The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-11-28
Intere.tInr 70 Farmers-.short Rules
IN RuraI Ee0uomy. -s=f

1 I'm Rural Economy
L. Paint all tools exposed TO the
weather. and II with light colored
InafnC, they will not heat, warp and
crack the least in the sun.
2. Dip well seasoned shingles in lime
wash, and dry them before laying, and
they VIII last much longer and not be-
come covered with moss.
3. In hitching a horse to n common
rail or worm fence, always select the
cure by its bracing position, and the
halter will not become entangled
among the projecting ends OF the rails,
as when pitched to an outside corner.
4. Always tie a halter by making
first a single loop and then thrusting
the end OF the halter through this loop.
This is quickly united, and will never
come united Of itself.
5. Dip the ends of nails into grease
and they will drive easily into any
hard wood, where otherwise they would
double and break.
8. In screWing nuts on to any part OF
machinery, in cold weather be carefGl
not 10 neat them nEst oy me hs sIs oi
they will contract afteF being screwed
on tight, aud become inmoVable AFTER
wards.
Z. In ploughing or teaming on the
Grad in hot weather, always rest the
horses on an eminence, and where one
minute will be worth TWO in warm
valley.
S. In setting ont young orchards, al
ways register the varieties Immediately
in a book, where they may be referred
10 in a few years when the trees com
meuce bearing and after the labels are
lost and the names forgotten.
9. Inlaying out gardens for fruits and
vegetables, place everything in drllls
or rows, 50 that they may be cultivated
by horse, aud thus save the expense
of Land labor.
10, Plant a patch of osier willows on
every farm, A rod square will furnish
as many bands for binding cornstaiks,
straw, ETC., as an acre of rye straw.
IL, Remove every stone from the track
in the highway. A single projection
which might have been removed in one
minute, has battered and injured
thousand wagons, at a damage equal
to a hundred days labor.
IL. When board fences become old
aud the boards begin to come of, nail
upright facing strips upon them against
each post, and the boards will be held
In their place and the fence will last
eyernl years longer.
10. Always set post fence over
ditch, or near good drainage, and the
post always remains dry, will Last
many years longer than those standing
in wet subsoil.
ii. In writing on wooden labels or
marking sticks, with q common pencil,
il the wood is first wet, the mark will
last TWO years, II written on dry, one
or two rains will wash 1t all away.
10. Always keep a supply of copper
wire on hand, of different sizes, for re-
pairing tools-it is greatly superior to
either twine or iron wire.
10. Every farmer should have neat
tool room, against the smooth walls of
which a suitable place should be pro-
vided for hanging up every tool. An
accurate outline of each tool should be
painted on the wall to remind every
man OF its absence when left out of
place.
II. OIL paint, applied to houses and
barns, outbuildings aud fences, will
last much longer, and harden better, If
put on as late as the middle of Autumn,
instead OF during the heat of the sum
mer.
Is. Every bin and granary should
have scale or upright row of figures
marked inside, showing accurately the
number of bushels to fill it to each
figure. This will enable the farmer to
know at a glance how much grain he
has raised, or has on Manufactured AJ-
fairs.