Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-09-28
Agricultural.

To CLEAN WALL PAPER.-Soiled wall
papers NAV be made to look a. well as new
in most cases, 10y the following eXpedient:
Take about two quarts of wheat bran, tie II
in q bundle in coarse flannel, and rub it
over the paper. 1t will cleanse the whole
paper of all descriptions of dirts and spots,
better than any other means that can be
used.
WHAT OF WHEAT ?-The Michigan
Farmer has an article on the outlook of
the wheat market, in which it takes very
decided ground that there are reasons for
raise. 1t mentions the short crop on the
other side, the war, and the not 0ver-sup-
ply here, as facts that point in this direc
ton and it confidently anticipates that in
October there will be great Eastward
movement of this cereal at better than
present rates.
SoRGO.-The SOygO journal gives the
following timely advice as to gathering and
housing the canes:
After the cane has remained upon the
ground about two days, provided no rain
has occurred, the blades will have become
wilted, and then, without further delay,
the cane should be hauled from the field
and if not Immediately ground stored in
sheds or barns, and perfectly protected
from rain. Thus cured, and thus secured,
the cane will keep sweet and fresh until
Christmas. Should any porticl Of the
cane get wet in the field, this should he
hauled 10 the mill aud ground without
lauch delay. 1t is best not to store cane
that has been wet, even though thorough
~ dried afterwards
DESTROYING WEEDS.-In many fields,
the fence-corners are full Of rank, coarse
weeds. The potato and corn fields on
some fauns are no better, and it is not econ
omy to allow this mass to fall down and
rot on ihc same spot where it was grown,
but il should either he gathered together
ani burned or plced in the rOt-heap We
prefer burning, az the seeds will then be
destroyed, and manure made from weeds
is seldom of much value. 1t only requires
a little forethought or calculation on the
part of the farmer to find time for atten-
ding to these little matters at the proper
season. There are farmers who always
manage to keep every thing in order, and
do not work nearly as hard TO do il as
others, whose places are in the widest
confusion, the difference being the result Of
calculation.
MANIPULATIoN OF MANURE-Under this
heading, the World has the following:
Manure should never be allowed 10 be scat
tered over the barnyard, as thereby it loses
much ofits fertiliZing power by evapora-
ton and rains, but it should be kept as much
as possible in one heap. Foul seed, sweep
ings from the barn-fioor, should not be per
be put into a hole called the chaff-hole
with any other otherwise worthless trash
such as rye chaff, weeds, etc. This hole
may be about three feet deep, with the
earth thrown all around it, and about ten
feet in diameter this trash will i'm course
oftime make good tOp-dressing for grass
land, and at the same time prevent the
foul seeds from being carried into the fields
with the manure
SOWING SEED CORN" The cord crou
Of the West is undoubtedly reduced by
many hundreds of thousands Of bushel.
every year, simply from inattention TO the
saving of seed in the fall. Corn gathered
in the field, traced or tied together and
hung up in an airy place to dry, viii Civ,
better satisfaction at planting-time thar
that picked from the crib, however wei
saved, and will often terminatesprOmptly
and ensure a good stand where the Othc
will not and next "a Indifferent cultiya
ton, there is nothing that costs the farmc
50 much corn as bad stand
II suggests the careful saving Of secd-ear
at the time of husking, or ifthe corn j. no
husked, 20 over the field and select well
developed single ears, turning the hu-k
backward and tying a quantity t1gctbr
by these ready appendagr-. ana atu- ,l