The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-02-10
THE FARM.

'.39 lsI,.. THE FARM.
Farmers. remember what some wise and
witty one has said in reference to your busi-
ness The best bank ever known, is q
bank of earth; it never refuses to discount
to honest labor And the best share is the
pillow share ON which dividends are always
liberal"
p CURE OF CoLIc IN HORSES The follow
ing is a certain cure for collie in horses b We
have seen it tried dozens of times and al
ways with success. We are sure it viii.
save any horse if our directions are follow
ed: Dissolve one pint of salt in a pint of
hot water, then add quart of good vinegai,
and pour half the mixture down the horses
throat IF the horse is not well in half an
hour give him the remainder, and you will
soon find him all right. Sos
STRAWBERRY EDs.-Should be carefully
weeded out as soon as the state of the soil
will admit. 1t often happens that this work
is left until the plants are in bloom; or neg
lected altogether, much to the injury of the
crop. 1t will pay to cultivate this crop
well, aid thereby secure the best results.
All who have plot OF ground, if it be only
garden patch, should set out strawberry
bed to furnish, if possible, an abundant
supply of this delicious fruit at least for
home consumption.-Jo of H0rticuL-
ture. r. H-h
Too MUCH LAND-We know farmer
who, ten years ago, owned $50 acres, and
was doing well !; he now owns five hundred,
and is worse off than before And why?
Because this large farm is a great bill of ex-
pense to him; he cannot afford to keep it
up in good condition and it hangs mill
stone of care about his neck His wife and
children, both sons and doughters, are
obliged to work hard Ia, keep the great ma
chine q running. We presume his boys de-
clare they will leave home as soon as they
are old enough and the girls say they will
die before they will marry farmers. Neither
sons nor daughters are educated as they de-
serve to be; they cannot be spared Tor this
from work on the big farm. f,,ra,
Now we declare that such farm is
curse to its preseason and his family, and an
| injury to the whole agricultural interest.
| II that man wants TO save himself and his
| household, he should sell at least nne-half
of his land, improve the remainder to make
| it more productive, release his children from
| bondage, and try to make his home a COM
| fort. He will live longer, lay up as good
| property, end will train up more intelli-
gent and happier family.-Anaerican Agri-
| cufturist.
| FoUNDERINe HoRsEs-A certain cure for
| founder in a horse is to stand him in water
| up to his belly. / have known 1t practiced
for fifty years; and swathing the legs in hot
water, vinegar and sugar of lead, are all good
to some extent; but founder must be re-
lieved suddenly, or the horse will show stiff
ness in his action, and have deformed and
| cailustender hoof. sf Z n aa sgsasfif-
la Water applied to the legs do not con-
slider a positive cure-the disease must be
attacked at the root, by bleeding; q few
! drops of blood taken from below the fet-
locks viii; hasten his recovery. But the most
4 certain anal quick remedy that have ever
known is green gourd Take q large green
gourd, cut it up. put it into gallon Of
water and boil lit down 10 quart. Strain
the liquid and drench-in twenty fonr hours
the horse will be perfectly himself 4 Fhe
i'gnurd is q powerful dinretic. and will cause
the horse to stale the most offensive. .odor.
. In 1922 Itradedlfor two young mares in
1 Augusta, Georgia. / rode one of them to
i Kentucky, and my. servant the other. Early
zone tsrning, at hecrossingo of Clinch River,
I Tennessee, We found one of the mares 30
badly foundered, that she could not be led
out of the stable. procureda green gourd
and drene6ed heras above, and directed the
servant to remain until she was able to travel,
\ expecting that be would reach home in three
4 or;four days after me; the next day after
my arrival he came in. withthe. mare in as
4 good plight as if nothing had happened
4 Cor. Rura1 World. ti ii sai..eeFi
How TO PREPARE LAND FOR ORCHARDS
AND GARDENs.-We are often asked how to
prepare ;ilciiand for this tree or that one,
for strawberries, tor grapes, and all kinds Of
j orchaid and garden plants. Let rs once foI
all give explicit directions for each and all
If the ground is not underdrained, the best
and only good preparation is to plough as
deeply as good team can pull the plough
and follow with snbsnil litter, run as deep
ly as another team can pull it. Add to this
a good coat of stable manure, if it can be
had; if not use the best fertilizer that car
lie procured, always remembering that the
best ofthese last are bnt moderate substi
tute for the former When this is done
there is no necessity for digging large holes
or Tor putting manure in the holes; and j
careful estimate is made of the cost Of tbi
kind of preparation, as compared with tn,
e expense Of digging large holes, it will b,
found to be as economical and vastly NOR
beneficial But when time and labor ar
wanting, as is sometimes tho case in plant
ing orchards and vineyards, to prepare th
entire land in this manner, it is much bette
to plough and sutsoil strips of lanss abou
!. Eve feet wide, where The rows Of trees an
!, vines are to be planted, than to depend upo
!. digging large holes. We are opposed
! putting any manure or stimulants In ii
I holes with the ronts Let the fertilizers /
| Incorporated in the soil, where The roo
: will find them as they grow, but not slim
| late them to a luxuriant growth at the on
t set, that they may he starysd as soon
r they reach the sides OF the hole We ha
Q never known this method Of preparation
J, fail when followed with proper cultiyatio