The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09

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co.'s and Calves.
The COWS also need little better hay
and few roots as the time approaches
for the calves to be dropped, but the
grain ration should be light. and to
those with their first calf none should be
given until the calf is a year Old. If it
is intended to raise the calf do not let it
suckle more than two days. Give it the
mothers milk to drink, and do not let
the milk cool before feeding it. AT first
it NAV not take more than one or two
Quarts at feed, and for the first week
at least it should be fed three times
day, drawing the milk fresh each time.
At three or four weeks old sweet
skinned milk may be given in place of
part of the new milk, and the quantity
of the skinned increased and the new
milk lesscned until it has all skinned
milk. Be sure, however, that the milk
is ALWAYS as near the temperature OF new
milk as possible, and it is not well to
scald it when heating unless the calf
scours. in which case. scald the milk and
add a little wheat flour; OF teaspoon
full of charcoal, given by putting insthe
calls mouth just before given its drink,
will usually check this disorder, which
kills more calves than all other diseases.
Taking cold by cold draughts of air or
BY drinking cold milk is the usual cause
of the trouble and should be avoided.
Keep the calf pen clean and well sup
piled with dry litter. The early calf is
usually in better condition for growing
well next winter than late calf, and,
other things being equal, will usually
make the best animal
Value OF Potash in Agriculture.
The uses of potash i'll agriculture and
the cheapest sources of supply formed a
subject for consideration at a recent
meeting of the Massachusetts Horticul-
tural society. The president of the So
/ ciety explained that animal manures gen
orally supply all the potash plants re
quire, and when thirty cords Per acre are
! applied, as sometimes by market garden,
= crs, the soil cannot be deficient in
. potash. Feldspar soils have plenty Of
potash, and on such an application Of
potash produces little effect. Most soils
are, however, deficient in potash, an6
crops fail to attain best results without
it is supplied. The cabbage family an6
all fruits require an application of pot
ash if it is not already in the soil. -, Presi
dent More thinks the best form Of pot
ash is wood ashes if they can be go
cheap and pure. Wood ashes contain
phosphates as we'll as potash.
MIR Henry Emery considered potasl
the most essential food for all vegcta
tables, including potatoes. He uses it il
form of muriate, and strews it along tn
rows of potatoes Prof. Goesman testi
fed to the benefit of potash in the cul
ture of asparagus.
Mr.. W. H. Hunt has found that i
pays to buy the elements of bone AM
ashes to use freely on cranes and straw
berries. He does not think it pays t
use acid to reduce the bones, tn
same money in potash producing
better results. Last year he use
from 1880 to 1000 pounds O
potash, which cost a cents pc
pound. 1t comes in casks of about 40
pounds each, and is hard as stone H
uses four or five parts of bones to one O
potash. The bone, which is ground,
spread on the barn cellar. The potash
broken with a sledge hammer and put i
large kettle of boiling water and dis
solved to saturation. In handling tn
patash care is observed not TO get 1T o
the hands or clothes. 1t is then turne
on the bone, and sets up great heal
evolving the nitrogen in the bones,
absorb which plaster is used. 1t is a
lowed to remain fortnight or more an
is turned over several times. and eac
time covered with plaster. 1t is consit
cradle trouble to reduce bones in tn
way, out. in Mr.. Hunts opinion, it give
better return for the money than buyin
fertilizers in the market.
Mr.. A. w. Cheever had mixed fir
steamed bone with wood ashes in pill
and wet. 1t got up a great heat an
gave off disagreeable odor, and he CO
cred it with loan. Mr. Emery had +
duced bones with potash, putting Il
potash on the bones in pit and GOVERN
with two feet of loan. The mixtu
was applied to cabbages with good I
suits, In steamed bones three per cen
of nitrogen is lost.
The members generally agreed that
is a disagreeab BILE and difficult task to di
solve whole bones in acid The opinit
prevailed that potash and bone are Il
cheapest fertilizers, and that groul
bone and ashes give good results
fruits, vegetables and pasture lands.
New York World.