Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1881-02-03
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now MUCH HEAT SHOULD BIZ SOWN TO
An ACRE No fixed rule can be given.
The seeding must be nick or thin, accord
ing to the size Of the seed. whether sowE
early or late. and whether the land is rich or
poor. Early sown should not be 50 thick as
late sown. the "tillering" stalks require
length Of season to grow heads. If too
thickly sovn,the "tillering" (stoolingl stalks,
being crowded. grow out fiat over the sur
face, and produce no heads. II has been
found tina; wheat too thickly sown. Of the
stalks which came up, 90 per cent were
missingIat harvest
Two bushels Of seed per acre is the rule
in general practice. The rule IS open to
serious objection Large vhea; contains
about 100000 grains in bushel or at two
bushels per acre, 10 seeds per square foot.
Ordinary wheat contains 7OO, 900 grains in
bushel, or Is grains per foot Suppose il
to "tiller" each 10 stalks, in one case, each
square foot has 100 stalks, the other, 100
stalks. Hallett's pedigree wheat" has
been known to 'tiller" 81 stalks
Thick and thin-sowing experiments show.
on good land, that one bushel per acre gave
an average Of IS grains per head with
yield Of 40 bushels; two bushels per acre
gave an average Of "a grams per head, with
yield Of "a bushels
When too thiekly-sown large proportion
Of the stalks die, or are starved and united:
it is often found that 80 per cent. Of the
stems are missing a, harvest
WHAT OF ALsIKE CLOVER '-Al,ke
Clover lTr!fsIiuH hybrtdunl is pale red
perennial species Of clover which has proved
itself to b. handy plant, especially adapted
10 our moist sol and rigorous climate. Il
yields better and finer hay and the stalk is
not s. dry and hard IS red clover.
ia name IS obtained from the parish Of
Alsle. in Sweden, where il grows in the
roadside bitches. As Alsike clover con
tAins 4jlO seeds to a pound, and Red
clover but 5000. in seeding one pound
will - nearly as far as two pounds Of the
red.
CAs Com HUsKs Be UTILHED'-Corn
husks are pressed into bales and sent to
market to be manufactured into both paper
and cloth The cloth IS chiefly crash and
bagging. The paper which is made is firm,
durable, and Of every quality, from the finest
tissue, TO wrapping paper; it takes every
tint and is superior for drawing. or for stem
ographic writing. 1t makes species OF
paper mache mashed paper that when ap-
piled to gun boats will resist a cannon ball
where thick iron plates were pierced. For
paper and cloth making the value Of the
husks OF the corn crop Of the United States
is estimated at slI7 900, 900.
WHAT WILL CURE THE HoRN-An?-
What is "Horn-AI' For If the opinions Of
very many eattle-owners are correct, Horn
all is very prevalent bovine disorder. II
creature was ailing and horns cold, boring
was the remedy. and if the horns we're hol-
low, the disorder was horn-Al, sure. But it
so happens, that sick, or well, the horns ere
always hollow.
The disease called "Horn-Al", in veteri-
nary practice, is known as a type Of the
"Chocorua Plague" or cripple all" and is
somewhat similar to the human disease
known as ricketts,. Il is kind Of idiopathic
fever common 10 cattle in old pastures, lack
ing in phosphates-a bone trouble.
Cud-ehewing animals (ruminants) are d.
vided into two classes, the solid horns like
the deer, and the hollow horns ike domes-
tic cattle. The Galloway, polled, or moolsy
cattle, which have no horns, can't have the
supposed malsdy. The horns Of yearlings,
are nearly solid, becoming hollow, and the
size Of the cavity, increasing with age.
The matter which is often found in the
horn. comes from catarrhal trouble in the
head, arising from deficiency of bone max
ing material in the food the needed mate
rial can chesply be supplied by feeding bone
meal, or wheat bran, or well cured clover
hay.
WHAT IN SALERArUs? 1t is product
of wood ashes. BY the first process, I've is
obtained black salt is the result Of the sec
ond; by third, potash is obtained by an
other process the potash is changed into
pearlash, and by another, it becomes salera-
tus. Some people say saleratus will not
harm the stomach. 1t is lye.
WHY DOES so MUCH OF THE WHITE PAINT
SCALE OFF AND LOOK DISGY? Simply because
somuch white paint does not contain parti-
Gle OF white lead The lead is adulterated
with sulphate of Barytes (heavy SPAR and
silicate of Magnesia (sOapstone) which make
q paint as heavy and as white as lead and
the adultsration is hard to detect.
When white lead brings Is cents at man
ufscturer's hands, sulphate Of barytes cost,
less than . cent pound. An analysis o.
what was sold for white lead showed it to BE-
heavy spar, 50 per cent; oxide Of zinc,
per cent? oil IL per cent. and this stuff sold
for L. cents per pound. As paint it il
no better and viii scale Of like whiting, oil
white-vash.