Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1880-01-17

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The application Of muscle Directed
with brains will cause the fields to bios
SOM and bloom. and tiocks and herds to
prosper. .
Warmth and cleanliness, together with
varied and judicious feeding are essen
tial in securing good supply Of eggs
from the poultry on the farm.
A farmer can not work his farm safely
without knowing all about his soil.
Every field should he studied as tn the
effects of certain matters with fertilizers
upon it.
About s2O,OO0.O0O will he made this
year by southern planters by the rise in
crops.
Pear blight in several instances has
been arrested in affected trees by syring-
ing them with a weak solution of potash,
and it ha, proven a preventive when APP
piled to the healthy trees. s....t
1t is now predicted that within five
years the United States will be able to
produce all the sugar it needs, and that
in ten years we will lie exporting more
sugar than we are importing.
Progressive agriculture demands greater
faith in the possibilities of husbandry
and determination that each year shall
over the lebOrs and results of its prede-
ccssor.
1t is said that never in the history of
this country was there 50 much winter
wheat >own as this fall, nor ever was it
looking better, if Is well. Many farmers
are feeding it down with sheep, calves
and cows.
While there are many COWS that will
not pay for their keeping, for the SIM
pie reason that "they have not it in
them" there a great many that do not
pay, hut which would pay if they were
properly taken care of.
Make n shallow basin in the ground
not far from the kitchen, and fill with
coal ashes as it is made, and on this throw
light Stops, wash water, eye An inn
mcnsc amount Of the very best of fertil-
izers can he made in this way.
Those farmers who read live agricul-
lural papers are constantly raising their
standard # farming, getting into the
best breed of stock, and are gradually
having their farms thoroughly furnished
with the best animals of all classes.
The corn crop of the United States, this
year. according to the last report Of the
national agricultural department, ex-
cccd- that of 1873 by $50, OOO,O 900. In
the states and territories west of the
Mississippi river theincrcase is over lOo,-
600 900.
The farmer should have improved ma
chincry, learn the science Of agricultural
chemistry, the proper rotation Of crops,
the art OF rccupcrating depleted lands; in
fact, should keep up with the times
studying the science that underlies the
art of farming.
Mr.. Young the great cOrn-grower of
Kentucky, who grows 100 bushels to
the acre, puts field in corn two success
sivc years, then seeds it down and let it
remain in corn. All through his farm.
ing he has never deviated from this
course. The corn is planted in hills,
and never more than four stalks are, al
lowed to remain in each hill
Soils vary in their powers of absorbing
fmanurial substances. Porous soils act
more powerfully in this respect than very
stiff, retentive clays: although Prof.
Voelcl5er has sscertained that there is
not very much difference between the
absorbtive powers of a sandy soil as conf
pared with a calcareous or clay one;
while the general results of experiments
prove that; sandy soils are not equal to
loamy soils rs absOrbents of manures.
But soil has not an unlimited capacity
for absorbing manurial substances. If a
solution of ammOnia-phOsphate, says
Prof. Cameron, be passed for some time
| thrOugha weighed quantity of soil, i,
will after a certain time pass through
unchanged, If, however, one pint Of
solution of ammonia-phosphate be filter
Ped through portion of the soil, the am.
monia and phosphoric acid retained by
the latter will not even, except in very
small part, be removed by ilterine
through the soil a pint of pare water
This shows that the soil has a greater
power of removing ammonia from solu
ton than water has of removing ammo.