Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-07-29
AGricu1 tural.

AGRICULTURAL ExPERIENCE.-Dr. E.
NJ. Pendleton, Professor of Agriculture
in the Georgia Agricultural College, in
recent elaborate report concerning the
results of experimental farming, eplto-
mizes some valuable information as
follows:
That the application of soluble
manures in a liquid form is better and
more efficient than when applied in the
dry state.
That lime will paw on soils abounding
in organic matter; on other soils its
application is of doubtful utility.
That subsoils do not germinate seeds,
or grow plants, like surface soils.
That early planted cotton will not
produce as much as that planted later,
when the ground becomes warm, and
the plant is not retarded, but grows off
vigorously and healthy.
That subsoiling cotton lands will pay
for the extra labor on clay soils.
That one stalk in the hill Will produce
more cotton than two or more stalks.
That topping cotton is rather a datri-
ment than an advantage 70 the crop.
That cotton planted in narrow rows
two and half feet wide and fertilizea.
on thin land, will produce more fruit
than in wider rows, with seasonable
year.
That five by three feet is the best dis
tance to plant corn On medium land of
a sessonable year.
That pulling fodder does not seriously
iniure the corn after it passee the milk
stage.
Ear4;l;7o-c ,,,1I;,d 5,-;r Al. .,,-kh
OF the crop, TO keep up supply OF nu-
triton to the rootiets, will not pay
under ordinary circumstances.
That stable manure, either fresh or
rotted, applied with a high-graded
superphosphstc, msses a very efficient
fertilizer for Gotten
That cotton seed applied with the
germ killed (or green, if put in deep,
in conjunction with good superphos-
phate, makes a powerful fertilizer.
That large crops Of turnips can be
made on thin lands by the application
of superphosphate Of lime, and, inferen-
TALLY, sheep husbsndry might be made
profitable by feeding on turnips and
fertilizing the soil, as well as for the
wool snd mutton, and the consequent
reduction of the amount of cotton by
the division of labor.
That subsoiling land for corn will
pay for the extra labor even of season
able yer, much better of q dry year.
That large amount of fertilizers (say
half ton per acre. will not pay with
low-priced cotton.
That, with good cultivation, good
fertilizers will pay, even at the lowest
rates of cotton but, with bad cultiva-
tion, they will hardly pay at any price.
That ashes treated with sulphnric
acid will greatly improve their fertiliz-
ing qualities.
That two hundred pounds of good
ammonlated superphosphste is about
the quantity to be used on an acre of
cotton.
A TRUE GoBBLER SToRY.-The writer
of this paragraph recently saw on the
farm of Mr.. Robert Sutherland, North
Dorchester, the somewhat unusual sight
of q venerable turkey gobbler patiently
Matching ont batch of hens eggs. It
seems the old gobbler had been shut
up in a coop in which all that were
good of lot Of Turkey eggs had just
been Matched. Having nothing par
ticular to occupy his leisure moments,
and objecting In toto to the feminine
theory of masculine uselessness, it
seems to have struck his gobblersbip
that he might as well go to work and
hatch out the rest of the eggs left in
that nest over there. Mrs. Sutherland,
amused at the gobbler's pertinacity, |
removed the added eggs, and put |
under instead lot of hens eggs. The |
gobbler, though at liberty to come or
go, has been setting for three weeks /
over his charge, which at the time the |
writer visited the farm were becoming
impatient to get out of their shells, put |
oD their spectacles, nd see what the .
world looks like. The quidnuncs are
wondering whether the occupants of 1
the egg shells will be trained and /
brought up by the gobbler in a manner |
becoming youthful chickens, or as little |
Turks. Further developments will be |
awaited with interest.
PLASTER AS MANURE. seems
to be little doubt but what plaster. or
as 1t Is called by chemists, sulphate of .
lime, is on some soils an efficient and |
cheap manure while on other soils it
seems to be of little or no value, as no
difference can be detected in the crops
following its use. Now, in order to tell |
the soil on which it will pay to use it,
is question that we shall have to de-
eide for ourselves for l am not aware
that any man can tell by looking at the
soil where it Will pay TO use it, or where
1t will not pay. Therefore, if we would
know for certainty it is best to try
small quantities on different parts of
the field, either by sowing on grass land
as a top dressing, or by using as a
manure for field crops in different WAYS,
and the answer that you may get will
likely be true one. After you have
found where it will pay, then use it
literally, and it may be well to say here
that If the crops are all consumed upon
the farm, there need be no fears of ruin
ing your farm by using plaster in a
judicious manner.
NEWLY SET TREES. - Continue to
break the crust and to maintain clean.
mellow surface for several feet around
the base of the stem. Nothing contri-
butes more to a free and healthy
growth. Mulching may be applied in
such places as this mellow cultivation
can not be gwen. Never water young |
trees-depend exclusively on cultiva- !
tion, and if necessary, mulching added. !
Pruning young and newly Sc. trees
after the leaves are out is wrong. They ,
want the benefit of all the foliage they !
nave opened and carried SO far. The /,
only exception is where a moderate :
pruning is given for the sake of proper J
form. Looping off leaves is always a !
check to transplanted trees the injury J
is less to trees not removed, and least !
TO such sorts as quickly reproduce I
shoots, as the peach, for example. q
stopping the growth by pinching off 4
he ends of shoots, is the true way to +
mpart good shape.
PREPARING BoNEs.-The only prac- h
icable method of preparing bones for I
manure is to crush and grind them in 0
/ bone mill. The process is costly c