The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-01-15
WHOLE NO. 2277.
Farm Notes.

Prof Caldwell reasons in this way "a
regard to the use Of lime: "The first and
one Of the most important rules TO be
| observed IN the use Of lime is that i5
should be applied in large doses only to
/ soils comparatively rich in humus. or
/ strong clay soils rich in finely divided
/ slucates. 1t has been proved by expert
ment that lime viii convert plant food
/ from insOlUble to soluble forms in either
/ case. We find the prOverb current In
| France and Germany. as well as in our
/ own language, that "Lime without ma
nure makes the father rich but the chill
/ dren poor; which means, plainly enough,
that not only should we start with q
| good soil in using lime, but shOuldmain-
/ tain its good condition by the liberal use
/ Of manure; and we find that whenever
| IN this country or elsewhere, lime is used
| lnteligently, manure is used freely"
I We know Of a wealthy farmer, says q
| correspondent, who, up to a few yearz
I ago, ialled to get good crops, though ma
nure was literally piled upon the land
I regardless Of expense. Lime was sug.
gested and used in large quantities, and
the best crops ever known on that farm
have since been raised. "The more ma
nure the more lime" and the converse
is equally true.
Last spring Mr.. Joshua Knight, Of Oglr
county, Illinois, sowed thirteen barrels
Of salt on twenty acres seeded to wheat,
and left a strip in the middle Ofthe piece
without salt. The ground on which he
sOWed the salt produced over eighteen
bushels Of good spring wheat per acre,
while that on which there was no salt
was hardly worth Cuttng-the wheat be-
frrr h0T1rr e-H Hrrr-7 bon f-.srr-aI H--
chinch bugs, etc.
Cotton seed and Linseed oil-cakes are
too much neglected as food for stock.
When these are mixed with equal parts
Of corn, the food is perfectly adapted to
the sustenanCe Of animals, because there
is a proper proportion Of flesh and flt
forming substances; food that is deficient
in either Of these elements is neither
healthfUl nor profitable.
Fattening beef animals pays; but try
ing to fatten inferior animals is a waste
of energy, time and labor. The animals
should be selected with special reference
to the rapidity with with which they
Willfatten; to the quality Of the beef,
fneness of bone, COmpaCtness Of body,
and the small amount of ofial which the
carcase viii yield.
Don't buy any patent drinking fOun-
tains" foryOUr fowls. I bought one, says
a friend, and found it a humbug. Com
mon wooden buckets are the best things
for fowls to drink from; they are high
enough to keep the hens from scratching
them full Of dirt and yet not too high
for the fowls convenience; and besides
they are easily kept clean.
A contemporary says: 'There fs no
reason why farming may not be made to
pay much Oftener than it does. Very
few have learned to regard 1t as busl-
ness. 1t is q sort Of chance work all
round. Most men look on it as a sort Of
real estate transaction. They hope one
day to sell out at a big figure hence are
afraid to improve their farms with @
view to agricultural operations, for fear
that whoever buys the land viii not care
for these little things. We have often
heard some improving farmer ridicUled
for his expenditures by knowing ones,
who were very sure sO-and-sO would get
no more for his place than if he had
burned his money up"
A Virginian writes in praise of corn,
not only as the best food for labOrng
men, but for domestic animals of all
kinds. He states that the usual ration
for q negro labOrer, for q week, is one
and a half peclzs Of corn, three pounds
Of bacon, and a little molasses. They
thrive on it and are healthy and strong,
Southern horses and mules, as a rule,
have only corn for grain, but they Live
longer and do more work than northern
horses that feed on oats. In that part
Of the country dogs are fed almost exclU-
sively on corn meal, and they not un-
frequently eat corn IN the ear, while
wandering ours dev0ur it on the stalk.
Even cats-eat corn meal stirred up with
water, as is done in the case Of chicken.
feed.