Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-06-19

Il. Paint an tools exposed TO- the
weather, and if with 9 light ooloTed1
paint, theE viii not heat warp and
crack the least IN the sun.
2. Din we'll seasoned shingles IN
lime wash, and dry them before lay
ing, and they will last much longer,
and not become covered with moss,
3. In hitching q horse to a common
rail or worm fence, always select the
inside corner, which Will be more Sc
cure by its braeing position, and the
halter will not become entangled
among the projecting ends Of the rails,
as when hitched to an outside corner.
4. Always tie halter by making
first single loop and then thrUstIng
the end Of the halter through this
loop. This is quickly united and viii
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.
6. In screWing nuts on TO any part
of machinery, in cold weather, be care
ful not to heat them first By the hands,
Or they will contract after being
screwed on tight, and become immoY-
able afterwards.
z. In ploughing or teaming on the
road in hot weather, always rest the
horses on an eminenCe, and where one
minute WlH be worth tWOi in a warm
valley.
8: In setting out young orchards,
always register the varieties imme-
diately IN a book, where they may be
referred to in a few years when the
trees commence bearing and after the
labels are lost and the names forgot
ten.
8, In laying out gardens for fruits
and vegetables, place everything in
drills or rows, SO that they may be cul-
tlYated by a horse, and thus save the
expense of hand labor.
10. Plant q patch of Osier willows
on every farm. A rod square will
furnish as manv bands for binding
eornstalkss straw, &C., as an acre Of
rye straw.
IL. Remove every stone from the
track in the highway a single pro-
lection which might have been re-
moved In one minute, has battered
and injured thousand wagons at a
damage equal to q hundred DAYS labor.
II. When board fences become
old, and the boards begin to come Of,
nailupright facing strips upon them
against each post, and the boards vii
be held in their place. and the fence
viii last several years longer. 1
13. Always set post fence over
ditch, or near q good drainage, and the
post always remains dry, and will last
many years longer than those standing
in the wet sub-sOil,
IA. In writing on wooden labels of
marking sticks, with a common pencil,
if the wood be first vet, the mark viii
last two years if written on dry, one
or two rains viii wash it all away.
10. Always keep a supply of cop
per wire on hand, of different sizes,
for repairing tOols--It is greatly super
ior to either tWine or iron wire,
10. Every farmer should have a
neat tool room, against the smooth
walls Of which a suitable place should
be had for hanging up every tool. An
be painted on the wall to remind ev-
cry nan Of its abseqce when left ont
of place. soa4 ID
II: Oil paint, applied to houses
and barns. outbuildings and fences,
will last much longer, and harden
much better, If pitt on as late as the
middle Of autumn, instead Of during
the heat Of summer.
is. Every bin and granary should
have q scale or upright row of figures
marked inside, showing accurately the
number of bushels to fill 1t to each
figure. This win enable the farmer
to know at q glance how much grain
he has raised or has on hand. - BurdJ
Afairs.