The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-09-16
FARM NOTES.
HAPPY the man who til1s the field,
Content with rustic labor;
Earth does to him her fuIlness yield,
Hap what may to his neighbor.
Well days, sound nights, oh, can there be

life more rational and free?
PICK off the potato bugs by hand when
the vines are small ; it will save the me-
cessity for Paris green.
No oil has yet been discovered in
this country where remunerative crops
can be secured without labor, or sub
stantial property without value received.
The moving machine ought not to be
gagged to cut low. IF grass is cut too
close the succeeding crop is much in
jured, especially if the summer is a dry
one.
AS A rule, in a country which produces
a wild fruit a cultivated variety of the
same may be successfully raised. There
fore, w~hereverthe wild blackberry makes
its appearance, the Lawton and other
improved varieties ought to have at least
a fair trial.
WHEN plants are to be transplaEted
they should be well wet down several
hours before moving, so as to allow the
water to soak around the roots, and if
this must be done while the sun is shin
ing brightly it will be best to shade the
plants for a time till the water has soaked
in.
A MEcHANIcsv1LE On. " farmer
protects his hen-roost from hawks and
from thieves by keeping o flock of a
dozen guinea fowls. He regards them
better than any Watchdog, and says
that they give instant warning of the ap-
proach of a stranger.
SEED-BEDs of fruit and forest trees
need close attention to keep the soil
loose and the weeds from establishing
themselves. The beds, especially of
evergreens, will need shelter from the
hot sun, which may be provided by a
lattice work of laths, Dr. brush may be
used, but less convenient in wedding.
WHEN about to set a hen take a nail
key and soak it until water-tight; saw it
in halves and put in two inches of wa
ter in the water put in half an ounce of
oil of sassafras and one ounce of solu-
ton of carbolic acid. Close to the sur
face of the water fit a thin piece of per-
forated board put over this a piece of
flannel, aid then put in fresh earth
enough to shape the nest, and line with
cut straw. Now put a few drops of oil
of sassafras about the nest, put in your
eggs and hen, and over all put a barrel
with an arched opening on one side. By
this method eggs may be safely Matched
in January or February, ever if in a very
dry, warm room-the water beneath
furnishing all the necessary moisture.
FARMERS who are wide awake and
given to investigation do not SOW SO
much wheat to the acre as they formerly
did, and they do not SOW it so deep.
The great, heavy harrows of ten or
twenty years ago are not 10 employed
by them in covering seed, and the drill,
which can be depended on better, is be-
coming universally popular. In broad
cast sowing, after, the ground is thor
oughly prepared, a smoothing harrow
will cover the seed deep enough. A
Wisconsin writer gives the result of IN
experiment in planting at different
depths-on the surface, one-fourth inch,
one-half inch, three-fourths inch md
so on to several inches. That on the
surface lay two weeks before sprouting
that one-fourth to three-fourths inches
deep came up in four or five days, and
so on, getting later as the depth in.
creased. The last to come up was plant
ed three and q half inches deep, anc
was fourteen days in reaching the sur
face. At the end of six weeks tina
planted one-fourth to one-half inch deel
stood far ahead of the rest.
PUT n bushel of the parings O
horses hoofs (such AZ may be obtained
at a horseshoer's shop into a barrel ant
fill it with water. Let it stand for
week, when it is ready for use. Appl,
it with a w~atering-pot. All bedding
plants can be watered with this liquit
every other day if they IRE not po
bound. Repotted plants should b.
watered once o week until they hav'
plenty of working roots to take up tn
manure. It will also be found excellen
for hardwood plants if used one o
twice a week. Two Oh three weeks at
ter the plants have been watered witt
the manure the foliage generally change
from n green to a golden yellow, moving
from the stem down to the point of tn
leaf, which, however, lasts only a fey
weeks, when it changes to dark, gloss,
green. Plants under this watering gro1
very strong. The flowers are very re
gal and bright in color. Plants thu
treated can be kept in very small pot
for a long time without being trans
planted.