The Osceola times., 1878-06-08
Agricultural 4 Aosss,

IL Is stated on good authority that o
teaspoon of Cayenne pepper, mixed in q
quart of oil and rubbing the harness with
the oil, will etIectuslly protect it against
the gnawing of rats. II IL als) said that
an ounce OF aloes ~ one gallon Of oil will
afford the same protection.
The Chinese, with whom agriculture is
held in higher estimate than with us
were the Srst TO use night-soll. They
forbid its waste and furnish receptseles
TO receive 1t. They mix il with clay
and then make dried cakes Of 1t, which
can be transported any distance or pre-
served for any length of time.
Experiments have lately been made 10
Germany 10 determine the value OF the
common nettle as textile fibre. The
weed having been treated the same way
rs hemp, yielded fibre rs fine as silk
and as strong as hemp fibre. A consider.
able area OF ground Is now planted with
the net,le in the Prussian province Of
Nassau Popular Science Monthly.
Make the roads everywhere on the
farm before the ground is firmly settled,
as 1t makes the best job, and is not No apt
70 wash away by heavy rains. When
lei, until hsymskiny then the ground lie
too hard TO pick or plow, and what is
thrown into the road remains loose, and
draws heavy when we come TO haul in
hay and grain. But when II is made
early in the spring it settles firmly fast
by the time the haymaking and harvest
ing comes In.
The following calculations are made
by Prof johnson A foot in depth and
an scre of surface of sand will hold
| ,lq6, 900 pounds Of water; prairie soil
viii hold l,5A,600 pounds, while peat
will hold 2,047 300 pounds OF water.
The average rainfall In New England
icing forty inches annually, equal to
1915 900 pounds per acre, it would, at
the ordinary rate of absorption, all be
held In in " feet in depth Of the sand
OF in six fec. IN depth ot prairie soil and
in A. feet in depth Of pea!
Prof. Roberts stated that by means OF
the accurate balances belonging to the
| Uni, ersity he had ascertained that bu-
shel Of timothy contains 81, 900, 900 seeds
| I'VE omit all but the round numbers); a
peck to the acre gave forty.one 10 the
square foot. A bushel of clover seed
contains $4,000, ,0oo seeds, being nearly
! iour times ss large as timothy seed, and
one peck to the acre is equal to eighty
seven seeds 10 the square foot, or one
quart is ten seeds to the square foot
Country Gentleman.
Many suggestions have been made
with the sheet of Fastening and pro-
noting termination. According to some
experiments, this object is accomplished
by the application OF moderately strong
solution of potash or soda TO the seeds.
Weak solutions of chlorine gas in water
legged thst camphor has wonderful iI-
auence in fayoring the termination OF
seed, and that, unlike turpentine, which
has been employed for the same purpose
| it is never, even when used in excess,
hurtful.
T.. NJ, OF Montgomery county, \. y,
writes: Beans are neglected too much
by farmers | find them very profitable,
and cultivate them everv year as a regu.
lar Drop. Last year, al the suggestion Of
friend, planted two scres OF six-scre
corn field in beans, putting beans and
corn In alternate hills, about two feet
apart IN the rows, and rows three and 3
halt feet apart. The balance OF the field
was planted in corn, in hills three and q
half feet apart each way. ! used the
small white lean, twenty quarts to the
acre. From the two acres harvested
about forty bushels OF besns, and the
yield OF corn was not we bushels less pei
acre than the balance Of the field. The
bean crop wa, much more profitable thar
the corn. stack besns around stakes
four or five feet high, and thresh as soor
| ss dry enough.