The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-29
FARM AND GARDEN.

STAPLE product In this country. Our agri.
cultural societies recommend and foster
the cultivation Of roots, our agricultural
writers show the superior quality Of roots
US food for stock; our leading practical
agriculturists vindicate the prOGtableness
Of root Rising, by practicable and t9ngi..
bic results; and still the great body OF
our farmers persist In their prejudice
against the crop, or, at least indifference
tOit
This prejudice and Indifference must
sooner or Inter give way TO more rational
views. II Is well known TINT the health
of animals demand q mixed food. Hay
is indeed for stock, what bread Is for man,
the stall OF life; but rs man can not be
confined 10 bread and water diet, without
injury to his system, neither can domestic
animals lie restricted 10 hay and water
without similar injury. Succulent food
Is necessary, not only to furnish noirish-
mont but 10 keep tho system In o relaxed,
and at the same time, vigorous condi-
ton. For accomplishing this end the root
Cr0p affords the cheapest and best means.
This Is plainly seen by comparing this
with other crops. An acre Of ground that
will yield 40 bushels OF oats will yield
1900 bushels Of mangOld wurzcls. One
that will yield 80 bushals Of barley viii
Yield 1000 bushels Of turnips; and 500
bushels of carrots will grow on an acre
that will produce 90 bushels. of rye.
Surely one bushCl Of oats, Of barley, or Of
rye Is not worth US much 10 feed us ~
bushels Of mangOlds, or Of turnlps, or Of
carrots.
We shall not enter into m analysis Of
roots here, for the purpose OF establishing
their value us an article Of food; nor shall
we now consider tho objections frequently
urged against their cultivation, These
viii bC taken tip at another time, ana we
content ourselves at present with OFiel
statement OF the root crop iii other co'iIi'
tries. -!E'. .a..r,..
voted 10 the cultivation, Of turnips, 70 say
notlling. of other roots and tho crop is
estimated To- DO worth $200,000,0O by
means of5tlis crop, England has more
than double! hersc acity Tor sustaining
stock, As roofs have incredscdAn quar-
tity and estimation, hay and grain have
alSo increased, until ut hepresent Tune,
tho average yield Of wheat To- the acre in
England Is moro than triple TINT In our
own and the Now England States. Fur.
tlcr than this, England Gun show tue best
herds, tn DO found anywhere In the world.
Belgium has made roots staple prodtlct
for even u longer time than has England,
and there arc found the largest herds, ind
the most population 10 the square mile, Of
any cOuntryin Europe, ABclgiuIt turner
dcyOtGs every lii(l acre TO the cultivation
OF roots, Hnd thus makes nrm Oh AZ
acres keep u herd Of 90 cows. The sumo
processes will insure to our FARMERS the
samc profitable results. ..or.
TnR Best PAINT FOR FARM BUILD
INGs.-Alinut two years aSo We had occ's-
sion 10 paint n large new barn, anu we
made an especial effort u get cheap anu
good mint. We finally hit upon Grafton
mineral paint costing two cents per pound,
and u product OEtllG distillatlon OF turpGil,,
tine, called Bright yaruish, which, mixed
will IN equal quantity Of bcnzine, made
ii very cheap and apparently good oil.
With this paint the whole building WIS
covered. II had . good chocolatc-brown
color, and was very satisfactory.
At last the ntns descended and the
llOWls came, and beat upon that barn, AMI
Il began 10 assume Il spGCklcd anil spotted
COMPLEXION that was not cheering. !
Judge That according rs more or less ben
Zinc had cyaporatcti from the palnt.pOt or
the brush, 80 the color was more or less
fixed. There was more, however, Of Inc
lex, than Of tho mOre, for after two years
exposure ulerd Is vcryilittle cOlormg mat
ter lcf( ulNn the barn; nor is there amy III
lication Of the presence Of the Bright var
niSh. ~ ,t.,t,
At about the same tinlo n friend called
Olr attention to the use Of crude pGtrO-
Icum. and we procured several barrels Of
nltllcr heavy oil, md VIC used It without
cOlOrinr matter (which is only M lnvcn--
ton ,of tho enemy, diluting good oil and
sIOling natural huCs), and coated 4 large
amount Of fencing md rough OutDullLtlngS.
Stnnc Of this Inns now been In use eighteen
months, expOsedto sun and rain and frost;
and it IS, tn all appearance, as pertDct Us
WHOM first applied The oil is rnpidly alb
sorbcd BY tho wood, especially II NnplanGd;
the lighter parts cvnporatc without g'lm'
ming, and leave coating Of the non:yO'
latile parts-paratllnG &C.,-On every nLlre
to which the oil llas penetrated. This
waxv coating seems to remain unaffected
by the action Of the weather during
thunder storm. We have seen tho roof of
mn old icC-llDiise, to which one coat oil OIL
had beGMapplfed three years before, and
the water rolled from II us ii would from
n ducks back. Being well satisfied with
former experiments, we have this winter
cOntel with petroleum several smHll ihrln
buildings and fences, md have now COM
mencct on the barn, and arc satisfied Int
while the cost will 10 very much less
than that Of even the cheap mixture he
tore applied, the appearance OF the bnlld-
ing will bc much improved and tho pro-
lection against decay will be more LASTING
than il white lead and linsccl oil were
used. latrII .''ai4.
Crude petroleum is not only useful for
painting buildings, but Is tho best preser-
ynliyc for all manner Oflarn implements,
wo,sl or iron. As som aS II becomes dry
uuy tool may hc handled without the least
ANNOYANCE. For printing when other
paint is to lie used. petroleum Il not only
tho cheapest but the best material I" he
found.
We hive between three nnd four hun
,lrcd garden slslus in use. A portion OF
these were painted two ytsIrs ago with
Princes mineral paint and linSced oil.
This Is now ~ ncarl ) gone that It has been
necessary 10 oil the sIshGs 10 keep them
from tlccIying. The others were oiled
with petroleum when new, AMI aitcrwa1i
received one coat Of the same paint, which
seems now ns fresh and solid MS when II
was iirSt put on.
This oil costs from twenty-five cents Ia
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