The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-04-01
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La1npass.eTake a gum lancet and
lance the gums. After this is properly
done take a little fine salt and rub the
gufds with it.
A Good Fertilizaf:-A good fertilizer
for plants Is to dissolve five cents worth
of carbonate of ammonia in q pint Of
water and add a few drops of it to each
bucket of hard water. !
Ring-Bone.-Ring-bone is an old.
fashioned disease Of the horse. The
modern pfaetiee lie to paint with tincture
of iodine. Some use a solution of corr
rosive sublimate-forty grains to one
pint of water.
The Trouble with the WHEAT
Robert Mitchell, of Gibson County,
recently sent some specimens of diseased
wheat leaves to Prof Ingersoll, of
Purdue, who replies that the leaves are
troubled with q fungus growth which to
the eye looks like dust or fine sand, in
all probability, and has been developed
by the WARM inpist weather Of The win
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Don't Mix.1Pure seeds and pure
breeds are in the line of improvement
Mules and crosses are not. Never mix
distinct species or faces or breeds with
the hope -of-improvement. Never mix.
1.-THE inferior with the inferior inTthe at
temptto breed up. 3 Take up noe4eross
in the field with the hope of eexerting
the best point on either parent. Never
mix dissimilar varieties in the hope Of
uniting the best points of both, as the
fine Quality in one with the earliness in
the other, Or productiveness with vigor,
Of caHsing some other desirable end to
meet. e9 1880
Mahuring Strawberry Beds.AIf our
friends want large Strawberries, and do
not mind puttering it a little, they
should try the following: Dig a pit (of
any desired size) three feet deep. Throw
in rubbish, such as stones, sticks, sods,
tree prunings, or any other material
that usually goes to make up the rub
bish heap, and then fill it with the
richest soil obtainable. That enriched
by barnyafd manure, muck, ashes, lime,
rotten leaves, bone-dust, ETC.. is best.
Then plant Barden's No.. 50, Great
American, ande9sP President Lincoln.
Should the season prove, dry, give water
without stint. The result of all this
will be the production of Strawberries
which, if not Quite 80 large as pine
apples, will answer the wondering
queries of those who look upon the
finest specimens exhibited at fairs.
Don't Grumble-Farmers sometimes
grumble at their calling. Well, a ma
jofity of maDkind are inclined to growl
at their condition and prospects in what,
eyer line of business they may be EN-.
ployed. Yet there are exceptions
specimen individuals, who, while pur
suing their a~vocations with industry
skill and perseverance, have no time tt
grumble over their lot in life, and who
achieve marked success in their under
takings. The country makes but little
parade over its farmers. Their sayings
and acts are seldom spread before The
public. Success in farming does no
convey the same grand accumulation
of wealth and power that are ASSOCIATED
with success in railroads, in mercantil,
life or in manufacturing; butt mean
an independent life, a Quiet, peaceful
happy home, and honest consciousness
of being a producer of real property
and a satisfaction of aiding in the pro
gress and improvement of the age.
Seeds for Small Gardens.-Peopl
who grow largely for market, know, as
part of their business, how many gar
den seed to low, but this is not Away
the case with the man or woman VIII,
has but a small garden. For these W
give the following:
Asparagus, bed of Is square yards,
pint.
Beet, row so feet, 9 ounces.
Cabbage. bed of s square yards, OF
Carrots, drill of 100 feet, 2 ounces,.
; Carrots. bed of II square yards, tw
ounces.
Celery, 4 square yards, ] ounce.
Endive, 4 square yards, l ounce.
Bush beans, row 80 feet, l pint.
Leek, 2 square yards, l ounce.
Lettuce, 4square yards, l ounce.
) Onions, 8 square yards, 2 ounces.
Parsley, row 80 feet, II ounces.
!, Parsnip, drill of 200 feet, 2 ounces.
: Peas, earIy, row go feet, II pints.
, Peas, large, late, row 80 feet, II pint
Potatoes, row 30.feet, half peck.
Radishes, 4 square yards II ounces
Spinach, 10 square yards, 2 ounces.
Spinach, drill of 120 feet, 2 ounces.
Tunnip 4square yafds,1 ounce.
IL Sheep.-A man cannot succeed in Il
t sheep business by following loose, car
e less methods, for this animal requir'
timely and proper care. To have heart
sheep, they should not be half starve
e at any period of their growth To gro
-1wool every day, they must be comfoI
9 able. Not only this, but sheep out
condition is subjected to ailments tn
in good condition would nothave affect'
ssEhim. Sheep, fat in the fall will {
d through the winter and lambing, q
st right. If in thin, bad condition, the /
( taxing of the system in spring, and Il
is extra demands on the eve at lambil
,e time bring a series of diseases. No al
is NAL rewards its owner SO for hbe1
IS feeding and painstaking car rs dc
+. sheep. The idea some men have til
II sheep require no car or looking after,
If absurd. The ewes should be noticed
E. lambing time. Some always have mi
7. for their lambs to begin with, and sol
do not. Sheep that are a success
raising lambs and in shearing 60
feeces, and those that are healthy, til
impart the same to their progeny,
- short all of, them should be notice
n Looking after them it will be discover
y that it will not pay to raise a feeble