The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-10-28
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, Potash FOR SulL,-We have So
often spoken Of the grca, value Of pot
ash .as tertilizing agent upon. our ex.
hausted soils, it is not without souo
hesitation that We allude to the subject
We suppose that almost. every agricul.
turist nowadays has soms general iden
Of the principle Of restitution; that is
to say, the elements necessary to tho,
growth Of vegetables must be replaced
and if thsy are not, the crop either
fails utterly, or at best is deficient in
health and growth. The amosu. Of
these elements, phosphorus, lime pot
ash, and several others, to be replaced,
varies according to the vegetables cul-
tivatcd Thus a potatoc crop from
seven and q half acres Of land takes
away the seed constituents OF four
wheat crops, besides six hundred
pounds Of potash. rhe average pro-
duce Of the same area removes the seed
constituents Of four wheat crops and
about one thousand pounds Of potash.
Similarly also grapes, clover, peas,
beans aud nearly all leguminous vese.
tables, remove potash in immense
quantities.. 1t is evident that in such
cases potash is the material which tho
land most requires to produce a new
crop. To buy potash and add it totbe
soil would be expensive; true, it may
be produced in combination with other
substances in various fertilizers but
there is much simpler source for it,
and that source is the wood ash heap,
which otherwise the soapmaker pur-
chases ~ Boston Journal Of Chemistry
LADY BEE-FARM1Se IN CAL1ron-
N1A.-The Pacific Rural Press tells Of
Two young ladies' of Oakland, who,
having just finished their education,
went to Los Angeles and formed a co.
partnership in bee farming. with
their scanty savings in school teaching
they got possession Of some bee pas
lures, Kept on teaching and extending
their business, and secured 200 stands
Of bees, Last week on Of the partners
brought to this market $500 pounds
Of white sage honey, and has another
1000 pounds coming. The names Of
these worthy examples of tact and in
, dustry are Miss Emma Smith and Mis-.
Josie l.ind'cy:
Says an English paper: a sample
Of condensed milk, weighing about
cwt., was exhibited at the rooms Of the
Society Of Arts, and an interesting ex.
pertinent made thereon. This nam.
moth piece of so!idsd full was prepar,
ed by Hooker's process. 1t had beea
exposed to the action Of the air for
four years and three months, ye; its
quality was so excellent that in few
minutes it vas resolved, by churning
into good fresh butter. This trial was
only one of series made at the inter-
national Exhibition, South keusing-
ton, and elsewhere. In each case the
same satisfactory result was obtained
A California paper, in State Fair
item says: A method OF butter max
ing was explained to US by the iuveu
tor. Frs II J. Clark, Of Nilsson station
Sacramento county. She prepares the
cream with secret powder, drains it
with cloth and perforated false bot.
tom in pan during tho night, and
has butter ready for working in the
morning without the necessity O!
churniug at all.
About 1000 pounds of fish eggs, or
in round numbers about 100000 eggs
have arrived at Sioux City, from the
Pacific coast. They we're destined for
Red Wing and St. Peter, MINI, to be
hatched and used in restocking the
streams in that region of; country.
The eggs were carefully put up in cans
and shipped in racks, packed in ice to
keep them frozen and in good order.