Connecticut western news., 1873-08-22
,.. Esrm. Garden and Household.
Brains i'm Farming,

AuouSu uhH auuS SOmeCn1ng each
 year to his bank account it does not follow, as a matter of course, that he is
 good farmer. The annual surplus
 may represent Q worn-out wife, sons
 prematurely old from excessive labor.
 and land so impoverished that long
 period of generous and costly tillage
 will be required to restore it's wasted
 worth. .ars ..-.
 There is large class of farmers who
 despise alike book learning and book
 farming. They pride themselves in do-
 ing just as their fathers and grandfath-
 CTS, generations back, have done. Their
 cattle resemble Pharaoh's lean kine,
 and their pigs are fit companions for
 their cattle. This class is almost always
 poor and in debt i'll luck is with them
 T perpetual and lifelong complaint.
 They are to be pitied and if possible
 aroused to better mode of life.
 Another class of farmers, and among
 them are some of our noblest citizens,
 satisfied that their fathers have not pur-
 sued the best modes of culture. are
 making praiseworthy efforts to improve
 ments. They are the men who originate
 and support our Farmers Clubs who
 get up and attend Farmers Conven-
 tions, who read and pay for Agr1cul-
 tnral papers, and who are supporters of County and State Fairs. They would
 be right If they only knew exactly which way IS the right one, but the knowledge they derive from their journals is so i'm perfect, the peculiarities of their soil, climate, and circumstances, are such that they must depend on their own knowledge and judgment in directing the management of their affairs. The great want of these men is a thorough Knowledge of their soil, its capabilities, its adaptation to different crops, the kind, quantities, qualities of manure best suited to the various crops, and the best modes of cultivating them the 1 kinds of stock best adapted to different | localities, the best methods of draining oil surplus water in a very wet season, and of protecting crops from injury by drouth in very dry one. When this | knowledge is attained the farmer will | not plant field with wheat that should | have corn planted in it, or seed down to grass, when plowed crops, we'll | manured for two or three years, would | be better. He will n ot buy Short-Horn when Ayrshires or Jerseys are what he really needs. He will know just how to improve his breeds of sheep and hogs just what fruits will flourish best on his soil and in his locality, and in general be relieved from all guess work ln his decisions as to his most malicious course. Though we are manifestly im- proving in the science of cultivation. not year passes that we may not count up mistakes, and sometimes they are serious ones. Last season was, on the whole, the most profitable one that I ever had, yet my guessing wrong in one matter cost me some hundreds of dol lars, and in another point where I came very near guessing wrong, but did final ly decide right, the mistake, if I had made t,szwould have cost me over thousand dollars.-L. E. L., KS,egs Co.,, M sX .s --r
 What the Farmer Must Know.
 The farmer, like the business man, must know what he is doing he must have some pretty decided ideas of what he IS to accompGsh-in fact, he must F. calculate it before hand.
 He must know his soil-that of each sort; not only the top, but the sub- soil.
 He must also know what grain and grass are adapted to each. ,
 He must know when is the best time , o work them, whether they need sum- ' ner following. --
 He must know the condition in which 2 he. ground must be when plowed, so , hat 1t be not too vet nor too dry. ;
 He must know that some grain re- luires earlier sowing than others, and f what these grains are. .,..ss,..r t- !
 He must know that it will pay to have f to help him as we'll as ' muscle. :
 He must know about stock and man. tres, and the cultivation of trees and mall fruits, and many other things. In word, he must know what experi- 'nced, observing farmers know, to be , ure of success. Then he will not guess / will not run such risks. s.-.--s . .-,.s. T Cure for Collie in Horses and Mules. I
 To cure collie in the ordinary medical $ Vay, the StocE Journal says, you can prepare good "colic drench thus Take tlncture of opium, one ounce ulphuric ether, half an ounce; mix t with pint of tepid water. If neces- I ary, repeat in half an hour. A much I 'etter way to relieve the horse is the publication of fomenting bandage to ( he abdomen. In winter wet woolen I blanket with hot water, wiring it slightly, t nd apply to the abdomen, bring the t nds up over the back and fasten. If C he weather be very cold, put dry t 'lanket over this to keep it from cool C ng too fast. In the summer apply a c blanket wet in cool water. This foment- c ng blanket will relieve the horse in a T ew minutes, by determining internal s leat to the surface. We have found in s ummer almost instant relief to the C lorse from lying down in the water. i