The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-03-04

THE PorATo DTsEAsE.-The ROYAL
Agricultural Society has awarded purse
10 DR.. Lang, OF lpplepeu, tor paper on
the Potato, its cultivation, production and
disease. The conclusions at which he
arrives are -" That the disease is Of a
fungoid nature increased in yirulency by
atmospheric causes. That all manures
are injurious. saving only lime and salt -
That the earliest potato in ripenng should
be exclusively grown. That earhing up
repeatedly with Gne earth is the only
cHectusl preventive to the ravagcs ol
the disease. These opinions, says the
Gardeners Chronicle, are much the same
as those which have been repeatedly ex.
pressed by ourselves, with The exception
of recommending lime and salt as "A man.
ure, and trusting to frequent earthing up.
But We must express our dissent 10 the
authors statement that disease never
originates in the lower portion Of the stem
where it adjoins the root. We can only
say that during the thirteen years that we
have studied the phenomena of this singu.
lar malady we never saw an instance to
the contrary."- GenesSee Farmer.
PRESERVING BUrrER.-A patent has
been secured by w. Clark, OF London, for
the following method of preserving butter /:
The butter Is first well beaten, IN the
usual manner after churning, then placed
between linen cloths and submitted TO
severe pressure, Tor removing whey and
water. 1t is now completely enveloped
or covered, with clean white pa per,
which is coated on both sides with prep.
aration of the white Of eggs, in which is
gralns of salt is used for each egg. This
prepared paper is FIRST dried, then heated
before fire, or with hot iron, Just prior
TO wrapping it round the butter. 1t is
stated that butter may be kept perfectly
sweet, without any salt, for two months,
when thus treated, it placed in cool, dry
cellar. The submitting OF butter to pres
sure, as described, is a good plan and one
which we recommend to all our farmers
They can easily practice it with a small
cheese press.
KINDNESS TO DOMESTIC ANIMALs.-We
cannot enjnin kindness to domestic animals
with too much earnestness and especially
NJ this season OF the year, when they
frequently suffer severely from exposure
to piiess storms. In connection with
kindness, they should be well fed, and
provided with warm shelter. Where is
the man. who can neglect his domestic
animals, and feel tina: he is not culpsble ?
II any such exist. they must indeed, be
hardened, and callous to the feeling that
naturally pertains to human beings
After we have well fed our stock at night,
and seen that they are provided with clean
bedding, We can sit down by our fires
while the tempest is wailing without, and
feel a consolation that we have done our
duty in regard to the dumb animals en-.
trusted to our care.
Peas IN PorAroEs To PREvEr Ror.-
On May IT, planted in the garden twenty
hills oI pogie potatoes holes were made
IN the potatoes with penknife, and from
four TO six peas were thrust into each
potato. The soil was black moist loan !;
no manure was put into the hill. Sep.
tember 4, the potatoes were dug. Every
hil had potatoes in it affected with rot,
fully as much as potatoes in the same gar.
oen' planted in the ordinary way; nor
was there any difference in yield in favor
ol the experiment. The pea vines, which
were quite scanty produced very fe " and
inferior pods.-COrrespeaaence Of v. I'll
Farmer.
TREATMENT OF HEXs. Two Aocks of
hens were compared. One laid epos
almost all the time the other laid scarcely
any. On examining their treatment, III.
following differences were found to exist I.
the former had warm cellar to roost in
during the winter the latter roasted in a
stable where the wind blew in. The
former had fine place in an open cellar
for scratching among ashes, lime and earth;
the latter scratched 10 the manure heap
or in the stable when the COWS were nut
out. The former had plenty of good
water, with milk. &C., the others had no
drink except what they could 6ud.-Ru.
raj Amsriean.
IT is the same with farming as with
every other oecupaIion--he who would
thrive by it. must be industrious and