The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-14

have received the following letter from Fsssa
Bennersholtz, Of Warren County. Pa, w
has some very good IDEAS about farming, =
though his knowledge of the English Language
is rather slight
+. yIAmEChFmgnyb srs3 <ysars eheera il
Anekica, las beeA lkef outsof mon u 10(
farmer for make poor farm rsch. So d
ct get them for half rent, in six years hai
them rich. Dear fafrne in America, if yuE
has SO acre clear Land, pigs, cows, and yol
of oxen, plant acres Of corn, 4 acres pota
toes, AscSa ofWeat lprias eF.getVE If ths
ground Il sachg, sdies oGlsS ncfes clover;
makes all your clear land in Is lots
TUX your cattle in the moining about
O clock on the naster. aad ii or IL thek then
in stable: tax good wheelbare full of clover
HON and your COW with, 30 yous COW res1
y. pure,giv more milk spa, plapty sminpr;
yuas <ssSG 6h.sesAst = - Arse u GsAobel
with timothe grass seed; only hare then
necks year; you potatps Gid minuret good and
put corn in yppY alihest IA. lsna plovsd e
tos in pekst year, after oa.s. If you has nc
pastor outsid, thak your oldest gras 6ld, pas
-aWeki j. 4 lssrse yeeslaA II 1st RAs1 ceutc
2 lot, ! wealth in pu thear minuret corn, loi
oats. ! lot clover, ! paster, lot for hay
Feed yonr COW in winter time ich day pail
full slops fnom potatns aid csrn meal; in six
years you will be well off man, you cattle il
rich you land is rich, and you be rich. You
can makes potAtos in stoppl, and oats in the
paster cornfeld makes your cattle good betI
every day waihs STRAW or sleses If you has nc
straw; be careful as you loos no urien from
your cattle, them is the best minure.
/ y Inrxsuahinx Moop. III idea M pre-
pairing wood in such manner that Il viii re-
sjst the influences of decay is not new one.
One of the ysinpleak nethsdA which is al
most UNIVERSAL is the practice which farmers
have Of charring their fence posts in order
that they may not rot in the ground. A
great many experiments have been made by
ship carpenters TO discover q solution which
would renden their timber imperyions to the
matter has kept il before the attention of the
pubic for many years, and continued experi-
gIlaltE have attested the iutaresG taksa in this
subject. A Mr.. Robbins, OF St. Louis,
claims to have discovered process, both
reiisble md pracsible. by which any kind OF
wood may be preserved in an exposed state
without the least danger of decay and With
Eeui the necessity of renewal. The ma. eriAls
70 be used have long been known in England,
Abut now for the first time have they been
brought into practical use. Ii consists in
filling the pores Of wood with certain oleag-
nous yapors. coal tar, resin and other like
substances, which preserve il from decay.
He claims that his process may be applied to
the living tree, so that when IT is felied the
operation of the causes which insures it's
decay will be prevented. Not the least im-
portant trait of the discovery is the fact that
soft woods, snch as cotton wood and zine,
may be rendered nearly as hard and quite as
imperishable as finely grained timber. and
also susceptible OF high polish If this
invention comes into general practical use
the consequences which will result viii be
Incaiculable.
WITcHGRAss it is said may be subdued BY
sowing the land with burkwheat two or three
Nmes year and blowing it in.
= RYE FOR PAsTuRE-Rye maths are excel>
lent for pasture, and il b especially valuable
on new farms thai are short Of good passure
lots Sow any ssGae now, and if you choose,
seed with timothy. Clover can be added IN
March to good advantage. Bye can be pas
tured close in the fab and yet produce good
crop the next season. rGirfe Farmer
NV Hampshire has voted TO locate her
Agricultural College in Hanover, connecting
II with Dartmouth.
TIE Maine Farmer boasts of the smart
work of Frank Stone, ofNew Sharon. thir-
teen years old the present month, who shear
twenty sheep in one day, doing his work IN
good shape.
JoHs NJ CaAwroRD and brother, of Put
nam, VI. took from yearling buck lsi lbs.
Of wool; Of the fleece was of the buck weigh
ed eighty pounds The heeces of his entire
Sock averaged ten pounds and fourteen
ounces