Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-03-07

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can get it, 1t causes death by absorb
ing the juices Of the stomach.
Prof. Il. Wollny concludes that q
layer of farmyard manure spread upon
land protects the soil from excessive
alterations Of temperature, but acts
injuriously upon wet soils by check
ingly evaporation.
Keep some salt in q box where Il is
not exposed to the weather and where
the cattle can have access to Il every
day. They w..n TAKE just a. Much as
they nced and 40 more, whereas, if
they are only fed salt occasionally they
win sometimes eat SO much as to cause
excessive thirst.
There Is sometimes M advantage
gained in bilndlolding balky horse.
If The habit is not inveteratc, closely
bandaging the eyes will distract the
attention and set the animal lit work
again. To da this With the best effect,
the handage must fit closely over the
eyes, and the common binders which
only partially exclude light will not
answer as well.
The evaporation Of sweet corn pro.
misses TO become an Important industry.
One bushcl of sweet corn will make
twelve pounds of the eyaporated pro-
duet, selling at fifteen to twenty-five
cents per pound. Great care must be
taken not to get the corn toe old.
Corn that is none too ripe 10 be used
green becomes tough and dry after
evaporation.
In Russia the sunhower is extern
sively cultivated for the all the seeds
contain. The oil Is palatable, clear
and t'avorless, and it is used for adult
Grating olive oil, being exported from
st. Petersburg to the shores of the
Mediterranean sea. Next to poppy
seed oil. snniower oil burns the clear
est and longest, so that the peasants
apply it to household purposes. From
the stocks Of the plants they also make
a good quality of potash, and the
residue of the seeds, after the oil is ex-
tracted, is made into oil cake.
a correspondent Of the Farming
World claims that the best time to
prune fruit trees is just before the sap
begins to n0w--from February to
April, according to the latitude. The
wounds will then heal over rapidly
without leaving dead wood or scars.
The next best time is from the middle
to the last of June, when the sap flows
afresh and the trees commence a second
growth, but heavy pruning should
never be practicel in June. Much
pruning may be saved by pinching
and rubbing CT supcrAu3us sprouts
during the growing season.
Good farming gives to every soil
and crop its proper filth. The stiIfest
and poorest soils require the greatest
amount Of tillage, yet even light soils
are rarely oyer-2ultivated. Much
blowing and pulyerizing Of naturally
light soil will not make it more loose
and open, but have the contrary effect,
making its natural porousnesS less, and
its density greater. 1t is, of course,
possible to have soil too loose, since ii
must have u certain consistency to
retain moisture and support plants,
BY narrowing the light land while it is
still! damp and by heavy rolling as it
becomes drer the necessary degree OF
iirmne:a may always be obtained.
Those who have had no experience
in the cultivation Of beans as 4 farm
crop, would do well TO select a piece of
dry, warm SaAly land, plow it carefully
AMI harrow thoroughly, and roll it
till the larl is smooth and level. Then,
with Il coNMon marker, mark off rows
TWO feet aa4 half apart, and drop
five or six beans in place foot apart
in the row. Cover the beans and an
inch deep by drawing little fine soil
On top Of them with hoe, and patting
down tie hills smooth and firm with
tn, back Of the hoe. AS soon as the
beans appear, 60 through between the
rows with cultivator, and in a week
or less cultivate them again. and follow
with hand-hOeS to remove any weeds
that may appear in the rows.