Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1875-10-15

CHEAP LIME AND CHEAP GREEsHousEs-Tn
llme-burning there is of course large amount
of heat wasted. If only this heat could be
economical il would be great gain. This idea
struck an inventive Irishman, and he conceived
the idea of heating greenhouses and forcing
fruits as an adjunct of the lime business. The
idea seems to have been something of success,
and the "Cowan patent'' is the result. So far
as we can judge from the English papers, there
are quite q number of combined lime and green
houses being erected on this principle, and
things seem to work satisfactorily. As we uu-
derstand 1t botwater boiler forps the top of the
kiln, and from this hotwat pipes are led around
through the glass-houses near in which ths
plants or fruits are grown.
Exactly how the matter Is arranged in detail
We do not quite understand. The kiln must
cool some time to get out the lime but per.
haps there is double kiln with two sets Of
boilers connected with the single set of pipes,
and one can be get to work while the other
cools.
We have never had much of an opinion Of
these complicated things. In ordinary lire
burning one can in a measure stop lime-burn-
bat if we have greenhouses dependent on the
heat the work must go on or the plants die.
whether the lime is needed or not, and this
ought at anyrate to be an argument in favor OF
cheap lime, if no, of cheap plants and cheap
forced fruit. It may be that here again the OBJ
lection has beer foreseen and provided for by
another boiler which can work by itself when
no lime is needed.
However, we may soon have a eharce to see
exactly how the thing works, as we hear
wealthy citizen of Philadelphia, who Is fond of
country-life, is about to put one in operation.
1t Is one of those things in which we should
not look for much success in this country but
then ''the proof of the pudding" &c. We are
glad to know il is to be tested by practice in this
way.-GeymGztoar5, TsleqrGph.
USE THE ROLLER MoRE.-It has always been a
belief of ours that the true value of the roller
has not been understood. and we have received
considerable credit from our contemporaries for
our efforts at various times to have this useful
implement better understood. What we have
said of it in the past has chiefly had reference to
its use in the spring season, but as see farm
ed to inquire whether even still more use of the
roller might not be made with advantage. We
all know how great is the value of a we'll pull
We rized soil, but we have come to regard mere
stirring with a cultivator in summer as pulver-
izing. 1t is to certain extent of course. No
matter how roughly done, il is better than q
hard baked surface. Under this condition the
soil dries very rapidly. Still the lumpy coarse
! way in which the cultivator often leaves she
ground is anything but pulverization.
| We see tendency in some quarters to favor
hard packed earth but the thorough pulveriEa-
tion We recommend is a very different thing from
| this A soil that Is thoroughly crushed fine will
not dry out near so fast as one which ia coarse
and lumpy, and this prevention of the escape Of
| moisture is well worthy of attention, as the
| freight question. the cooperation question, or
| any other of the numerous ones which are up
| permost Just now.
| Il is not perhaps easy to carry out plan after
we know it ia a good one but surely something
could be done to keep the soil from being so
coarse and lumpy as we see 1t SO often after our
cultiyators have been over the ground. There is
something wrong either with the soil or the i'm
| plements. We want clod crusher as well a
hoe harrow; let il be in the form of a roller or
| what it may.
! CARE OF HoRsEs.-The London horse book
/ saws: All hores must not be fed in tie same
proportion, without regard to their ages, their
constitution ana work because the impropriety
of such practice is self-evident. Yet it ID con-
stantly done, and is the basis of diseases of
every kind.
Never use bad hay On account Of the cheap
ness, because there is no proper rourishment in
it.
Rack feeding is was.eful. The better way is
cause the food is not then thrown out, and is
| more easily chewed and digested.
Sprinkle the hay with water that has salt dis
solved in it, because it is pleasant to the ami
| mails taste, and more easily digested. tea
spoonful Of salt IN a bucket of water Is suGi-
| cient.
| CONDIMENTS IN PouLrr DIET.-Cayenne pep
| per, mustard or ginger can with great benefit DO
added to the food of fowls, to increase their
vigor, and to stimulate egg-productiOu. This
apparently artificial dieI will seem to be natural
| if we remember that wild birds Of the gallina-
ceous genus get access to very many highly
| spiced berries and buds articles that give the
| ''game fayor'' to their flesh. The ordinary food
of the domestic fowl is not entirely without some
such addition, since there being more or less
aromatic principle in wheat, Indian corn, and
other grains. Nevertheless II Is not sufficient In
quantity to supply the place Of the stronger
| spices. taste for which 10 part Of the fowls
inherited quality. moderate quantity of
Cayenne, &C., added to the ground grain is pro-
ductive of health and thrift in poultry.-Ths
| Poultry World.