Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-12-05

ing be counted anything. In the other
mode of dressing, if it were zoe, farm
ers could sell for lSc., or less, live weight,
without loss. Farmers who never tested
the loss OF weight in dressing, often sub
NIT 10 the deduction of three or four
cents II pound 10y the middlemen, who
are interested in making this large diff
ference -Phild Times.
SAVING MANURE.-At the late discus
sion of farm topics mt the New York
state fair, Il farmer said: 1--WE are abus-
ing our land, cXhausting il, and raising
poor crops. Perhaps we are raising too
much grain, and raising it in a shitless
way, The great point, however, is To
husband our manure. Supcrphosphatc
Is good, but 1t costs n good deal. If YOU
put IN So an acre in this fertilizer, and
.et only ten bushels more of oats or
barley, where are YOU going TO find pay
for the work and all the rest2 Save the
manure. Save all YOU can! Half that
is made is wasted, or badly applied.
The cheapest purchased fertilizer Is
plaster, and farmers should buy il by
the ton. To allow manure to waste by
Washing down into streams to poison
fish, be regarded rs n positive sin"
These remarks are sound Farmers
must make all the manure they possibly
can, us they cannot depend on CONNER
cial fertilizers. Keep as many swine as
you can feed we'll, and they will make
great deal of very fine manure, if kept
III n pen, whore You throw IN frequently
n load or two of weeds. or anything tha,
will make manure. Save all your hen
manure, rs it is worth rs much rs guano
when mixed with soil, and so left two or
| three months.
Another farmer spoke Of narrowing
ground IN the spring sown the previous
fall TO wheat or rye. Sometimes the
roller will break the crust, and effect
the desired result 10 loosen the surface.
He thought that the wheat crop would
be from five to ten bushels more per
acre if it could be narrowed ut the right
time, or before rain. He said there is
no danger of hurting timothy sown the
previous autumn 10y narrowing in the
spring, but, like the wheat, it would be
benefited 10y the operation
WATERING WINDOW PLANTS. There
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| plants asks more about than how and
when TO water plants. There is nothing
he or she asks that is more lnsatislac-
torily answered. The florist tells him
to water when the plant needs it, But
how is it known when the plant needs
| it. But how is ii known when the plant
needs water? That is Just the point of
ignorance Yet it is very difficult to
give the knowledgo.to any one. Unjust
come of experience; and yet there are
Il few hints that one may profit by III
trying to find cut when II plant needs
water. With experience one can soon
tell 10y the weight of the pot. One
knows about how IN empty pot ought
weigh when filled with dry earth.
When very wet the weight is nearly
double. a plant never wants water
when the pot with the earth is heavier
than n pot of dry soil. Then the color
of the earth will tell with very little
experience, when it needs water and ono
soon learns to distinguish by this. 1t
is almost always much lighter in color
when dry than when wet and if the
earth is rs dark as it is when fresh
watcrcd it wants no more till IT gets
lighter And then experience will
soon teach one to know when plant
needs water by the feeling Of the earth.
When dry the earth will crumble II
little when il is touched on the other
hand it seems to press together and to"
be smeary when wet. With II very
little experience it is so easy to tell
when plant needs water by the feeling
alone that blind man might make II
florist in this respect Those who wish
to know how many times week TO
water their window plants can never get
an answer Plants will need more
water in warm room than in n cold
one, in dry atmosphere than in one
that is moist, when plant Is growing
vigorously than when it is at rest, when
it is in good health than when it is
somewhat sick, and in light, shady
earth rather than in stiff or heavy
ground. Nothing at all but a little cx-
periencc will help one, but if there is n
true love for the helpless little thing il ia
astonishing how soon the knowledge
comes 20 one. There is no such one
bat soon becomes a good plant man."
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