The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-07-30
FARM AVID rrREssDE.

and these by skillful arrangement, may
be made to serve as useful purpose rs
dressed lumber and paint OF pressed brick
The main points are warmth, drynesS,
and ventilation; for food is wasted when
an animal shivers in its stable, n when
its health is injured by damp, filth, or
bad air. A farmer who is thoughtful
about such small things as this (although
this is more important than IL appears)
may be taken to be thrifty man, who,
by and by, will be able to build barn
with all the Improvements; and to build
it properly too. The old proverb, Take
care Of the small things and the large
ones will take care Of themselves" is ap-
plicable to matters about farms and barn.
yards especially. When the small things
are well watched large ones are not for
gotten.
DONG WITHOUT RAIN.--It would he
by no means improbable that some
scientific and inventive mind should
adapt means 20 do away with the need
for rain. Good farmers already do this
now in part by mulching newly set trees,
keeping the soil moist and light by deep
and thorough pulverization. The air is
always charged with moisture, as we can
see on the dryest, hottest day by the
drop. deposited on the surface of an ice
pitcher. All that is needed is that the air
should freely circulate so deeply in the
soil that its moisture will be condensed
by the colder particles of earth. Or some
substance having strong affinity for
water applied to the earth would answer
the same purpose. A French chemist,
NJ. Paraf, has found this in chloride of
calcium, which he has successfully APP
piled in time Of drought to sand hills,
road beds, grass and all kinds of soil. lie
claims to be able to irrigate land more
cheaply than by means Of canals rpump-
ing water. One application will con.
dense and retain moisture three days,
while If applied by irrigation the water
would evaporate in an hour.
A New POTATO DIsEAsE.-A new po-
tato disease, which promises to he more
disastrous than the old one, is announced
in the British journal of Horticulture as
having made its appearance in the gar
den of the Royal Horticultural Society
AT 'his"ick. since 'heh the editors
have received 30 many communications
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Yorker says that July and August are
prabably the months in the year for de-
stroying weeds. The summer heats are
at their fercest, and all annual weed cut
down at the root especially wither and
die. The tougher perennials have their
growth for the season, and have nearly
perfected their seed. The root then has
least vitality, and if the top be cut off a
feeble effort is made to reproduce it, es-
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of grass. We have known frequent NOW
ings of thistles in sod to reduce the
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