The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-06-13

# il stated on good authority lhat Il
teaspoon Of Cayenne pepper, mixed IN a
quart OF oil and rubbing the harness with
the oil, will efIectually protect il against
the gnswing Of rats. II il Ala laid that
IN ounce Of 1Ioes N one gallon of oil will
| afford the same protection,
The Chinese, with whom agriculture il
held in higher estimate than with us
were the WRIT " uS night-aoil They
forbid it5 waste and furnish reueptseies
" receive il. They mix it with clay
and then make dried CAKES oi it, which
tan be transported any distance ar pre-
served for any length OF time,
Experiments have lately l"en uade in
Germany 10 determine the value Of the
common uettle a. a textile fibre. The
weed having been treated the same way
~ hemp, yielded u fibre ~ fine ~ six
and AZ strong as hemp fibre. y consider.
able area Of ground is now planted with
the ne,tle in the Prussian province 0i
Nas@u,- Popular Science Monthly.
Make the rOsds everywhere on the
farm before the ground is firmly settled,
NJ II makes the rest JOB, and is not NJ apt
10 wash away by heavy rains. When
left until h%aynaking then the ground is
100 hard TO pick or plow, and what IL
thrown into the road remains loose, md
draws heavy when we come 10 haul In
hay and grain. But when it is made
early IN the spring it settles firmly fast
by the time the ha~ymak!ng md harvest
ing comes 10.
The following calculations are made
hy Prof Johnson A foot in depth and
gu Scre Of surface of sand will hold
!, l9G, 900 pounds of water prairie soil
wi'l hold 1924, 500 pounds, while peat
will hold 2,047,S 800 pounds OF water.
The average rainfall in New England
being forty inches annually, equal to
9,O75,ooO pound per acre, it would, at
the ordinary rate Of absorption, all be
held in in u feet in depth of the mnd,
or in six feet in depth OF prairie soiI and
in I! feet in depth of peat.
Prof. Roberts stated that by mean OF
the accurate balances belonging TO the
University he had a%scertained that a bu.
shel of timothy contains 81, D00, 600 seeds
I'VE omit all but the round numbers); Il
peck to the acre gave forty.One to the
square foot. A bushel of clover seei
contains 1900 0D seeds, being nearly
tour times az large as timothy seed, and
IL peck TO the acrc il equal to eighty
seven seeds 10 the square foot, or one
quart il ten seeds 70 the square ioOt.--
Country Gentleman
Many suggestions have been made
with Che object Of Fastening and pro.
noting termination According 10 some
experiments, thi4 object il accomplished
by the application CT q moderately strong
solution OF potash or coda 70 the seeds.
Weak solutions OF chlorine gNs 10 water
have also beeu recommended. 1t IA al
legged that camphor has Il wonderful in
luenCe in fayOring the termination Of
seed, and that, unlike turpentine, which
has been employed for the same purpose
IL il never, even when used in excess,
hurtful,
r.. NJ, OF Montgomery county, y. T.,
writes Beans are neglected too much
by farmers find them very profitable,
and cultivate them every year ~ a regu-
lar Drop. Last year, AZ the suggestion of
Il friend, | planted two acres o! n siX.acre
corn field in beans, putting beans and
corn in alternate hills, about two feet
apart in the rows, and rows three aud a
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 bean, twenty quarts to the
acre, From the two acres ] harvested
about forty bushels of beans, and the
yield OF corn was not five bushels less per
acre than the balance Of the field. The
bean crop WIS much more profitable than
the corn. stack beans around stakes
four or five feet high, and thresh rs oon
ag dry ennuVh