Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-04-28
FARM AND FIREsIDE.

| that smallpox scareS are so common.
FARM AND PRESIDE.
PRESERVING FENCE. POsTs.-A cores
pendent sends the following statement by
Parker Earle, "a widely known horticultu-
ristl. to the Country Gentleman, and re-
quests its opinion of his mode for prsserv-
ing fence posts. In answer, that paper
says it may be stated that no single exper-
iment. or no single series OF experiments
under like circumstances can be adopted
as rule for unlike conditions. Our own
observations and experiments have led
uniformly to the opinion that coal tar tap
piled warm to dry wood is good pressrv-
alive for timber under ground, or exposed
to wet and shade, tut does more harm
than COED if exposed to the action OF the
sun and the weather. But varying clr-
cunstances may vary the rule. The char
actsr of the soil may have controlling
influence, and experiment should be re-
peated in different places and On different
kinds of wood.
The experiments Of Mr.. Earle are val
| y. bis contribution to such a series OF
tria V. For general application, we would
| recon ,mend first imprsgnation OF the whole
| If tho n ost with crude petroleum as gen
eral nress yvative, and when dry apply hot
tar to the D. artion going into the ground
Init mona aho We. The petroleum will PEN
citrate the pores. and the tar coating will
hold It there. Thu following is Mr.. Earle's
statement:
Tn building a fence around our young
orchard, several years ago, we tried many
plans for preserving the posts. Having to
remove the fence this WINTER, we notea
the condition of the posts as follows
Those set with no preparation were decay
ed an inch or more in thickness; those
coated with a thick wash of lime were pre-
served, but were quite seriously ATTACKED
by worms; those posts coated With not Tar
were perfectly SQUAD as when first put IN
the ground; those painted with petroleum
and kerosene were equally souna and as
good az new. In future we shall treat all
posts in the following manner before SET
ting: Let the post be thoroughly dry. ana
then, with pan of cheap kerosene and
whitewash brush, give the lower third OF
the post, the part to go in the groand, Two
or three good applics tions of che Oil, les
ting it soak in well each tinSe. Posts SO
treated will NOS be troubled by worms or
insects OF any kind, but resist decay to q
remarkable degree. This we find to be
the simplest, easiest, cheapest, and best
method of preservation.
BROOM CoRN.-The soil on which it is
proposed to raise broom corn should be rich,
deeply plowed, narrowed, and if clods re-
main, or, if the soil is newly turned, it
should be rolled. Newly broken prairie soil
is not the best to grow broom corn on. for
although it may be successfully grown up
on such soil, it is apt to be rank and coarse.
A rolling surface is preferable to fiat one,
as on the latter the water may collect, es-
pecially in wet seasons. which will destroy
the vitality Of the plant. making it slant,
brittle and unsuitable. OF the varieties most
in demand the Chinese, California and Mis-
souri, evergreen stand first. The seed of
these can be obtained of the seedmen. A
gallon and half of seed will plant four
acres, which ought to produce ton of
corn. The sowing should be done with
regularity, and care taken to plant all at
an equal depth, else cutting may DO neces-
sary. The number Of seeds to hill may
be three or feur and the distance apart
three feet. This is, however, only gen
eral rule, to which circumstances may make
nv, cF oil,
necessarily be taken into consideration. If
planted too close on some soil the brush
will be too small. and if too far apart on
other soils the brush will be too coarse. As
soon as the germ sprouts, and for month
later, the soil should be diligently cultiva-
ted and hoed, unless the land is free of
weeds. 1t should be cut while still green,
and WHILE at slight pressure. milk exudes
from the seed.
REARING LARGE HoRsEs.-There is
large profit in rearing large, powerful, en-
during horses, as the demand for them at
extra prices among US at present Is consid-
erably beyond the supply. This cannot be
fully met for years, and, when done, Eu-
rope will gladly take our surplus at equal
or perhaps higher prices for an indefinite
length of time. The superior profit in
rearing these is, that they can be put to
light farm work at eighteen to twenty
four months of age, and the hardest of it
at four years old. Whom they have at
tanned five or six years. they can be sold
for city and other heavy work, and by this
time they will have paid their cost of rear
ing on the farm, and the high price at
which they now sell will be clear gain to
the farmer. This is the calculation in Eu-
rope, and it may be still more easily real
ICED III America, where grain, grass and
hay are so much cheaper and more abund-
To MAKE MEAT CHEEsE.-Boil an OK =
liver, heart and tongue; remove all the
hard and sinewy parts, and chop the re-
mainder fine; add to this half a pound Of
boiled pork, also chopped hne; season it
all we'll then tie it in cloth or put it in
to a ran, and press it hard. After stand
ing q few hours it will cut in solid cake.
and is very nice to slice from, for eating at
breakfast OF supper.
WHEN corn on the ear is fed to horses
they mastieate it much more slowly than
if the corn was shelled. As consequence
that on the ear is better digested. a horse
requires more time to eat corn on the ear
than if fed either meal or shelled corn. If
the horse cannot have time to masticate
a full feed Of shelled corn, then it is best
to feed something else.