Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-05-08
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IaIl d FARM AND FlRESlDE.
| ECONOMICAL NoTEs.-P Potash on Ashes.
The Country Gentleman says: The guam
tity of potash varies greatly in wood ashes
with the different kind of wood, and with
the part of the tree from which they are
taken but there is probably on an aver
age about sixty pounds in a ton of ashes.
1t sdifficult to decide what price should
be paid for each to give the results with an
equal expenditure Of money, as there are
some other ingredients, especially sulpilate
Of soda and phosphoric acid, that add to
the value of the ashes, and the results of
their application greatly differ with soils
and localities. For the potash alone, it
would probably be cheaper to buy the crude
potash, if it can be had for $1.7o- per 100
pounds than to hny ashes at u cents per
bushel. i'sAst sffs t''l' iA'--F siosiii'isIo
What Fertilizer for Wheat ?-J, r. Jack
son asks. s.What fertilizer would you put
on wheat in spring -clay land /? How would
slaked lime do ~ Slaked lime will not
harm winter wheat as a top-dressing but
we had much rather have it applied to the
soil just previous to OF at the time of seed
ing. We know of no manure better for
wheat than well-composted barn-yard ma
nure. 1. BY well-eomposted, we mean that
which has been mixed with absorbents in
sufficient quantity to absorb the gases du-
ring the process of decomposition, and has
been forked over and packed until thor
oughly decomposed; then apply it to the
soil before sowing the seed. The same
kind OF manure is best for corn and
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"a Feed the Soil iWell-A correspondent of
the Vermont Farmer says: The Lord
loveth cheerful giver, and so does the
soil, and just in proportion to our gener-
osty to it, will it reward us at the harvest
time. Then let us feed it well, give it lib
eral coats of manure, stir it often and mix
it fine. I would not buy commercial fer
tilizers until had used up all that is made
around our own buildings There is more
plant food wasted in the kitchen Stops ir
one year than can be bought in a ton of
the best commercial fertilizer. t1
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7, CELERY AND THE N ERvEs.-Of all the
diseases that human flesh is heir to, that
affecting the nerves is among the worst
No one can conceive of the suffering
brought ON thereby, but the person who is
thus afflicted. Sleeplessness, irritation,
depression of spirits and general wreck
of the human system are attendant conse-
quences of such an affection. The patient
often gets little sympathy because he, or
she, does not always appear to be really
sick. Nevertheless, the pain is excrutia-
ting and will gradually break down the
constitution of the strongest. Anything
that will give relief should be made known.
Of Celery, writer who is familiar with
it's virtues, says: .sstf .aI- ~, s.ty
II have known many men, and women,
too, who from various causes had become
so much affected by nervousness that when
they stretched out their hands they shook
like aspen leaves on windy days, and by a
moderate daily use of the blanched foot
stalks of celery as salad they became as
SGfOng anu SGeduy III llnlD DIS OUnel people.
[ have known others so nervous that the
least annoyance put them in state of ag-
itation, and they were in almost constant
perplexity and fear, who were also effeetu-
ally cured by moderate daily use of
blanched celery as a salad at meal time
1 have known others cured of palpitation
of the heart. Everybody engaged in labor
weakening to the nerves should use celery
daily in season, and onions in it's stead
when not in season. y 81 ......,st ...-f