Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-04-12


A writer IN an exchange says /
discovered many years ago that wooss
could be made to last lonnsr than iron
IN the groand, but Thought zhs pro-
cess 50 simple that Il was not ven 10
make . stir about IL, I would n soon
have poplar or basswood posts r
have taken cut bass~Ood posts. after
having set seven years. that were 90
sound when taken out as when first
put IN the ground. Time and wsath-
er seem to have 10 effect upon them.
The posts can b prepared for les
than two cents spisre. This is the
recipe Take boiled linseed oil ana
STIR in pulverigsd coal to the consis-
tency Of paint. Put . coat Of this
over the timber, and there j not 4
man that win liye to see it rot.
The quantity of food needed by
stock varies even among animals of
the same breed, and it necessarily va
rles to Q greater extent among ami
mails OF different breeds. Upon this
subject farmer in England says il Is
sufficiently correct to reckon on sheen
consuming twenty-eight pounds of
green food, an on or cow $50 pounds,
calf forty pounds. and a yearlinr
eighty pounds daily. At this rate,
one OK or cow consumes as much az
i've sheep. The latter will require
IO,22O pounds, or nearly Eve tons
apiece, the former i,75O pounds. or
nearly twenty-five tons of green food,
for Its yearly maintenance.
In Winter aud early Spring. when
fowls cannot procure insect food, they
should have meat few times week
to stimulate and keep up egg produc-
ton. Grain and green food in yarie-
ty will do a large amount of work to-
wards giving US good share of eggs,
but with the addition of animal food
the number will be largely increased.
The best way to supply fowls. ifthere
IS not enough Of waste meat scraps
from the table, is to get some waste
and bloody pieces from the slaughter
house or butchers shop, which are uu-
saleable and can be bought for few
cents pound.
There are said to be fifty Injurious
insects IN our vegetable gardens; if
ty IN our vineyards, while seventy
tlVe attack our apple trees and more
than fifty our grain fields. Seventy
five million dollars is estimated as the
damage done to the wheat in Illinois
IN one season, and nearly ten years
e. the annual loss in the United
81 PES from insect depredations alone
VI estimated at nearly 500, 100000
The answer to the question Of deep
or shallow plowing depends upon the
soil. Deep clay loans and alluyial
soils, with subsoil and surface alike.
can hardly be plowed TOO deeply. Wet
land should not be plowed deep. On
thin soils do not stir below the avail
able plant food.
The success Of an orchard depends
greatly on its early treatment. Gull
ture, pruning and manuring are most
important during the first few years;
a lack of them at which time can new
er be atOned for by subsequent care.
Save your ashes and apply them to
your fields, gardens and orchards.
They are rich in potash, phosphOrio
acid and salts, which are powerful
fertilizers. Ashes also serve to ame-
liorate heavy clay soils.
A Kentucky farmer cures fowl chol-
era by boiling bushel Of smartweed
in ten gallons of water down TO three
gallons, and mixing the decoction with
their food twice day for three days,
then every other day for week.