New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-29
over that for each Of the Eve bushels Of salt smss an
] ,xtra buahel Of Khs q may be expected.

over that for each Of the Eve bushels Of salt smss
Itu busbel Of whsss may Be expected.
SIZE OF TILIs FOR NiIss AsD LArERaLs.
A too common error with improving farmers i, thai
Of using too email tile for main drains, and to- l,rgs
for la;ers Those accustomed to the roomy co adults
Of ordinary stone drains, suppose that nothing les'
than three inch bore viii conduct the drainage from
the surface into the mains and curiousy enough the
sane persons, unmindful of the large area drained
BY each system Of ls.erss in using mains bu! lit
tie larger in bore than the latter. II any are Wiling
to look into the results Of the drainage on our Central
Park, the moet stupsndous wo,k of the kind in this
country and Of the best conducted, they viii find
tlst tie one and half inch and twcinch tiles there
u.ed for late rails do not full after the meet
violent ard protracted rains, and yet from Q single
system" Of twelve acres, the discharge after re-
cent rain was at the rate of go gallons per hour
This error of using too large tile Mr. Johrsto fell into
ard now that be has learned better after twenty
years experience, he cautions his brother farmers
against using larger than two-inoh tile for Istsras
Por mains each farmer must provide a. the quantity Of
water to be conducted 10 greater or less. In many
cases Mr. Johnston has used two rows Of fourinch in
others six-ncb, and in one semi circles Of eleven
ircles one at top and one at bottom, making pipe
nine inches bore TO discharge water. At first he had
many to take up and replace with large pipe to secure
complete discharge. Main drains he makes siI to
eight inches deeper than those euptyipg into them
not with an abrupt shoulder, but leveled up 80 tast
the desc. nj may take place gradually in the length Of
two tisf-29 rche,-and always giving the lateras
slight objection at the end, so that their
water will be discharged down stream into the mains
Apctter error he at first fell into was in having too
many drains on lowlands and not CROUCH on the up
land; thus seeking to carry off the effect while the
cause.-The out-croppiDg springs on the hll-sde-re-
manned untouched. Where the source Of the water Is
most abundant the means for removing It should mos
sbundantly be furnished. Ran.water falls on hills,
sirks to impervious stratum, along which it runs
until it either finds porous section through which it
can fall to lower level or not finding such continues
On the hard bottom to the side of the hill, where 1t
crops out in the form Of q spring. If this spring.
water is suffered to down hill it washes the hill
sce more or ess ard coming to the owland sinks as
FAR as il may into the SOIL makes il sodden and pro-
duces bad effects. TIC drain effectusy, then, We must
cut of the supply above, and fewer drains will be ne
cesary below. Here is the whole of the thing
and herew see why so much money is spent to SO
little purpose by those who think that they should
only drain the wet lowand. Appearances are deceit
fu, and we should not suppose that seemingly dry
| upland ia really dry.
FEEDING CATTLE ASD SHELF.
word as to this most important subject. On poor
lands good crops are got by the use Of much manure
This all know But do they know we'll that all ma
nure is not equally good that cord of it that ha;
been eached by drenchng Taips throughout Fall anc
Winter, ard that has been shone upon by the SUI
through hundred hot days. has lost the grester par
of its efficacy That the rvulets of brown liquor tina
run from the bsnyard into the public road vii
make more wheat than the brownwashed straw whicl
remains? And that be manure ever go well care
for its value may be increased at will by the foo
given to the animals that make i'll Ifthey don't, Mr.
Johnston does and 80, instead Of freezing his stoc
until they are almost in articulo mortis, and starV
ing them on dry stalks and refuse hay until the bone
well nigh pierce the skin, he hes comfortable shed
ard deeply Uttered yards for his cattle and feeds then
well at regular intervals with sweet hay, oilcske
bean meal, and grain. The result-but what othe
could you e1pect7is that in Spring they are in stor
condition; be loses none has disease among them
saves large quantity of such manure that one cor
of il will bring more wheat than four Of ord
nary dung, and he grows rich Reader, if you desir
to be good farmer, SO and do Likewise!
CARE SHEEP.
Mr. Johnston bought thirty Lecesters one Fall, pu
them in his yards fed them each twelve ounces of oil
meal with whe at.straw, and no hay, all Winter. In
Spring, he sheared from them lbs. of wool each,
pastured them all Summer, kept them over until the
following February, and sold them for nine dollars
and trenty cents each. They cost him e. Sheep
fed with ocake meal grain eat but little salt make
richer manure, more wool, and more carcass. He
gives usually one pound Of oimes when feeding with
straw, and half pound with hay. If there should De
any signs of foot rot in the flock, he pares the hoof
and rubs into the sores savs Of blue vtro and lard
In very hot weather he mixes tar with the 'alve to
make it adhere Sheep never let out of the yards
in Winter but to the yard they have free access at
oil times from the low open sheds and every part of
the sheds and yard are deeply bsddsd with clean
straw. The shepherd, instead of wsiipg through
slough worse than that described by Bunyan, walks
on soft bed Of straw, clean at any time a. not to
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