Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Howard County, Mo.) 1866-1869, 1869-10-01
formers' Column.
40 KEEP RATS FROM HARNESS.
'lIe Who byine plough would thrive,
Himself must either hold or drive"


harness have been more or less annoyed
by having them injured by rats. We
give few hints us to how this may be
avoided, though everybody knows, or
effects to know what is best. The re-
ceipes here given are collected from
different sources:
Take about tcaspoontul of Cayenne
pepper, mix it thoroughly with quart
of oil, and rub the harness with the
mixture. This, it is claimed, will not
only keep rats from gnawing thee har-
ness, but it will also prevent horses
and colts from chewing their lines or
halters.
Take two quarts of green lecks, pour
over them one gallon of oil, and let 1t
stand few days before using; the
longer it stands the better.
A little beuzine rubbed over the
harness after it has been oiled is said
to be sure preventive, but is it not
recommended by many, on account of
the idea that it Injuries the leather.
One ounce of aloes to one gallon of
oil will prevent rats from destroying
the harness.
1t is also claimed that by mixing a
small quantity, say table spoonful of
pine tar to one quart of oil, harness
will be most effectully protected from
any injury: bat if to much is put on
the leather will not absorb it. 1t will
collect dirt, besides making the har-
ness unpleasant to handle.-[ Harness
and Carriage Journal.
LAND OCCUPIED By FENCES.
The materials and labor required to
build and keep fences in repair are
among the heavy items of farm eX-
pense. The cost of the land on which
they stand is another item, on which
J. Harris, of Rochester, discourees as
follows in the american .Agriculturist:
How much land does an old fash
ion fence occupy? | have always
thought it took up good deal Of land,
but never had the curiosity to measure
But this simmer we have been build
ing a stone wall along tho whole west
side of the farm, and, after it was COM
pleted, and the old fence removed, |
was surprised at the quantity of land
we had gained. The ground, Of
course, might have been ploughed
closer to tho fence but, taking the case
as its actually was, the old rail-fenre
with stones, weeds, rubbish, &c, occu.
WED strip Of one rod wide. A field
thirty-one rods long and thirty-one
rods wide containing about six acres,
If surrounded by such a fence. it would
occupy little over three-quarters of an
acre of land. A farm Of one hundred
and sixty acres so fenced would have
twenty acres Of land taken up in this
worse than useless manner. Not only
is the use of the land lost, but it is, in
the majority Of cases, nursery of
weeds and, in blowing much time is
lost in turning, and the headlands and
corners areseldom properly cultivated.
A MARK EFT FOR POTATOES.
The crop eff potatoes this year prom
ises to be large one. To the question.
What shall we do with then? Rural
of thr Chicago Tribune answers
What you cannot sell, feed to your
cows, horses and pigs. In the New
England States and New York, in the
old time, the potato crop had had nc
commercial value, but was Of great i'm,
portance for feeding purposes. Better
give our work teams in spring feed
of potatoes at noon, rather than corn
especially if we feed corn at night and
morning. If you have a dry COW TO
fat, feed her potatoes. If short of corn
for the pigs, boil potatoes for them
A F eck day to each COW will add tc
your yield of butter. The surplus for
market is more apparent than real,
after deducting for home use. Thous-
ands of farmers families at the West
will have winter supply for the first
time, thanks to the potato mania. The
Colorado potato bug, that was to sweep
away this crop and cut it off from the
list of good plants, has disappeared
from among us Gin Central Illinois, J
and the potato bids fair to be more
valuable than before.
THE HOP CROP. ...
The Green Bay wisconsin, Adro
cate says:
1--WE gather from our exchanges
that the hop crop in this State will be
better than last year. In some places
it is damaged by lice, but the destruc
ton is confined to limited localities
In some places the picking has com
menced. but generally the crop viii
not be ready for picking until the Lat
ter part Of this week. At Baraboc