The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-06-13
NEW SERIES. VOL. XvIu.4NO. 8

to indicate what had been fed to them /;
no food seemed to do them 80 much good.
We could see no material difference in the
quantity Of the milk, but in quality one
good housewife said she never saw any
thing like it, for il was nearly all cream
| believe an acre of cane is worth more
for milk cows than many acres of hay.
Plant a patch of cane for your cows for
cream, and bed of carrots for the color,
and feed; the cows mouth is the true
strainer for good color, and let dye stuff
alone. Try it.
WHEN TO CUT TIMER.
NJ y. r., in Country GeDtleDsds, SAYS:
Hickory timber cut in the light of the
moon in February will never become pow
der-posled or worm-eaten, no matter
whethere the bark is taken off or not;
while that cut in the dark Of the moon viii
be worm-eaten and posted; of this am
satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt. A
few years ago engaged to furnish a wagon
maker lot of hickory for wagon axles, and
cut all the trees in the light of the February
moon except one I hauled the tops and
limbs the trees off the ground for wood
That which belonged to the single tree |
piled by itself, and | never moved H.
During the following summer II was com
pletely honey-combed, and in very few
years had rotted entirely away. ! have
also cut hickory in June and peeled II,
which was never touched by worms | can
find some hickory rails on an adjoining
farm that were made over sixty years ago,
but know nothing about what time IN the
year they were made Timber girdled in
the light of the moon IN June will stand
for years and season out dry, while al
other times they rot and tumble down in
few years-IrondoEe, o.
SOD As FERTILIZER
Prof Kedzic, of the Michigan Agricltu-
raj College, says: Few men have taken the
trouble to determine the value Of an old
sod as a manure. Generally, we all know
that 1t has some value. The ancient
Romans practiced, and their Successors,
the modern Italians, still practice green
manuring; that is, manuring BY burying
the crop under the soil on which II has
grown. By this practice the light sands
of Belgium have been transformed into
the most fertile soil Of Europe
The Professor after, careful examina-
ton, has come to the conclusion that IN
an acre of greensward there is over
twenty tons of vegetable matter, equal
to about as many loads Of barnyard
manure as a fertilizer The closely fed
turf contains but about half Of the
amount of fertilizing material of that
which has not been pastured.
WHERE THE corn GOES.
N-oe4 e .o-, Il. - II
United Stats are converted into whisky
and glucose, and that is the reason that
corn is so high The poor have 10 suffer
for bread that the country may be
deluged with whisky and bogus sugar
and unwholesome syrups Congress
should institute an inquiry into this
matter.
Prof. Flint describes l25 varieties of
grass growing in the State Of New York,
and Prof Torrey describes 40 varieties
of the genus Poa, and % of the genus
AgrOstis.
ASHES FOR sN EFT POTATOES
\ correspondent saws: 4" notice the
question is asked, which is the hest ter
tilizer or manure for sweet potatoes
From the experience | have had in ma
lAN cWCCb DoIdlDCy UluNL 1AN
that rotten ashes, when properly put on,
has precedence over all others | have
had any experience with. The plan that
| adopted was to open deep furrOw with
a scooter plow and put in plenty Of ashes
Bed on the ashes and a sure crop NAV he
realized on the poorest soil Cowpen-
ming is good-so are cotton seed and sta
BILE manure but, after experimenting with
the ashes, they will all be abandoned,
provided ashes can be had. / expert
mented on as poor soil as I had, and the
result was as fine crop Of potatoes as
ever saw on any kind of land Rotten
ashes is good for cotton also, and almost
any kind of vegetation. / am convinced
there is not a better fertilizer made on
any plantation than rotten ashes 20
every one will find il greatly to his inter
est to take special care of it,
THE HARROW AND RoIIEE
For some years an increased interest
in harrows among farmers has been OBJ
servable. Farmers begin to realize that
a soil. to do its best, must be made lively
and the different particles must be mixed
completely. If any soil could be worked
through a coarse sieve, yearly, 20 the
depth that the plow runs, It would greatly
enhance its fertility. As the sitting pro
cess is impossible, farmers should take
the best cheap paying substitute they
can get. The harrow and roller on most
soils do the work very well. The late inn
provements in harrOws and cultivat0rs
are quite important. A field well plowed
and crossplowed, and narrowed and cross
narrowed with lively teams, with proper
fertilizing and after cultivation, should
produce good and paying crops The
surface soil, to the depth penetrated By
the harrow teeth, would by such working
be well pulverized. But by plowing %
as to leave the whole field In sharp ridges
like sweet potato ridges, only rough and
uneven as the plows would naturally leave
it, then running over each ridge heavy
oak roller, which may be drawn AZ fast
walk by a pair Of mules or horses. every
clodwould be pulverized in the ridge 10
the depth penetrated by the plOw. This,
to be followed by a good harrow and then
cross narrowed, will leave field in splen-
did condition for planting. Ii win be IN
better condition than most gardens are. and
the work all done by plOw, harrow and
roller, at moderate expense compared
with the benefits II secures
BOILING CORN RIDGES
After DlaDtinp corn and before sh.