White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-07-06
for the farmer.


!. RANT al fools eSPoposel to the weather, and
~ WIN hsh. e"iored paint, they will moi heat,
warp and crack the least in the ,ir,,
=. Dip well seasoned SHINGLES in lime wash, and
,r! 'heIn before laying, and they will last much
longer and not become covered with moss.
.. In hitehins horse to a common rail or worm
ichce' always select the inside corner, which VIII
he more secure by its braciDy position, and the
halter will not become eptap.,ied among the pro
lectJng ends Of the rails AS when hitehcd to an
outside corner.
a. Always tie a halter by making first n single
E"p ana men thrusting the end of the halter
fhronsht this loop. This is quickly united, and
will never come united of itself
?; Dip the ends Of nails into grease, and they
VIII drlve easily into any hard wood, where other
wise they would double and break
o. ~ screwlng nuts onto any part of machinery,
IN cold weather, he careful not 10 heat them first
by the hands, or they syill contract after being
screwed ON tight, and become immovable after
ward.
=: In ploughing or teaming on the road in hot
weather. always vest the horses on an emlnence,
and where one minute will be worth two IN q
warm valley.
{. In setting ont young orchards, always regis
ter the varieties Immediately in book, where
they may referred to few years when the trees
commence bearing, and after the labels are lost
and the names forgotten.
9. In laying out gardens for fruits and vegeta-
bles, place everything in drills or rows, 80 that
they may be cultivated by horse, and thus save
the expense of hand labor.
TO- Plant patch of Oiser willows on every farm
rod square will furnish as many bands for bin
ding cOrnstalks straw, ETC., acre OF rye straw
IL. Remove every stone from the track in the
highway. single projection which might have
been removed in one minute, has battered and in
lured Thousand wagons ut a damage equal to
hundred days labor.
II. When board fences become old, and the
boards begin to come Off nail upright facing strips
upon them against each post, and the boards Will
be held in their place and the fence will last seve
eral years longer.
b. Always set post fence over ditch, or near
good drainage, and the post always remains dry,
and will last many years longer than those stand
ing in wet subsOil.
IA. In writing on wooden labels marking
sticks, with q common pencil, if the wood is first
wet the mark will last two years; if written on
dry, one or two rains will wash it all away.
Is. Always keep supply of copper wire on
hand, of different sizes, for preparing tools-it is
greatly superior to either Irvine OF iron wire.
16. Every farmer should have a neat tool room,
against the smooth walls of which suitable place
should be provided for hanging up every tool.
An accurate outline of each tool should he pain
ted on the WALL to remind every man Of its absence
when left ont of place.
bildings and fences, will last much longer, and
harden better, if put on as late as the middle of
Autumn, instead of during the heat of the sum-
mer.
IL. Every bin and granary should have a scale
of upright row of figures marked inside, showing
accurately the number of bushels to fill it to each
figure. This will unable the farmer tn know at a
glance how much grain he has raised or has on
hand.-Rural 4Gdirs.