Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1858-04-16
ITEMS Of INTEREST. If.l Re -.'

RorATIoN.--A farmer, out west, say'
that potatoes should never be planted on the
same ground several years in succession
Ono reason for this is that insects arc moro
likely TO attack the crop, if ii is grown scv
eral years on the same plat. This is oul
reason, not his though ho assigns scvera
good ones We mention it as probably con
firning our ideas of rotation advanced q
few weeks ago.
THE DISADVANTAGES OF Docs are nu.
merous. Each dog costs a good deal in
keeping, some say as much as a COW. This
is too little. Dogs do very little good
Your dog my friend, is next to no real val
no to YOU. Dogs arc sources of great loss
in community. The number Of sheep
killed by them, in this State alone, is fright
full. They are the occasion Of great
amount Of ill-feeling among neighbors
moro great deal than all tho dogs ii
Christendom arc worth. They are the oc
casion Of nearly all the hydrophobia tha
men suffer. And every dog is liable to have
it, or be bitten bv another that has it,
Every owner Of dog exposes himself hi
family, and his neighbors, to greater or {
lcss risk from this source. Think of these
facts, reader, and then persuade your neigh
bors to kill theirs.
WmrEwAsu GLASS, if you don't wish
the heat to become 100 great. Make a
wash of Stacked limo and milk, with lit
tie salt; apply it with brush. 1t will last
nearly the whole season. This is for the
use of those who have greenhouses or hot
beds.
YouR GRrxDsToNE you should put under
cover. Then YOU had better make a treadle
for it. You can thus usc it without help.
Take part of rainy day, and grind every
tool that is sharpened on grindstone,
which you will need IN your spring work.
Axes, draw-shaves, Shaving -knives,) and
even hoes, spades, aud shoyels, may be
ground with benefit.
PLANT TREEs.-The planting season may
DO short, and You should begin now tc
transplant trees. Do your yards, or youi
grounds adjoining need to be decorated
with nice thrifty forest trcesl Select and
plant noV.. Don't put tof uutiln next week
or year.
Do not let the water stand in pools on
the wheat field-plow fIrrow or two, dig
with spade, rather than allow such an in
dication of slovenly farming to exist.
If there are any mud puddles about your
house or barn, drain them or ell them up
with dirt. They arc great annoyance, Of
which you can easily rid yourself,
SEED PoTAroEs. selected for
seed should be kept in tho dark, in cool
place where they will not grow.
That manure in your stable, or at the STA
bic door, ought to be cartcd away. Such
slovenliness is disgrace.
ILLINOIS STATE FAIR FOR ls56.-This
will be held at Centralia, in Southern Hi
nois, at the junction Of the two great branch
es Of the Illinois Central Railroad, Septem-
Der l4th.
Fix up that gatO and keep the pigs and
geese out of your yard and garden.
Ar WHAT AGE DOES THE MARE CEASE TO
PRoPAeArE.-Mr Farnum of Charleston
Portage Co, O., had a mare that had a
colt at the age of twenty-soven. Mr.. Lew :
is, of Palmyra townshiphad mare that had
q healthy foal at tho age of thirty -
Mr.. Editor please hand this round. We
should ike to ascertain tho greatest age
that the horse was ever known to propagate.
We have known a marc TO have foal at
the age Of twenty-three months.
w. PIERCE, VS..
Rayepna. Ohio.