pithv or dcteriorated j
their feeding qualities. as white turnips usua
~ do. Nor do they "rnn the land" as the
derive much of their nourishment from tn
atmosphere; and they can remain in tn
UrOuDI iii l,to IN Tho C,u D.. -