, 1877-10-22
TIE FARM AND GARDEN.

serious faults that allet mankind, anil especial
n farmers, Is The carelcss habit Of wasting
time In doing little things where ltttc cateu-
latton would Bare 80 mich. It Is often more
profitable for a mechanic 10 sst down ami study
The manner In which machine III put together,
hc!ore he attempts ~ taku It 10 pieces In or'lrr
10 repair some Of tA pArtk, than It would fc Gor
him to 20 at Il wrench In hand, nnh remove
every nut aud tootcn every built before he got to
tue right nne. His employer might suppose, II
he enw the man standing Idle, that It was from
4 dc.tre tu shtsk work. md demand that he 1t
once begin to take to pieces, hut It might not be
economy; yet there are employers who arc sat-
isfcl II their employees keep moving, no mat.
Ter whether they work to the best advantage or
uut.
IN going back 10 the housc from distant parts
OF the larm tor tools forgotten amounts TO q
great many days in tho coursc ofa year. There
are very few farmers who have mt been an
grv, on arriving iu the lc:l4 to discover thai
wrench has been left at hume, or c!esis lost;
yet, II theY had nrbt taken moments time Ii
think OF what wM required, and then liz!
o,kcd To sec 4 It was IN this wagon. they you'll
II gong and conitug from olc job to another
alto involves snr!ous loss of time. Digging
potatoes for faniiy-uee often consumes great
Qe1l more tlne LIAR N necessary. we Gail Ehtl
~ mini whole netghborhuotis where, esrsy
morning regularly, n!tcr new potatucs are large
enough t., Use until tie crop has been harrest.
ed, boy Or man Is sent to dig . few hlils. Tie
than tint Required Tor ilrginc .thc tu.crs: Ii
IL takcs tcn minutes to To aud come, and tue
operation Is repeated seven times week, there
arc seventy minutes consumed IN travel. ontc
EunE with 4 bAshcl-baskct might bare provided
wliuie wcck's supply, and Utc whole hour
would have been saved. We might 81 on and
cnuplcratc dozen just sucl, opcsatluus Oh the
farsA. which consume time nccdicshiy.
AWlNTER.EMri0rMEST. 4
There arc men WHO t,i0stIy live of the CARR
ings Of otEcrs, They aru bv no means c,,l,lncd
10 ono class Of society in tlcir dcpscations. but
prey upuu all trales aud professions nike.
IA a1une tbs dups vi schcming villains, but pco
plo Of nil calinCs hare their weak spots,
ind sharpers exist Who nakc living
prcscuts q wide and broad field fur nit sorts of
schemes. Thousands Of .oilare have been car
rscd out Of every county In the Stale by the ven,
ders Of some worthless Eralsl-dFill. wcl-nuEor,
cllurn. gate, or feslvei anu the business cnntln-
lies to flourish In spite Q! warnings and failures.
The patent CUTE aud fencc buslnras las long
becn a regular bonanza for sllarpers. After the
furmcr has paid ot,e lnan for the right to use IL,
another fellow comes along and wants pay for
infringement Of his patent, nnt, by dlnt of
threats, he usually s,lcrrels in getting all or
part Of his demand. The nekt thing that proui-
laCa 10 give flCu IfLuBn 10
rATENT.R,air snARrkEs
Is the barbea-wirc fcneV. a great deal OF this
nrttclo Ia TT use, anl II secnls destined to take
the place of almost everything else. Advertise
mcuts like this one mcci the eye In nearly every
journal:
I;nJ only John Smiths l,arhed- wire fence. AL
others are lnfrlnGc'ncn1s. Notice r. hereby eiren
tlat iohn Smith viii enforcc b" rights tSslnss q!
who dell or use baEbed wtEr fence, - hts is tho
only valid patent.
The crop Of wirc fences Is large and about
rsuc; In other words. It ID hoT tlsc fur couple
81 men to catf on farner WHO fias barheu
fence, and demand damages uf him Tor using 1t
IN an unlawful manuer. II Will bc the old game
Of putent shnrncrs over again; aud VIC warn the
readers of .'Thc Farm AMI Ganlen " In time, 80
that they may lc OH their gmarl.
THE APlAHY.
As bees can no longer Vnthefhoney and pollen
from blossoms. they Will seek my opportunity
that Is offered BY tine weather III this and next
been taught that = luncsty i the Lesl pol,cy.'
Caro- should. therefore, Ua takeu to close up all
cracks 10 hives where they may enter al'd carry
away their neighbor. storcs; and especial attcn.
ent1anres 9 s Of " weak E s~ar.. Whsa ths @ be- bces u
| an aptary Un.c yet u robbng, 1t il difficult
matter to stop them. ltcn,uyc ii! lloucy boxes,
| aud cover The Sits tightly. There Is nu Dcces-
| sity for lcavlug openings for ycntIsatng; the
Insects ncvrr do. but will, II glvcn their own
way, stop up every csevice with nropoIs.
sT0CX.YEEDIN0 QEEHy.
through rMs Tn,ncSE. whsl wc!rnt of berf viii i
g,ycu quantity Of turntpA, carrots. or beetA. fed
D.4et tavosscls circumstances put On ~ animal
| We cannot answer; neither to we know that
tho experiment has ever been made the subject
VI intelligent Investigation. There arc 30 many
things to bo considered taat the experiment
would, IN many rcspu:ts, he ,sisatiaf4et9ry. Tho
agc uf the animal, lis, previous fcoI, the state
of tho weather, tic Richness OF the roots, ~ Is
well known, cy-vary greatly 10 quality accor.!-
! ing to season, soil, aud culture, uust all bs
takcn into consideration with. 20 n,any oihercou.
| 4itons that We may well doubt the ahflity Ut
any one toArrlye al dclin!tc conclusions. Tho
principle article of food usrd In fattclug mi
experiments Of iert,hlg, wo doabt whether
there Is n man living who ran tel! Just how
much four-yeaF.oia steer will gatn In weight
IN eertain tfIno II ho Is fed certain anount of
largely used in thls calsatfy for fattcnlnK pur.
| poses, but tnthcr ~ substitute tor green
food during tho winter, and also ~ stiEnulants
to increase the low of miIk. 1t Is not probable
.luccrs In tho West, because corn can bo pro-
sluccd 10 much easier and with great deal less
| labor. II there ara aaY among the rcalcrs OF
| The FarM and Garden who can answer thu
| from them.
rALt~rLANrlNa.
Tho following extrart fsu'n the Fruit. Recorder
is 90 full ., gool and sensible advice that W.
| We wish We could in1pseaa on tho u,inds Of our
tiny al Kind. p canu aud t'p.roettd plants. such
a. red and black rxspberrles. bIackberries, cur
rant,, Eoo*ebes,ses. Anl xtspst: aud. setting, in
fore .,e leaf dtops-s*y any tnia after The mhldlo
to shs 40th Of September to TIC last, Of October.
that mo.t, It not ali k,1ds Of plsnts, after
being tfansplanted. ,gslsiaH The bensat ef
place to begin to throw out dns soetats sren this
fa; lhen, ~ the ground freezes, hy drawing right
the earth OF throwing shoSelful Ut litter "
/ any kind manure, TIM bark, saw-dust, inverted
sods, hay. os sttaw--otss sach hill. thrJ will cons
| out I'll rixhl IN tfo spring, snd begin TO grow
soon u frost 10 OUT scarcely pla,a falling. Tas
start shese rianls get IN the tall in roaing, with
the benefit of rains. etc.. easJ tn tbs spring
| (which gsaeraly prevents early rihs.settin4I,
gives them such start tuat they make double ths
| growth Of thosa set In the spring, nni e0ass,
quent!ly yield The following year double Tho fsut.
| WHAT TO PLANT.
| II may sppeaF supclduous 10 some for ~ to
again revert to varieties; but scarcely I day
passes but aolne oua inuurrs "Wn1t ahsll