Connecticut western news., 1880-01-14
FARM AND GARDEN.
SHALLOW FLOWING FOR INDIAN. CORN.

newspaper correspondent, IS aoVocateu shallow blowing for corn. Such con- clusion reverses all the principles and experience of modern agriculture. The reasons for deep blowing, are: First, tbat on a given area the plant-food is Increased by depth second, that it is better guarded against drouth by hold ing more rain and dew, and better pre- serving it against sun and dry winds; third, it prevents rolling land from washing away, the water being absorbed instead of rushing off with the top soil. I know of but one case where shallow blowing can be tolerated, and that is where sterile clay or other substratum is reached too soon. That should be deepened by turning up the subsoil, and manuring gradually till the ordinary depth of soil is secured. The roots of corn, and ali other plants and trees, seek the air and light and heat but if the supply of these and the plant-food is doubled, the product also is doubled. If these data are doubtful, then agricul- tural science is 8 failure. ORCHARDS FOR wINDBREAKs.
 On the great plains of the West, where by nature no provision has been made to obstruct the chilling blasts of winter, the first work of importance the settler usually performs, next to providing 8 habitation, is to plant belt of some rapidly growing timber, not merely for protection to crops, but that it may afford a barrier to the piercing winds for the comfort of both man and beast. And here in Western New York, as our forests are so rapidly disappearing, the disastrous effects of the freezing winds of our long winter and spring are more noticeable from year to year on all of our growing crops, but more particularly on that of our most important product,
 winter wheat. And also, as in the West,
 more fuel is required to comfortably
 warm our dwellings, warmer stables and an increasing amount of food are re- quired for the comfort and growth of our farm animals. But all this is greatly alleviated in many instances where a
 belt of timber has been left on the
 western limits of the farm, or an orchard
 planted in close proximity to the dwell-
 ing and outbuildings and as one passes
 through the Genesee country he is inn
 pressed with the many advantages that
 could be derived by judioiously plant
 ing and cultivating an orchard of the
 best varieties of winter apples at proper
 distance from the farmers home and
 outbuildings to serve as windbreak as
 we'll as source of profit in fruit grow
 ing. An orchard of ten acres planted
 on my farm sixteen years ago, with this
 object in view, with longest rows
 running north and south, now afford.
 thorough protection, as one will readil,
 notice in passing it's limits on cold
 clustering day in winter.- Irving D
 Cook, Genesse Co.,, N. Y.
 DRY EARTH AS DEoDERIKRR,
 The remarkable power of dry loam O. yellow clay to absorb and retain ammo
 niacal gases (which are 50 valuable il
 manure, but which render most stable offensive to, man, unwholesome for ani malls, and ipj rious to hay, harness an'
 spaint on wagons stored near them) ha
 been frequently referred to. A core pondent of the Cincinnati Commercial gives suggestive account of his use o
 of this, nature's best deodorizer, and W, gladly make room for the principa
 points of his statement
 elf one will observe when the COW z choose to lie down in the yard or pas , ture, it will be seen that they choos 5 the bare ground rather than the sod o , bedding of straw. The same is true c sheep. We have taken this hint an furnished the cow stsbles with dry cart bedding. Leaves and straw are poo , absorbents in comparison. In the pig pens dry earth has no equal. In yer 8 cold weather we add straw or leaves, bu until the weather is very cold the ani mals will be more comfortable with
 bed of fresh soil, or of soil changed ono . fortnight or week. In the chicken : house we have learned it's great valu 7 as 8 deodorizer. Our roosts are over ! sloping fl GOT, on which we occasionall ! scatter dry earth. The droppings rol
 down into pile of dry earth. This
 turned over with shovel each week o . oftener, and we can say the chicken house is free from any offensive odo1 and the bright combs and glossy feath : CTS tell of the health of the fowls. Dr. t earth is good preventive, too, of vel l min on cutie, pigs and poultry. It mus r be procured at 8 dry time, and store under shed or in the stables. It no
 only promotes neatness and health bu . saves the very element of the, manure . which make them most valuable, an f most of which would evaporate if no {, absorbed by the dry earth. We do no ,, like it as 8 bedding in the horse stables s but it should be found in every stable . to sprinkle the floors with as soon a = the bedding is removed in the morning When removed from the stables, stie , and coops, it should be kept under cove , for spring use, or for drilling with tn f wheat in the fall."
 GILT EDGED BUTTER.
 , Cooperation and the establishment 2 of creameries was urged as the onl ] means of successfully meeting Wester competition in butter-making. Tn . West, it was said, is supplying the bes f hotels, capturing the premiums, an : has the winning side with the trade gen s erally. The "gilt-edged butter of MI