Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-05-30
AGRICULTURAL,
-rha Hnnra of ra-m LabaI

Fhe Houvs OF Fam labor,
There ga growing diiiitullily among lar
..-r. at,.t The hours Of farm labor, Many OF
I.. .r,.i ., are strangely disposed To adopt the
,,ren .r rule" in vcgse amorG carpenters
aul #u, mechanics. 4 letter from Column
u County farmer, who writes on behalf oil
trs..i his neighhors, wants 10 know what
ls 'Hr o. e generally Ia the country, out ~
'tc way { city influence, aud suggests that
-'1'r.r0H should be seul in similar To the re-
.aas. a the rate Of wages, aud that the Tub
uH. plh''h the information
I.. writer says. thar II there Is u general
usage fhr, hirelings upon the Arm are working
.gHu Noe en- hour Sysle.a, II will be necessary
'.. uup rs 10 make special contracts when
nr. la. help, ~ 10 the number Of hours that
Ur'ugs are 10 labor. One Of his neiehbors,
lgs w,7 says, in hiring man nj SIG a
uu1r1, us a ,ommon farm abor.r stipulated
raa bee s ould do the morning milking before
sunrise. nd the evening milking after sun
down, and OF course, not 10 work by any ten
hour rule
In 1ur ,wn case, we are willing to accept
tha ian.iuur rule, but not as some OF the Irish
h6a.ers re disposed 10 interpret IL that rs,
never vorl, over ten hours any day, aud, Of
course. Mt over cigh, hours in Winter, und
HU %, 4, employers loss. As general rule,
ines. vil eqnnIize the working.days through
N. ycfr2t about ten hours. Day laborers,
wn, bnri themselves, and often GO from one
go 'ur.a miles TO their work, have worked for
u, t,u good hours per day, aud with tina, we
arc content. Ii men who by the month or by
tl- year, rs laborers OF all work upon !arm,
ura about TO adopt this ten hour system, we
wUU, 90 siow il as soon ns possible and we
know iha, farmers generally want the earliest
possible Information upon the subject, Tor 1t Is
one OF 'mDortace, and will involve the n-ces'
Sly, d adhered to on the part OF the hi eiings,
oil q udi-al change in the programme OF bust
ness uqor all small farms.
Let ms hear what is the " custom OF the
trade Tor that is the only law regulating the
hours Of farm labor, and how far the ten-hour
rule now prevails.-EJ
TVEAruENT OF GUNrowpEU BuRNS.--When
charge of powder is fired near an exposed
par OF The body, portion oil the unburnt pow.
der is deposited in the skin, proportiona'ely to
the inperlection of the combustion and the
'oarsouess of the granules. The inflammation
which results is not sufficient TO procure the
uhmno son Of the grains, and the person re-
mains ;attooed for life Hitherto the only
sisted in the picking out BY the fine point OF
ul, OF needle each separate granule. This,
though a very tedious and painful process, an.
aver, well enough in burns Of limited size
bat IL, recent case, according to The Medical
Tines and Gazette, in which the whole side
If the face was completely blackened, Prot
Busch resolved to try a plan he had seen He
hr, udool for the removal Of freckIes, viz eX
citing an eczematous in1,tion BY means Of q
soutien--5 or. and 8 oz,-of corrosive subj.
mate. This was kept applied during several
hours for five DAYS, with the eject of exciting
smart eczema, and detaching the sranules
The burn was quite recent, and whether the
means used is applicable to burns OF an older
date, remains TO he trled.--Er.
Grasses FOR PAsrvREs.-T Timothy nlone. or
Timothy, Red Top and Blue Grass will make
Il permanent meadow, which will produce hea-
w crops Of good hay for many years, il well
treated. So Orchard Grass alone, or Orchard
Grass and Red Clover will make a good per.
rnaucnt meadow, with reference to the product
pf which no reasonable man will have cause TO
COMPLAIN. unless he feeds il Of too close the
FIRST wear and suffers it to BE- abused suisse.
quent.y, But for good. permanent pasture,
many grasses are wanted Yet in one section
If our State we find land laid down in Blue
Grass in another section TO Timothy; in
,hlld 10 Orchard Grass and Red Clover com.
bined Rarely do we find more than two or
three grasses growing in the same pasture yet
not less than one hundred SPECIES have been
described by botanisis AS growing spontaneous.
" in the Great Mississippi Valley.
In England as m'ny % species of grass
have been found growing upon square loot OF
ancestral pasture, fhnt had been grazed unrem.
unnaly through many generations. And Eng.
usi. pastures wear well, producing food for
long period from very early in the spling TO
very late in The fall Why! Simply because
rns'cad OF being confined TO one or two grass
IS that start about the sauc time in the sea-
sou, and mature about the same time, as IN the
American custom they seed down the lands
intended TO remain for series of years in
pasture, with all the varieties that will grow
upon Them, and thus secure regular success.
sion Of succuent and nutritious food the sea.
son ,hrcua d. LouiScWe Courier
lvsEcrs on SrocK.-The Country Gentle
7laa SAYS "Well kept stock, housed in clean,
we.litiered, yhitewashed stables, are rarely,
,,nIess they take them from other cattle, troub-
led wnh .ycrma but pulverzed coperas
and sulphur, in the proportion Of one teaspoon.
20! Of cope'ds and two Of sulphur with little
Sa IN. mixed IN half a bushel of meal, given
twice a week for three weeks, TO 100 head OF
Of cattle or hogs, is said TO be complete rem.
cdy.- Cnativator.