Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-05-18

Of diet amongst farmers the world over
| This is doubtless due to the fact that
markets and butchers are not yciv
plentiful in the country. But flrmers
could we'll use more mutton and less
pork, and if the taste were once created
the convenience of pork IS Il reguIar
diet would he found not $, great As is
now thought. With fre.h or dried
mutton and more cheese, the fi'mcr's
table might be morc agreeaby and
equally well supplied, as with the at
present perpetual pork.
Cause of the Deterioration Of the Whea,
| Crop.-Fredeiic Watts, Commissioner
OF Agriculture, in a recent letter sNs: ::
The experience of many years has led
me to the conclusion that the deteliora-
tion of t he wheat crop is mainly attlib
utable to the improper and untimely
use Of barnyaId manure. In our prac-
tice the clover sod is turned down and
planted with corn. The ground is
again plowed in the spring and sowed
with oats, and upon the s.ubblc Of this
crop all the manure of the barnyard is
put, then plowed again and sowed
with wheat. This delicate plant is
thus subjected to the rawness and
gIossness of barnyard food, with all its
germs of flies, worms, lice and hugs
| seemingly a sufficient cause of the un-
successful growth of a grain so pure and
delicate as wheat Corn is the hog OF
plants, and will devour food of any quail
ty and thrive upon it. Here, then,
upon the sod, to be plowed for corn,
is the place for barnyard manure. Bury
1t deep, and when the corn is cut off,
break the stubble even with the ground
during winter. In the spring harrow
the ground well, sow your outs upon it
and roll it. You will thus keep your
manure where you put it, and not sub
ect the oat crop to being thrown down
10y it. When this crop is removed,
bring your manure to the surface by
deep plowing and thorough t,llage
The barnyard manure having thus re-
ceived proper preparation, is Il fit food
for the wheat plant. Experience has
taught me this lie, son. On my farm in
Pennsylvania | never fail to raise II sat
isfactory crop of wheat, and have
known no such thing us midge, iIc,sian
fly, or army worm."
Grinding Feed.-An immense saving
10 'lit'ttH ny oiu'SiiS, IuiIhS' anu
crushing ali kinds OF food given to fee It,
ny stock and draught horses, and the
only wonder is, when so many clever
machines are to be purchased, that tne
practice is not universally adopted. We
are no believers in giving food to ami.
mails condensed into small space
bulk is in all cases essential to healthy
action of Tie digestive organs, but con
centrated matters containing highly
nutritivc properties may be rendered
most valuable and efficient by adopting
the easy process of cutting hay and
straw into chatf, and mixing 1t with the
condensed material. Straw, especially,
may be utilized in this way, that under
other conditions an animal would not
eat. The food Is quicker and easier
pissed on to be dlgested the longer
time beast has to sleep and rest, and
| hence the waste of material c0nse-
quent upon moving about is econo-
mized.
Trapping Cm Worms in Gade"s.-An
exchange says: 1t is very annoying af-
ter having set out nice lot of sweet
potatoes or cabba e plants, to see them
cut down one by one by cut worms.
We have tried ashes, lime, SCOT, and, in
fact, everything we have ever heard of,
but never found anything etiectual un-
| til, by accident, we found three or four
of the worms gathered under small
| board " which had been left by some chill
dren on sweet potato hill. Acting
upon This hint, we placed small pieces
OF board, large chips, etc, all through
the patch, and we trapped them by
| hundreds. The boards must be lifted
early in the morning, and on very warm
days again about noon. A little care
for II few days will clear these pests out
Of the garden. One t,ial will satisfy any
person Of the merits of this plan.
Promising Groch Of Haae and Tail
give the following recipe, which have
personally proved to b. efficient in le
storing a healthy growth Of hair on the
tail and names Of horses: Corrosive
sublimate (hydbichloride), oX} muriate
of mercury, each four grains III one
ounce of distilled water. Wash the
parts where the hair is thin with warm
water and soap, then rub dry with a
| linen cloth, and Immediately after rub
in some OF the above liniment. II the
| hair has been rubbed Off by the ami
mails own endeavors to allay cutaneous
irritation. then dress with the following
ointment: One ounce of fine flour SUI
phur, one ounce of pulverized salt
petre, made into a soft ointment with
| tresh butter or fresh rendered hogs
| ,rd; lub i'll at night and wash in the
morning with warm water and soap;
repeat three or four times. If the hair
is scant from natural debility of the ca
pillary organs, then simply use cold
water applied with soft sponge; avoid
all combing or brushing, and clean the
name and tail, as the Arabs do, with a
coar.e flannel Iubber.-Mddy Morgan.
D7ySlaked Lime.-A Vermont farmer
recommends its use with considerable
enthusiasm, and writes that it is useful
for many farm purposes, requiring but
little experience TO prepare 1t. Take
some good, fresh qulck!ime into a box,
and wet it slowly. Let it swell and
sizzle until the hand pieces are as mel
low as meal, but do not 2 t it too wet.
As fast as the top Of the pile i, slack d
sufficiently remove it, with care not to
raise Il dust, and keep wetting the solid
mass. You will in this way get pow
der that Will kill or d i've away any hug
or worm in the garden, o. on any fruit
tree, as far as ever tired it. Put some
OF it in t4e water pot, and shake it up
we'll, and water your onions, and see
the onion worms get out of that or Gle.
1t is food for the tenderest plant and