The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-04-21
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With every year, fsays the Hallowel. Me-.
Gasete,) the far naer should grow sEiser and
improve upon past systems and usaces in
the management of his affairs. Az ,his
day. such result is by no means dificuIt,
as is inconteshbly demonstrated by the ex
perience of thousands who have cast aside,
the. old systems and graybeard notions of
the past, adopted views more In accordance
with the requirements of natural laws and
wisdom of the times IN which they live.
Farmers who do not read cannot make
much progress IN Improvements, but rather
the reverse; and he who regards the sources
of kHeWledge having been exhausted in
his fatheEs day. viii necessarily retrograde
rather than ad vance. FL 1fftI
In getting in your more important field
crops see that everything is performed
timely, and in the most perfect manner
The proper preparation of the soil for crop.
is very essential requisite, and one that ef.
ereises a mighty influence through all the
subsequent stages of its growth.
|. No farmer would think of planting one
bean or one kernel of corn IN hill; vet he
might as well do this as to plant the proper
number, and neglect TO provide sufficient
medium, or the nutriment requisite to Sc
cure their development aud, growth Plough
| welhand deep, harrow thoroughly, and ma
nure literally, and with proper attention
and care in after culture, there will be but
little doubt of your obtaining good crop.
This is reason why every economical
culturlst win be found attending to his own
business There is much 10 demand per-
sonal aud undivided attention, for he who
relies upon the discrimination, fidelity and
! Judgment of 'thelp" without according his
own attention to the details of the farm,
will necessarily lose much that he might
have saved. In the barn, in the stables,
and in the fields, he. should be known and
recognized as the ttCommander-in-C Chief"
Remember that
04 .sHe who by Che plow would thrive,
aaa Himself must either hold or drive"
4 Procure the best seeds. Never plant or
sow grains that have ''run out" or in any
way become deterierated, even though yCu
/ should be compelled to pay double price for
the other and better kinds. Make expert
ments, and notice carefully the results; in
this way an observing farmer acquires much
important Information that will be of prac-
teal benefit to him through life. In cross
blowing, never permit the pillow to run deep
enough the second time to disturb the in
Ilverted sward. This is practice subversive
of all good farming. and ought, therefore,
by no means to be INDUCED a 'f7sse
LAND MEASURE .Every farmer should
have good measures, light stiff pole, just
sixteen and half feet long, for measuring
land. By little practice he can learn to
step a rod in FIVE steps, which will answer
very well for ordinary farm work. Ascer-
4 g, A., lane
i of a lot you want to measure, and multiply
one into the other, and divide by one hun
Edfed and sixty, ant you have the number OF
acres. as one hundred and sixty square
rods make square acre If you wish to
lay off an acre square, measure thirteen rods
on each side. and you have the thing very
near. IL .tAa1 - F@t's# at aaaa#
SPAYED .Cows.-Two cows spayed last
spring in Newburyport, Mass, have, ac-
cording to the North East Farmer, given
the owner such satisfaction that he has re-
Gently had the operation performed on, an
other, and will have his remaining COW
spayed in tbs spring. The Farmer says ::
Zone of the cows spayed last spring, fine
young Durham, gives as much milk now,
in October, as she did last May, a few weeks
after calying. The other, an old COW, is
| now in rather low flesh and has fallen off
some what in her milk Their milk has va
Eried in quantity, according to the keeping
they have had, But they have neither of
them fallen off as much as ecws in ordinary
cond ition. 49,, saa...sr~..r -. = ....,,.-..
Pure WArER.-If there is one article of
common everyday consumption more con-
ducive to health than any other, it is pure
water. And if there is one kind of water
more surely exempt from every variety OF
impurities than any other, it certainly is
that which is distilled in the clouds !; these
propositions have found no one to deny.
With these simple, obvious facts before
them, what farmer or other conscientious
parent will fail tolsupply their families with
this one great essential to health and happl-
ness .Halley Farmer.
|, LIVE AND DEAD WEIGHT OF CATTLE
Eight lbs. out of every ID fbs., or four-sev-
enths of the whole live weight of sheep and
fcattle, represents, when the animal is prop
erly fat, the net weight Of the fore quarters,
exclusive of offal-three-f ourths of the live
weight of pigs, if fat. represents the weight
when dressed; but pigs have been killed OF
which the ,offal was only one-fifth their live
weight, and even less. 4'' '4'-
IL, A ,MARvELous SIGHT IN, .CHIcAGo.---The
Chicago Press and Tribune, of Thursday
contains the following wonderful item:
The entire front Of fret class buildings
on the north side of Lake street, between
Lasalle and Clark streets. is now rising 10
grade at the rate of about twelve inches