The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-19

oohS- N"s I'aotNi@ natE.E
equals it. Land not in good he4r
ought to have "A liberal dress.nr -
some good fertilizer say a sun
phate or bone-dust, ashes and nj.
mixed. Five pecks of seed uS-j A..
an acre is generally sown when IN.
grain is TO be harvested. and doua,.
that Is not too much when the erin.
Is TO be cut green or grad.
Many times. florists, instead -
removing a plant TO a larger ,...
simply wash the soil from the rot.s
and return il to the same pot, lr.
in new soil. This is whv ...
use such comparatively small ra.
for large plants. BY Washing thu
soil from the roots, the fhrs> a~.
u~ninjured, and the plant can Ga ..
in its labor of forming leaves ami
blossoms, while. II We break the ....
from the roots, We break the films.
also.
1t is highly important to observe
the utmost regularity in the hons.
Of feeding cattle that are ken. ma
and also IN the allowance given d.
those fixed times. Cattle 5ee1m.
wonderfully obseryant on these
points; are restless when the Time
for giving their food arrives. thoara
until then they have been anil.
tranquil, and seem to have AN IT,.
stinctive perception Of the sort of
food which they are to receive a-
stated periods.
Take special pains to supply tae
barn-yard with an ample suppr 81
water before Winter sets in: do ND.
wait until the weather is cold. la.
do it now, if there is no spring tina.
can be brought without resort In
the hydraulic ram, and YOU viii be
surprised at the result in food. eou.-
fort and condition Of the stock If
they are able to get all the good
water they wish without beiu. CON-
PEELED to wade through the deem
snow IN search of it and then eat
poor quality.
The Queen IA very neryou.
during the recent review of the
British fleet at Spithead, fearing
repetition of the "M.stIctoc'' dl.a-
ter. BY her order the programme
of the review vas changed, and TIL.
wal vessels were not allowed 70
leave their moorlngs, lest tho.
should run down some of the mi
merous yachts present.
Wilmington Star: Pine wo..
oil, mixed with the food. Is said
to be an excellent remedy for tae
hog cholera, it having been tue.
with beneficial results by at ll4-.
one owner Of stock in MasouJ0ru
township, where the disease ba.
been SO prevalent during the pres
ent year. 1t is also claimed to b.
equally as good as a preventive.
Seth Green, the great fish breed
er, maintains that cells are native,
Of salt water, and that they are only
wanderers when found IN frn,.
water streams or ponds. Mr. Green
has studied their habits many years
in different parts of the country,
but in 80 years he has never found
any eggs in dressing eels, and be-.
confident hat they are hybr..-.
never producing their kind.
The Pittsburgh SUNDAY Leader
| distributes It's issue, IN the absence
Of Sunday trains, by a very lngea-
Gus railroad velocipede. 1t "4s
only intended to carry one ma.
and about $50 pounds Of paper.
but a few Sundays ago three me.
started on it with 100 pounds ".'
made &c miles at an aycraGc Of g.
miles an hour.
When cattle are kept on a farm.
for the purpose OF producing oe.'
that will not weigh as much atioas
years old as good cattle vii. at t*".
and the quality not be a. goot 81.
from one to two cents per p2Ja..
there will be a leak that, if allow"
to run, Will eventually dram 1.
pockctbook, if not the farm.
Our attention has been ct..e- e.
specimens of wheat taken from ID.
same field before and sIncca -a-@
ing; and the difference In c'-.'
plumpness and weight-bear. "'.,.
hat has been claimed loE
sweating process. Stacking tt..
the grade and value Of wheat
more than is generally undeI7t7.
-Faribault Democrat.
Fowls flesh, examined By mo-e.-
chemistry, will be found to .'~'
tain
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