Milford chronicle., 1885-03-27
FARM AND GARDEN.
CONCERNING FARM WORK Avn I'm.
HEALFH.GaVING INFLUENCE.
Daheer Existing IN the Imperfect DTsposoI
9i honsehoid Wastes A BTethod n
Planting Corn. 'u "i

] pt.,,.F,, .,u otu HAaies - Method OF
HEALTH UPON THE FARM.-A farmer
should enjoy the most robust health
ne and his family and his animals
should always breathe the pnrest air ~
] heaven, while the healthful exercise ~
the farm and wholesome food sboulJ
secure him from disease and varra1,t /
him long life. But instead Of fbis be /
Is TOO often surrounded by the worst ~ /
dangers; the worst, because thew are nm
suspected and perhaps invisible Tho
most robust health will give wav IN tbe
constant sapping influence of an m
wholesome atmosphere A fre0uent
source Of danger exists in the innerfoct
disposal of the household wastes Pr
trefying slOps from the kitchen Too
oIten saturate the soil about the house:
s.esspoois give out foul gases, and some
times actually drain into wells and &C. :
teiLs sL OF springs from which the domes- I
9 tlc supply OF water is obtained. Drains
wen wen lalu and carried to a safe outlet '
LEY De without effective traps, and a i
OacA li., current OF drain gas may imper- 4
3ePsiDly Ill the house. The cellar NAV v
je uamp and lmpregnated with mold. i,
ne spores OF which, when taken into the 4
soLlscl, produce vomiting and dysen- n
cry. Food kept in such a cellar IS W
,olsohous to a weak stomach, and causes ii
nose disorders of that organ and tbe w
oWels which result in vomiting. diar-
nea, and dysentery. So that these
DIlInon rural complaints may, in many
lses, be caused directly by mold spores -
the Iood. Besides these dangers there Il
e those which centre around the ma.
IRE heaps and the barnyard; the
oWdlng OF shade trees around fire lie
Yelling, and the location of the bonse shl
ION low ground where damp air settles
'Wn from the hillsides. 1t is supposed i-e'
often that bad smells may NOT be nm
lolesome, and farmers are apt to think
the fragrance Of the manure in fbe m Hsu
rnyard as one of the creditable adj % %"ol
lcIs 70 good farming. But wherever '"99
and decay are propress- 49,
l1ere unhealthy influences are ~,
Iundlng, and we recognize these Inv q, =,
II u'sagreeable odors, intOlerable 70 =
ny sensitive persons. The sense of
9i Is one OF the instincts which warns wa wa
Dt Danger, and we cannot safely TO- q, az
It's indications. It is not dificnit
prevent all these nOisome scents In L,'u ' y
oarnyard and the stables. A few y ~, "
-eIs OF plaster purchased annually AHe
Spn94% dnd "a aOPut oI these places will alb No
Iuen TO their proper uses as fertil.
OF the soil. Sunlight is the great
preserVer and health giver. A dense He
10 may produce the grateful COOL lor OF
, but danger turks even in this. and tice I
re there Is this coolness every evil of 81
lglng to this unwholesome eondi- full "
may be found. A few trees about il n NJ
louse, bnt not Overhangine il. are is oil
able, but they should not be So Everv
as to prevent the free circulation of
Id the blessed sunshine. Finale VP,
'catio1 of a house should be upon terrib
city dry ground, and higher tban when
'arnyard. and any other possible tbron,
OF danger from the percolation Of niobt
&c drainage. wberG
METHOD OF PLANTING OoRN-A grees
Or more ago read a communioa- got n
rom farmer in PennsvIvonia oJ traveli
ng planting corn eight feet oport don Of
VS.. l tried it the past season 7 had be
n my rows eight feet apart and
the corn from two to two and a Abe
set IN the row. 1 got as much ha
'om ,,,I the same ground as 1 did the By Dy
'efore when fs.9esSIJ iisS% J9Er y e 1eet M Mit
When my cornstalks were frof, 4as.
five feet high, which was some Now
q the latter part Of June, 1 sowed That
rian grass seed between the corn Ii ni'
After the grass got to be some Just gt
hes high or more I plowed Il You
which was in the latter part of THREE
Then / sowed part of the ground one week
ip seed, and got enough turnips MANY
for the trouble. This year I shall ever chi
~ corn between the rows. as I been renC
9m last year. When corn plant vegetable
comes, instead of plowing nv AwOMA
ali over, [ will run a one-6orse every per
the same place twice, then take The pul
horse Y harrow, set it about 3 EIole Inone wor %
le, let the horse walk in the fur. md svadt apt
loh will drag a lot of loose dirt fer it to al
lrrow and make a good bed to superior t,
corn in. After the corn comes Made by c
first plowing is to be deep. CHAPEL
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