The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-03
FARM AND GARDEN,

FARM AND GARDEN.
The POSSIBLE YIELD OF CoRN.-If
corn be planted H. drills three and one
half feet apart, and four kernels in a
nil, every twcnty-clght inches of drill
the acre. a nine-inch ear Of Wausha-
KUN corn, thoroughly dried, yielded
2,l7O grains weight, or thirty-one one
hundredths Of pound ofshelled grain,
If each stalk should average but one
such ear, the harvest would be 7,Gl3
pounds, or one hundred and thirty-siX
bushels per acre. 1t would require but
an average Of about one-half of grain
per stalk to furnish a two-hundrcd-
bushel crop. Experimentally in tho
garden, we have secured over forty
ounces, or two and one-half pounds
from single kernel planted, 80 there
Is no end to the possibilities Of the crop.
IN practice, however, we have never
realized over ono hundred and twonty-
three bushels per acre; while an aver
age crop Oh large areas has not exceed
ed seventy or olghty bushels. The first
effort to Improve corn now, starting
with satisfactory kernels and ears, is to
eliminate the baroness of stalks, SO
that each and every stalk shall perform
its duty. There is no trouble III sccur-
Ing large percentage Of fruitful stalks
or even small percentage Of twin or
tripie-eared stalks; but when We hope
10 secure all such, then we find the
difficulty. Sced-corn must be bred, and
akillfuliy bred, toward fruitfulncss, be-
fore we can anticipate very striking re-
suits.
BONE DCsT.--B0nc dust, like barn
yard manure, does not Immediately
yield up its nitrogen and Dhosphorio
acid to plants. The bone phosphate Of
lime is insoublc in water and but very
slightly soluble in water containing
carbolic acid. The gelatinc ofthe bones
would soon decomDosc in a moist, por-
Gus, warm soil, provided it was not
protected by the soil ant. the hard mat
ter Of the bones. Steaming removes
the oil, and reducing the bones to as
fine condition as possible is another
means of increasing their availability.
Another good method Is to mix the
oone dust with barnyard manure and
let both ferment together, and ] am
inclined to think this Is the best, SIM
plcst, and most economical 'netilod Of
rendering bones available. The bone
dust causes tho heap Of manure to ter
mcnt more rapidly, and the fermcnta-
ton OF tho manure softcns the bones.
Both the manure and the bones are i'm
proved and rendered richer and more
available 10y the process. One ton of
good bone dust contains about as much
nitrogen ASST tons Of fresh stable man
urc, and us much phosphoric acid rs
Ito tons OF fresh stable manure. But
one ton OF manure contains more pot
ash than five tons of bone dust.
FACTS FOR TIE FARMER.-rhut over
fed fowls won't lay eggs.
That good fences always pay better
than lawsuit with ncigbors.
That hay is good deal cheaper made
in summer than purchased in winter.
That more stock perish from famine
than founder.
Thnt scrimplng tho feed of fnttrning
Dogs Is n waste Of grain.
That COWS should be milkcd rcvular.
ly and clean.
That educating children properly is
lending money at ten per cont.
Ilat an offensive war against the
weeds is five times less expensive than
defective one.
That a horse who lays his oars back,
and looks lightning when any one
approaches, Is vicious.
mat one evening spent at home in
study, Is more profitable than ten spent
IN lounging about saloons and tavcrns.
~ 10 "oICu "nllo LOT all farmers,
cVerywhe: y. to remember that thorough
culture is letter than three mortgages
on the farm
That 1t Is ite duty Of every man to
take some good, reliable and entertain
ing paper, and-pay for It promptly, ns
Il matter OF course.
PROF. TRACY shows the results of his
applctrce wash. His young trees were
largely injured by severe winters, and
he gave them the best care he could.
which has resulted in the recupcratlon
Of most Of them. In connection with
ether care, he gave thca tho benefit of
IN alkall wash, made by thinning good
soft-soap with water, and adding n lit
tie crude carbolic acid and sulphur.
lie has no theory regarding it, but SIM
ply exhibits the healthy bark where It
has been employed as proof OF its cfll-
cacy, The limit Of tho washing is
everywhere easily determined in his
trees.
The action of a tree IN Improving
the soil is two-fold; First 1t causes vey
ctablc matter to accumulate on the sur
face, and second 1t brings up from be-
meath certain substances which are OF
vital Importance to the growth ofplants,
put which in the upper soil may have
been deficient.
Many times florists, instead of rcmov-
Ing plant to larger pot, simply wash
the soil from the roots, and return 1t to
the same pot, but in a new soil.
Rouse UP
Tho liver il it 10 dormant, and avoid a train of
OWLS which must otherwise ensue. Among
antl-DlllOu1 medicines rank ar hip1,
Hostettor's Stomach Bittors. 1t speedily ban
ishes those pains in the region Of tho affected
organ. the yollowness of tho skin, nausea, vor-
tigo and sick headache, which attend bilious
attack. bilious subject, after briof oourso
OF this capital liver stimulant and invigorant
finds that his tongue Ia no lonrar fnrred in tha