, 1874-06-27

rod, and board. But tho men who usod 10 cut
ditch llayc disappeared, and wo must roly npou
tic dttoliug.nnclilo, tho cat,atan md the team,
and learn our bays how to ma.laRa thon. Thon,
and NOT until then, shall no maho succoHs Of
drafn-tito.
brick can bo made, IN or1er to snvo tho cont OF
shipping, aH tho farnor should DO ablo to do thu
hauling tu tho winter, nnl do tho laying oarly III
the spring, while tho ground is Hots and Yield
iE to ho e;otor tor wsn WIZ TIC gfolna bo.
to forco coulter Q fncllea IN diameter through
thH soil, eyen with Tie aid Of a oapatan.
Now That tha farniors have taken tlla mhttot
iu hand, It ts not to 10 oxpoctoa that Ihoro wil
cline will 10 made strong, aorviceablo, and do
HOLD At 4 nHAsoHAn1E PRICE,
30 that tho jobbcr or the farmer can afford ts
put them to active uao, doing tho worl, cheaper
than by hand, Lot no inyentor ha over.
sanEuno that l,e hha hlB mnohino perfect
md beyond further Improvement, or maybe,
before lie Ii aware, somo othcr genius may llava
added something to the general Htock that may
put lin out Of tho mArLut.
In my Btoro-room ID a cultivAtor for which
raid sG0 aud which Ia now in good ordor, and Of
which 10000 havs boon mndo and aold, yot that
implement has boon act asldo foroae costing 995t
that chargcs GO contB rod for laying to to-
day may be superseded tomorrow by Quo that te
cauablo Of laying 1t for 20 cents g rod;
therefore r tnventofa shonld not be too aanguina
way Of monopoly. We must not forgot tho onl.
tiVator.I!ng that et one time suppoaed they held
mon0ao5 Of npovea the easator Patents but n
s issnefs Saa sre proved ss@ rses Ss'n'e fer s ee
them. Tho patont on t,lo-making machinery
must hhve expired, and Wo ought TO have good
firm iu this State havo held tho monopoly Of the
best tilo-maklng machine, and the msnufao-
turor could not sell the machine In tho State:
but that muat ho fully endoa. or ut loaas near to
its ond.
ditch with his mon, it will be seen that no
machine eau hold q monopoly over him aud
yet machines thAt Gun lay 100 rods Of tile . day
must havo tho advantage IT they 80 choose.
The high price for painting has kept
TIE FARM-HousE uNpA1NTED.
Some weeks since "Ehe Farm and Garden /"
proposed toshow the farmer how hu could do his
own painting, and at d. coat within his meaas.
Tor the painting Of barns and outhouses. boiled
lInseed oil and the common mineral paints, With
out turpoatine ct keroseno, werc recommended
Oh very cheap aud Of caBy application. Tho
Ayer!lt chensica! was commended ~ valuable,
but objected to On account Of coBt.s / hayo
letter from person Of largo experience In tho
use Of paints, aud be writes as follows:
You we're nonr!y correct in your cstimate In regard
70 thc unerel afnte, bt net 80 IN the htgsr graea
1go wi ~ hoaS ., w3i9 d', ess .s :,
sl7.7s
THIS will mako 7 gallons Of paint. costing $3.50 per
gallou while the chemical Is solA 275, iItorenco
Of II cena and tbs ,nintral paint is aod at sis0 cr
can do. betttr work with tho chemical thai, than
| with tho com,non lend and oil Ia, that
tho clemfcal paint does not run down Nhbn put
I nfta fhfckfY tn frAm a nn4].hn1n In
surface; in other words, It sticks whore I III pnt
geon os rood paint will sosor a'ont 100 annre fret
Of -planad 6lrfaco two coAts, but for oil
faces lcrs worry rellahlo rule, tho temperature
Of the wcsthnr has mu.h TO do with tho absorbing
power Of the surfaca painted.
Whit wlah to ilnrrcss you II, that tile chemical
paint Is q. cheap r. goo, ea paint an better for tho
which can be hnnei Will something cheaper than
nsced oil, and on which they can mako moro money.
rho baao Of tbs chemical paiit IA zinc, and not lead
aud IT prepared by process that euables tho oil
to hold the paint In solution.
on this paint but he should lnya good, ano lrurh
as no good work can be done with COARSE brush. 4
ss5n oa sssX{ wiz sX T. 'ee to ss;ns fis M
sdzalcut 10 a1 rnlo for daya work, - nnny thngs
como III the way to hinder tho work. Of oourae,
iosa progrtss What no want in lilo country il 10
enable the fasmev to Do his own painting. md ha wilt
unfforD, In quality, and Of any shade desired.
| Druggiats hayo kept whit rhoy call
MIXED PAtETa
for doora, to sell to the Turner: but those dtnes
vastly and arc fnoro ar leas value. II the farmer
can do tho work hiuself, ho eau atford to nus-
chase the MATERIAL and tue difforenco in cost Of
Hltito lead and oil, and tho chemicals is but Il
tr1e. He should ASCERTAIN which he can lay on
to the boet advantage. md which is the most
durable, Whila thofo can he 40 great dllor-
onco in tho real vslno Of whito lead and OIL and
this chemical zinc paint a. to durability, thore
isl didercnco when tho painter applies II Ut ths
ratio Of 10 much per aguaro foot or square yard
As gcnora' thingt tho farmer knows little ii
regards tho real cost Of painting. and Of itt
| value in the protection and good appearance Of
hts bulIdings. Aa . rule the absence Of paint
IN tho country iH rather asriking. When good
fasm-house is put up, "a = goneral Ching
paint ia the exception, not the rule
For some years have had my pork-barrela
hooped with iron instead OF wood and painted
them. The result is saving Of pork from tho
aud repair of the barrels. There are
! MANY Tu1Nas THAT NEED PAINTING
on this farm, such AL plows, wagons and the
like ;,but if the farmer docs not do the work
tn the trade II tha farmer dooa hs own paiuting,
"a othorwiso littls Of it ,s done.
Tho painting Of buildings ia bsat done 10 ths
eprinE or fall, ia wn thou eAcapo dust at1d ttes.
4 more fine surface. Painting during tho heal
Of tummor with > plentiful supply Of turpcn, i9o.
u but poor apology for good work and thu
far,er will lnd It to his at7antago to do his Nc
work, anless ho can find reliable woskm. IL
who will do the WORK as it ought to /
done. know Tint It IL practics
for farmers' boys to do t!ls kiad OF work. a. m,
own boys have had considerable practice In thet
direction. and think themselves quite expers, IN
mixing paint for piows so Mat 1t Will dry. Tha
rule ID very aimple equal parts OF boilod oil
aud japan, aud equal parta Of Franch yellow and
white lead. Any woman or boy Of ordinary abil-
ity can mix aud lay 1t on; but, ~ bcfo1e atated,
they must have soft, tar1n brua'l, thoug il
need not be very largo. unehs QUO has large
amount to do. When you are through With
tho brush, was4 It ont IN q
little keroseue, and put It up dry In dry ptkce,
where it w!ll be ready to uao months OK yoar
! hence.
do not suppose that there ia Round Of puro
white load on the mail kps ~ nll oft Is mora or
less adultarated, How fur 1t III posaibla to adul-
terato tho chemical roints I do not know, but
| thus far there appears no indication in TINT
| direction, and it is TO be hopod no change fur
tho worse will 10 nude. al 1t appears 40 will