Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-06-19

TIE FARM.

buildings it will pay we'll to look as
much to the preservation of the manure
as 70 the hay or grain, and those who
have their buildings already finished
w WIZ, These manurial arrangements
VIII ma that twenty-five or fifty dollars
spent ON boards for covered shed will
rank among the best Investments ever
made.--American Stock Journal.
GRAss.-ln order to the greatest
amount of nutriment with the least
dram on the fertility Of the soil. grass
should be cut when Just in bloom or be-
fore the seed is ripened. At this stnga
the gum and starch exist in the greatest
proportions, and the stalk is soft and
easily digested. If it is cut when fully
ripe the nutritious parts are turned to
woody, indigestible fibre and the ripen-
ing of the seed takes large proportions
of phosphoric acid from the soil
Prot. j. 4. Whitney.
There are farms in our older states
that have been cultivated for POO wears.
that are richer to-day than ever before.
Many farms in England yield twice as
much now as they did century ago.
This is the result OF study, experiments
and inventions, which have been made
possible by the education of farmers.
and which have been encouraged bv
farmers societies and public fairs. The
farmers of Kentucky should, even IN
the next decade, have better farms and
make more money, instead of wearing
out their lands and going to new states.
Marion Ky.) Reporter.
OLD ORcHARDs.-The editor of the
HOrticuAWdHst says: eve have known
quite number, of instances-indeed,
so often us to make it quite rule-the
old orchards apparently dying out have
been brought back to fruitfulness by the
liberal use of wood ashes, also stirring
the soil. Potash is the most important
element in the successful growth of all
kinds of fruit trees. An old gentleman
told club, not long ago, that he had
known n man make and preserve an or
chard of apple trees in flourishing and
productive condition, originally placed
on very poor ground, by sprinkling
every year around each tree, to the cir
conference OF the extent Of its branch
es, half Il bushel of ashes. We consid-
er this ~ very important item"
Farmer.
AS general rule. the farmer who is
DESTROYS CT selling his property, works
to very poor advantage. Everything is
done upon the white wash" principle.
All repairs are for the purpose Of cover
ing up defects without regard to dura.
bility. 1t doesn't matter to him if it is
patched over. 1t will last until the
property is off from his hands. He puts
in his crops where he will he able to
reap the greatest immediate profits, re-
CARELESS of the ultimate damage or the
demand for tillage' upon some other
field that will not yield 50 large crops.
Such u mans whole aim and motive is
to sell-and what then? The old story
is repeated. A new farm, anxiety to
sell. slovenly farming, other changes,
each sale attended with greater or less
loss, and his life failure.-Exchange
Nothing adds so much to the beauty
of farm rs neat, tidy surroundings.
Farmers are too much occupied about
the blowing, planting. ETC., to give much
time to light work in spring, yet it
would require but very little extra ef-
fort to spare q few hours about the
house in picking up and raking off the
dirt from about the house and barn; but
it would add so very much more to it's
attractions, and make it far more valu-
able in the eyes Of others, particularly
those who are in search Of farm to
purchase ~ q home. Add to this the
repairing of broken hinges and gates and
all kinds of machinery, and one has re-
lieved himself Of great discomfort and
has been rearing a refined influence,
both in his own family and that of his
neighbors, and also prolonged the life Of
his family by the removal of that which
creates disease and death. Gan ounce
of preventive is wor.h pound of cure"
CARBON. AS Plant FooD.-The great
mass of egetabe matter is composed
of woody fibre lcellulose), which con-
sists of carbon, A per cent; oxygen,
1852 per cent, and hydrogen, 6.3S per
CEN. Nearly one-half of the vegeta-
BILE growth of our forests and fields is
therefore organized carbon. This sub
stance is known to us in the form Of
charcoal, though the diamond is pure
crystallizeG carbon. In its uncombined
form it is not soluble in any known
liquid, nor is it fusible in any heat we
have been able to produce. At a red
heat it combines readily with oxygen
| in brisk combustion, without flame,
and the product is a gas composed Of
81 per cent. of carbon and 73 per cent.
of oxygen, and commonly known as
carbonic acid. 1t has feeble acid re-
action and forms salts with alkalies..
At temperature Of sixty degrees wat
er will dissolve and hold in solution its
own measure of carbonio acid gas, but