The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-08
AGRICULTURE.

"A gOOQ farmer Will never Do S0tlSn00
with his farming until he sees his land
growing better every year. s.- .agy
Hog hair is recommended for hens
nests by correspondent Of The World.
He says hens setting in these nests
have never been infested with lice.
Hen lice in hogs hair won't stay.
It is thought that ten million acres
of woodland are swept off every year in
this country. The American Agri-
culttsralist says that the country for its
highest productiveness needs one-fifth
Of its whole surface covered with forest.
Ground bone is mentioned by ex-
perienced fruit growers a. the very
best fertilizer for trees. Apply it dur
ing the winter and see that you get
that which is not too fine. Powdered
bone is best for grain, but for trees it
should not be ground fine.
UsE OF LrMR.-It is good plan for
all fruit growers to apply lime freely
in their orchards every two or three
years. A half bushel to each tree, or
one hundred bushels broadcast, per
acre, will suffice. Light loamy land
will be the best benefited by the
lime. Shell lime is better for fruit
than the usual stone lime. b d"
KNEAD1Na BUrTER.-A great portion
of the fine ARvor of fresh butter is des-
troyed by the usual mode of washing,
and we recommend thorough NEEDING
for the removal of the buttermilk
and subsequent pressing in linen
cloth. Butter thus prepared is pre-
eminent for its sweetness of taste and
flavor qualities which are retained q
long time. To improve manufactured
butter, We are advised to work il tho
roughly with fresh cold milk, and then
to wash it in clear water.
SPEEDY GRowrH OF RADIsHEs.-The
Acclimatizstion Society of Palermo
teaches that radishes may be obtain
ed at any season, and very quickly, in
the following manner: The seed is to
be first soaked for tventy-four hours,
and then placed in bags sad exposed
to the sun. They Will begin to germi-
nate in about twenty-four hours, and
are then to be set in q box filed with
well-manured earth, and moistened
from time to time with lukewarm
water. In five or six days the rsdish-
es will attain the size of small onion.
To grow radishes in the winter the
box is to be placed in q warm cellar,
covered with . top, and the earth
moistened from day to day with luke
warm water. ..@I .......
DRKssNa MurroN.-Everybody says
that the oil which lubricates wool is
disagreeable to both taste and smell.
In Sitting and taking off the pelt. it is
difficult to prevent q contact OF the
wool with the flesh along the lines
where the skin is first severed, prepar-
atory to it being stripped of. The &C
complished butcher cannot wholly
prevent this contact, and he therefore
very thoroughly scrubs the part expos
ed with salaratus dissolved in cold
water, which wholly removes the
disagreeable odor and flavor. The
farmers for long time, were not aware
of the necessity of such purgation,
which should be applied at once, as
soon as the pelt, by the greatest activ-
ity can be removed. This done, the
meat is as free from the faint of wool
oil as the meat of any other animal.
DEEP PLoUaHINa. The last monthly
report on the progress of scientific
farming on the Ogden Farm, near
Newport, r. l., under the direction of
Colonel George E. Waring, closes with
the following pars graph, as printed in
the American Agricuituralist: 20
In general farm matters there is
nothing of especial interest. We jog
along very much as usual, we'll salts
fed of the benefits of soiling, and
not especially dissatisfied with our re-
suits in any respect, save that, in spite
of thorough cultivation and heavy
manuring, we still feel the i'll effect Of
the deep ploughing of about ten acres
of the farm in the autumn of 1858.
For ordinary crops it does very well,
probably much better, because of the
deep ploughing, but about two acres
of carrots planted upon it will bring q
very insignificant result, because of
the injurious effect of the upturned
clay on the delicate and slow growing
seedlings. .I. .-. fl-,s. -.. r-ir5- I
Use OF SULPHUR IN NEsTs.-The
powdered sulphur sold by druggists is
a cheap preventive of parasites upon
young chickens. After hen has been
setting till well established, sprinkle a
small handful upon her eggs when she
is of, and upon every part Of the nest,
and for little distance all around it.
Then when she goes on, disturb her
just enough to make her bristle her
feathers, and then dust another hand
full down to the skin upon her head,
neck and every part Of the body not in
contact with the nest, and do not omit
to put . pinch under each wing.
Then when the chickens are Matched,
there will be no vermin Whatever to
leave the hen and gather upon the
young, Is is frequently the case when
no precautions are taken. One tho
rough application such as we have
described will sufhce.-Rural Home.
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