The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-01-04
FARMERS COLUMN.

of bOrax then sprinkle the same with
boTaX mixed with sugar. When white
washing your room, add tablespoonful
Of pulvprized borax to each pailful OF
lime. Il Exchange.
OATS. Soils that are moist, or newly
ploughpi sod, should be sown to oats
in preference to barley. Sow two and
a half bushels of seed as early as posi-.
Bile. No crop needs n more frequent
change of seed than oats If heavy grain
is desired New seed should be brought
from cold clmatei that from Canada,
New Brunswick, or Scotland is prefer
red. - Exchange.
ORCHARD GRASS "A Long Island
farmer who has raised orchard grass
three feet high by good cultivation says
that this valuable though much neglect
ed grass is indigenous to the soil of
America; and from its adaptability to
various soils, its early and late growth,
luxurant foliage and nutritive qualities
il is well entitled to an equality with
any grass, either native or foreign,
which is being cultivated in this count
ry. Many of our farmers who feed all
their hay value a mixture of orchard
grass and red clover more than any 9th
II grasses. 1t makes highly nutriOus
hay and is much relished by stock Of
all kinds. Glover hay that is, where
clover predominates, grows too rank
and coarse the first year after wheat.
unless for soiiDg, Orchard grass when
sown with clover, obviates this difficulty
grows as rapidly as clover, starts in the
spring as early, and by this similarity
of habit makes a suitable grass to mix
with it. For pasturage it stands
dIought better than any other, will bear
heavier stocking ana comes forward in
TIE spring very early. Orchard grass
quickly RECEIVERS and gIows after being
close crOpped; week or ten days OF
summer growth will make quite good
pasturage. 1t also, by its great am unit
Of fbrOus roots, tends to improve ill.,
stead of impoverish the soil. 1t is not
at all fitSfor a lawn, as it sometimes S
grows in lunches or tussOcks, especial
IL when sOwn thin. The prOp,r guam
tlty when sown alone is but two bushels
to an acre; when sown with clover one
Cuehel is sufficient. Perhaps there are
no two grasses that can be sONn togeth-
er with so great advantage as red clOv,
er and orchard glass, BY their union
the crop is nearly double what it would
be if each were sown separately; they
grow ana flower well together, come to
maturity about the same time, and the
clover is supported from falling by the
uncommon strength of the orchard
grass.
A HORSE That GRITS HIS TEETH -
A subscriber writes to the national Live
Stock journal: 81 have horse that
when he is harnessed and reined up,
gritS his front teeth WOst of the time,
Out of harness he does not do so. -
The editor aus swers: "This is habit
which the horse may discontinue by
lengthening his headstall so that the
bit is removed from his grinders. Sub
stitute a rubber covered bit for the one
generally used, and do not Iein him vi
very tight"
IT DOES NOT PAY TO CUT Corr
| FODDER. Every hOur saved, even in
winter, is an hour gained, the product
of which may be added 10 the profit side
Of the balance sheet. When corn fod
der is properly cured, there is no mOIt
need of running it through the hay cut
ter, than for rOwen hay 10 be so treat
ed, as is shown by the experience o
many practical farmers. One expert
menter found that his cows ate all bu
ten per cent of the whole stalks, while
they ate no more when the stalks wer,
cut ine. These stalks were from tht
regular corn field, but had been har
vested and cured in such excellent con
dition that the cows were fed on then
and corn meal and bran, receiving II
hay, without reducing the milk yield
The corn stalk UTtS were run through
the hay cutter, and then spread behinI
the cows for bedding, so that thus n
. l0Eg stalks got into the manure, Will
hine.tenths CT the labor of cutting tn
stalks was saved. Other farmers re
port like results from similar expert
ments. OF course if the corn stalk
have been caTelessly allowed 10 becOm
dry and hard in the field, it pays to Gu
and steam them, but the cutting alOn
can not make them any more digestibl
or nutritious.
This matter of cutting the coarse ma
terial which goes into the manure is I'm
!. portant. Nj. Mechi, the great Englls
farmer, who is very successful pecuni
arily, and wrote that instructive book
GLOW to Farm Protitably," cuts all tn
straw and coarse litter used for bed
: ding in his stables, aud finds it prof.
able practice, as do many others VIII
have followed his example. The re
[ sulting manure is easy to handle, beiD
+ fine and iriable, and mixes well in tn
compost, thus decomposing more read
5 ly.-American Agriculturist.
SEEDING WHEAT GROUND, While tn
, area of wheat grown in this country
yearly extended, it is noticeable fac
S that in most states the average Is NJ
, increased, and in many cases it decrea:
eS each year. Ii more stress was lai
l on clover to get the fam into goo
4; heart ana prOductiveness, the work {
Improvement might be slow, but
4 would be sure. Green manuring is tn
lever which will do more towards ens
> bling the southern farmer to wTes
/ heavy crops from his soil than any otl
n er thing he can resort to, especially g
we have found by actual test and cart
4 ful experiment that, as rule, the sOutl
: ern lands are very deficient in yegeta
a wv ihhhNNls lNhIN ollNl NbihllNlNloA lNI
II tillzers are almost exclusively used, an
+ but little vegetable matter finds its wa
into the soil. To save time in seedin
!, as well as to gain part of season q
q The field, some of the farmers, and,
fact, many of them on the peninsula
n Maryland and Delaware, cut their col
h off making wide space between theIoy
Of shOcks-sOme thirty-two rows or hil
l. between and then run cultyators b,
q tween the corn rows, following immed
ately with the drill, sowing the whe
y on phosphate. In land which has bee
n kept clean all through the season viii
the corn was growing, and where u
J. land is naturally light enough in teXtu
f. 20 be susceptible OF being mellowed
loOsHned up by merely running the Gu
tiyatOrs over it before seeding wi
wheat, this method has returned We
fair crops, in some cases heavy one
1t has the advantage of cheapness ov
n the regular way of ploughing, harroN
y; ing and seeding with drill or broa
IN cast. When the corn has teen husk