The Placer herald., 1874-09-19
HOUSE AND FARM.

country need many lessons upon this subject
and We are always glad to find agricultural
clubs discussing it 1t will bc found tl,a,
IN almost every instance Of farmer who
has become forehanded from good hasbant-
~, he lsas been a liberal user Of manure.
John Johnston, who is, perhaps. ,l,e Beat
wheat farmer in the State, not long since,
when asked in vita; his auccess chiefly ~.
said: "Manare, manute, and pleuty Of it.
He, perhaps, nearer than other men, has ap.
piled English practice to American soil, will,
only such notifications rs were necessary in
the changed circumstances. The Country
Gepttenaan relates recent conversation in
which Mr.. Johnston mentions purchasing so
acres Of a neighbor who had 20 little faith
In manure, HAT ten years product lay IN
the barn yard, and the seller remarked TIA,
manuse did no good on his land. Bat Mr..
j. said that manure paid every cent for
the farm" On that same ffiy acres. in Il
bad season, when the average crop of the
neighborliood was not more than five bushels
l'e raised on large field twenty nine bush
els per acre.
The Germans make the production Of
manure the first necessity Of the farm, and
they nre as able to keep as much stock
upon twenty acres 40 we do upon 100. II
is with mapure MS with feeding, the pay is
best with most liberal allowance. The soil
Of our Oldest States is by no means ex.
kaasted. 1t has been impoverished only in
a few elements; and these elements are all
represented IN barn yard manure The
barl,-ynrd manure contains the residum Of
slI the elements taken from the soil in the
crop harvested. The true policy, then, is to
keep rs much stock rs possible and carefully
husband the manure for replenisling tie
soil. This has been The plan pursued b,
Mr.. Johnston. He has regarded the ma
uure 80 valuable that he could afford Ia
feed nll his own co,rs, grain. and 5u,
largely Of corn and oil meal TO incrense Iln
Valne 81 his manure pile. lie goes on ih
plan Of full feeding an full 'nanurirg. The
atove illustration is rs strong as any W.
ever remember; when we could take thu
pile Of neglected manure upon u farm, and
by i,s effects upon crops, on the same farm.
produce n surplus sufficient to pay the mar
ket value of the land.
But the greatest effect can only he pro-
duced when manure aud thorough culture
go together. Mr.. Johnston is also II most
skilliul manipulation Of the soil. II the soi
is poorly worked, tie best manmring cnnno
properly be distributed, and, therefore, til.
crop cannot use it. One great disadvantage
our farmers labor under, is want of capital
to thoroughly TILL and manure their excess Of
acres. They usually own and try to work
1--WE acres where they are only able to work
and manure one. The reforms needed nr'
more manure and better culture. - Farm
and Lice Stock Journal
CALlrosylA Wool. GRowIxd. - Having
spent come time in California for the benei
OF my health, and to give me something to
do, became a flocknaster. ! have had
more or less to do with sheep since ten years
old, and take liking TO them. ASH general
rule, sheep are managed in California will,
too little help, aud the consequence is .llr~
too many lambs are lost for want of propc,
care. One man there often attends nlom
to 1900 sheep, whilst there ought to be-
at least, one good man to 500 ut the lamb
ing season. Sheep are usually taken to the
mountains in the summer, where they titel
get very fat, ut, seeing too little of the
shepherd, get also wild. As fast as TIN,
ewes lamb they should be separated from
the flock and put in n corral by themselves
The best care requires that nlendani'
should be with the sheep at night, will
lanterns, to see ha, all goes right. Mucl
has been said about crossing Cotswod,
upon common ewes. | think the best frs
cross is that Of ull-blooded Merinos upon
rhe common ewes. A good cross of this
kind will produce five pounds per head OF
wool, and with this clip of wool and care
for the lambs. profitable business will re-
suit. A young man who is willing to work
and wait may make SO 900 in less than
ten years. Cor. Lice Stock Journal.
INJURED BY TOO Much SuN.-Anoiher
bad practice of large portion of our far
mers needs to he mendcd, and that is now
ing grass and allowing it to remain one, two
and, perhaps, three days exposed, spread
out to the sun and air. BY this process ii
loses most OF its soluble food constituents,
leaving it woody. and it also loses nearly all
OF its fine aroma, which renders it 40 appe-
,izing, to cattle and horses. The loss by
,l.is mode of drying is much larger than r
sup, ,osed.
REMEDY FOR THE Potato Bua.-In an
ewer TO several questions as to the best
remedy for his pest Of tie potato, we can
only say hat from trial of several different
ones. we find sulphmic- -'ncid. (ol of vi,riol)
.,c