Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-13
The farn1 aud fite5ide.
PERMANENT PASTURE.

1t is singular that the notion should be so
widely prevalent, even among those who give
some thought to their grazing lands, that
pasture will take care Of itself, and all the
manure made on a farm or bought may be
put on the titled lands. This idea is as wrong
as it is to suppose that wheat or corn can be
raised on the same soil year after year without
any manure. Mich cows occupy our pasture
lands as often as any other stock ; and in their
milk. phosphates are carried off from the soil
of the pasture to such an extent rs to lead,
sooner or later, to certain exhaustion, just as
surely as the continued cultivation of wheat
on titled land. The effect of the exhaustion
is palmer to the eye in the diminished crops
of the wheat fields than on the pasture, which
may perhaps continue to look green and Thrift
ty, while poorer grasses are all the while creep
ing in and displacing the finer kinds, which re-
quire richer soil. The pasture must be treated
with it's share of the available manure of the
farm, or else it willrun down. With favorable
climatic conditions, it is undoubtedly cheaper
to keep pasture once well made, i'll good heart
for number of years, than let it run out for
want of food, and then make it over again.
DR.. IIawes' doctrine, the result of his own eX
periments and observations, is that pasture
land must be well stocked with nitrogen and
potash, and that phosphate must be supplied
from time to time, us well rs the other two
important plant nutrients, to replace what is
carried off in the produce sold. Hence top
dressing Of fine bone meal is likely to prove
beneficial. although there are cases where the
use of phosphate has done but little good.
Nitrate of soda is often used with good effect,
at the rate of from 100 to. .150 lbs per acre in
the course of the year and the statement is
very emphatically made by those who speak
from experience, that frequent dressings OF
manure in small doses produce better grass
than when the whole quantity for the year is
applied at once. Plaster has sometimes pro-
dllced excellent results on pastures by bring
ing in that most desirable forage plant, white
clover, and wood ashes have also produced
similar effect. There can be no safer dressing
than rOtted manure put on in the spring,
when the plant will soon be ready to take 1t
up but if all the available stock of this ma-
nlre is wanted for the titled land then arti-
fetal manure should be used.-Prof. Caldacett,
in July american Awiculturist.
WASHING WooLEN GOoDs.-Thirty years.
experience enables me to say that the great Sc
eret in washing blankets or flannels is plentl-
full supply of hot water and soap, and quick
movements. Melt your soap in the water, but
in no case let it boil, as that hardens the water
and separates the soap. Have your suds as
hot as you can bear the hand in. Plunge in
your blankets, but do not crowd too many III,
work them we'll in the suds, not using wash
beard nor rubbing the soap Oh. BE sure you
have the new suds ready before wrnging out
the old, wiring tightly, shake, examine and if
there are any spots rub little soap before put
ting into the second tub. If very dirty they
require three suds, and new blankets take
more soap than old ones Finish with clean
hot rinse, and little blue we'll mixed in it,
wiring tightly out, shake we'll and stretch into
shape before putting on the line bring in, in
the evening, fold very evenly, and put under a
weight. Next day hang out in the sun for
few hours and you will have sweet, clean
blankets to put away.
Flannels 1 treat in the same way, only to
bring them in before they are quite dry, and
iron at once, as you cannot damp flannel over.
Always wash nannels by themselves as the
fluff off cotton thickens them up. If washed
and dried in two hours so much the better
Cor. Montreal Witness.
a CHEAP WAY TO DISSOLVE BONEs.-This
can be easily done without the use of sulphur
ic acid. Strong lye, from hard wood ashes,
will do the work, and if you have large iron
pot, or boiler, you can have them ready for use
in short time. Throw in ashes and bones
together for an hour or two. Set aside and let
cool. The bones will now be found to be in
soft and brittle state, and may he readily
crushed under slight pressure. The contents
Of the boiler-lye, ashes, and bones-are all
excellent material for the compost heap.
But, perhaps, economical housekeepers Will
prefer to utilize the bones for soap-maklng, III
the first place. 1t is good idea, as the bones,
waste lye, and other refuse, after the soap is
made can be carried to the compost heap, AS
before Never throw away a bone, but put all
away in a safe place till you have enough for
good boiling. l would stop by tine roadside,
even though ten miles from home, to pick up a
bone They contain some of the richest ele-
ments of plant food, and are, therefore, inval-
liable as fertilizers.
GEEsE.-The London Ne,cs says: "Of all
poultry breeding the rearing of the goose i'll
favorable situations is said to be the least trou-
blesome and the most profitable. Itis nots
prising, therefore, that the trade has of late
years been enormously developed. They will
live and to a certain extent thrive on the
coarsest of grasses though, of course, If birds
are to lie brought to market Ill good condition
they must be treated to something more than
coarse grass The fattening of geese has now
become an established industry in some parts
of the country" The goose is to the English
table what the turkey is to that of America.
1t is bred in the northern parts of England and
kept in large flocks In the fall of the year
the farmers of Lancashire and Yorkshire buy
them to turn upon the stubbles after the grain
is harvested, where they fatten rapidly. 1t is
quite common in the fall to see large flock Of
geese driven like sheep along the roads from
the breeding grounds where they have been
raised, to the stubbles where they are to be fat
tened.
WORMS AND BUGs.-The Farm and Gar
den says in relation to the attacks of worms
and bugs: TO save all sorts of vines from
the attacks of bugs and worms requires con-
stant watchfulness and timely use of RENE.
dies. There is no use in trying to drive the
cucumber bug off after it has
injured half the plants in your patch. Pre-
vent it coming on by changing the natural
scent of the vines. Sprinkle your vines fire.
uuently, and just as soon as they appear above
ground, with water in which little kerosene
oil has been mixed, or with a weak solution
of carbolic acid, or with plaster scented with
kerosene or with real rank-smelling manure
water Either of the above, if applied daily,
will generally keep the bugs off. The large,
black squash bug must be hunted up every
day from among your vines and Killed. Ihese
bugs like to seek shelter under some chips,
little pieces of boards, shingles, etc., which
you may place among your vines, so you will
know where to look for the pest
ABOUT WATERING PLANTs.-Unless one
has an abundant supply of water, so that it's
use, when once begun, can be continued, it is
better, as Il general thing, to not water at ALL
In the drouth, which we so generally have this
month, mere sprinkling of the leaves is
worse than no watering at all. Still, we all