Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-05-01
Agricultural.

potatoes, says ''Take an ordinary hot-bed, split
the potatoes lengthwise, lay them close all over
the bed. cut side down, cover with mould or fine
sand three inches deep, q prefer the latter,)
graauiated like brown sugar. Some would say,
/ now give good Watering, close up the sash and
get all the heat Until the plants are ready for
Use. Not so this is the secret do not touch
thcm with water until they are above the ground.
when treat as usual. You will soon get the
kaaci of slipping the finger and thumb down to
take out the best plants they advance without
noiesting the tGbers. Wait ten days rather than
plant in cold weather; dig before cold sets in.''
THE VEGETABLE GAEDEN.-The vegetable Is
generally considered too small matter for the
coitc' planter 20 give any attention or thought
TO it. ii Is Mrs Planters domain. Very we'll;
. the arrangement Is not = bad one. provided ma
dam has taste for gardening; and provided.
further. that good hand is placed at her dis
/ Ppsal whenever garden work requires il. Too
often no help can be spared from the cotton and
the corn when needed, and the grass overruns
everything he garden might as well have
never been planted But cotton PAYS (some-
time5,) yoE say; "snap beans, sugar corn,
sIuashes, and ohra DON'T" Cotton wcuId not
pay if treated you treat your garden crops.
Bus good garden, judiciously planted and well
cultivated, does pay. No acre on your whole
Plantation, We venture to say, pays half so we'll.
I 1t pays first and heavily in the money it saves.
+ and 1t pays again in health and the employment
which its products give, in wholesome and need
I ea articles Of diet, saving money, again. in the
avoidance Of heavy doctors bills. Pray do no. o.
neglect the garden, and don't confine its crops
/ u snap beans ard coilards. Have plenty OF
! tomatoes, eg5 plants Guinea squash,) okra,
s-a'a beans, 7quashes, beets, carrots, and the
other good thing gs.-R,gGZ Cagoliniap
; STABLING CiTTLE.--I have stable with hay
. over, behind, and at the end OF it. The cattle
eat from the barn floor. which IS large and omen
to the roof. The stable is small and was kent
iuH OF COWS tied mp except when they went to
drink or the weather was warm in the middle of
tAe day. They miihed well, though fed only on
nay, and looked well in the spring, and did not
eat more than half Is much as some cows kept
IL an out-shel. I keep five cattle in a stable
/ that IS large and high bed with stalks and
plenty of straw, and level The manure IN il. and
sometimes throw manure water on. By this
means l save all the manure, which is nicely
ro'ted by the fall if there has been sufficient
water applied. Fhe cattle eat from an entry that
has large door at each end, aud there are two
doors opening into the stable these are tilro,.n
open when tine weather is mild have kept
cattle for thirty years aud never have had sicls
one IN winter. and they have been the admi-a-
tion of the ncighbors.-J. B. Smith, Mahosi4q
county, Ohio.
Corn FOR soILIyG.-We recommend every one
to try even a small patch Of fodder corn. We
are sure that its advantages will make them
selves so apparent when the pastures fail that
all who try il will henceforth SOW it more large
ly, that we only ask q moderate planting Moth
ing Is more useful in the hottest part of the sum-
mer for miich cows and horses also, and the
former Keep up their flow of milk without de-
crease, especially if little meal and bran be
given il: conjunction with it. Sow in drills two
aud half to three feet apart, and run the cul-
twdtCr through the rows two or three times.
The land ought TO be rich. About three bushels
to the acre Is the bes: quantity. 1t may be sown
up &c the first Of August, and cut when it is
shedding the pollen freely. If to be cured for
winter, carly sowing is the best.
SOWING PLASTER on clover fields should be at
tended TO now at once. From one to two bush
els to the acre Is sufficient Gettysburg Con,pi-
Ter.
BGUIsITG HoRsEs.-The following sensible ad-
vice Is from the Nsr England Farmer: s'A man
who viii habitually take horse through mar
row door knows very little Of what horse re-
members, what is fair treatment to the animal.
One single blow on the hip against the sharp
corner Of q doorway is sometimes sufficient %
ruin valuable horse. But when that blow has
been several times repeated the horse become.
EJiHrless, because he has become a highly dan
-erJ1s animal. We have seen a horse whose
hips were never healed after striking two or
three times in passing through narrow way
Another dangerous practice is the leading of
horses out Of the barn door. by the sides of loads
of hay, grain, etc. \ slight blow upon the hip
viii sometimes so excite high. spirited horse
that the person leading loses control over him,
and he escapes upon jump, banging his should
ers and hips as he proceeds, leaving patches Of
skin and hairas evidence that he has got through.
Many valuable horse has been ruined in this
way, and many Il valuable one can be saved by
rercr leading him through a narrow space"
IzCUBATIoS or CuIcKFSs.-Dr P-e,arree. of
View York city, has long been experimenting
with incubators, and We believe has been very
successful in Matching chickens with the aid
thereof. This year, however. he has tried the
EXP .riment Of Matching eggs by the aid Of horse
manure, and finds it equally good, and in some
respects preferable. He places the eggs in bar
rcis, which are placed on posts or pillars holding
them up from the ground. Around these barrels
or tubs are beds Of manure nine feet square,
When this bed is three days old he places the
eggs in the barrels and in forty-eight hours the
first signs Of life may be visible in the beating OF
the heart, which il seen moving over the centre
Of the yok. In about twenty days the chickens
are expected 10 break the shell. DIR. P. exhibits
chickens so Matched this spring. 1t Is necessary
to move the eggs every day also to relieve them
from the heat each day, lifting the tubs contain
iuE them OCT Of the manure, tins bringing that
change inventilation the hen gives when leaving
her nest.
CETBETNG HoTsEs. Mr.. Lyman Thayer, Of
Franklin, Mass, q gentleman who has had
/ large experience in the care and handling Of
horses for the past thirty years, in answer TO the
+ question ''How 10 cure crib biting" says he has
+ been quite successful by mailing strips of sheep
ssiu ou the edges OF the minger in every place
where the horse could get hold with his teeth.
/ The skin is put on with the wool side up, and II
/ the horse attempts to play at his old trick or
: habit he will find himself pretty efEectualy gag
gri. We were shown an inveterate cribber,
( which appeared to be thoroughly cured by this
----.-.--s AIR Thayer, ike LsOst Ole
considers eribbing more of a habit than ANYTIME
e'5e- The sleeps wool seems to be a little d;s
-'$''aS 10 the animal, and as he gives up crib
oius IN the stall, he appears to forget his habit
OF the street. Cribbing is generally believed lie
DC habit more than disease, although, finer
sIsie IN, it may be an indirect cause of disease
AAAUKING NINEs.-We are fully convinced Of
+ 3 fact regarding the fertilization of the prare
/ #ich Is Of the highest Importance Animal AZ
cement or stable manure We regard as uns,ited
l''s successful cultivation, or ut least ills far
Deer to employ the fertiizing agents witch are