Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-23

horses, mules, cattle, sheep, hog, and
goats with long wool; more dairy prod.
ucts, more wine, silk, and the various
kinds of fruit and berries; more .pota.
toes, turnips, pumpkins, and garden
vegetables of all sorts.
In proceeding to this work, the lands
will be regarded under two classes. the
old lands and the new.
The first class is usually well stocked
with sassafras, sumack, and persim-
mon. These are all useful.-th first
in medicine and perfumery, the second
as a dyestuff. and the third to eat; so
that, like the trade in alcohol, they do
not need prohibition, but only regula-
ton.
1t will he safe to assume that it is
cheaper to buy a tract of old land and
raise it up, than to clear up a new farm
in the timber.
But both these classes of lands will
be noticed in connection with a difficult
ty that may he common to both. I
WHAT WILL WE DO WITH THE ROCKS?
Put them under the wall of your build
ings. Dig a trench eighteen inches
wide and as deep, throwing all the
earth on the outside. Fill this trench
with rocks that are too shapeIess to be
used elsewhere, and small rocks, up to
the levil of the top of the ground, and
then lay on this foundation wall Of
flat rocks, being careful to build them
in as closely as possible. Bank up the
earth that was dug out of the trench
on the outside of the wall, and your
work is done. You will perhaps need
a pick or light bar to raise some Of
the rocks, and a first-class old pole-ax
to break some of the larger ones; but
the rocks can be picked in the woods
or fields. and nothing like quarrying
need ordinarily be done.
Any person Of average judgment can
build such wall, aud it will be aston
ishing to see what an amount of rock
1t will absorb.
Put them under your fences. Put a
block of stone eight or ten inches, or a
foot in thickness will not hurt, under
each corner Of rail fence, and then
build up with rocks to the rail. You
will save rails, the fence will last much
longer, ard you are rid of the rocks as
an encumbrance on your ground.
If you are making u board fence, a
of vuiI ho mi, 70
for the lower board. ar-
Make underdrains of them. In case
an undeveloped. spring makes piece
of ground marshy, dig a trench deep
enough to tap the spring, and then lay
OH each side of the bottom of the trench
q line of rocks each six or eight inches
thick, leaving a sufficient passage for
the water between the lines. Then
cover over with flat rocks carefully and
return tile earth to the trench. You
will thus, with little trouble or expense,
drain your GROUND, and the drain will
not hinder the cultivation of tue sur
face.
Make culverts ON your roads out of
them. Instead Of putting in lumber or
timber, whan you dig out your trench
for the culvert, lay dry wall of rock
on each side ami cover over with broad
flat rocks, and then cover them. If
the culvert needs to be large, a divis-
ion wall, leaving way on each side,
will not require such very heavy rocks
to cover, and can be made just as firm
and such culvert will out-last a
generation of men.
When, under the direction of some
judicious roadinaster, you have ditche,i
your road on each side and thrown it
up nicely in the middle. rip-rap the
sides of your enbankment, and thus
make one years work good for twenty
BUILD FENCES OF THEM.
In doing this, BIZ careful to have, first,
solid foundation; then at least three
binding courses of rocks wide enough
to reach across the will. Fill in close
ly every opening between the larger
rocks with small ones, SO az to make
the whole thing, as nearly as possible,
solid mass of stone. This will steady
the larger rocks in the wall, and make
| it hard for snakes or other animals to
find q lodgment there.
The business of handling rocks is cas-
lily learned, and when once acquired is
not half as hard work as many may
suppose.
To put the whole thing int small
space: Aim to make every improve
ment permanent, and look to the rocks
for the means to do so. Learn to regard
them as designed to be useful, and use
them; and 1t will soon appear that your
property 10 growing vastly in value,
and you will find that you have scarce
~ rocks enough.
MANY persons take medicine for their
ailments and as soon as they feel better they
| disregard all directions and stop taking 1t.
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