The National tribune., 1883-10-18

substances, mixed with a portion of barn-yard
/ manure, win become a iertiliZing heap Of the
/ greatest use when spring cropping is the order
| of the day.
/ Rolling LaHd after seeding it is not so import
ant with fail sown seeds as il is IN spring The
surface soil Is apt to be more uniformly damp
| IN the fall and termination is more likely to
| fellow than in spring when ard winds and
| GryIag sans are influencing the surface strata
| OF soil. Wheat fields in northern districts are
/ beaehted when the surface of the land is
/ somewhat clcddy, as the rough ground affords
( protection TO the young wheat plant and by
the action of the weather the clods are mel
( lowed and broken down and thus assist the
! roots Of the plants during winter.
/ Dry eqTta is a valuable absorbent and disin-
fectant, and is useful to scatter on the fi0Or Of
/ the hen-hOuse during winter. In drying up
I pig-pens and cOw-stables where they are sloppy
and wet, dry earth is of great value. Now is q
good time to lay in a supply. It's great disin-
+ Iectng properties have been well exeMplifed
/ IN the use Of earth closets.
! THE EGG SUPPLY.
/ It is stated that our importatfous of eggs
from Canada last year amounted 10 twelve nil
/ lion dozens. We now get eggs from France,
/ Holland, Germany aud Italy, and it is suggest
/ ed that yet cheaper supply can be had from
I China. IG IS sad commentary upon the ell
/ cheney or Numbers of American hens that we
4 have to send a couple Of millicns of dollars out
/ Of the country 70 help out cur egE supplies.
/ The mere statement ought at once to have
/ the effect of extending chicken culture every
/ where. Surely there IS no valid reason why
! we cannot furnish eggs enough to supply our
| wants.
ACREAGE or CROPS ~ BRITAIN.
/ The amount Of land under the FIVE main
! crops in Britain the present year is as follows:
Wheat, 2,6i3,It7 acres; barley. 2,29I 9S4: oats,
/ 2,975,377 potatoes, 543,455. and hops 65.027
/ acres. As compared with the returns Of 1852
there Is decrease to the extent Of $50 513 acres
/ in the case of wheat, but an enlarged acreage
in the ease of each of the other four crops thus,
of barley, the increase amounts to So 715 acres;
+ oats, l41,5l2 acres potatoes, 2,391 acres and
+ hops 2.4JS acres. The live stock returns show
q considerable increase all round.
BURNING STRAW.
/ Some one sensibly declares that it is poor econ
oIny to burn straw There are 50 many useful
purposes too straw that it is unnecessary to get
rid OF it by burning. Spread thinly over
young wheat lust before winter sets in il will
more than repay the labor Of spreading in the
shelter afforded the grain-feld, and its decay
viii add something to the soil. It VIII soon
/ decay If placed where cattle and hogs can
trample over it, and it can afterwards be spread
on dry knobs. or thinly over pasture lands,
| adding largely to the grass crop.
PRESERVING PAPER AND CLOTHS.
A French writer describes new process OF
/ rendering paper or cloth waterproof and a5
I the same time, protecting it from change He
employs an alcoholic solution of birch oil, which
is obtained by distilling white birch bark. The
oil dsSolves readily IN alcohol, bat is no longer
soluble after it has once dried and become Oxi-
died to a resin. The thin film of resin formed
by dressing the fabric does not detraGt from it's
pliability IN the least, and its aromatic odOr
protects it from insects.
NoTELETs.
The Nebraska Farmer publishes the result Of
potato experiments by planting whole potatoes,
small cuts with one eye in each, sprouts, &C.,
and sums up by stating that it does not pay 20
plant either sprouts or potatoes from which
large sprouts have been taken. This single
experiment should not be taken as conclusive,
as good crops have been secured from sprOats
planted like eabbage5.
1t Is now season when care IN regard TO the
feeding Of cows will be well repaid. Frozen, de-
cayed, or indgeStible feed will be sure to affect
the cheese or butter, and perhaps seriously in
jure the health of the COW. Disease is common
at this season, aud dry murrain," " blaekieg."
and other common disorders are all due TO bad
feeding.
The weIl-known fact that COW VIII give
more milk and make more butter on a bright.
sunshiny day than during one Of duh, dark
character IS . strong argument IN favor Of hav-
ing winter stables so arranged that the animals
get the benefit Of plenty of sunshine. If pos
sible, have the cows on the south side OF the
barn, and provide plenty of windows.
To fatten young poultry they must be eOOped
up in . clean airy but shaded coon. set up
some distance from the ground. The coop must
have Slated bottom as to allow the drop
pings TO fall through and be removed or COW
cred with dry Ioam. Feed regularly, as often
as three or four times day, al the birds viii
eat up clean. In 2 week or so they viii DO TO
kill and market
To prepare bones for manure, take a tight
hogshead other large vessel, put in few
strong ashes or potash, then fill in a few
bushels of bones, then more ashes and bones,
till the vessel is about full pour in the water
till nearly full. In twenty 10 thirty days the
bones viii be dissolved to a thick paste by the
/ ashes or potash mix this with ten times its
bulk of good earth and use for manure.
Make your orchards your poultry yards.
Fruit trees and poultry have an affinity for
each other In more ways than one. The busy
chicks find every bug, worm and egg that
sooner or later work harm 70 the trees, and
their drOppings enrich and promote a healthy
growth IN tde trees.
Milk is said to be richer in September than
in june, and it varies IN this respect n diler-
eut seasons IN the same herd or COW. The COW
that is Aeshy gives milk richer in butter than
the Cow that is thin and poor; one that has
reached her full maturity gives better milk
than she did before she reached that age;
COW that is gaining hesh day BY day gives
richer milk than cow that is losing gradually.
Too frequent watering of house plants Is
detrimental. When water IS applied it should
be given in sufficient quantity TO thoroughly
satuuite the soil. Frequent dribb3ings of water
; which DO little more than vet the mere surface
do more harm than good, Is the surface soil
may appear wet while the great mass Of roots
: are dry and suffering for want of water
beautiful cosmetic, TO be applied after the
: mornings ablutiOns, may be made thus: Put
l into q small bottle two ounces OF rose water,
one teasp0oGful of oil Of sweet almonds, ten
drops of oil of tartar. Shake the bottle until
{ the whole are combined
{ HOOf and horn shayings contain more than
twenty-five times rs much nitrogen as is cGn-
) tanned in average stable manure.
4 regular trade in t0ads is carried on IN
Paris. They are sought by vineyard owners
for their insectivOrOus propeusities.
3 Mixed husbandry is the only way to success
, IN farming. Repeated cropping With single
cereal VIII bring waste 20 the plant-fOod ele-
: ments in the soil that wili in the end, 50 re-
duce the yield as to entail certain loss upon
! the landowner.
Garden soil viii always pay for trenching
deep, even If done with spade; but remember
to keep all the time the good surface sol at the
top and not bury it at the bottom
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