Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-04-04
Facts for Farmers.

Well-seasoned posts, when thoroughly
dried and then charred and dipped in
hot tar, will remain rot and insect proof
for many years in almost any kind Of
soil
The dead bark from the trunks and
larger limbs of trees Is best removed
during thaw. A wash of whale oil OF
soft soap applied with q brush gives q
smooth, healthy appearance.
In all cases q COW should be, milked
regularly and stripped clean. No doubt
this has much to do in forming good
mixing tribes of cattle, by encouraging
q full development of the milk glands.
A small quantity of ashes given to
pigs while fattening is found very ben
eficial. as their food is generally rich in
phnsphoric acid and deficient in lime.
which ashes supply; and in this way
the phosphoric acid is made available
as food.
The value of all manufactured fertili-
zsrs depends upon their soIubility, and
these nianures should all he appropriated
by the growing crops. To expect any
such fertiliziDg matter to remain in the
ground for another year is to presume
that the fertilizers are not properly
manufactured Bone dust, however.
will remain in the soil several years.
When corn on the ear is fed to horses
they masticate it much more slowly
than II the corn was shelled. Az con
sequence that on the ear is better d.
gested. A horse requires more time
to eat cOrn on the ear than If fed either
meal or shelled corn. If the horse can
not have time to masticate full feed of
unshelled corn, then 1t is best to feed
something else.
Unless you want large proportion of
cockerels do not get all the largest eggs
you can pick out There are no means
known by which the sex of eggs can
with certainty be determined Although
many thought some sign indicated the
sex, yet, after repeated fair trials, all
these indications have entirely failed
with me, except the one which follows
With regard to the eggs of most of the |
feathered kingdom, if you pick the
Largest out OF the nest, they are the ones
if they happen to be the first laid. Even
in canary's nest 1t Is noticeable tnat
the first egg laid is very often the |
largest, the young from it Is the first
out, keeps ahead of Its comrades, 10
the first to quit the nest, and the first to |
sing.
An exchange. In writing on the sub
ject of ploughing. Gays: MANY persons
in ploughiDg 20 around the whole field |
or piece to be plowed, thus making the |
burrows run two ways, so that when |
they cross some. while Others |
are worked leDgthw But this IL not |
the greatest objection 10 this manner of
by pursuing this course
year after year n ridge is raised upon the |
outside, with corresponding depres-
sion in the middle, and with y hollow
running from the middle furrOw to
each corner. Others will cut the lot
into small lands, and so large number
OF ridges with corresponding number
s'f dead or middle fuIrows are formed
Neither of these methods constitutes
good plOughing. If the lot to be plowed
be reasonably short. first turn some half
dozen back furrOws around the whole
piece, to get place for the team to turn
upon then strike your lands very wide
then back furrow until there is too
much lost in turning; then go around
the land until it is finished. but do not
plow across the ends Thus are re-
duced the number of ridges or back
burrows also the middle or dead fur
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