The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-24

How TO MANAGE SETTING HENs.-Set
the hen in a.place where she will not be
disturbed. Give large hen twelve or
thirteen eggs, medium-sized one ten or
twelve, and small one eight or nine.
Don't let the hen come out Of the set
ting-room until she has matched, but
keep her supplied with gravel, food and
water. When the chickens are matched,
leave them in the nest for eight or ten
hours. Don't NEEDLE with the eggs dur
ing incubation; turning them once a
day, and all such foolishness, is apt to
prevent tie eggs from Matching.
How TO POLISH NEW Doors" Pair
OF New Boots asks that one of your
many readers inform him how to get a
good polish on pair of boots. II he
will observe the following directions I
will guarantee him all that he wishes in
the polish line. Let him take half a
pound OF gum shellac (powdered), one
ounce OF lampblack, and two ounces OF
camphor put them in a quart bottle,
adding enough alcohol to cover the other
Ingredients, cork tightly, and let it stand
in warm place for three days. II he
then apply it to his boots with fine soft
brush and does not get the best and most
lasting polish he ever saw, shall buy
him a new pair. 1t will dry in five min
utes. This preparation does not injre
the leather, and gives shine equal to
patent leather. Any drug clerk will
make it up for him at cost Of IS cents,
and it will last an average family twelve
months.
WHEAT IN THE WEsr.-The success OF
the wheat crop in most regions OF the
West, depends upon several conditions,
very diverse, and sometimes contradic-
tory, in their character, and good judg-
ment is needed to fulfill as many as prac-
ticable Of these at the same time for
instance:
l. In preparing the soil we want at the
same time thorough pulverizstion and
compactness, or packing Of the soil
This seems necessary; the first to insure
rapid growth and deep roofing in the
autumn, and the last to diminish the
amount of winter-killing and heaving,
which so endangers the crop in an open
soil not covered by snow. This fineness
and compactness are best insured in some
seasons by single early blowing OF the
ground, followed by occasional harrow
ings, and in other years by two plow-
ings one early, the other late, accord
ing to the condition OF the soil
2. The period at which the sowing is
la,,a = To-
early sowing results in destruction by the
fly, and late sowing in insufficient root
ing and winter-kilIing. 1t is important
to make the best compromise possible
between these two difficulties.
3. The varieties sown seem to be i'm
portant. The bearded varieties grown
twenty-five years ago seem to be discard
ed on account of late ripening and con-
sequent danger from rust, and the bald
wheats are the kind generally grown.
The white wheats, again, seem on the
whole less hardy than the red wheats,
and not to succeed so well on the prairie
soils. Different varieties succeed in diff
fsrent seasons, and the chances of the
season must consequently be calculated.
Different ATTITUDES, undoubtedly, make a
great difference. Here in latitude 39o,
and farther south, I presume, our great
danger is extreme heat, and sometimes
humidity near the time of ripening, re-
sulting in blasted grain or rust. An IN
usually cool and long season of ripening
produces a better developed kernel
Hearth and Home.