Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-02-07
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

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bite the grass so very closa that they are
therefore of injury to the field, but it is sug.
gested that they can only bite close where
the pasture is short, and the pasture is short
only on farm that has been too much ex.
hausted, and that in such cases there will
| be found an abundance of weeds, briars and
brush in the fence corners. and sheep are
| the very best means by which these pests
can be eradcated The "Americau Agri.
culturist" recommends, uuder such circum.
stances, that farmer who has $40 or up
wards in cash Cor credit for it, and then let
him borrow the amount, if he>has to pay one
cent month for the use of it. invest it in
as many ewes, not older than three years,
as you can get for that money. Put them
in the summer in such field as we have
described, and give them, in addition to
what they can pick up, pint of wheat bran
and oat meal daily, with free access to wa
ter and salt
They will first ego for" the briars. and
clean them out; every portion of that field
will be trodden over and over again. and the
weeds will have no chance Fold them on
that field during the winter, and carry to
them feed sufficient to keep them thriving
Get the use Of good buck in season
Southdown would be preferable. and in the
spring, If you have luck, Chat means you
give them proper attention, and feed regu-
larly,) you will raise more lambs than you
have ewes. The money will be more than
doubled, and the wool and manure will pay
for their feed and interest. In the spring
you may put that field in corn with the GER
tainty of getting fifty per cent. increase of
crop.
ARBITRATION AMONG FARMERS. -"Don't
60 to law, dear sir-not if you can
avoid tin a question of dispute or dis
agreement merely" said we to far.
mer who complained grievously of the
operations Of one Of his neighbors. Tt then
occurred to US how much time, temper and
cash might be saved if each farm neighbor.
hood had its Board Of Arbitrators OF if far.
mers, when they 'get their backs up"
would agree to submit the questions at issue
to arbitration. Of course it is often neces-
sary to prosecute men to recover the amount
of debt. There are cases where the legal
is the most direct mode of reaching decs-
ion and conclusive result. Butin questions
Of boundary, damages, disputes about claims,
division of stock, etc., where many men 60
to law and both parties get outrageously
plucked by their respective lawyers. and
damage the whole neighborhood by stirring
up strife, creating factions, and robbipg the
witnesses in the case of valuable time, let
arbitration be resorted to. Let the law of
equity and not the law of technicalities and
bubbles rule. Let justice be done by the
peers OF these disputants-these arbtrators
being chosen, directly or indirectly by
themselves. We firmly believe if this
course were more generally pursued it
would not only diminish the amount of liti.
CATION among agriculturists one. half, or
mere, and the tax for such litigation pro-
portionately, but tend to lessen the number
of disputes and Misunderstanding among
men for it would make them more careful
not to provoke the scrutiny of their acts
which arbitration involves, and which must
be judged of in their nakedness, of all legal
regeneration. Nev Yorker.
MAKING BUTTER FROM WHEY.-The fol-
lowing process of making butter from whey
is from rejected application for patent on
file in the Patent Office: After the whey has
run from the curd it is allowed to stand
twenty-four hours, when the cream rising
therefrom is skinned off and raised to the
temperature of 81 deg. Fahrenheit, and
then the following preparation is added to
it at the rate Of half pint to twenty ponds
OF cream: Common soda, eight pounds
saltpetre, four ounces; iodine of potassium,
half an ounce; bromide of potassium, half
an ounce-dissolved in thirty or tbirty.two
gallons of soft water. After this prepare.
ton is added the cream is churned in the
usual manner, it is claimed from the inven-
tor that from four to five pounds of good
butter may be thus produced from l 1000
pounds of whey entrely free from the OBJ
jectlonable taste usually found in whey but
ter, and our dairy readers can try it.
TREATMENT OF BROKEN LEas.-They
have new way of treating the broken legs
Of horses which ought to be generally
known. A valuable horse in Hartford,
Conn, had his leg broken a short time
since. The leg was carefully set by an ex.
perenced surgeon, and was covered thickly
with plaster. When the plaster .'set," or
hardened, it kept the limb as immovable as
if it had been made Of iron Thus treated.
broken leg, it is asserted, will knit togeth.
er in brief time, and become as good as
ever.
FRUIT TREES. Every one should have
in mind the Importance of putting out fruit
and ornamental trees We have urged this
duty during the Fall, and now alluded to
1t preparatory to the opening of Spring
Fruit growing is destined to be a great bus
mess especially in the South The intro
duction of the Allen, and other fruit driving
processes is destined to be greater stimu.
liant than ever in this direction.
How TO MAKE HARNESS BLAcKENING.-.A
good harness blackening is made of four
ounces Of hogs lard, sixteen ounces of
neat's-oil. four ounces of yellow wax, TWEEN.
ty ounces of ivory black, sixteen ounces Of
brown sugar. and ten ounces of water.
Heat the whole to boiling, and stir until it
becomes cool enough to handle then roll
1t into balls about two inches in diameter.
The CARE OF Cows-Cows must not be
neglected or under-fed. Good shelter and