Connecticut western news., 1884-06-11
FARM AND GARDEN.

hAhhOm1Nds-O. u. M. WIlteS The right way to put in the teeth of har- TOW is to slant them backward. I have followed this plan for the last 30 years. If the teeth do not penetrate the ground deep enough, weight should be put on the harrow, little forward of the mid de. If the teeth are slanted about 45 degrees they will clear themselves, and, instead of dragging the Jumps along, will break or cut them up. I use the " shaped harrow, hinged where the sides come together in front to the centre piece, little more than one-third back from the front. I fasten to the centre piece piece of iron, say inch thick and + inches wide, bent in a curve, with holes punched in it. I mortice in the side pieces to let the iron enter; have holes in the wood, so that when you widen or draw together the two out side pieces, you put an iron pin or big nail in each of the holes, which will keep the harrow in its position. then fasten pair of blow handles to the cen Ire piece, which find very handy when I am using the tool in the corn-ti field or the cultivation of any crop that has to be plowed; after run the blow through my corn or potatoes, then use the har row, which leaves the ground in good condition for the next blowing. To keep the harrow from rising at the front end use what is called a goose-neck, made of iron, and standing about eight inches high, and hitch to this. I like my horse hitched as close as possible to the load, for the nearer the animal is to the load the easier it pulls. My plan of growing potatoes is as follows l furrow my ground deep, as I have always noticed that potatoes in growing will come to the top few days after have planted. I take ashes (unleached) and with a shovel scatter them pretty thick along the potato row. do this before the tops have shown themselves never use stable manure on potato ground
 CORN IN FAVOR FOR ENs1LAeE. E.-Corn appears to be the chief material used in filling silos. Clover is perhaps next, fol- lowed in order by rye, oats, millet and timothy. In every State two-thirds of the ensilage is probably composed of maize, and in every State also the other plants named are employed. The com parative value of these materials is not indicated by the returns of correspond ents with much accuracy, although corn is evidently in highest favor The cor respondents reports do not indicate that faith in ensilage is either widely dis seminated or firmly fixed.
 SOWING BUcKwHEAT. D. B. D., Lacyville, Penn: Buckwheat can be sown any time in June. It is not neces- sary to wait until July, as it is as hardy as corn and may be sown in May. It pays very well for good work and care, and is not crop to be despised, because it is quite as valuable as an average crop of oats or wheat when equally good care is given to it. The ground should be well plowed and narrowed, and the seed sown and narrowed in thoroughly. A peck of seed to the acre is quite enough, as the plants branch better with thin sowing, and SC yield more grain. On good soil seventy five bushels per acre have been pro. duced, although fifteen bushels is a more common crop. Timothy and clover may be sown with this crop if it is sown early, and, being taken of early, gives the grass good chance to get established before the winter.
 ENsILAeE.-A Vermont farmer who has fed ensilage for several years reports very fayorably of the results. The past winter his stock has been fed for five months upon this fodder. Calves bought in October for $8 to $10 per head have been fed upon bushel of ensilage and a pint of middlings and bran daily, and are now worth $20 each. These year. hngs are in the best condition, smooth and thrifty. The number of stock kept has been trebled since ensilage has been made and fed, and the experience of the past winter proves that the stock may yet be doubled, making an increase oi skiold as the result of growing fodder crops and curing them in the silo.
 TREATMENT OF THE CANADA THISTLE. l-I keep about 200 sheep and whenever discover patch of missiles I salt the sheep there, putting small handful ol salt in each thistle at the root. Besides the action of the salt, which tends to de. stroy them, the missiles are eaten by the sheep close to the ground and after one or two saltings the grass among the missiles, as well as everything else that hides from view, has been eaten of SC that each thistle is easy to be seen and to receive it's handful of salt. After this treatment it is seldom that any thistles are seen the second year.