The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-12-06
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and We raise large number every year.
But sm also ioad Of having good gar.
cen. To secure both. however. have
found il heretofore q difficult NATTER
But | have lately constructed fence
around my garden that presents such a
perfect barrier against chickens. dogs and
rabbits, that am induced 10 Send you
description Of it for the benefit Of those
who take your paper. Ny fence is made
Of boards sixteen feet long, nailed to stout
posts. The boards next to the ground |
had sawed ten inches wide and the two
upper boards, six inches Each PANEL is
composed Of i've boards, the edge Of the
lower board resting On the ground. The
space over the lower plank was left one
and q half inches wide; over the second
board, three inches and over the fourth
bNard, five inches. now thok plank
Of ore inch thickness. and sawed out
ss5ipc one ;DSS vide ard one fo0t io1ig.-
These strips were nailed against the side
of the fcnce--where the tops Of the posts
were, eight feet apart /; aud in such way
that the strips projected six inches above
the fence. Through each nne of these,
near the top, bored small gimlrt hole.
4 quantity Of wire, the size Of large
knitting needle, aud sufficient to reach
once around my acre Of garden, had pre-
viuuSly been purchased in Cincinnati.--
This was now taken and run through the
gimlet holes. aud stretched NJ tight as it
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tened in such way as to cause ringing
whenever anything should come against
it.
After fully completing my fence, stood
back tN see what the fowls would do un.
der tho circumstances. | did not wait
long before drove Of them came up and
tried to get in But it was "nO co.
rhev could not light or the top plank. for
the wire would strike them on the breast
Thus they would ha.;I with their neck>
uver the wire and flute which would
cause a ringing noise that so frightened
them that, after one or two NIT, mptS. they
were ready to give il M rs n bad job. -
1t was rot long before my dog made a
trial. lie, too. failed to get IN. Indeed,
it proves a perfect barrier against dogs,
chickens and rabbits. 1t works like q
charm. lUhio Valley Farmer
TEMPERATURES OF THE SnIL.-If no other
argument could be dr,iuced in favor OF
under d. aining, the fact that it equaliz, S
the temperature during the season OF
growth would he enough to recommend
it. The tcmnerature Of water issuing
from under drains, as compared with the
temperature Of the soil at the same level.
shows that during its passage it pats
with heat which must rise upward. Du
ring the entire month Of April. the soil is
much warmer at night than the air, nj
though perhaps mewhat colder during
the day. The average Of its temperature.
however. is much higher in drained than
in an undrained field, hut It is the same al
night a. in the day no lns> Of heat occurs
from the surface OF the soil bv evaporator.
ur at least much less luSS than with un.
drained fields, and thus We see that thr
temperature Of the soil, from the cXtrcm $
Of winter aud summer, is materially modi,
lied.
Water falling through the atmosphere
and partaNing Of It's temperature, sinks
readily in unier-draiued soils. while in
others it runs from the surface, hecome>
cold by the evaporation of a portion, dis
solves large amounts Of the more soluble,
and therefore more progressed and valua
bic nurganic constituents Of the surface,
and carries them 10 the nearest ditch OF
brook
The same truths apply in some degree
TO subSoIl blowing, and when the two are
combined, n longer season is the conSe,
quence.
The continued downward cvapo' alton
in well prepared s'.il<, rende,> the feeding
Of the plants continuous and not Unequal.
as with soils badly prepared, which sup.
ply the necessary amount Of m"isture lnl
the solution Of surface fertilizers only du.
ring rains aud heavy dew>, :e,vins tn,
soil incapable Of permitting the free &C
cess Of atm sphere aud the accompanying
humid condition. Working Farmer.