Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1873-05-02
AGRICULTURAL-


AGRICULTURAL AL
SAVING MANURE.-There is certain amount
Of plant food in the world. There never was
any more or less, and there never will be- thai
greater part of this is not in condition fol
plant food and much Of that which is not
readily accessible, and we are helping on the
scarcity thus--by permitting the escape from
manure heaps and The premises Of almost eve
ry farmer and every household. The rains
carry or the refuse Of cities, and our privics
are shamefully wasiefu and hurtful, n nui-
sance throughout the land. Here is n source
Of the most concentrated and best manure, all
of which can readily be saved. 1t needs but
two or three times the amount Of soil added
and this viii be clean and effective manure
We 10 America, are wasicful. In some Of
the older countries they see the error, and all
feriilizing material is saved Where this has
not been done land has run down. and rations
have gone with it, IT will be so here unless
our fertlizng material is conserved. Agri-
culture is the basis of national prosperity -
Long-lived nations, like China and Japan,
have taken advantage of this. They save care
fully all the refuse of the products of their soil
This, aided by the mineral matter which is al
most exhaustless, and the atmosphere keeps up
the supply.
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make all the manure possible, and make it as
cheap as possible, for this is the very thing he
must rely on il is the material that he specu-
lates upon, the great investment on which he
is TO realize Let the soil be deepened and
mellowed SO rs to draw both fertility and
moisture, and also from the atmosphere by
mixing it with the soil, stirring ii, and grow
ing larger leaved and leguminous plants
Thus, corn and clover with occasional peas,
and the grasses, varied in rotation with grain
and the root crop. 1t is deep culture and
drainage, with a large growth of the clover
and the grasses, that are the main reliance of
the farmer. They are rcnoyating the old worn
out land, and saving the new In addition
save all the refuse Of the farm. 1t is thus that
farm can be made selfpaying, self-sustain-
ing, making the independent farmer.
EVERLASTING FENCE PosT.-I discovered ma
ny years ago that wood cond be made to last
longer than iron in the ground, but thought
the process was so simple and inexpensive that
il was not worth while making any stir about
It, | would as soon have poplar, Eastwood or
quaking ash as any other kinds of timber FOR
fence posts. have taken ont Eastwood posts
after having been set for eleven years that
were as sound when taken up as when they
were first put in the ground. Time and wealth
err seemed to have no effect on them The posts
can be prepared for less than two cents apiece.
For the benefit Of others will give the re-
cipe Take boiled linsecd oil and stir il in
pulveri2ed charcoal TO the consistency ofpaint.
Put coat Of this over the timber, and there is
not man will live to see it rotten = Cores.
Westefn Rural.
BEARING YEAR IL AppLEs-A correspondent
of the Journal of Horticulture SAYS:
!, Take seions from the tree in 1873 and
put them in good and thrifty tree and do the
same in 1874, and you will get fruit in alter
nate years
2. lfyou cut Off Of thrifty trees the growth
OF 1873 in the last Of July, leaving three or
four buds that would come out in 1874, YOU
would force out the next years buds and gain
one year.
2. lfyou remove all the blossoms on one
half Of your tree in the bearing year you will
have frui; on that halfthe odd year. These
things have done successfully.
J have now in bearing the Victory apple Of
the odd year produced in this way next year
the scions of the last year will bear on the
regular year.
BuTrER.--A correspondent of the Maryland
Farmer says that great portion of the fresh
butter is destroyed by the usual mode of wash
ing, and be recommends thorough kneading
for the removal Of the buttermilk, and sub
sequent pressing in a linen cloth Butter thus
prepared, according TO this authority, is pre-
eminent for sweetness of taste and flavor
qualities which are retained for long time.
10 improve manufactured butter, we are ad-
vlsed by the same authority to work it thor
onghly with fresh cold milk, and then TO wash
II in clear cold water.
A correspondent of the American .1gricala-
fist says that lard may be kept sweet and free
from any strong or rancid odor, for any length
oil time, by putting into each kettleful while
rendering, handful of rcd or slippery elm
bark Treated thus, it has sweet and not
unpleasant smell in the hottest weather. This
is very old plan, the knowledge of which. if
we mistake not, was derived from the Indians,
VINO kept their deer fat in this way. We have
never tried it, but have been assured of IFS
utility BY others The inner bark only is nsed
SOAKING CoRS FOR PLANTING We have seen
Il frequently stated that corn stepped in So
luton of saltpetre would germinate more
quickly and grow more rapidly than if soaked
~ pure water. We tried the experiment last
year, aud with everything else equal, the corn
that was STEPPED in the pure water outgrew
the other froGi the very start. We do not be-
lieye the corn viii absorb enough of the salt
petre to affect il in any way -Southern Planter
HgALTH MAxms.-Never go to bed with cold
or damp feet