, 1866-01-18

it Is dangerous to visit tho Osage seed country.
al Of which i mere bos:,.
The seed Hill reach here in the course Of
next month, or te-io to do SO. and these:vor-
th{cs will purchase then to fill their orders;
but the great bulk Of the crop will cone up
the river In March o: April Il Is not soWn
until time TO plant corn, SO there is no need
OF hurry In the matter, as those who have
large lots Of 1t will advertise In gooatime.
some hopes Of its coming down. A1fesdY the
plant men begin to talk Of three aud four dol
fars thousand for the plants next Faj1,
The seed grown In this State will produce
plants for hundreds Of miles Of hedge.
osAGE TIMBER.
The timber of the Usage IL valuable for
many purposes, and Is said to be exceedingly
durable for posts. It is SO hard when season
ed that it is almost impossible to drive a nail
in It. We use It for hoop poles and vineyard
among the valuable timber trees to plant
in our groves and bills. It Is staight tree,
growing thirty tu forty feet high, and foot
or more in diameter. For WAGON hubs It has
high reputation and Is also much used for
felloes. Sawed out and bent 1t may come into
general use at the North.
The plants are so cheaply grown and easily
sct out TINT a few acrcs Of 1t In shelter belts
would cost but tri1c.
Set plants Of the rcd cedar foot apart in
The shears, and in eight to ten years you VIII
have fence that no domestic animal can get
through.
Onr ideas Of live fences have been some
what changed OF late years. By the term
hedge, Is meant closely sheared wall OF
some thorny tree that will turn stock An
ornamental hedge is made Of some non-re-
sisting shrub that has the appearance Of
hedge, but will not turn stock On the other
hand live fence may be formed Of the bodies
Of trees grown 20 closely that no animal can
pass between them. In this case the presence
Of thorns arc Of little value, the wood Itself
interpreting barrier. m-an cases Vheee
live screen or hedge Is required, some COM
hut when the tree Is allowed to grow aud to
make fence Of the body Of the tree, any
tree that will bear close planting and whose
wood Ia durable, will answer the purpose
The red ash being long lived md Of small
size, Is valuable for this purpose. The white
willow, fot, its rapid growth md cheap plant
Ing will become popular. White ash, some of
forest trees will make live fences.
CORN GOES FOR FUEL.
A ton Of corn cobs il equal to ton of coal
for fuel, according to our experience, aud we
would as soon think Of throwing ton Of coal
into the street as ton Of cobs.
A bushcl Of corn whet dry produces ten
pounds Of cobs, or ton to every two hun
dIed bushels Of corn. There are few farmers
who do not feed five hundred bushels OF corn
during the year, producing two aud half
tons of cobs, worth not less than eix dollars
ton on the avcr1ge. Here are fifteen dollars
wasted, or nearly that amount, for the shell
ling can be done at odd times, when nothing
else can be done. To do this
HASn CORN sHELLER
Is wanted. For the last eight years ne hive
used one Of these shelters, costing. eighteen
, dollars. II has fan and sepazntes the cobs
had there been added a pulley so aslo attach
1t TO horse power, the thing would be COM
plete. As It is three men will shell and sock
nearly B load day with It. If some manu-
fatturer would get up such machine and ad-
,s ysrti.s it. thoqsant!s Of fa5me5s would thank
looked over the whole collection of corn shell
lers for such a machine, that wonld come
within the reach Of the farmers, but could
find none. Those made Tor hand use did not
separate the cobs, and those for horse power
were too large md expensive.
The machines for shelling on large scale
were most admirably adapted to the purpose,
but the real want of the farm has been over
looked. Farmers should use the slate and
pencil more than they do. This would enable
them to point out to The mechanic what they
want. Let us try the slate litt1e on one
thousand bushels Of corn. Such g shelter as
indicated would cost at this time about 80.
The average distance to haul corn We will put
at eight miles, and call 1t worth two dolafs
load, Of twenty three hundred and forty-ave
pounds, Tor hauling. Corn Is sold In the ear
at seventy pounds, which would make thirty
three and one-third bushels, or three loads to
the hundred bushels, equal to six cents
bushel- The roads must be good to do this,
and the farmer not busy with other work.
OF. corn usually feeds half Of 1t. leaving 500
bushels to market. This at six cents bnshel
Is 9S0- The salne reducedto shelled corn will
weigh q, GOO pounds, against nnshelled 81, 900
pounds. making difference Of {, 900 pounds,
Or nearly three anda half loads, thus saving
We have this result. namely: