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ANALYSIS OF PINE STRAW.
ANALYSIS OF STABLE MANURE,

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The pine straw contains about four-fifths az
! much ammonia, about one.tlalf as much
ploSphOric acid, about 0ne-third as much
potash and bout onehalf as much lime as
| the manure. Pine straw Is recommended
also because it breaks up and mixes with 9th
er ingrcd tents readily, and rots more easily
than oak leaves. After the pine leaves have
! lain on the ground fora long time much of
their fertilizing contents have been wasted
out by rains, and they are then less valuable;
| Before the winter RI ms set III will be a GOOD
| time to haul up an abundant supply OF these
! leaves Make pens Of poles or rails FIJI them
with tie pine straw and cover with planks, as
before suggested, rlanks make the best tenn
porary roofs. especially d9risis winter when
! they are not much warped by the sun. 49,
| Litter the stalls now ns rapidly MS they Will
bear 1t. From time TO time fork up tho edges
and dryer parts and throw them on the wet
Spots 4 very large quantity of manure can
be made in tie next three months II one goes
about 1t In earnest; and all Of IT Will 6e need
ell to make up the compost heaps In Fcbrua-
ry. TO increase the richness Of the manure,
and facilitate its rottl,g where much litter Is
stalls occasionally. 10 prevent loss OF am
monia a little kainit may be sprinkled In the
stalls; pound; or less. dny TO eaeh SAL ~
will suffice. Where one proposes To use kaln1t
! In his compost, this Is the best manner OF 10.
| it; it will become thoroughly Incorporated
with the stall manure; and thorough mixture
Ol llS InSIculCulS uSil w tiiS NcAaS Va e'
compost.
Where the lining of land is practiced, it is
customary 10 apply 1t III autumn or eariy
winter, If Intended to benefit the crops OF the
next summer. Lime Is simply scattered over
the surtilce-not plOwed in-aS Its natural ten
dcncy is to sink in the soil. We have always
/ thought 1t doubtfRl IL heavy applications OF
lime were beneficial OH our average thin soils.
| But lime plays SD important q part In the
necessary chemical changes which take place
; in productive SOIL. we are more inclined Of
late to think that moderate applications
, (eight TO ten bushels per acre. every year
occasions, where old mortar rubbish has been
applied to stiff clay soils, or rather subs0ilS,
| from which most of the soil had been washed
away, we have noticed very mark ed improve
ment running through several years. Per-
! hups IN our climate the milder forms Of lime.
! the mnrs for instance, would tie preferable 10
! the freshly Stacked lines. Can our readers
give us any facts on these points? The Char
lesion calcincd narls were quite extensively
/ tried some years ago-what were the results?
The mildness OF our Southern, climate
! tempts us to make little or no provision for
. the protection of stock during the winter.
True, very close, warm stables are not neces-
sary here as they arc at the North. But shei.
! ter from cold rains and protection from cold
on the score of mercy, but from economical
considerations they should be provided. An
imals require decidedly more food when eX'
posed to excessive cold, and cows will give
! less Dirk. oldDltS lltJ UC COhl
open towards the south, but should be tightly
closed against westerly, north westerly ana
nortl-easterly winds In the yards where the
AM mails are allowed to air and sun them
selves wind-breaks should also be provided.
Pine brush thicllly piled against n fence will
answer every purpose, and surely every one
can provide so inexpensive thing Look TO
these matter now before hard weather sets
! in. Push the tilttenins of hogs as rapidly, as
possible; the last of the month Is the best
lime to Kill hogs and cure the meat most per.
fectly. This remark does not apply perhaps
to the extreme South. but it. does to the lati.
tudc OF Middle Georgia. Select all stock not
desirable to keep over winter, and fatten and
dispose of them promptly, as to leave an
abundance OF food 10 the remainder. A few
animals well fed will give better results IN
milk and man ure than larger numbe poor
| ~ fed OH an equal amount or PROVISIONS AS
Il people we are lacking in true economy,
! touching farm management. Let us revise
our practices and adopt better methods-sav We
at every point, spend freely when it pays, but
shut down upon everything which does not
remember, however, that .parsimony Is not
economy. There is that scuttcreth and yet
BY the end OF the month sweet potatoes will
have gone through the "sweat' and will not
need ventilation any longer. Close up the
ventilator completely, that cold ar may mol
them warm. Uniformity Of temperature, IN
side the hill is the great dcsideratum; alter
nate heating and cooling will induce changes
! In the potato IhaL Will emu III roliltiS. ~ Wy
North. where sweet potatoes are kept In Gel
lars, the temperatures Of which are known by
| thermornet ers, it has been found tfat to in
sure preservation. the mercury should not dc.
scend below forty degrees and should not rise
above sixty. a potato bank covered with
dirt foot or more thick vii! maintain com
paratively uniform, temperature within. just
as the interior OF a building with thick brick
walls will not get cold or hot SO quickly with
changes Of weather as that of an ordinary
frame house. Shelters over the banks arc not
! indispensable. but they keep the dirt on them
dry, and this adds to It's non-conducting pow
err, and helps to preserve uniformity OF tenn
perature within. Let us concentrate ntten'
tion on better methods of handling and keep.
ing sweet potatoes. They would be OF inesti-
mable value but for the loss through rottlng:
AS it is, they can be fed to hogs, cows ana
first of November, without amy loss, and
ought to be utilized thus much more than
thny ur