The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-05-06

one + two pounds Of fleece Of all thus
eark shorn. The wool sold for no
better price than heavier heeces taken
off late in the season. Do not kill
your sheep by shearing too early, but
wait until ne have some right bot
days to start the grease.
There is a growing feeling in favor
of having the place or places of hold
ing the State Fairs permanently fixed.
Gen. Patrick, retiring President of
the New York State Agricultural So
ciety, says he has found a general
feeling in favor of selecting three,
four, or FIVE points, erecting perma-
nent buildinls and holding the Fairs
in rotation in these places.
A farmer in Vermont, who has
planted Norway oats, reports that
they grow larger than the common
kind they are much heavier, yielding
ar the rate of 200 bushels to one Of
seed; they are fully as early as the
ordinary variety, and are preferable,
because they are ten or twelve pounds
heavier TO the bUshel.
There are few farms whose average
production could not be doubled in a
very short time by more capital and
labor. lit Is safer TO use capital In
farming than In almost any other
business. The credit of the plow is
quite as good as that of the loom or
the anvil, and the capital viii come
if it is called for. Use more manure,
and get thirty bushels wheat, where
you now get fifteen, and eight Of corn
where you now get forty. The quantity
of grain grown per acre Is mainly a
question ofmanuTe and tillage. A bin
compost heap makes a full grain big.
With high manurinE, the soil needs
deeper stirring and a gradual bring
ing up Of the subsoil to the surface.
With the present horse harrows and
cultivatOrs, nearly all the cultivation
can be done by horse power. at o great
saving Of expense, and q great IL
crease Of the crops. Plan TOR big
crops this season.
New WAYoF SowING Grass SEEDS.
At a late meeting of the Herkimer
County On. V Farmers Club, Mr..
Cephas johnson stated that of late he
had seeded down his land by stirring
into the grain to be soWn just water
enough t Wet the surface Of the ker-
mel. The timothy and clover seed
thoroughly mixed with the wet grain,
adhered to it In such a hammer
that the whole could be sown togeth-
er broadcast, and very evenly and,
perhaps in consequence of the nutri-
ment derived from the decay of the
grain, he thought the grass seed was
more sure to take than when sown in
liany other way. Red top should be
sown by itself.
STRAWBERRY EDs-Sh0uld be care
fully Wee6ed out as soon as the state Of
the soil viii admit. It often happens
that this work Is left until the plants
are in bloom, or neglected altogether.
much to the injury Of the crop. 1t
will pay to cultivate this crop we'll,
and thereby secure the best results.
All who have a plot Of ground,
though it be only a garden patch.
should set out a strawberry bed, TO
furnish, if possible, an abundant sup
ply of this delicious fruit, at least
for home cOnsumptlOn.-J0uTRdt Of
Hort.
PLANTING GRApEs.-We do not
advise the planting of the strong
growing varieties Of grape vines to
single stakes or posts. The Rogers
Is, which has proved a success where
it has had plenty of room, has nearly
failed when trained spirally to a post.
Other rampant growers require the
same treatment, and should have
space. Plant, if possible, those varie-
ties that have most successfully with
stood rot and mildew-the two great
hindranoes to profitable g~rap5-cultuTe
Journal Of Hort.
BoNEsFoR FowLs.-Bones usually
have attached to them q quantity OF
flesh and tat, which render them valu-
able. The fat enables the fowls To
resist the cold the flesh gives them
muscle and material for the formation
of eggs; the carbonate of lime fur.
nishes egg shells, and the phosphate
!, yields materials for bones and for the
: tissues.
; a boy can. in a few minutes, ch0E
/ Hupwith a Ratchet. all the lesser bones
: that come from the table, and we re.
i gard them as very valuable. II We
: were to start q poultry establishment
: on q large -cale, we should certainly
make arrangements to procure al. tb'
/. fresh bone. possible. 1t would no
I be difhcul5 to devise q machine tina
would crack them into frag ments th'
size eff large beans. and we would &c
4, pail twice-hrstt through the chickens
and secondly, tArought the improve.
character of the mauUre.-FIrmeT
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