The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-10-17
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


On Flowing.
AS remarked by an observant farmer,
there is short statement of truth which
has made some men rich. 1t is this:
What is worth doing at all is worth
doing WELL" The farmer vino does not
recognize this truth and act according to
its requirements will always be OF the
opinion that Charming does not pay"
Therefore, we say, do not profane the
plow with your touch il you do not in
tend to pillow well; not that, only, but
frst.rate. To this end observe the fol-
lowing rules:
l. Always have your plow sharp.
Never go to the field with an instrument
which is not in condition to do good
work. A good workman may be thwart-
ed by bad tools, and dull tools are
good indication of lazy farmer.
2. Remember that to plow we'll does
not mean to turn over clean furrow
to do that may be we'll, but that is not
all. Good blowing is the thorough pull
verization OF the soil, and he who can
dissolve an acre Of ground into the finest
particles is the best plowman, for he ex-
poses most surface to the seed which
shall be sown. The ground cannot be
too finely ground up. Here lies the
secret of fine crops 30 far as mechanical
agencv is concerned.
8. Plow an inch or so deeper each
year, and thus deepen your seed bed,
and bring the subsoil into contact with
light and air for their chemical opera
tions. You can never go too deep, pro-
vided you go slowly. Time will change
igneous rocks ,ntofruitful soil.
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work. If you have not the time to do
your work right, just make the time.
One acre we'll plowed is worth two acres
half way done. Look out for those hard
places where the instrument tries to
jump out. Stop, here is an enemy that
must be conquered, and you must not
neglect it. These spots determine the
real from the artificial workman. Try it
over again.
mYou win conquer, never fear,
Try, try again"
3. If rock or root or any other OBJ
struction is in your way, stop and get
rid of it entirely. If it is rock, put it
on your fence or throw it into q sink
hole. Never let it bother you again.
Dispose of it at once.
6. Do not ride on your plow handles.
Your team has draught enough to over
come without your laziness adding fifty
pounds more. Riding on the handles
never does good work.
z. Stand square between the handles,
arms SO stiff that you must be lifted off
your feet before the pillow can veer from
its course; then lift little on the ham
dies, and you will do better work and
Tighten the draught by twenty-five or
fifty pounds.
8. Keep your eye ahead of your team,
and turn every inch; bad workman
covers, and grain is lost.
9. When done take your plow and
clean it well, and put under cover out OF
the way of wet and moisture, which, like
rot, soon destroy valuable implement.
Farm and Garden Notes.
Onions chopped fine and mixed with
the feed of fowls three times week are
pronounced beneficial by the Poultry
World.
Mr.. Meehan says that whitewash is
frequently resorted to by farmers, but
the great objection is its unsiphtly ap.
pearHnce the result is otherwise good.
1t is said by farmer who has tried
the experiment so often as to be sure of
his ground, that buttermilk poured
over the back of a scurvy pig will en-
tirely and speedily remove the scurf.
Any man who will establish in his
garden an experimental plot, can select
the best heads OF the most prolific
wheat, sowing the next year the best
heads alone, and still selecting from
this the best heads, using the balance for
field use, and in this manner keeping
always one year ahead. This will make
good seed.
The ever-blooming roses are best for
house culture in pots-because they
bloom quicker and more continuously
than any of the others, and besides this,
their style and habit of growth is more
bushy and better adapted to the pur-
pose. They can be kept nicely with
other growing plants, and with proper
attention to their requirements will
bloom freely.
A Russian chemist gives the following
process for the preparation of bones for
manure, which, it is said, has received
the appreciation of Liebig. Mix 400
parts of ground bones with 400 parts OF
wood ashes, containing ten per cent. OF
of quicklime. This mixture is placed
in tank or barrel, with water sufficient
to make the whole moist. in short
time the bony matter is completely dis
aggregated by the caustic potash, while
the pasty mass formed is then takep
from the tank, dried, mixed with al
equal amount of mold, and is then ready
to be distributed.
The following facts should be born in
mini: Every fully developed plant,
whether of wheat, oats or barley, etc.
presents an ear superior in productive
power to any part of the rest of that
plant. Q. Every such plant contains
one glain which, upon trial, proves
more productive than any other.
8. The superior vigor of the best grain
is transm ssible in different degrees to
its progeny. 4. By repeated careful
selection the superiority is accumulated.
8. The Improvement which is at first
rapid, gradually, after long series of
years, is diminished in amount, and
eventually so far arrested that, practi.
cally speaking, limit to improvement
in the desired quality is reached. g.
By still continuing to select, the i'm
provement is maint lined, and practical
ly fixed type is the result.
A Simple Insect XIII er.
The Gardeners Chronicle has the
following testimony from Mr.. Knight,
of Floors castle gardens, England, on
the destruction of scale, etc. on plants.
1t is simply, he says, to syringe plants
infected with bug and scale with water
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