The interior journal., 1874-11-27
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tend 10 dry up cows. Apples In mcdcr-
ate quantities have no such tendency,
but on the contrary may he fed TO sd-
vantagc-espccially sweet apples Po-
tatocs are aid 10 dry up cows also
nothing is more absurd, for they are an
emincntly mih producing food, and
when small potatoes are not boiled and
fed to pigs, the cows ought TO have
them. Pumpkins are welrknown rs ex-
cellcnt milk feed. The seeds, however,
are diurctic in their tendency and very
likely reduce the quantity Of milk.
RrSovArISo BuGoy Tors.--Enamcl
leather tops which have become hard,
but have not last their color, can bc soft
ened and much improved In appearance
by oiling them with pun castor oil. The
oil is readily absorbed by the leather, and
will not fry out in the sun. When the
leather has turned gray, apply coat of
hattcr's blacking, aftcr the oil has struck
in, and rub we'll with a cloth To bring
out the polish. Most varuishes dry too
hard to be used on tops, shellac varnish
being the only kind that can he used
with safety, hut this viii crack unless
the coat be applied very thin.
APPLES roR Cows.-All good, nu-
tritious, succulcnt food has tendency
to increase the milk of cows, II properly
given. Apples, when ted to cows, should
first be given in small quantities with
great regularity, gradually increasing,
but never to exceed the moderate guam
titles which accord with perfect diges-
ton. Cattle sometimes break into or
chards, and without any previous inure-
ment gorge themselves to rcpletion and
become sick from overeating, in which
case the milk is more or less dried up
by the fever OF disease. In feeding ap-
Piles special care must he taken TO have
them previously cut, as from their
smooth exterior they are more apt to
choke cattle than any other food.-Coun-
Try Gentleman.
CULTIVATED AND GRASSY ORCHARD.
The Practical Farmer describes an cx-
pertinent made on the Eastern expert.
mental farm of Pennsylvania in a stand
ard Bartlett pear orchard. One portion
had lain in grass five or six years, and
had formc,l-a tough sod. This was care
fully and thoroughly plowod last year
Another portion had been cropped with
vegetables until within two years, when
it was seeded to grass. Both portions
had been alike dressed with fresh ashes n
year ago at the rate Of one bushel per
acre. Both set a heavy crop of fruit
this year. The trees on the portion two
years in grass ripencd their fruit soonest,
dropped their leaves prcmaturcly, and
the fruit was smaller than the other
The trees on the portion plowed last
year retained their leaves late, the fruit
was large and perfect, and sold at fouI
dollars per crate wholesale.
SPRING IIoUsEs.-The surroundings
of spring houses are usually of char
acter that produce, particularly in hot
weather, qualities in the atmosphere o
the locality, similar to that found il
the marshes abounding in malaria. The,
are usually in low places, abounding il
vegetable matter and perpetual moisture
the essential, active agents necessary il
the elimination OF malarious' gases
These gases are known to be OF greater
specific gravity than pure atmospheric
air; and the floor Of the spring house, OF
the troughs in which the milk is placed
usually being lower than the surface o
the SURROUNDING ground, they naturally
flow into the spring house and constant
ly stand over and around the milk and
butter, by which they are continually
absorbed. Were there no other reason
this alone is sufficient to condemn III,
spring house, and place it with othel
matters that the march off civilization
and science has supplanted by some
thing better.
WHEAT AFTER ToBACCo.-It is wei
understood that the largest yield her,
per acre of wheat is on land which ha'
been cultivated for tobacco-which il
the only good thing that can be said o.
tobacco. II is proper question for the
agricultural chemist, whether this is from
any influence on the soil, which the to
bacco exerts, taking up the coarser ell
ements of the manure and leaving thoss
which the wheat requires; or is it owing
to the high manuring and very cQmplet,
cultivation of the land, generally given
for tobacco? If it is from high manur
ing and good cultivation, may wenot ex'
pect such yield of wheat after Other
crops as well prepared? What might
we expect after corn manured as they
manure tobacco? What is the limit in
manuring for corn, and what is the limit
in the product ofan acre of cornY Their,
would be great advantage if we should
raise five hundred bushels Of corn on fiy,
acres instead of ten, and then harvest
from the same two hundred bushels %
wheat, without any additional manure
want TO see that kind of farming.
Correspondence of Country Gsaftemdn.
RICH SOIL Best FOR lIoNEY-PRoDUc
ING PLASTs.-Mr. l.. Gallup of Iowa
has noted the conditions of soil and eli
mate favorable for the production o
honey in flowers. The facts he gives ar,
worth remembering. II the atmospher,
is moist and warm, and well charged
with electricity, then is the time oul
flowers produce the most forage. On
the contrary, the air may be dry, warn
or hot, and flowers proddcc nothing
But by heavily manuring piece of lanc
for white clover or buckwheat, We car
cause it toproduce honey in cool OF
dry season. Manure warns up nle land
and il also causes a yapor of moisture
To arise from the soil, which does mol
arise from any impoverished soil. W,
have noticed this repeatedly. We hay,
seen row of curIant bushes that had