The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-25
horticultural Items.

teresting to our farmers and hortieul-
turalists;G l5.r
Mr.. L,F. Allen, in his American
Cattle" favors leaving shade trees ~
pastures, while giving the objections
urged against the plan their que
weight.
The Farmers Cabinet says 3 piece
of lard as large as q walnut, mixed
with dough, will cause a hen to COM
mence laying Immediately after she
has beeHEbroken up from sitting; and
by giving hens fat In this way, they
may be kept laying all winter. ~
To SAVE GIRDLED TREEs.-Tt is.
recommended by the Farmers C9Eb
of New York, :" to cut away the edges
OF the wound till a fresh, healthy BARK
IS seem then take bark from the large
limbs efcany tree of the same kind,
and cut the edges so as to it the gap
exactly having the ends of the strips
pressed against the fresh bark of the
tree, wind the whole tightly with a
bandage.H This in other words, is
restoring the bark. Ii Is also recon-
mendedl TO connect the upper and
lower bark by gratis ~(seions).
RooT CROPS IN TUE WEsT.-Ofth
great value Of root crops for feeding
t milch cows, sheep, and to some ex-
tent to other stock, there IS no ques-.
ton; but while cOrn can be raised so.
much more easily and cheaplys as 1t
can, In the West, it is likely to con
tinue to- be more popular and the
favorite feed to stock. Again, root
crops generally do not succeed as well
in this0JatitadeTas they do further
north. The ruta baga at the north
yields immense crops, but here we
have Eever known 10 to do a quarter
as well md frequently nearly fails en-
tirely.-Jouraat of agriculture. 81 -.
FARDBELra-On our large West
r farms a good, clear toned bell is q
great observation-disclosures a necessity.
Such bells are now sold at 81 low q
price that any large farmer can obtain
one. The farmers wife who has one
at command, we'll knoWsits utility and
convenience, a well as its advantage
over fhe old fashione1 tin-horn.
Every school house in the West
should also be furnished with a good
bell. Hardness among pupils would
then be1 exeusable from rundown
clocks ahd unsteady watches.-P Prairie
Farmer.
SIZE or Potato SETs FOR PLANT
ING.-A late number of the Journal
of the Royal Agricultural Society of
England has a report of Mr.. Maw's
experiments on the potato crop, to
determine the most profitable size OF
sets, which is a very practical paper,
and GOES to settle a question of much
impOrtance, about which very diverse
views have been held, and defective
praetiee followed. Mr. Nav was
distinguished scholar at Cirencester
Every increase in the size of the set
from Zone ounce up to eight LOUNGES
produces an increase of crop mucl
greater than the additional weighto
sets PLANTED. The net profit In usin.
four ounces instead of one ounce sets
amounted to between two and three
tons per acre, and the further prof
from four to eight ounces averaged
about five tons. The advantage o.
large sets was more In late than early
sortsa Small sets yield best wheI
planted close in the rows, say from
six inches TO nine inches, aud In nj
case should the distance exceed
twelve inches. Weight for weight
cut sets produce the same weight 0
crop as whole potatoes. rnog g
How TO TREAT BALKY HORSES
If you have balky horses, it is you
own fault, and not the horses, for i
they do not pull true, there Is som
cause fOr1it. aud if you will remov,
the cause, the effect will cease. Whei
your horse balks he is exciteds an,
does not know what you want him I
do. When he gets a little excited
stop him for five or ten minutes; lie
him become calm; go to the balk
horse, pat him and speak gently I
hun and as soon as he is over hi
excitement, he will, in nine cases on
of ten, pull at the word. Whipping
and slashing,and swearing, only make
the matter worse. After you haV
gentled awhile, and his excitemeI
has cooled down, take him by the bits
turn him each way for a few minute
as far as you can; pull cut the tongu,
gentle him a little; unrein him; the
step believe the balky horse, and !,
the other start first; hen you ca
take Them any where you wish.
balkv horse is always high spirite
and starts quick; half the pull is o,
heioEs the other starts; by standiI
before him the other starts first. /
close application to this, rule, you c;
make any balhy horse publ, IF a hor
has been badly spoiled, you shou
hitch him to an empty wagon, al
pullit around awhile on level groun
then put on a small load, and increa
il gradually, caressing as before, al
in a short time you have a good wo
horse.-AnlericdR Farmer.
PAINTING TREEs@lThenextm NOR
ing being bright and sunny, the @
man piloted the boys into the tN
acre corn6eld they had planted. {
the way thither they passed under
fine Mayduke cherry tree, then load
with delicious fruit. The rain a
wind had shaken off quantities
cherries, which lay upon the grouT
These the boys stopped to gather a
est,L splitting out the stones In eve
direction. Noticing their actioI
Unale Benny spoke up: Boys, VIII
| was in Spain L learned a prove
which has been in use in that coun
for ieenturies- He who plants trt
loves others besides himself.
means that, as it takes nearly q il
time for many a tree to grow and p
duce fruit, the chance is that he W
plants the tree will hardly live Il
enough to eat The product, and q
he must, therefore, love those "
are to come alter him, or he wot
not plant trees of whose fruits II
are more likely to partake than
Now, whenever O Spaniard eat
peach a cherry, or a pear by the 70
side, he works out a little hole in
ground with his foot, and pla
the stone; he thinks of those "