The Placer herald., 1871-04-22
IHOUSE, AND FARM.

In your paper some reference to drilling in
wheat. As this plan is quite new to me,
should like more information in regard to its
merits, as compared to the system of broad
cast sewing. Also, how drill sowing an
swers for barley and OATS Some Of the
advantages for drilling are these: (1) The
4 drill can be set to put ON amount of seed de-
sired (2) 1t will SOW, no matter how hard
the wind blows. (3) 1t deposits the seed at
. comparatively uniform depth. (4) Little
or no narrowing is required after the drill.
The drill finishes the work as fast as it goes
over the ground. This is an advantage
which those who have ever had several
acres Of land sown, but not narrowed, when
q weeks rain has set in, will appreciate.
Many other advantages are claimed for the
drill, but which all farmers may not be pre-
pared to admit It is claimed that the wheat
is not SO liable to winicr-kill, and that expe-
riments have shown that drilled wheat will
yield better than that sown broadcast. In
this section, especially on land after barley,
oats, or peas, we frequently have to SOW
winter wheat while the weather is hot and
dry, and there is little moisture in the sur
face SOIL Much of the seed sown broadcast
on such land, if not covered more than an
inch or SO deep, does not find moisture
enough to cause it to gernnate; but when
drilled in, the tubes deposit it evenly in the
moist earth, and it soon comes up. This is
practically one of the strongest reasons i'll ia
vor Of drilling. There is, however, a still
greater advantage in drilling, but it is one
which we have not hitherto availed ourselves
of, and that is, the opportunity that drilling
gives us for hoeing the 1rhedt. 1t will not
be many years before we shall have efficient
horse hoeing machines for this purpose, and
then no good farmer will think Of sowing
wheat broadcast We may add that a good
drill will SOW barley and oats as well as it
will wheat, and farmer who gets drill
for sowing wheat will be pretty sure to use
it for sowing these crops. Hearth d Home.
SMALL FARMs-Small farms make near
neighbors; they make good roads, they make
plenty Of good schools and churches; there is
more money made in proportion to the labor;
less labor is wanted everything is kept neat; ;
less wages have to be paid for help; less time
is'wasted; more is raised to the acre, because
it is titled better; there is no watching Of
hired men; the mind is not kept in worry,
stew, fret all the time. There is not so
much fear of drouth, Of wet weather, Of
frost. of small prices. There ia not Sc much
money to be paid out for agricultural imple
meats. Our wives and children have time
to read, to improve their minds. A small
horse is soon curried-and the work on a
small farm is always pushed forward in sea-
son. Giye us small farms for comfort; aye,
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PATENT EGG CASES. Persons who ship
or handle eggs in large quantities, will find
it to their advantage to make use of Steven
Bros. Patent Egg Gases. These cases hold
about 80 dozen eggs each, which are self
counting, $50 that no mistake can be made)
while they can be packed with the greatest
ease and facility Legs shipped in these
cases sell more readily; and are less subject
to damage. from being broken. No packing
material is required This is a California
invention, and was patented through the Sci
enti6e Press Agency, February 18th, 1867.
The cases sell by he quantity at from 50 to
$3.90 each. Parties desiring further inlor-
nation, should apply to the proprietors, as
above, at the Union Market, on Howard
street, in this city Scientific Press.
a BONE FELoN Of all painful things can
there be any so excruciatingIy painful as
bone fellon d? We know of none that flesh
is heir to. AS this malady is quite frequent
and the subject of much earnest considerd-
ton, we give the latest recipe for its cure,
which is given by that high authority, the
London Lancet:
TIA r,o,. n, +bo J;sa,so =, r,I+ J:root-
ly'over the spot fly blister, about the size
ofsyour thumb nail, and let it remain for six
hours, at the expiration of which time, di-
reetly under the-surface of the blister, my
be seen the fAlon which can instantly be tax
en- out with the point Of a needle or a lancet.
and dreadful disease is unusually prevalent,
it may not be inoppQrtune to state that an
eminent physician claims to rob it of many
of its terrors by prescribing for the patient
warm lemonade, with little mucage, as
often as is desired, and the application of
warmth to the stomach. He directs that a
cloth be wrung out of hot water, and laid on
the stomach, renewing it as often as it coola.
With this Treatment he guarantees that not
one IN hundred cases will prove fatal.
To STop BLEEDING 1t is said that bleed
ing from wounds on man or beast may be
stopped by a. mixture Of wheat and com
mon salt, in equal parts, bound with cloth.
If the bleeding is profuse, use large guam
tity-say from one to three pints. 1t may
be left on for hours, or even days, if neces-
sary. The person who recommends this re-
ceipt says: In this manner | saved the life Of
horse which was bleeding from a wounded
artery, the bleeding ceased in five minutes
after the application.
RAISED ,WATTLrs. One pint of sweet
milk, a heapng teacup of butter, three eggs,
fyalks and whites. beaten separately ta-
blespoonfnl of thick brewers yeast or half
pennys worth of bakers, one quart of -four
e., & ooI, 10,