Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-17
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

me1ds for pasture grasses, ltallan rye
grass, meadow fescue, Oat grass, and red
top.
The editor of the Gardeners Monthly
says that too deep planting kills ninety.
nine hundredths of all the strawberries
that die in the year from transplanting.
He who does not give back to his
fields as much as he takes from them, sells
their fertility in his crops-and the fertili-
ty Of the coil in the farmers capital
-Sawdust mixed with sulphuric acid
is recommended IS means Of keeping
stables sweet and wholesome. The acid
should be diluted with forty times its
bulk of water before it is applied to the
saw dust.
-Skillful fatteners are far less common
than good growers Recent experiments
have proved that animals cannot take on
flesh rapidly unless the temperature Is
nearly uniform, and between nifty and
sixty degrees.
DR. Voelcker says, )" Placed in heap
with ashes or sand, occasionally moisten-
ed with liquid manure or water. bone
enters into putrefaction and becomes
more soluble and energetic manure than
ordinary bone dust"
If farmer cannot or will not clean,
enrich and underdrain his land, 1t is folly
to spend money in getting improved
stock But after he has got his land in
good condition, it is the height Of folly to
keep common, unimproved stock.
Sulphur is highly recommended as q
decdorizer. The Maine Farmer gives an
instance of its effects in removing the Of
fensive odor from dairy house where a
skunk had been killed. He burnt some
sulphur in the room. The effect was
magical, as it completely neutralized all
the foul smell.
Mr. Stevens, of Herkimer county, N.
Y, increases his pasture by the following
plan: After taking off crop he sows
winter rye and grass seed at the same
time. The next season he turns stock
upon the rye, and it furnishes good feed
until the fall, at which time the grass be-
comes strong enough to furnish feed.
A correspondent of the Country Gen.
Aeman, who has tried bran from wheat,
buckwheat pea meal, and corn meal, says
that for either milk or flesh, clear corn
meal is much the best. He feeds the meal
wet with cold water twice a day. He
thinks that it would be still betterif scald-
ed before being fed.
Home surroundings include quite a
number of objects claiming careful con-
sideration. Fences, buildings, trees,
and various other matters, may be de-
signed and arranged in a way to embellish
or disfgure the premises. But few per.
sons think further than to construct that
which will answer its purpose practically,
regardless of good taste or Of adding to the
attractiveRess Of their homes.
Prof Cook lately said, before the N.
Y. Farmers Club -" Forty years ago |
hoed corn in an orchard, the trees of
which were grown from suckers which
had been planted perhaps generation or
two before, and they are still thrifty and
productive, and l have the privilege OF
picking apples from them every autumn
that happen to visit in that vicinity.
This proves that suckers will make bear
ing trees"
The Commissioner Of Agriculture
says that vast sums of money and much
valuable time and labor have been ex-
pended in the United States in the en-
deavor to make the foreign grape sue
cess, but without exception, it has proved
a failure in open air culture. The fact
will be learned sooner or later, that east
of the Rocky Mountains, no climate has
vet been found suitable for the continued
healthy growth of the foreign grape.
Several have asked whether coal
ashes are valuable as an application to
fruit trees, and as in various places we
have seen small heaps of the ashes piled
against the trunks, we suppose there is an
that they possess some par
4, hof0 thaU
may be, is due to the small amount of
wood ash they contain, which will of
course vary with the quantity Of wood or
american Agricultural.
Never pillow if it can Re avoided, or
go on to the ground for any purpose, when
it is wet and sticky. Keep the burrows
straight, and, if possible, reverse them at
every blowing, so as to keep the land
level. To fill in burrows, back furrow
pretty widely once around, and haul once
around very wide this will generally be
sufficient. Harrow soon after blowing
and before the Jumps, if any, get dried
hard twice over with the teeth down and
once with the back of the harrow, will
prepare the land for ordinary crops.
y. G. Snder, of Talmadge, Ohio, in a
pamphlet entitled "How TO raise a large
strawberry CROP" says that first Of all in
preparation, comes drainage, and this will
always pay. Do not think because your
ground is elevated or sloping that it does
not require draining. Two-inch tiles
make the cheapest and best drains; lay
them two and half feet deep, and rod
apart. If you cannot obtain the tile, a
drain of brush or fine stone is better than
nothing. Place the stone foot deep and
cover with sods before covering with
earth. Such drain will last long time.
General G.. d. Hill, of Ann Arbor,
having been appointed, by the Executive
Committee Of the Michigan State Agri-
cultural Society, member of the Com
mittce on Wines and Cordials for that So
ciety. declines, ON the ground that he has
abandoned the use of both these articles.
He then adds: Permit me to add, that,
in view of the evils Of intemperance, and
of the fact that total abstinence from in
toxicating drinks is one Of the essential
habits OF successful agriculturist, the
awarding Of premiums upon wines and
cordials may be considered as OF very
doubtful utility to the farming interests Of
the State"
j. Winnie, of Massachusetts,, writes as
follows on the value Of sheep: When l
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