Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-06-28
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

How LAND IS Worn OUT.-One of the
most common and most serious faults with
American farmers lies in the habit of run
ming out certain pieces of land, or, in other
words, keeping certain pieces of land too
long under the pillow. A farm may be kept
up in highest state of produotiyeness with
out the aid of more fertilizers than are pro-
duced upon the premises by right manage
ment, and of this we propose to talk.
When certain section of the farm is
fenced off, for corn or other crops a change
is not likely to be made for many years, and
the field is plowed and cropped year after
year; manure is applied occasionally, and
after weeds have gotten such firm hold
that too much labor attends the growing of
corn, and the productive qualities Of the soil
is nearly exhausted, an attempt is made to
stock it down, and another locality chosen
to repeat the same operations, and the re.
suit is, as may be seen on many an old farm,
| all of the tillable portion is so worn that q
fair stand of grass for pasture cannot be OBJ
tanned $50 a9
On clay soil, with favorable season.
good crops are always looked for where sod
is turned, and even to the second and third
| blowing without the aid of manure, and
| here is just the point that should be noted,
Clay land should never be plowed until
manure is required, and the best guide to
be governed by is, cease blowing before the
decaying sod has disappeared, stick to clo-
yer, pillow under one crop, and then use as
! moving land, applying manure to the sur
face until it is desired to use again for grain
crops. ....s4 ,a
Many of our most successful farmers new
er put fork of manure upon plowed
| ground, but use all that can be collected
upon their grass land, and do not raise more
than three crops in succession upon plowed
fields before returning it to grass. II is
we'll known to every farmer that barnyard
manure multiplies labor when put upon
land used for hoed crops, weeds will grow
and blowing and hoeing will not eradicate
them, and double the labor is required to
obtain medium crop. -
If an animal is allowed to get poor, more
feed is allowed to sustain life and strength
in said animal than in one always kept in
good condition, and so it is with land.-
When, by over-plowing and heavy draught
upon the soil fertility is lost, it requires
double the amount of feed to reclaim it than
would have been required to have it kept in
good state of productiveness by proper
treatment. .u.5 &c.,.
GAPEs IN CHIcKENs.-W. B. Tegetmeier
writes: The fatal disease caused by the
presence of the cape worm appears unusual
ly prevalent. [ have had it in my own
runs, where it has attacked some Sebright
bantams but [ have found no difficulty in
curing it by the means of carbolic acid,
| which l first recommended for this purpose
last year. So potent are the fumes of this
powerful remedy, and so destructive are they
to parasitic life, that their inhalation for
even moment seems perfectly effectual in
destroying the life Of the worm 1t is not
necessary to employ any apparatus a few
drops of carbolic acid may be placed in a
spoon and held over the flames of candle
until the vapor is seen to rise, when the
head of the young chicken or pheasant
| (held in the other hand) may be placed in
| the vapor, which the animal is forced to in,
hale. Care must be taken not to carry on
the process until the fowl as we'll as the
worms are killed. find after exposure to
the fumes of few seconds the bird may be re-
garded as cured, and may be seen running
about quite we'll on the following day, if not,
the treatment should be repeated. The
medicinal carbolic acid is preferable to the
tarry liquid used for disintecting sewers and
drains -
CLEANING PAINT.-There is a very SIM
pie method of cleaning paint that has be-
come dirty, and if our housewives should
adopt it, would save them great deal of
tronble. Provide a plate with some of the
best whiting to be had, and have ready
some clean warm water and piece of fan
mel. which dip into the water and squeeze
nearly dry then take as much whiting as
will adhere to it, apply it to the painted
surface, when little rubbing will easily re-
move any dirt or grease, after which wash
the part we'll with clean water, rubbing it
dry with a short channels. Paint thus
cleaned looks as we'll as when first laid on,
without any injury to the most delicate COL
ors 1t is far better than using soap, and
does not require more than half the time
and labor. .s.. -t.....--.- ,..-
USEFUL PROPERTIES OF CHARcoAL.-At
this season Of the year one desires to obtain
some purifier, and charcoal is of the great
est value for the purpose. All kinds of u
tensils can be purified from disagreable O.
doris by rinsing them out with charcoal dust
wet into soft paste. Putrid water is i'm.