Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-07-06
AGRrCtJLTURAL.

be 1nfenSefy& P01SonOuS. %AfcOrFeSp0nQ-i
lent offthe Belle1ontaine lOhio9a Repub-
.Iican states that aschild in that town was
seriously poisoned by eating some small
fragments chipped from AN oleander
bush, and only Esazeds By the most strenu-
Iotls sexertienss4 8 The predominatng
Symptoms IN this: case were deathly pros
tration, suken eyes, pallor, sineessantl
vomiting, extreme thirst and severe
purgings Ehis plant is used in France
asa rat poison When handled in close
room by a person with an empty stomach
it produces n6TnBnessss - s'2s3s > issss
PLANTING eoRN on eoNTRAorThe
Sycamore 1IIl9 Republican of the: s2lstl
says: 6 sImmense fields of corn have
been planted this season by gitiner1
ant corn planters, who take jobsat TWEEN
five cents an acre. w itflt a man. a boy,
"a maei1ines and two Horses, they plant
twenty aeressea day. The same paper
says Many hop. yards In this vicinity
are being plewed up and abandoned 9 A
ssIipmeH5o fit eight bales-about 12,-
600 pounds of hops, made from this
sat 1S5 cents a pound, which failed pay
Che freight and commissions
9 THINNING sour. Fruit some of
our pear trees last year. we removed
three -iourtitsfthe entireserop, and alter
wards stonnd the tree to contains naofei
than n as advisable. we countedsyester-
day on one small dwarf tree on our.
premises, l94 well set pears, of which.
we shall not allow more than than on one dozen
to remain. - ses - = = = =
= It goes hard with some speople toldi7
minIsh m tile quanfley,of fru1t upon their
trees. Sometimes they plead want OF
time but this is not admissible, for if
they have not time to attend 80 the
propef culfivatiun of fruit they should
abanden II altoge ether. The real cause IS
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8 sRoI4ING GRAIN N THE SPRISe--- 8
farmers would look at the theory eff FpflE
ing heat and rye helas IN the spring,
itwould besfesorted to much more ire1
Iquently tllan ~ ls. slecasio naily the VIM
ter and sprlng ayesDeen SO IaVorabie 10
these crops as to render &c Heeessary-
But IN three seasonssett Of four it is nec-
teessarys and sdeab adds consIderaniy
to their productIyepess. Ihe thaWlpgs
and ffeezlngs OF the ground, throwing or
70 4tf1s1 ms OF EeprqafY and
March very seflously aHees tne gralH,
assinS as s.s sol'
into the;1. bts{lss{ and owes them q tai :
,i5,,ss,s tbe syI,nort on wfIirr
the crop must depend. This must be ap-
parent to every one who viii look at its
oneration. We have no doubt that roll
inu clover fields that have been badly
| thrown up by the frost would also have
a most beneficial effect. -ssSs5z = 2
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So eoIrespondsssnz ss
OF the GernianeoWh Leiesrapli says DE Dr.
tlag saql yepiagheq with rats apoug my
mouse anu iaril-pullalhgs, = II leu 7. "a satii
70 eatchs ehem theyt are TOO cunning 70
lestraR Rped.aan 70 lay poison qare not
Tor lear OF knnng my nogs, eats anu
Hogs, and 20 sWai61ler them WIFI gun
was a. loss az tooeI eIaach hle,xbneugns1
nave droppeo tnree as a snol: az tasI
purchased two goats, which Kept a6ouf
my. fold, barn and stables the pig styles
being m tue fo1d.A In short time all the
rats emigratecrt eylcuateq the place,
cleared right out, every Jack OF them,
ands1 nave not seen a single rat ABOUT
the placed ton uP wards OF three years, put
my neigh hpors VINO are Wlshln elghIy
rods nave plenIye9o1 all sizes ana ages.
fReriaps u 6fsanetHgeperaHy KnoWnt 5hat nat
l,9f4S1 W ~ - 1iC l4ahy hSieOo . ~
gether very little sickness prevails II
there is asgoat keptabout the yard ana
staples. g
bm TooszAIucH DARYINGs-A Medins.
county. Ohio, correspondent writes as
oll0ws to the Debartmerit of Agriculz
ltsfress assort of agricultural fever, which
may be termed the dairy fever is iust
now prevailing in this county. The talk
| of farmers whenever they meet is sse,f
fcezTs, utter,acheese, cheese factories,
probable prices, &c. No less than three
4 factories are being nge=built in HinckIey
now. This number in little township
1.of i've miles square. containing less than
La thousand inha bftants, is altogether in
fexcess OF public requirements. Such a
3fa efng fever can, have no other teFmina-
ton than collapse, fatal to many. IF the
I harm OF such a feVefs was confined to the
l.dairy.t farmers alone, / would say nothl
| fng. But innocent people suffer. While
farm is being added to farm. our popula-
latfon is rapidly decreasing. One. me-
chanic after another is leaving for want
| of sufficient business to- support him.
The same is true of professional men.
Our schools houses are not half filed, the
sabbath is desecrated. Our churches
are becoming feeble and dying out.
Every interest issiriured that this one