The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-01

t"cllioent yourself. aEd thus secure
the respect Of al who know you.
PloHgLm"1'.
Every farmer should keepa>crap
book. Many valuable recipes and
useful suggestions are floating
around III the newspapers that may
be preserved IN this for convenient
reference. or have his +. \ u.
bound.
\ Chicago physician says that
there i liability Of transmission OF
dangerous germs through olcomar-
parine. since with the OIL there !
also tissue TO a greater or less eN-
ten in the at IN which parasites
MAY find Judgement.
In speaking Of the value Of bone
dust as a manure, Prof. Gary says
that one bushel TO a load Of yard
manure increases Its value-as de-
termined by eXperiment-one half;
and he estimates that It IS eight or
ten times as valuable Is cow-dung.
The Western Rural says, that
tomatoes picked when just ripe,
and with 4 portion Of the stems re-
tanned, and at once covered with a
brine composed Of a teacup Of salt
dissolved IN a gallon Of water, can
be kept nearly all the year without
noticeable loss Of fresness of taste.
The farmer who wishes to avoid
an excess of labor, with Improbable
result, VIII not spread a small
quantity Of manure over 4 large
surface Of poor land, but viii only
pillow as much as he can highly ma
nure, when his income viii be as
large as his labor nearly one-half
saved.
VIM. Sanders, superintendent Of
the agricultural grounds at Wash
ington, has been experimenting a
long time to prevent blight, and
whether he mas an infallible eme
DIV he is unable to determine-he
only knows that for ten years he
has hashed apple and pear trees
once or twice a year with lime
w~hlteWash lmpregnated with sui
phur. and such trees have escaped
the blight.
The most successful producers Of
corn are ALWAYS the last in the field
with the cultivator. The weeds
thus have unnecessary opportunity
to grow and mature seed. 1t is Il
question if it is not best to thin out
the stalks more than is commonly
done; to grow the grain crop by
itself, with but two stalks, or even
one IN a hill ; and that for fodder
by itself, with the stalks as closely
set as possible for thrifty growth.
Sailing stock is a matter that
should IN nocase be neglected, ex-
cept in those regions where animals
have natural supplies of this min
eral. 1t is a well established fact
that salt in some form is essential
to the health and yigOr of animals.
The better way is to have sslt placed
where stock a have free access to
it at any time. If this cannot be
the case, they should be sailed at
regular and frequent interyals-sav
twice each week on a certain day.
A plan for improving the aroma
butter, IN use IN many parts Of
Switzerland noted for good milk
ond fine butter, is as follows: The
milk, as it is drawn, and while vet
warm, is filtered through a sprig Of
washed fir tips, the stem of which
IS inserted loosely and upright in
the hole of the funnel. The milk
deposits hairs, skins, clots, or CELIA
tluous sllmlne 5 on the leaves: it
has impaired to it a most agreeable
odor, and does not readily turn sour
A fresh sprig should be use each
time.
When the Importance of concen-
tratlng labor on the farm, instead
OF scattering It'll better understood;
when we shall be able to duly esti-
mate the superior profit of "a little
farm well titled" owe a large farm
half cultivated, and half MANFRED,
overrun with weeds and scoureed
with exhaustlng crops, struggling
far a Individuality, then will we re-
allze the truth that we a fill our
barns with grain and roots, and pro-
duce winter food for our domestic
animals, IN double present proper
tlons, and with very little labor
beyond what is employed to pro-
duce the most Improbable results.
Thirty or forty years ago it was
common to find a farmers wood
shed or horse barn provided with "a
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