Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-04-26
Setting Fence PUsts.

We have, all our lives, heard that fence posts,
when set in the ground, should be inverted from
their growing position that is, that the butt end
should be up and the other down. The sugges-
ton is based on the apparently plausible theory,
that being set in their natural position, water is
more readily absorbed into the sap vessels and de-
cay FASTENED. We 90 not know what the theory is
worth but it is little trouble invert the posts and
it Is very vel to give it fair trial Old as the no
ton is we do not know of any experiment to test its
value. The following we find communicated to the
GeueSe6 ETmer, and Is the nearest approach to it..
Have any CT our subscribers made like trial?
About thirty years ago, I, to test the thing,
split two bar posts, side by side out Of chestnut
log. They were eight feet long, eight inches wide,
and three thick One | set butt down, the other top
down At the end of ten years, the one set in butt
down was rotted Off and resetit in the same hole.
At the end of sig years it rOtted off again, and
put in a new one The other lasted four years
longer, when it got split in two, ana took it out
and it was about twO-thrdS rOtted off. Sixteen
years ago, set six pair Of bar posts all split out Of
the butt cut of the white oak log One pair set
butts down, another pair, one butt down. the other
top down, and others top down. Four years ago
those set butt down wereRrOttcd Off and had to be
replaced by new ones. This summer had occasion
to reset those that were set top down. | found
them all sound enough to reset. Ny experiments
nave pOnYnCeQ me LnaG the DCSJ way IS 10 set them
tops down.
Bones ABOUT THE H0gSE-Iying around scat
tered here and there about the house and Outbuld-
ings. of not only farmers, but those who nave
small gardens, from which they expect much are
bones Of all sorts and descriptions, giving sovenly
look to the grounds and to the eye of the economist
in agriculture al, evidence of careless waste. Gath
up the bones, take them to your garden, bury
them in the earth near your fruit trees, your vines
or your rhubarb bed thus you viii clean up, add
20 the appearance of your place, and greatly IN
crease the vigOr and product Of whatever tree or
plant has had the use of the old bones. DO this
now don't wait because there is only few, there
enough for one tree now: byand-by there will be
some for another Clean up what is now around
you. Take care Of the litter-0hi0 Faner.
LINE will descend down as far as the earth is pull
verised and it seoud therefore be placed on top Of
the ground When land has been lined for a num-
her of years sub-sOil blowing is as good as a new
coat Of lime as it brings it up again to the surface.
Foh.een Der cent Of the leaves and bark of the APP
NE tree is lime, which shows that apple orchards
consume vast amount Of this mineral, and unless it
Is often replaced the orchard must suffer for the
want of it.
HF.vFs IN HoRsEs-The EITHer and Gardener
Gives tbe following as cure for heaves in horses:
Take smart weed steep it in boiling water till the
strength is all out; give one quart every day mixed
with bran-or shorts for eight or ten days. Give
green or eutup feed, wet up with water during the
operation and it will cure