The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-05-03
USEFUL. INFORMATION.

DRAININoA BLUE CLAY-There are
two good ways of doing this. If
the subsoil is uniformly clue clay,
and the area To be drained large, the |
most economical way of draining it |
is by the use of a mold-ditcher, such !
as have been extensively used In
Ohio and Illinois. If you have album
dance Of stone, well laid stone
drain, IN a blue clay soil, will last a
he-time nearly, if it is laid three or
Dur feet deep, as it should be. The
ostliest and the best drain is a tile
rain. This, in answer to E. B. E.,
The, if he has much draining to do,
will do to read French's Farm
Drainage, price $1.60.
LEAcHY LAND.-Whether sandy
land teaches or not, depends upon
the purity of the land. Pure white
lake sand will allow water to pass
through it without filtering it. But
ifcharcoal, or muck, or loan is ad-
ded to the sand in sufficient quanti-
ty, any liquid manure passing
through viii lose it's color. Sow
clover on sandy land, and pillow the
first growth IN, and the sand is sup
piled with a substance which absorbs
fertilizing materials suspended in
water, or liquid manure. Clover
supplies carbon to the soil as well as
nitrogen.
RESULT OF SELECTING CoRN.-HEN-
RY KILERED, Clinton Co., Ohio, sends
us few kernels of what he calls
mammoth yellow corn" These
kernels are, certainly splendid. He
obtained it, he says, by planting
large kinds of corn mixed together
then selected the finest ears to plant
for a number Of years, until he hai
what he asserts tobe ga No. 1 Yari
ETY. of corn" He selects the bes
ears, and the best grains out of thu
middle Of these best ears for plant
ing.
APPLYING HEN MANURE TO Corn
s. SHERMAN is informed that WI
should mix about ten bushels of gyp
sum or plaster, with the thirty bush
is of hen manure, and drop small
nantity in the hill, hauling the
nth slightly over the manure befor'
topping the corn. Or, if you have
Iuch that has been exposed to fros
he past winter, mix in it an equa
quantity with the hen manure anC
Rpplyin the hill.
Bresee's Peerless Potato planted
by A.G. T., Factoryville Pa, besid
King of the Earliest, Early Mohawks
Early Rose, Excelsior and Bresee'
Prolific, No. 4, yielded lin 1870 a
pounds for each pound planted, tn
most prolific of the other varieties
(Excelsior) yielding but % pounds
In 1871 he planted 80 pounds c
Peerless and the product was 2
bushels.
REMEDY FOR CuTWoRM IN Conn.,
The Practical Farmer says:-"Afte
the corn is dropped and covered
and before it is up, apply on the SUI
face of each hill, about one table
spoonful of ground salt. Unless
is carbolic acid, nothing make
worms squirm like salt"
LIQUID SOAP FOR CLEANING Woo1
An excellent liquid soap for clean
ing and washing raw wool, accord
ing to Moser, may be prepared b.
using q kettle in which the moss cal
be heated, by means of steam tub
opening directly into it. The KEITH
(holding about $50 gallons) is fret t,
be half filled with water, which /
then to be heated, and 68 pounds O
caustic soda of AZ degrees (B), an,
125 pounds of oleine added to il
This soap is to be boiled thorough
u twenty or thirty minutes wit
Dntinued stirring, and is then read
Dr use, forming very homogene
us so-called, soap-glue, of q strip
consistency, and especially adapte
for washing wool. Shonld the soa
be required for fulling, an additio
OF some ammoniacal salt will be
advantage, to be introduced immt
diately before using. Instead {
caustic soda, which is sometimes di
ficult to obtain, we may use ordin;
ry soda salt, which is to be rendere
caustic by teaching through fresh
burned and slightly moistened linn
Even ordinary potash lye, obtaine
from ashes, mixed with fresh quicl
lime, can be employed in this pr
paration.
FooT-RoT IN SHEET have trie
this with Whenever I'll
disease appears let the feet be was
ed and the hoof pared off q mug
as possible land not cause it to bleed
md let the sheep stand upon a d.
table floor, sprinkled with lime, fl
bur hours. AT this keep them in
Try pasture, and there will be 1
Rrther danger.
Or, after the foot has been pare
apply spirits of turpentine and bll
vltrol, in equal parts, bind a clot
over the foot, and let it remain fol
days. Sheep that are disease
should be kept separate from Il
flock, as the disorder is Infectious
L. f. W, Hardin Co., Ioloa.
Glover.