, 1869-03-10
THE FARM AND GARDEN.

Earth Closets Value Of 6fEhe S0kl- |
Tree .v1EoFaEors-OxAEs Seed VI. /
Lurnber tor BsncanE-uatesta1 for I
Ru.Idtsg-someshIn AboaE Fnfm |
Hollainss-" Il sKdhu Farmer en |
10 tho Cost Tf CofNs
81 eclal Agricultural Correspondence Of Thu Chi |
cago T1taune.
cuAxrA1ox, H., Mareh 9, 1863.
EARTu-cLosETs,
A pamphlet Of iorty-6v pages, with the
above title, By Geo. E. Wartnx sold at the |
Prairie Farmer Office, twenty five cents. Tho
rrett feature of this work, which Is mainly |
the reproduction OF An English pamphlet, Is
10 chow the value Of dlJ earth u deodorizcr
or dIsinfectant Of night soil, and how cheaplY |
Dry earth has large power Of absorption,
md this Little work gives i.ll directions aud
drawings how IL may be cheaply spilled.
The old doctrine Of the value Of lime IN com.
iar' i.l SUPERIOR. p % fals n i.ct i H. not
ne to many Of our farmers, bnt Is not 80
we'll understood Is 1t should be. In this con-
nection baye used partially dried, or rotten,
results; but to have supply at all seasons
Of are dried torth is more desirable.
By the use Of this dry earth, portablc clos
cts can be placed In the sick.Foom Without
any Offensive odor; In tactit will prevent any
whatever, and make the mir Of such room
docs not state the cost Of the Apparatus. or
wnether /. Is made In this country, IWouid,
therefore, call the attention Of our mAnufac.
ture1s to Its value: They viii be valuable on
many accounts, Instead Of water, dry earth
Is d. charged into the yanlt, md the 1uodor-
Gus mass may be used as u fertilizer. In
European cltles poudrettc IL a source Of revc+
nue., and ought to be 20 In onr cities, where
the richness Of the sewers Is thrown away. or
sent INTO the streams to render the wAter In
pure, aud to ill the alt with poison.
Nlrht-soil Is one Of the bert aud cheapest
fertilizers Tor garden :cropa and meadows.
But In this country 1t Ii not utilized to any
great extent There arc one or Two con-
pauics about New York city that make ior-
tune snnuallJ out Of 1t but in all our VII
source Of Ina}ATla and nuisance. This eau
be eaeiiy changed, without paying soms man
an c1orbitant patent lee, aud N the end reap
profit from that which has been pest 10
cun ba made In the city and shipped TO any
part Of the country. Hho will take hold Of
this new enterprise. and receive the money
and thanks Of thousands Of pcople!
TREE 1ST1aoRAToRs.
The persissence with which this class Of
| Orchardf4ts shows t1at they reap 4 rich haE-
vest, aud that the fools arc not al dead, BY a
large percentage. II would appear that tbs
claims are 10 c1travagant shat no re1ecttus
man would for moment entertain the prop.
osition to purchase, or that any man could
he found 50 p1nzLn IS to offer such goods In
! the market.
One OF this class of men, who became no.
I torious In this state, has gone East anl as-
surcs bis friends that he Is doing . thriving
we'll enough. for VIC Of the Weat owe our
Eastern cousins large balance In that direc.
| tlop, for corn. potatoes, plants and seeds OF
no value, Which include good show OF tao
strawberry mud grapc. In tinr we may re-
pny tue debt, Tor We have some genius in
tivAted. The aRocky Mountain corn' Was
premature 6zzlc from DeKa1b County :;
"su1ar NillctH did very well; "Metca!f Straw
berry" only RAPED lew hundred 1kaars !;
the Mammoth Cluster Raspber1St' wi1i
probably receive the same fate. The fact Is,
those men don't bite good At our wares, mod
VIC SHALL be Obliged to make our headquarters
for these operations among them. II our tnvlg-
orator man does we'll, Y { might send others,
as NC have quite number Of small things
on short notice. But what was going 10
talk about Is not ours, but m Eastern inYen
ted tree inTigorator. Here Il what IL mod
c.tly claimed for It.. Certainly ro Intelligent
reader Of TIE TRIBUNE can be deceived With
my such bosh:
Ibis preparation Is The reaalt Of several yeA.s'
study sna experiment, and II ackuowled9td t.
be the most uteful combination Of ingredient,
ever offered fo1 tht purposl detlgued. Ihe ne
ITS 10 be derived frr Its fruit Trees, rirch
md nsesa1 kinds OF vegetation arc a1n-as lnca1
"Nhsn applied 70 tbs t1ss the oil used In tt.
psepasat1un penet1a,es erey pore-destEoYins III
H.tm y the heart. .na By connscunK WIN ths
mineral subHauees OF the earth dt sttnya tho cRus,
ard pssyents tho cfrstion Of shy desttu-ttys In
ait u1u ics.ant,y destroy nj pests th1. dcti.
their 1nuiment nom the zap Of .hs tfeea, saca I
the peach grab, bo:as, enltnlio: locuaI o.rl
seei. 10 1o frn,s .ses., 1in sSd % vsss -
ta1ion. and successfully prevents them from coH,
P r. o. s1s I'd oG e,r1 Y
!hs afub. a fertilizer i h.s ~ eqa,l
IL Ss sss Ta proaaess sS as1 h.sy
that sveNs he tree, caoslug the old b1rk 10 pes
Oh, While bsautiot new green bark taxes It
% sppis s1rs. I'D es:spes i ID rom Al sns 81 Sssacsc
sld foliage, and R1ves aueh life and strength t
a.t r. fss Of vi
the curculio from s;1nRtue tha p!um ; and mole
! Will net s}ure The uces n orchards where It
se.on. % I'D aa nta "de@ " % tf essIes
L nlto prcye1m mndev Of dry ROT on Rsaota m
!, Invariably rasuses s.em llrce. It Will Kin ii
Roiito bnss and piFastte. and prevents "sefl
j "By as,1 The .u.,gosstos on fsass trees earl
IN the spEtng. It never fills In any iustauee, Ii
.. swa5 . keen; !. n.s been used ,oy fono q d
TO testify 10 tho truth Of the Ahove statencnts,"
= osA0E sxkn Us. LCMD1R-
> Ihe amount Of seed put or the market
: variossly estimated At from eleven to aftce
: ample. One d.m intend to SOW SIX hui
! dred bushels On four hundred acres. Only
part-perhApe more than hklf-wil bo SOW
/, in this state for the use Of our own farmer
e These seeds will make many millions {
i plants, and these plants, msuy thousands (
d of hedge viii eayc Us the purchase OF hut
s dr. ds Of Thousands Of fence-posts and mil
t ions Of feet or pine lu10be for fencing. We,
Il 1t not fot this supply Of fencing materts
!, supplied By this osaEe seed the demand fc
e lumber would be 50 large that the pEis
would be doubled today in the nsrket. IT
demand tor fencing will grow less and let
!, annually, while, were It not for the osAs
!. seed the demand would a1most double u
4 nuluy. 1t Is fortunate for al clAsseA OF OF
SO cheap, efficient aud durable, for the CO
; Of fencing Is large item In the cost OF faru
!, iHg.
q HATKH1AL FOR BUILDING.
. Our State Is one vast lumber yard, and ne
J 1y all farm buildings arc constructed Of 1un
! bcr from the ptue forests olthe north. II th
!. state Of things confines to exist, We u.
- count on dear lumber at n distant day. ]
>, many pasts Of the State We hare good bull
l. ing stone for farm houses, but when It b
II tion have been 20 f4ulty that most peop
8, have been disappointed In them. The SIN
81 may be sud of most Of the ht7ck houees th
Ee hare been put up In the country. Our stos
and brick houses arc damp md unhealthy,
p 4 general thing, aud then agaln thsr !
E. 4 w1ihout rn1~h r1nfr, IN 49,
These facts a1e due, asst, 10 the plln, an
q sscoadlT> 10 the mode Of construction.
u soXrTHISo About BUILDING.
er In the trst place, = building must be Dr.
2. o. it Is not snitsble for residence. To Re
!. der = building Of atone Or brick dry. Il
"a plaster must not be put directly on the VI
Is The wall il4eI must either be hollow OF il
plaster must be furTed ont 70 make m
;" space, 50 - to afrest the d4mpnss that wou
;. come through the brick Or stone. Very Il
people have taken the palna to do eithes
ue these, no=t ofthen 10 ignnr1uce Of the reau.
be Carpentc1s, hkicilayets o. s:one-naAons 4
ID rot Of necessity architects, aud generally
e, ignorant OF taste md nsa a. those who p
D Them 70 perform merely mechanical labor.
he Is, then, The duty Of the farmer to study som
q he II ths expense Of e~,p1oyans, one to sup
as tn1e1d ais building. lie should always be
th IN nlnd that architecture Ia trade, Of =
y not much studied BIZ tha mere carpenter
ID hFiekla5er. 10 person in the city WOE
Cd trust bnIldioE Of any importance
/ the hands Of the contractor, End II the -kau
It prtcautlon Has takeu with Residences IN t
country, We should hars less complal
I, Of badIy plannea a1d worse eonAuuc1
nd dwellings,.
I We must have cheaper brick, and, what
e. OF importance to the farmer, . supply II
~ VIII allow HIM to do the hau1ng Ia the v
N ter time, aud So soon as the. frost Is out
90 the ground, that the wo1km m may 60 At
Ia structure befott he IL fn1ol7td in The hn
ha OF farm work. In this way We could soon
= up better class Of farm houses.