Huntington independent. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1871-1874, 1873-06-05


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placed them in a box small end down
on two-inch layer of salt, not allow
ing one egg to touch another; then
another layer Of salt not so &c d;
then on top Of that more eggs, aid
so on until the box was full, enCing
with salt two or three inches d ep
This box remained 10 myl barn
(frame) all through the severe wealth
er until Christmas, when 1t Uas
brought 20 the house aud we9 com
mtnced using. The eggs we're as
fresh apparently, as If only laid few
DAYS before True, there was but a
small uumber-tVeivs dozon-Per-
haps not enough for a thorough test;
I would add. some were impregna-
ted. some we're not. We do not use
many eggs, and they lasted Us some
time, continuing perfectly fresh to
the last
VALUE OF PoTAsH.-Potssh forms
PIE Of the most essen ial constitu-
euts of the fertile soil and one OF the
most important Of all the fertilizing
agents within reach Of the agricultu-
rllist. Ia macy plants 1t constitutes
more than one half OF their ash, and
as 10 most, at least one-third. 10
neutrslizing acids in the soil aod 10
Liberation ofammonia, It acts 10 the
same ma rner as lime; but when 1t Is
desired simply to effect these last
mentioned obi the latter sh ould
be used. as being cheaper; and pot
ash. generally available IN the form
Of ashes, should be applied as a ma
nure, using the word IN It's StrlctCst
sense. to indicate a substance that
contributes directly to the building
up of the structure Of plants. But
considerable care should be exercised
in the use OF ashes, and they should
never. as is the practice with some in
manuring coru ia the HID, be mixed
with guano or the refuse Of the hen
roos' inaSmuch as the first rain that
dissolves them will cause the potash
to displace the ammonia, 10 the sane
manner that lime displaees It from
barn ward and similar manures.
SLEEP.-The most violent passions
and excitemenJs of The mind cannot
preserve even powerful minds from
sleer, thus Alexander the great slept
on the field Of Arbels, and Napoleon
upon that Of Austsrlitz Even STRIPES
aud torture cannot keep otf sleep, as
criminals have been known to sleep
on the rack. Noises which az first
serve to drive away sleep, soon be
come indispensable 70 its existence;
tbuss stage coach stopping wakes all
the passengers. The owner Of an
iron forge, Who slept close TO the din
Of hammers, FORCES and blst furna
Ces, would awake If there vas any in.
terfuption 10 them during tha night,
and sick miller, who had his mill stop
ped on that account, past slecPless
nights until the mill resumed It's usu-
al noise. HOMER, in his Had, ele
galntly represents sleep as overcoming
al men, aud even the gods, except
Jupiter alone.
Why Glover INTROvEs TuE
LAND.-Prof Voelcker thus explains
the action of clover in increasing the
fertility &c soils: All who are priet-
icaliy ocqgaiated with the subject
uust have seen that the tcs; crops
cf wheat are produced By b,irc pre-
cedci by crops Of clover growing
for seed. I have coue to the corclu-
sion that the very best preparation,
the manure, is a good cop Of clover
A vast amount Of mineral manure l.
brought within reach Of the corr
crop, which otherwise would remain
in a locked-up condition 10 the soil
The clover plants take nitrogen from
the atmosphere. aud manufacture it
into their own Substance, 90 decom-
position Of the clover roots and leaves.
produces abundance Of a ammonia.
10 reality, the growing OF clover Is
equivalent, TO a great extent, IN man
uring With Peruviau guano, and in
this paper Of uihe ] show that you
obtain larger qusOtity Of manure
than in The largest dose Of Peruvian
ruauo which a farmer would ever
think Of ap lying. 1t is only by
carefully investigating subjects like
the Que under consideration that
positive proofs are given, showing the
correctness Of intelligent observers
in the field
How TO HAVE EARLY STARwBER-
RIEs. When we read 10 the English
papers a statement like the following,
we are apt to think thattbese are very
costly Injuries. and almost envy roy
atty the privilege Of enjoying them:
"Abou, 10000 straWberries are an
nually forced IN pots 10 the gardens
of Sandriugham (Ihe ? iucc ofWales'
palace. The usual course with all
the earlier patches is to start them 10
pots. plunged 10 warm leaves, they
are then placed on shelves anywhere
aud eve. ywhere rbatroom can be fOuOd7
for them, and gathered in quantity
from the middle Of February tiil they
come 10 out Of doors
Bat sitter all it costs so little TO
have early strawberries that it is re-
marksble more DO not have them than
generally DO. Occourse, to have them
very early it would be necessary to
grow them a few months 10 pots, and
take care Of hem much rs is descrie-
edin the extract quoted; but mau5
persons might have them without
this trouble BY simply covering the
groupd In which they grow with