The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-04
FARM T

FAhM Mules
HuMus has a great absorbent power for
ammonia.
TURNRs contain more sulphur than
other farm crops.
THE yield of maple sugar in Vermont
for 1881 was about 10, 600, 600 pounds.
THE intelligent stock raiser keeps q
young animal growing from birth to ma
turity.
CLOVER is developed by the applica-
ton of manures supplying potash and
lime, and by p~asturing instead OF NOW
ing.
BARLEY possesses q considerable. de-
velopment OF root near the surfaee,
and is apparently more capable of OBJ
tanning nitrogen from the soil than wheat.
TIE Maine Board of Agriculture in re-
cent session unanimously advised "the
farmer" of the State "to await the re-
suits of experiments now in progress on
the ensilage of corn and other forage
crops before adopting the system on q
scale involving any considerable expense.
CLucKrNa is the noise which q hen
makes when she is broody and in calling
her chickens together. If not wanted
for incubating purposes, any hen begin
ming to "cluck !" should at once be given
a change of scene, which will divert her
notions and prevent q tedious spell for
broody idleness.
MANaELs have far deeper roots than
turnips, and also q larger period OF
| growth. They have a great capacity for
drawing food from the soil, including
both nitrogen, potash and phosphoric
acid. When removed from the land,
mangels are one of the most exhaustive
crops that a farmer can grow.
TIE latest official returns show the
production of wheat in Australia to
amount to about 80, 0 900 bushels,
distributed among the colonies as fol-
lows: Victoria, 9,719,049 bushels; South
Australia, 8,606,510; New Zealand,
8, 147, 705; New South Wales, 3,702, 737;
Tasmania, 750, 040; West Australia, 49,
GAL, and Queensland, 223, 243 bushels.
Mosr of the so-called "cat-gut" of
commerce is formed from the twisted
intestines of sheep. In Italy there is a
small native breed of sheep from which
the best strings are made-though very
likely the skill of the manufacturer has
quite as much to do with the merit Of
the article as the particular animal from
which the material is procured Great
skill is required for producing the best
article in musical instruments.
Four ducks are ample to one drake.
Ducks may be bred in a small pen,
where there is merely a tank of water
four feet by two, and two feet deep.
Many of the eggs, however, will be un'
fertile. For success on a large scale
good-sized pool of water is essential
The birds should nave the run Of a field
Care should be taken not to ~overfeei
breeding ducks; and if early eggs be re
quired, meat diet must be given ant
warm quarters at night.
By VILLAGE the surface soil is KEEP
in an open, porous condition, favorabl,
for the distribution of roots. BY thi
means, also, capillary attraction is dimi
nished, and the land consequently sui
fers less from drouth. The water-hold
ing power of the surface soil is also in
creased. A still more important result
of tillage is that the soil Is thoroughl
exposed to the influence of the air
Soils containing humus or clay vii
absorb ammonia from the atmospher
and thus increase their store of nitrogen
ANY putrid odor about the skin-drai
or privy, should be regarded asa menac
to the health and life of all living in tn
neighborhood. Both these places shout
be often and thoroughly cleaned out, an
the privy-vault should admit of constan
ventilation. 1t should be cemented s
as to be water-tight, and both it and th
sink-drain should be far from the well
If after each use a scoopful of dry cart
or coal ashes mot wood ashes) be throw
into the vault, all unpleasant odor
prevented.
POULTRY are truly domestic and Iov
their homes. If eggs are an object, it
most important that birds should not b
moved from pen to pen, as it will della
egg production, and diminish it great,
Pullets for early laying should, If poss
BILE, be brought up in or within sigf
of their future laying run, pen,
paddock if, on the other hand, it
wished to delay the laying of a pull,
and to encourage growth for prize pu,
poses, her home must be changed Otter
A sitting or broody hen may be be-
cured by removing her to a new seer
with fresh companions-a more reasons
BILE and humane way of checking b,
maternal instincts than that of hal
drowning her, or shutting her up in darl
ness and dirt.
: FARMLAND manure rapidly undergot
fermentation. If placed in . heap, Il
, mass gets sensibly hot and o large qual
|, tity of carbonic acid is given of. VIII
the fermentation occurs in a place pr
tected from rain, carbonaceous matter
destroyed, but little loss of nitroge
v | kQkac n1oao P0ffan r,onrra uhan rua
, made, is mor concentrated than fresf
u having diminished in weight during fel
~mentation, with but little loss of valu.
|. BILE constituents. Some of the constitr
ents have also become more soluble
e Farmyard manure supplies all the esse1
n tial elements of plant food. The immt
. diate return from its application is niue
: less than from the same amount of plat
! food applied in artificial manures. Th
n effect of farmyard manure is spread owe
. a considerable number of years, its n
h trogen being chiefly present, not as an
monia, but in the form Of carbonaceor
compounds, which decompose but slowl
/: in the soil.
WIN. w. PERKINS, of Newbury, Mass
who received a premium from the count
society for a crop of grass grown on on
acre of land, gives the following accouI
of its cultivation: "The first crop
hay from this acre of land was cut I'll
second week in July, and weighed &C
: pounds. The second crop cut the la
: of September weighed 2,110 pound
Thirty-five years ago the land was cleare
up, being covered with a growth
g alders and huckleberry bushes at tn.
1 time it was seeded down with herdsgral
P and redtop; for the first few years til
:, crop was a fine one; since then it
q quite small, hardly paying for harves
q ing. The land was plowed in Angus
r 1880, rolled, and ten cords of manu-,
l !, carted on from Darn cellar, spread an
narrowed in with O disc harrow an
brush harrow until it is made fine. Or
: peck of herdsgrass and one-half bush
of red-top seed was sown. The who
. cost of manure and labor was about ST.
I have known some farmers to use mol
seed, e Is much as one bushei
herdsgrass seed to the acre. My exp
rienca for upwards of fftv wears ia IN,