Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-27


Pasturage, with any thing but sheep
which spread their droppings so evenly and
in such small quantities that in the scantieSt
the sun and wind--should be avoided. Your
bare hill-sides aud dry knobs need especial
care TO secure sufficient vegetation to pre-
vent the finer particles of soil from washing
away. Neat cattle or horses will bite close
upon such spots, and their manure is dropped
under the shade trees OF on wet grounds
OF if not thus carried away its fertility is
wasted in the air. Manure which IS dropped
upon pastures where the animals are "up to
their ewes in grass" is very closely econ
omized' but the first expenditure of manure
upon worn-out land should be in such form
or applied in such manner as to be protected
from the weather.
When men recover from the notion 90
widely prevalent, that fruit trees require
large applications Of the most stimulating
manures to make them thrive, many ten
dollar acres will be planted with orchards,
and will do well with little care, provided
their owners have consideration enough to
give up such strength as there may be in the
soil to their exclusive use and benefit. Other
acres will be planted or sown with birch,
white pine, or that most profitable of all
trees for light, sandy lands, at a distance
from the barn--the pitch pine.
CAUSE OF SCALES IN BuTTERMrLK.-A wo-
man writes thus to the Rural Netc Yorker:
"Having noticed in q late issue of the Rural
an inquiry as to the cause of scales in but
termilk, propose TO give him the benefit of
my experience, which is, that milk, when
exposed TO the wind or heat of the stove,
causes the cream in rising to become dry on
the top, and when this is the case you are
sure to have scales in the milk after churn-
ing"
ADVANTAGE OF GROWING Roor CRops.-
On no account should farmers neglect to
grow some kind of root crops for stock feed
ing next winter. The question as to which
is most profitable, whether carrots, parsnips,
beets, &C., is one of mooted opinions; for
while all accede that as a general feed, car
rots are most desirable, yet for making fat,
parsnips undoubtedly take the lead, and as
produce, of quantity to the acre, the sugar.
beet will yield, say, nearly double in bulk of
carrots. The farmer should decide what he
wants the roots for; and if for feeding to
horses and milch-cows, then grow carrots; if
10 feed with corn to fatten cattle or sheep,
then grow parsnips; if wanted to assist in
the healthy growth of young stock, or for
producing milk for the city market, then the
beet will be most desirable. So think we
| from our own practice, as well as from the
records of writer's. At any rate, whether
carrots, or parsnips or beets, we hope every
farming reader Of ours, every one who keeps
cow or horse, will grow more or less of roots
for next winters feed to his stock Ohio
Farmer.
EFFICACY OF CoAL-AsH MANURE.-A large
and experienced Ohio farmer writes:
None of our manure has brought forward
the grass so fast this spring as the coal ashes.
But don't think the credit is all due to the
coal ashes themselves, for they absorbed all
the urine and soap-suse of the establish
ment during the winter. | was little sur
prised at a question asked by some one in
the Farmer, how the urine could be convent
emily saved and applied advantageously to
the land; but / remembered every body did
not burn COAL and know the absorbent
capacity of ashes.
MAMMOTH GRAPEVINE IN CALIFORNIA
A writer in the California Farmer speaks as
follows of a celebrated grapevine, much
spoken of and its products much doubted:
The celebrated grapevine of Montesito,
near Barbara, was assured by the owner to
the writer in the fall Of 1852 that it yielded
in 1857 or 1858 over 5000 punches of grapes
fact which has been much disputed, but
from personal visit and inquiry we believe
it correct and true. This grapevine covers
an arbor of about thirty feet long by the
same breadth, and ten feet high; the trunk is
twice as thick as mans thigh.
SUPERIORITY OF SAND BEDDING FOR HORSES
Mr.. Small, of Dundalk, Scotland, veteri-
nary surgeon Of considerable experience,
states that sand is not only an excellent sub
stitute for straw for horses bedding, but SUI
perior to straw, as the sand does not heat,
and saves the hoofs of the horses. He states
that sand is exclusively used for horses beds
in his stables.
| THE KIND OF SEEDS TO SAvE.-Farmers
and gardeners should be very careful TO save
the best seed of their crops for planting, and
see that their seed grains are free of the seeds
of all noxious vegetation. They should not
fail to select their seed corn when it is gath
cred, choosing only such ears as are best
filed out at the tips.
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