Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-02
AGRICULTURAL.

statement in a Western paper which
NAV do for that particular locality, but
will not he found to be of universal ap-
nIication: "Nothing is more common
than TO hear the complaint that there is
no money in growing fruit; when the
truth is, as have had it demonstrated
time and again, that there Is more
money taken from the orchard than
from any crop On the farm, acre for
acre. And, of all the fruits grown, the
most staple and reliable is the apple.
IL is in universal demand and wanted
in every month in the year. l asked,
the other day, an old farmer Of these
parts. who has farm of over two hum
dred acres in cultivation, twenty acres
of which are in orchard: What
crop on your farm pays you best.' He
replied, without hesitation: MY apple
orchard of twenty acres pays me better
than all the other acres of the farmn
This was remarkable statement and
vet | was not surprised at it. L know
it to be literally true. This man has
this year over two thousand barrels of
choice apples, and for nearly four weeks
has been sending to the Chicago mar
ket from $50 to 500 worth of apples
daily; and the prospect is that he will
keep this up for long time to come.
There is money in this orchard. In
fact, il is the most profitable orchard l
ever knew. And there are three rea-
sons which contribute to this result:
First, the proper varieties for profit
were planted; second, the soil and To-
cation are just what they should be To
produce the best results; and third, the
man who cares for the orchard does his
duty TO the orchard"
A GREAT FARMERS MAxIMs.-The
successful life of Mr.. Jacob Strawn, the
prince of American farmers, is attri-
buted 10 the close observation of the
following maxims, originated by him
self:
Make your fences gh and strong so
they will keep cattle and pigs out. If
you have brush, make your lots secnre,
and keep the hogs from the corn.
Be sure TO get your hands to bed by
seven o'elock-they will rise early by
force of circumstances.
Pay a hand, if he is poor hand, all
you promise him; if he is a good one,
pay him little more; it will encourage
him to do still better.
Always feed your hands as well as
you feed yourselves, for the laboring
men are the bone and sinew of the land,
and ought to be well treated.
am satisfied that getting up early,
industry and regular habits are the
best medicine prescribed for health.
When bad, rainy weather comes so
you can't work out of doors, cut, split,
and haul your wood, make your racks,
fix your fences or gate, and patch the
roof of your barn or house.
Study your own interest closely, and
do not spend your time in electing
Presidents, Governors, or other smaller
officers, or talk of hard times, and
spend your time in whiting store
boxes.
Take your time and make calcula-
tions; do things in a hurry but do
them at the proper time, and keep your
mind as well as your body employed.
SURFACE MANURE.-In old times it
was the universal custom to plough
under manure, and to do it as soon as
possible in order TO avoid, as was sup.
posed. the waste by evaporation; but it
has been found in recent times that ii is
far better TO apply manure to the sur
face. The reason of this is that the es-
Gaping odorsfrom the manure is simply
ammonia, and this in the main is nitro
gen. The earth itself has, however, the
power of absorbing nitrogen from the
atmosphere, and thus can get at any
time all of this it needs. The chief
value of manure is in the salts it con.
tains. and these are carried through the
earthly articles chiefly by the aid of
water; so that if on the surface of the
earth the rains can carry these salts
with it, but there is nothing to bring
them up if buried down. Besides, the
action of the atmosphere on the manure
renders it the better for plant food.
For these reasons, as well as from actual
experience, we say the nearer the sur
face manure is kept the better.
OUR grandmothers had notions, and
we laugh at them, but we shall have to
go back to their ideas. We want more
white-wash-not for public men or
governmental administration, but for
our dwellings and fruit trees. Fashion
has covered our walls with paper and
paint, both unwholesome, and more or
less poisonous; while the white-wash
brush being disowned, the cellars are
not sweetened, and cobwebs, mould,
and taint accumulate the summer long,
and lice and moths make their homes
on the fruit trees unmolested. Some
wiseacre has said that white washing
the trees will stop up the pores and in
jnre them. Nonsense! White wash
will kill lice, drive away the moths, and
do the trees good, while in the cellar
and on the kitchen walls it is health
Rural NelC Yorker.
CORN FODDER FOR Mich Cows
Those who have provided some fodder
crop will keep up the supply of milk;
those who have not, will now regret
their neglect. There are some farmers
who make more than others; some
make but little, but the best might often
do little better, and at this season the
truth comes home.