The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-01

WcOuH e''4uiu ~, p"ticu OUT.
,, Port1fy Horsk FLoon.-This, from
Englandtis the most common sense poul-
Try house floor that We have met with
The bests plan is to get it quite level and
then slakt it to the front, just to cause
slight fas' in case of wishing TO wash it
ont at a,Sv time. Then put on coating
Of cemes' and sanl when quite dry fill
ia two isehes of ,.fy earth that has been
sifted. sss the droppings fall on this
they ares easily raked off and the ammo
MIA is Absorbed. 1t is great point to
have dry runs for all poultry, and the
birds s4 appreciate the dry dust for rid
ding thssnselv@ of vermiu. If young
rhicks ate kept Upon dry earth they will
stand csld in tr most singular manner.
hut tbe:: soon succumb if they get into
the dang.
TnuSFsNG PEA'nEs.- Mr. Green, before
the Wef:ern ~ Y. Horticultural Society.
sand they could not grow peaches without
thinning, and that in Michigan they
thlnn"d..::u the fruit repeatedly through
the seatan. But down here in Florida
and t'e4tgia they think if tree can't RI
pen noe4 fruit than it can hold up, it has
no busfsess ripening any. And sure
enoughsst natures none at all unless some
frien1iSwind happens to give it a good
hfarty taake, and then the farmer saws he
" woul!:have had a great many peaches
but thsyStorm blew them down"
GrNfEHS.-A contemporary we'll re-
marks Hhat on of the best protected
classessh this country are the gunners,
the so-2alled sportsmen, whose abundant
leisure senablss them to spend days and
weeks afamping through the fields and
forests destroying or appropriating game
the farfIers have raised, and very often,
for sposf, shooting his friends, the harm.
Eess hpsts that live upon the mischievous
insects about the farm There should be
some 9.easure of equality and Justice
someh@s arranged in the matter of game
and tis9'ng, but we confess that we see
no waFan do it unless all can be made to
work r!r living, or all provided with
equal leisure to hunt and fish. We don't
like to;'Se few monopolize the business
nor kinfthe harmless birds at all
Tup. :rRrpEr BEE1rE-So destructive
in the sNorth, but not quite so in the
South "a yet, often appears so suddenly
and nsTnerous as to destroy crop of
melons:;n few days. Around the early
plante:scucumbers, some farmers scatter
we'll tha seeds of the winter squash. which
sprngiAg np furnishes tenderer foliage
for the.,bngs. While they are WORKING
upon H.! the farmer can he working on
them.
lHE: value Ut pasture consists, first.
IN ci%se, strong sward To have this
the soS must be firm, fertile and filled
with moisture, by this we do not mean
II shalFhe wet on the contrary, it must
be theFeversc. The moisture must bc
snch AZ is held naturally mechanically:
not th& moisture of saturation, but that of
tapor'tation. Thus permanent pasture
$houif never be heavily cropped until it
is weiESSset. Hence none of the tuberous
rooted ssgrassed like timothy are suitable
20 permanent pastures They cannot
stand Alose cropping nor constant tramp
ing. PASTURE grasses, therefore, must be
the tktous and deep-rooted varieties.
If ascorn plant be dug up at any period
during its later growth, the greater part
OF thesseeding roots will be found away
from the hill, extending, as seems evident
IN so'fsee cases, to a distance of at least
twelve feet. This range of the roots can
not b. purposeless, but is a provision
whereby this strong-growing plant gath
:ers 1t. food from large area and COM
petea with its neighboring plants. low
rapidly these roots grow we know not.
but we can say with certainty that they
may extend at least three inches daily
through the most favorable season under
tavor@g conditions. That broadcast fer
lllzn& is better way for corn than hill
fertll'tlng seems in accordance with care
fnl Observation-Disclosures Farmer.
SAfsAFRAs SrRorTs.-Many farmers
know: how difficult it is to kill out the
roots sot the sassafras. Sometimes they
take whole fields in spite of all efforts
to des troy them. A writer in Farm and
Ho"S says his father discovered by ac-
clden; that coating the surface about
them twith stable manure effectually de-
stroykd them, and that second expert
ment confirmed the efficacy of the remedy.
Certatsnly this is simple enough and can
be trad with advantage to the soil by
any f*rmer.
SAfr in butter is to withdraw the re-
main3g globules of buttermilk, which it
cole'Ss by separating the water from the
fat a'Id casein, enabling the water to be
WORKED ont. This compacts the butter or
givestit closer cohesion, but if the salt is
too tiae, as blown or powdered salt, it diff
fuses ltself too much in the mass. and is
said 70 only partially effect that object,
leavisg the butter too salt. Moderately
fine SALT Is said to he the host