The true northerner., 1880-07-30
FARM NOTES.
HAPPY the man who tills the field,
Content with rustic labor;
Earth does Ia him her fullness Weld.

Earth does to him her fulness yield,
Hap what may 10 his ncighbor.
Well days, sound nights, oh, can there be
life more rational and free?
AMERICAN sweet potatoes are becom-
ing popular in English markets.
No SOIL has yet been discovered in
this country where remunerative crops
can be secured without labor, or sub
stantial property without value received.
HORN shavings are excellent fertiliz-
ers, as they contain a large amount of
ammonia. They are sold in the English
market at the rate of $40 to $50 per ton.
A MEcHANIcsvILLE On. Y) farmer
protects his hen-roost from hawks and
from thieves by keeping flock of II
dozen guinea fowls. He regards them
better than any Watchdog, and says
that they give instant warming of the APP
proach OF stranger.
III you desire to get large yield of
rich milk, give your COWS every day
water slightly warm and slightly salted,
in which bran has been stirred at the
rate of one quart to two gallons of water.
You will find, if you have not tried this
daily practice, that your COW will give
% per cent. more milk Immediately un-
icl tut clCClS Vi III, ttnu Silc Will DtCOlllt
SO accustomed to the diet rs to refuse to
drink clear water unless very thirsty.
But this mess she will drink almost any
time, and ask for more The amount of
this drink necessary Is an ordinary
water-pail full at n time, morning, noon
and night.-Michigan Farmer.
WHEN about to set n hen take a nail
keg and soak it until water-tight; saw it
III halves and put in two inches of wa
ter; III the water put in half an ounce of
oil of sassafras and one ounce of solu-
ton of carbolic acid. Close to the sur
face of the water fit thin piece of per-
forated board put over this piece OF
flannel, AID then put in fresh earth
enough to shape the nest, and line with
cut straw. Now put few drops of oil
of sassafras about the nest, put in your
eggs and hen, and over all put barrel
with an arched opening on one side. By
this method eggs may be safely hatched
in January or February, even if in a very
dry, warm roOm-the water beneath
furnishing all the necessary moisture.
FARMERS who are wide awake and
given to Investigation do not SOW so
much wheat to the acre as they formerly
did, and they do not SOW it so deep.
The great, heavy harrows of ten or
twenty years ago are not now employed
by them in covering seed, and the drill,
which can be depended on better, is be-
coming universally popular. In broad
cast sowing, after the ground is thor
oughly prepared, smoothing harrow
will cover the seed deep enough A
Wisconsin writer gives the result of an
experiment in planting at different
depths-on the surface, one-fourth inch.
one-half inch, three-fourths inch and
so on to several inches. That on the
surface lay two weeks before sprouting
that one-fourth to three-fourths inches
deep came up in four or five days, and
so on, getting later as the depth in
creased. The last to come up was plant
ed three and half inches deep, and
was fourteen days iii reaching the sur
face. At the end of six weeks that
planted one-fourth to one-half inch deep
stood far ahead of the rest.
PUT one bushel of the parings of
horses hoofs (such as may be obtained
at a horseshoers shop into barrel and
fill it with water, Let it stand for a
week, when it is ready for USE Apply
It with watering-pot. All bedding
plants can be watered with this liquid
every other day if they are not pot
bound. Repotted plants should be
watered once n week until they have
plenty of working roots to take mp the
manure. 1t will also be found excellent
f5r hardwood plants if used once or
twice week. Two or three weeks af-
ter the plants have been watered with
the manure the foliage generally changes
from green to golden yellow, moving
from the stem down to the point of the
leaf, which, however, lasts only a few
weeks, when it changes to a dark, glossy
green. Plants under this Watering grow
very strong. The flowers are very re-
gal and bright in color Plants thus
treated can be kept i'll very small pots
for long time without being trans
planted.