The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-08-08
Farm and Household Column.

MANURE. Shull, in an I'D
dress before the Central New York
Farmers CIab, relates the following
experiment in'the application Of green
aud rotten manure: / have used OK
crement matter in the spring Of tbs
year, spread and plowed under and
cultivated, aud well incorporated
with the soil, and planted the land
with potatoes. Tho potatoes did
finely, woro we'll formed aud fine for
the table. At tho same tip,e; aud an
the same piece VI land, plowsd un-
der well.rotted manure, with, tho
same cultivation, and the potators
were overgown, ili-shapcd and soggy,
not fit for the market Or The table.
My theory in.the case Of the difter.
eucs in the quality Of. tho crop was
that the manure being we'll compost
ed the action on the plants was SO
vigorous as to cause the tuhers to
grow very rapidly, consequently they
were soggy and not fit for the table.
Whereas, gu the part planted with
the raw material the decomposition
was just rapid enough and ut tho
right time. i
FESclxa.-To render posts or tim
Der, placed iu the ground practical
~ imperviOus to moisture, and for a
long time prevent decay, the follow.
ing simple recipe has been trie.! and
found to answer the purpose excel.
lently. For fierce and gate posts it is
particularly recommended Take lin
seed. oil, boil it and mix it with char
coal dust until tue mixture has tho
consistency of an ordinary paint.
Give to the posts a single coat Of the
mixture Or paint before planting
! them, and no farmer, says ono who
has used it, living to- the ago Of thu
patriarchs Of old will live long enough
to see the same posts rot. The post
of timber should bo we'll seasoned AM!
dry when the paint u applied.
TExDER-FoorED HoRsEs.-An old
IMAM who had much experience in
handling and dealing in horses for
moro than half q Gentry, said to me
recently that he had never known a
horse to get tender.footed that was
kept loose in a shed or yard, or in a
boxed stall. That turning around
and .treading with their forward feet
in the manure, keep then, constantly
moist and soft. His theory appeared
perfectly reasonable to me. / have
no box stalls, but used shavings for
bedding, and. every morning with
large shovel, l moved the vet sha-
wings under tho horses forward foot,
and then the last thing at night COZ.
cred these with dry shavings for him
! to lie on. lie also remarked that he
, never knew flat.footed horse but
what was a gooqyorkor.. Live Stock
I, Journal. "a. go.
Blue Grass IN ARxAxsAs.-Dr. A.
Guthrie writes to the department ~
follows l have tract of land Of
Us acres cleared land, situated in
Van Buren, county; its character,
good upland, purity valley land. In
summer there is good '''stock range"
throughout this and adjoins counties,
but in winter the native grasses are
If little value. II has been On my
part an Object Of great solicitude to
cultivate a portion Of my land sue
cessfully in grass suitable for hay aud
winter pasturago. Iu tue spring Of
1872 l sowed with my oats seven
acres Of timothy, one Of blue grass.
and one Of red clover. All have done
we'll, but the clover does not seem to
!. withstand the hot, dry season as we'll
as the other two. Having long been
i resident Of the blue grass regions Of
2 Kentucky, l have observed my ex-
pertinent here with interest, aud I
! can say that while. blue grass does
not grow quite as we'll as in Kentucky,
Indiana and Ohio, itgrows finely here.
and will succeed aud keep green all
simmer. Niue has afforded pastur-
ago for my horses till the middle Of
1uourrr