The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-23

substance, il then becomes oompaFnr
lively hard; but IN the iuebriaes. xnsiciu
pating the anatomist the hszin begins the
indurAting process before death-bsgns
while the brain remains TIE consecrnted
temple of the soul-while It's delicate and
gossamer-like tissues still throb with the
pulse of heaven-bOrn life. Strange infat-
uation that thus desecrates the God-IikeI
Terrible enchantment thsk dries up all
the fountains of generous feelings, petri-
fes all the tender humanities and sweet
charities of life, leaving only brain Of
lead and heart Of stone
The following experience in bringing
to fertility q worn out farm We find in
the New England H0r4sstead., Some
twenty years ago, mofelDr less, our es-
teemed and venerable friesd, Col. d. n.
Clough, Of Canterbury, N. H., bought =
wornout farm Of 400 acres. Il would
not then keep more than eight or ten
head of cattle, one or TIVE horses and .
few sheep. In thirteen years he had 50
improved it that he winfered 100 head Of
cattle, $50 sheep and six horses, without
buying hay or grain. To accomplish this
no manure was bought, except q little Of
Bradey's superphosphate Of lime TO give
the corn an early start Under his care
the farm rose in value from 1880 20
$4,000. The secret Of his success Is that
all his hay and grain have been consumed
upon the farm, and large quantities Of
muck used both a. an absosbent and com
posted with lime Lea 3enouncers Of
muck make q note of this and understand
what they are talking aboat
j. ]. H. Gregory, in Fruit Recorder.
81 have raised many acres of the large
drumhead varieties on land that had been
in tillage and well m2nurFd for several
years, by stirring well int. the place for
each hill a round handful df good phos-
phate, to be followed by half handful
of unleached ashes at the FIRST hOeing, the
ashes to be scattered ar0and the plant
before hoeing. Plant the seed by all
means where the cabbage are to grow,
and don't have the troubas and risk Of
transplanting Just as soAa as they be-
gin TO break ground-and fatch sharply
for this-sprinkle with fne plaster, and
this will protect them from he black fy."
"A correspondent of an exchange
says: "Iprocured half hegshead, filed
~ WAAA lam N0tCA 0A4 H44A AuAO II U0C
quarter pound ammonia and enc enc quar-
ter pound of common nItne- When the
strawberry plants were blOasoming gave
them a sprinkling at evGping twice .
week, until the fruit was nearly of size.
The result was double he amount Of
fruit 45
Marx Lane EzprcssS A French
chemist reports that water-rnade slightly
salt, and to which, when boiling, bran IN
the proportion of one quart TO every gal
Ion has been added, has bten found IN .
series of experiments 10 incsease the yield
of milk 25 per cent, If giVel to the cows
as their ordinary drink
in planting early peas and corn the
quality of the future crop may be partly
known by observing the degree Of contrzc-
tiOn In them All peas and corn that seem
shriyeled up, with large ineeutations, viii
be tender in flesh and contain more
sweetness and Juice thaa the pIumper
kinds If good table varieties are desired.
il is advisable then to select the wrinkled
kinds.
-Whenever possible set turkey eggs
under a turkey hen She sticks very
closely TO the nest, rarely coming Of, even
TO feed Unlike the eggs 9{ other fowls.
the eggs Of the turkey will not bear much
variation Of temperature, aHd thew must
never become chilled When = turkey
leaves her nest see that she Is cooped In =
dry location, as the slightesc dzmpness i
injurious 10 the young ones. They are als0
very sensitive TO filth.
The common practice h 20 keep hogs
In growing and fattening- state without
exercise. An exception, by way Of an ex-
pertinent, was recently mace with q boar
on Pennsylvania farm lie was well and
literally fed but was forced II take . good
run In front ofa boy every day- His OF
spring were much more vigorous Of con-
stitutiOn than were pigs fr7sn bozrs that
were kept confined al the time
do not water your plants q little &C
a time too frequently A thOr01xh
wetting less frequently h befter COntin-
ual wetness kills the planss A little
wood ashes put on the earth viii remedy
the trouble sometimes when II has already
been brought about s.