The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-03-11
AGRICULTURAL.

Veterinary Surgeons, urges the great neces-
sity ofallowing an unlimitsdsaRplg ofwster
to horses; and he anades to theyery mis- |
taken notion among greoms and Others
having the control of horses that water ad
H5itum is injurious. While greems and
others drink without stint themselves, they
profess to, know when horse has drank
sufficient, and so take away the pail before
his natural wants are half satisfied Horses
| will not drink to excess if watered frequent
", and in their cases drinkingdoes no harm.
SAVING. MANuRE-Probably but few
farmers exist who have net read articles in
the papers advising them to. keep their
stable manure under cover in a. oellarunder
the stalls, or under a shed; but in both
places dung is liable, to, become too dry,
and the straw among it:willnot deoompose
asrapidly as it win when exposed to rains;
or lift beallllorse dung, twill" frs-fang,"
and will be greatly injured. A cellar
under the stable stalls into which all the.
manure and urine of thestock is received,
isa good thing, but itiwouid be agood deal
Better if the manure could Be thoroughly
wet once month from q pump adjoining
Or near.the cellar. The same can be said
of manure Under q shed when piled in
deep, it must be kept moist or IL hdd Better
Do Kept in the opcn barnyard. Indeed,
we afe Of the opinion that when bargafd
is made concave, With no dram to II,
manure can Be kept in it from fall to spring
, without any loss. Some farmers THINK that
much Of the virtues Of manure in open
yards pass down into The soil and are lost;
but such is not the case, ais IL will be found
| on removing It in the spring that the soil
under It has become colored but twe or
three inches deep. Now We claim Chat if
an abundance Of litter be used upon the
surface of the manure to retain moisture
!, and to prevent evaporation, all that a
! farmer mikes can be rs we'll preserved in
his open barnyard as under cover; and We
, would prefer to have our manure spread
! over tie yafd occasionally, and. covered
: With straw, than to have it thrown into
heaps by the stable door and through win;
7 dows back Of the stalls, and 50 remain all
Writer, With much Of its virtue washed
away and lost.
A enxNek For AGRicUEruKkA lNvrSroks.-
: While our war va vas going On and men BE-
l came scarce for fsrin-work, there was
great indictment for inventors to try and
replace hand-iabor. II had been tile re-
proach Of farming that while all other
! branches 81 industry had reapsd great pro
I, 1T from improved machinery, agriculturists
only had kept up the disposition to let
:. t.newfangled - things alone. But the war
, came and there was no men to dothe work
: The inventor saw his opportunity, and both
, he and the farmer profsea thereby. With
a very much to lament, as war always brings
lamentations, il has some slight eoinpensa-
tions, Us II is an i'll wind that blowsne good
j. at ill; the new agricultural impaenents II
n gave US is one thing at least to be thankful
: for. -.
" We have yet few things 10 do. W.
n want something to cut and shock corn, ant
e then something that wal 60 thFeagh aat
Z husk It; rs we thrash gram, perhaps gosat
d 80 far az TO bind the fodder; and we hap
If o few ether little matters that we cal
attend 10 by and by; but the southern
e e farmer beyond all others wants just now
If cettonspieking machine. AT the presen
i time it is a very laborious business, this @
a = contemplating; and the same ground has +
al be gone ever continually because Of tn
s. successive Tipening Of the heads or belh
Of If all matured at once there would be littl
= e difficulty in the matter. But as it is now
ic would be hard to get machine with s,f
q Gent intelligence to understand what I
% s. select and what to re6ase. But the di0
n Guilty seems hardly insurmountable. Th
y mature head is soft and the unripe or
hard; and this fact might be taken adyan
"a age of, 80 that the one should be accepte
n, by the inanimate gatherer and the oth'
~. refused.
It. If in no other way, surely somethin
re might be thought of that would gath
q pretty rapidly by mans aid in the sseaectie
Ae of each boil, that would do away with tt
y 1r- loss of time incident on so much stoopiu
,e, and rising, as in the present plan. We 81
X, no reason whatever why all this may nj
II, be done. 1t is no uncommon sight to 81
nd now in the west men riding on ploys ar
he euitivators, with pleasant sun umbrell'
a a over their heads, as cool as cucumbers. Il
ali deed, agricultural implements have max
ed farming in the west such light ar
be ~ pleasant occupation, that dumb-bells ar
. gymnastic exercises ore sadly at discoun
nd We expect yet to SEQ some such improv
~ ment for the southern cotton-feld, Il
.es mule leading the driver, seated and shade
It and the cotton dropping of at the rate Of
~ hundred bolls minute! As it is no,
he large quantities must spoil, because Il