, 1860-06-15

the seed. Three pecka to : buahel sboold (
Gown 10 tho acre, from tbs goth to The Inst ,
!nne, Thc a.erago yield is not high, OWN
sasu! 70 lno,nesent culture and acareie.s MAJ
times so~n Tor the purpose Of plorjng under
green manure. but is acidity matrs It obie,
ttonahle. 4 crop which would produce 4 aent,
eight onshela OF seed, will furnish 12 crt. Of oj
9kp'c matter to ths soft, if turred under. III
turned IN When 1t begins to blossom.
~ Lr4...,. " STOCK,
."a ,.:.- .,Ax EAsrEixopps1oy.
=, A Old farmer IN Connecticut give, the fol
wing opinion: It has been erroneousIy sur
Fosaa Fn",a, y many that the rugged hiakof NJ,
sa T15e re netss adapted to the raising
i e. part Of the, ccnntry, from the fact. n.thsn,
tnat more attention nas given to this branch n
husbaddry in that thin ID adv Other ser+;or T.
Aew EnR!and Tie soil Is Of. st d Oversize
character d to admit Of more varied ind. = =
branches Of hnsbandry being suece,.fnI1. Hqs 10 q
ecuitd than do the extensive urafrfr. * PtIa tt
| West, or the easy lands Of tbs Soutaern State.
/ which may account, in a degree. for fha -
that almost erery New Engfand farmer hs, BIZ
tock of sheep varied, IN aizo according to III,
character Of his farm or his OWN inclination
At ths South and West, farming and s,ocE
raising is prosecuted in very different waY
One farmer gives his entire attention to 3 siuuIt
branch, perhaps either the raising Of horse.
cattie OF ehcep, while nuother raises one oi
more kindsof grain: In New England it is con,
mdered bad husbandry for farmer to bay any.
thing that can be produced upon bis farm, ever
! though he might make more money by PROSE
cuting limited number Of branches.
coL1c IN HORSES.
| 4 BuIesu county farmer writes AZ follows: !
knew : horse taken with collie while On tread.
wheel to cardiDg machine, 10 that the owner
thougat be could not live. He got three Yets-
E1naly surgeons. and they did mat thew could
and all decided the horse must die. Tie msn'a
| vile. who believed and practced hygiene. trcm
| The time tue horse WAS taken, tried 10 persuade
her husband 70 use wet bandaee, but be in-
sisted It would do'no good After all had Given
up that the lorse could do no good or T huft s ts
took thick bed comforter, bound it around The
bprse, went TO the well and dreE water. and
toQfed 1t on Till thoroughly soaked. It steamed
Ike pot boiling, aud in les than fifteen niuures
from tne time he commenced the watering pro-
Ice r. "is up n9d eating TO the
could not live Tho horse did good service a.
terwards- This recipe gave several yeara arm
and It was copied into uost-aa was told hr
al edltor-of the agricultural, and many Other
papers IN the United States. Many have tried
XA1K1fo sHKEp
~. n. Wright, of Aornellsrille, N. r. ei7es
Us his method Of marking sheep: Toke four
pal!s tar, one part tailow, and from one to two
together. thoroughly. Then take he msrfer
e letteT Or 6gure, made tither of wood OF irop'
With handle 10 it,) dip it into The n,jrture and
pnt It on the sheep while warm, Tha mi4ture
should be warm enough to be thin. othermise
700 much will stick to the marker, md it viii
run and smear the sheep.
5.HEArEs IN HoRsEs.
The Farsn<r and Gayde,4<r gives the fol,ouine
Is cuEe for heaves in horses: Take smart.
Teen s1eep In ooliInR water till the strength is
al ont; ElVe one quart every day. mixed with
bran or shorts. for eight or ten daTs. Give
green or cut-up feed, wet up with water, during
tho operation, and 1t will cure.
CARROT JUICE N nurrER.
Some OF the butter-makers in New Eno]and
aoT'se tue use Of very slight infusion Of Carrot
JUICE Tor the purpose Of tolUriug butter and Dir.
ing 1t That hiEh rich color which The market
demands. Some Of the dairy women object to
t.1s a. 9o1 honest, but the editor Of the Et4o
HngAnd FIrfaer informs these ladies' that hs
!a;e!y heard one Of the best butter merchants
10 Boston, and man Of the strictest iateerity.
ADVISE one OF his customers to use little carrot
JUICE IN Els winter butter, as it not only i'm
proved the color, but also the quality of t6e ar.
t1cle4 and made it more suitable for the TASTES
Of customers. ''s'
FECuSD1fY IN ANNALS.
Ihe English people are pay ing great attention
TO this They. are endeavoring 10 have fht;r
Tnes sh pElug t"ins, end lamb toics Y<ar. II
studied ST. feeundity, early maturity and aptitude.
rnelr sheep are very prolific Three Of them
we're imported into London. and placed In thu |
I<onoon Gardens, and the iucrease of lambs was |
90 great that they became nuisance, Ooe
1me naa I'VE lambs. another four, and another |
"a St~I - ~
Smith began with three Chinese Sheen. in 1s5a
aud IN eighteen months he had an increase o:
serenty.tour. one Of the ewes having badtwe1ra
lambs in fifteen months. He states that the !
sheep are large and handsome. and 1he rnnttnn
Of superior delicacy.
THE GARDEN,
STRAWBERRIES IN GERMANY.
~. kumelin says that during q recent visit
20 e Germany, he walked through q ssrawberrv
y, aeio, "nose owner bad the reputation of being
loe noat successful strawberry cuitiyator in tbs
country found about. That gentleman planted |
9'S STRAWBERRIES, by trenchiog fis ground in the
1*l. and letting the ground settle over winter.
"a me spring, be procured slabs Of wood four |
inches wide and one inch thick; putting those |
upon the ground, two feet apart, he fi1ed be- |!
tHeen 4, me slabs, BY apadiug up the ground Of \
tua ao3oialuE oge, and thus got two-feet bed |
held thus showed two feet vncant er5und and |
two feet strawberry beds between the siabs Of |
"ood, which latter were elevated above The ad- |
lomlnS Implanted ground from 10 6 iuches.
Ihe gentleman had informed him, that be never
1sea t. ~ manure nor cultivated surface sell, aud !
that he preferred to use wild. strong suh,soi /
TO rich cultivated soil, and thought lie first H..
oeSs 81 manure Tor the strawberry.
lne nela Was used as an orchard by inter-
sperslng over the field (about sixteen acre,.1 !
o~at1 pears, appla trees. also plum and cherry
ttees, ana thus he secured enough ahade: be
acting On the principle that the sirawbn,rv
should be somewhat shaded.
~ nUGs Ind cucuxpEps.
Mr.. Bergen, Of Long Island. recent,v s,.tad
that some farmers in his ueixbborhnnd nJont ~
much as ten acres each of cucumber. and ,h.s
the Way the way they sare them FINN hnus ia
10 use plenty Of seed At irst, and then al fon1
Or hre successive periods they plant on a nav
.1; s,ae OF the h,il lot mora Of seed. This SUD.
feed and plants for the bugs
ing plants untouched. When we'll out IF ths
Fa5 OF bugs, the plants are dug up with the
on1o1s OF THE FuscH1A,
!, The author Of an essay on the Fusch;a e1.ae
hat It was first brought into general cui,;ratin
~ y Af. Lee, the owoer Of nurserv called the
ine5a afd, at HammeEsui,h, near London. H.
naFlng beard Of strange plant that vas owned
oF sa'lors wife, which had dropping fow+rs
lke earrings, posted of 10 see 1hat Il was md
Liter fading it different from ANYTHING h. hid
10 his nursety, he offered 10 bur it !: but The
Eoman Monld not teit it, "a her JACK had
brought It from foreign country, as nreeent
70 nef. f1natly, on the deposit Of tifty dolinrs
ano we promise that the plant should be Re-,
turned, he got leave to carry it of: and wsa
Eery eoon engaged in very profitable business
By propsgating it.
.rcre
L.st spring, {ls5o) says an Ohio corresnon.
1ens, procured ten seeds Of the ceIebrsYad
hubbard squash. for which l paid tveaty-Hre
eena: Ihey were lust nicely up when the june
rost |e. came. but W b'anketing Them kept four
d men eliVe. As soon as I uncovered them ths
striped bug attacked them. tried ali In Sjd
'smedi9s[soot, snuff, sulphur, 6c., 70 no p1r-
pose. had abcut given them up, when nh.
Iced an article In, think, the CHr;st;.n 4d.o
'ak and Journal, stating that I'll English osr.
ounces Of aloes in gallon Of warm water} ass
preventive. Immediately prepared SONS and
applied it, and to my great qualification. ha3
40 more trouble with ihs bugs, / atso tr;sa ~ -
N caniiaower, cabbage and tomato niant.
which we're attacked b the small bl.ck bnn b@4. -.
:ibbage fea, as have heard then, called x;.h
.Qual success. The sluos had ahont hs,,f a.
roured five or six varieties Of mr. rosra. ,sr.
'hen, . good spriokling With it the rinrt va.
noeed forthwith. II is equally ef;csc;o,,s
against that desestable bed fellow. thu had >hu~
scaid -FOUR bed cords and wash ycur brdstesd,
% the solution. intend this season to frv IL
~ few Flum trees, and see how the curc5,;o
n "a II The hest wAv IN .1nf- :. :. 'o