Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-16
Farm and Garden.


use farm implement, but no man
knows a thing until he learns it. A
very mistaken notion prevails IS to the
effect of rolling land. The most com
mon one IS that it packs the soil. This
is never true except where the surface
is smooth and the soil fine, and then
perhaps only an inch deep. Usually the
land to be rolled is uneven and rough,
as the pillow leaves it, or is lumpy, as
after the harrow. The roller will crush
the Jumps in the one case (if they are
not too hardy, and the Jumps, although
crushed, have buoyed up the roller so
that an examination shows that the
loose soil is not packed the Jumps
are crushed.
But to roll directly after the pillow is,
above all, the proper time to do 1t.
Even when the soil is apparently dry and
hard and comes up in chunks, there is
little dampness in it that enables a
heavy (weighted) roller to crush it but
if it be delayed six hours, and even three
sometimes, it dries out so rapidly that
it is past cure. A very foolish idea pre-
crust and bake. This can never be
the case, because, first, one cannot roll
land at all that is wet enough to bake !;
and, second, soil will "run" and crust
more not rolled than if it is.
First, and most important of all, keep
the roller in the field with the pillow,
and always "roll up" before noon, and
again before night, except on a damp
cloudy day.
Second, roll all plowed land, no ma
ter what use it is to be put to, exceps
fall blowing for spring crops.
Tnird, always roll before the harrow,
and then keep rolling and narrowing
until the soil is in condition, no matter
if it is packed with continual tramping
if it is dry. 1t may be crushed to pow
der under the horses hoofs and be all
the better.
Fourth, if the crop is planted and is
up (if CORN foot high, or if nothing is
planted and the soil is nothing but
mass of hard Jumps, stand steady, watch
the weather closely, SO as to let nothing
interfere except the observance of the
Sabbath, and as soon after shower as
the soil will not stick to the roller, put
it on, weigh it down, have change OF
teams, if necessary, and do not let the
roller stop at breakfast, dinner or sup
per, till darkness stops you; thus by
" striking while the iron is hot" i. e.,
rolling while the Jumps are wet, you
will have mastered the situation.
The text is, roll roll your meadows,
your wheat, your corn, your turnips,
your fresh blowing and your fallow and
if you are in doubt how to subdue an
unpromising seed-bed, roll it. Finally,
during blowing time, do not lend your
roller for over three or four hours at
any time.
An Experiment in Feeding Horses.-The
London Omnibus Company use six
thousand horses. To economic in feed
is an important matter, and has led to
several tests, the result of which is re-
corded as follows
To each of three thousand of their
horses they gave a daily allowance of
ground oats sixteen pounds, ground hay
seven and one-half pounds, and cut
straw one and one-eighth pounds-the
hay and straw being cut into pieces
about half an inch long, and well mixed
up with oats in a little water, and so
making twenty-six pounds of food for
each horse. And to each one of their
other three thousand horses they gave
a daily allowance of whole or unbruised
oats nineteen pounds, and uncut or
whole hay and straw thirteen pounds,
without any water, in our old-fashioned
way, making thirty-two pounds of this
food for e.ch horse. And what was the
result? Why, it was soon discovered that
the horse which was fed on the twenty-six
pounds of ground oats remained in as
good a condition, and could perform
just as much work and do it just as we'll,
too, as the horse did which consumed
thirty-two pounds of food as aforesaid,
thus showing a saving of six pounds of
food per day in favor of bruised oats and
cut hay and straw, which, if valued at
five cents per horse per day, amounted
to saving of the neat little sum of $500
per day.
Extracting Honey.-At the Iowa
Bee-Keepers' Convention, Mrs. Upper
said: have used the extractor on comb
not week old, and no comb broke
down. Do not extract from comb con-
tanning brood, believing the brood to be
far more valuable than the honey.
Took from six hives 400 pounds of
honey in week, and at favorable time
believe this can be repeated every week.
Can better afford to sell extracted honey
at ten cents per pound than comb
honey at twenty-five cents. Comb is of
SO high value that we cannot afford to
sell it at an ordinary price. Some have
obje cted to the extracted honey, but as
people become acquainted with it they
buy it readily. Sells all she has to sell,
and the demand is increasing.
Remedy for Hens Eating Eggs.-Build
laying room little dark, so that they
cannot see to do that kind of mischief.
Hens naturally like to retire out of sight
to lay, in a snug, coy place. 1t pre-
vents hens that are laying from being
disturbed by going into the house and
strolling hens do not bother, for they
cannot see to pick. A room SIX by eight
feet, is large enough for seventy-fve or
one hundred hens for it will accom-
modate twenty nests or more. Shelves
are necessary to set the nets upon, with
a projection in front for the hens to
walk on.
To Make Partridge Irap.--Make box
three feet long and foot and a half in
height. Make the sides of lath. Make
a door on top two and half feet in
length, and suspend or hang it by
wire thTo1uh tho oaptar Of tho door Thop