, 1874-04-18

DO no clover tho third yoar, as tho roots will bc
fene,ed s nerod or S aqa Fns w, will a ds'
III caro- ono Wishes to plow tho orchard at tho
ond of tho second year, it may bo dane, t'rning
ni!lof le crop Of GLOVER a'ter tho appo:hrrvcat,
sua RsSw wen s roll a. v aqeS ,2e Or SSr e. IN the
anco. III thB manner, I Think nn orchnrd may
be kept III tho boHt possible condition.
| POTATOES IN THE GARDEN.
N1oaA, ILL.,, Apri!o Q, 1874:
garlcp, when they havs boom grown for ono or two
s ' !. nss sss5 s e xs HIN up 4na a1t lii
have grown my carly potatoos On tho same
land for ilfteen years. aud havo had good erors
every seaaon. lotoro .planting, 4 coat Of cow
stnble manure ia nrpllod, say at tho ratio Of
twenty oads to th9 Tho planting is Oyor
soason IL wet, or the ground not in good cond-
tton for blowing, tho planting Is dono with two
horse onltivator, thus giving it q shallow STIR
raEor sho. Il s aaqkoa an i a o nb It nay a% e pGs2 S@
Or elnglo-shoyol, and tho Rots dropped
row BY narrowing both 1ays A very little COW
tho rows, aftor tho plentss arc up, with . two
horse cultiyator; aud this will also kill tho
young weeds at the same t,mo. After the onrly
potatooa como toR,, tho 1nud should le plowcd
| hi4A C4UPleu WALL Ut LILO WCGub kept III
elools by narrowing. DO not allow tile autumn
| GRASSES to takc possession Of your potato
GROUND. Without tho annual coat or manure,
the potato is d failure II planted on tho sumo
| land.
| pA1ny1Na.
Mn, "HunAr Ns1n: We have tho ehec:e-iairy
fever in this stne, au, IN looking ut tho situation,
muy 10 ns,T to tho pracccd darynal 1ut WHICH aro
rev to ,s oue thi9g II our the great liability
s s ths he i
g isss aobcrs 70 Of e orsnso 't a Se
high feedng that you recommend for winter muy
easo abortion which, as tho E.s s very scrloua
you hare 1naao no mention In regard to that suh1oet.
Wc aro looking to our way clcar before wo make
/ leap, may land III tho tnire ly tho wny so,o
Of our members think thut criticism Of Grange mat
though tho Orange wsa orfas and ID ho irena Il 5it Il
I fEould dare to nuGgest IN Improvement.
| TIp1Nu OYER A DROUGHT.
In noaco prol'ara for war, 10 I'll old Haw that
has hna \ very general application. SO before
the drought comes, hayo tho material ready for
it; and. Ill caso, tho war or drought docs not
come, tho material may be cured and packed
ntllot arc two annual grasses OF great val1o for
this purpose, aud may be Howu all through tho
month Of May md iuto Juno, o,--koeping in mint
thas tie ohins!,-bng is very fond ct taom. and
million to feed Oh them. Wero It
not for this pest, we might now thom as late as
tho 1st Of July, but this might got eaton up, M
tho bladcs come out Of tho ground. AZ they lavo
scrvcl me on tnrco Or four attempts at late
sowing. Noxt comes corn in tho drill, two foot
apart, planted at any tl,no from tho 1st OF May
to the 1st Of July; harvesting mud curing al!
these, we fall back on corn ana oat-rnoal ground
together, md fod dry onco or twice
day, as requtrod, say from two TO four
quarts per COW to n flooding. In .ths
manner wo may carry Our CONS ovor d long
drought. We must remonulbor to put twenty
| loads Of fresh cow-stnbo manure to tile aero be-
fore We drill the corn. aud thon tho will bid
defiance to tho drought. and tho COWS Will then
laugh at the dstca-up pnsturags md give down
the usual supply Of the lactesl Auid.
do not think the Western dairyman need
]lnvo any foar in regard to abortion, for tho
cause is absent at least, tho great prolispoBing
cause that produces it in tile East, and tint il
IN rye, IN the blue-grass in rye-Grass, aud per-
laps in other grasses. I hnvo uoyor soon ii in
our rye, or III any OF tho grassos III this State.
shall not Hay that 1t III nqt produced with us,
| Lake Michigan. I am aware that the Easteru
! dairynsen continue to trent abortion as ono Of
tho mysteries yot unsolvod; but it appears to mo
plain it. and nuke it SO plain that no further I'LL
! duiry need bc made. There arc other cuuBoa for
tue acciaent, for It is nothing else, and
hos9 we aFe .,,ot liable aoa;oo yo
should not DO made into hay, and should be
pastllrod 30 close that tho sceds would not
mature tue ergot: Ia threalling, the ryo-straw
ia nearly dvestcd Of ergot !. but the rye and
ergot aro often ground for foed, mixed with corn
end outs: This ia not all; rye is often made into
flour without d careful separation Of tIis doadly
poison before grinding. THUS far, in our West
ern dairies, higt-foadiEg 8 has produced no bad
within 1iyo or six wooks Of the COW coming il
fresh, thus shortening tho time OF going dry
more than two mouths over the Eastern prac-
| tico. I think VIC neol approlond 10 bad results
from 1t, but. OH the contrary. u most decided
advantage.
| CRITICISM Of THE GRANGE.
Criticisms often do good, oven when not
meant for it. All new 0rdors are lablo to fall
into the general error that any person who
points out their faults is, per So, an onomy Of
tho CAUSE; and this III particularly the case with
| como Of tue Graugora. While ttle Grange has
many virtues, it also haa many grave faults,
which, il not corrected, will seriously impair tic
usefulness Of the Order. It was devised as q
| social organization; but como Of Its loaGors arc
| pushing forward in ordor to mako good thing
ont OF it, while offico.eookora are hoping to win
otlice through itB machinery and somo people aro
railroads change their policy, mud that tflo whole
machinery Of trade is to bo sot naide and
a now order of things inaugurated. But
lit is probable that tho world will
move on pretty much aftor tho old plans, with
| Its army OF producers, niddlenlen and CONSUME
| ers. IN the meantime, the friction evolved will
have its uso in smoothing down the rough cor
nora and it il to DO hoped that the world will bo
the better for tho Order Of Grangora at loast, it
ought to be.
| UAsTMEnE GOATS.
4 NEesHo FALLS, Ka,, ArrIl O. 1871.
| Mn RURAL "-Htn 4 fow years ago there was
a E}futp hnu
should suppose that this climate would ast item
anu 1t thu leece, suited, IL worth u pound, It
| trlrs. JOHN KLINE
| Tho goat In question will shear about 0
| pounds VI hurry wool, that has slow sale at 81
cents pound. It IL used for fringes aud tas-
factory for makiug It into cloth In this country.
Tho Skins aell for 50 to 35 cash, for.robos. On
tho Whole, t. hundred Of these. goatH aro Of loss
value than n hundred good sloap Of any brood,