Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-04-01

once saw maae IN tne following man.
ner: The natural soil was shallow,
poor and light. This was first trenciled
up, the good soil being kept on the
top, then twelve inches in depth OF soil
from an old pasture was laid on that
This was obtained by running ii piow
at intervals of lew ieet through the
surface of u grass field, and bringing
away what the plow turned up. Dur
ing next summer the grass grew and
filed up the burrows made by the
plow. and the pasture was none the
worse for the loss of the narrow strips
removed. In course of time clay plac-
ed on the surface finds its way to the
bottom of the moved soil, and it is
very useful there in storing up mois-
ture. Indeed, one inch or two inches
of clay where the subsoil is very por-
Gus placed at the bottom of rose-beds
or borders would be benefit rather
than an evil, inasmuch as it checks
the too rapid descent of water. In ap-
plying clay to the surface as top
dressing, it should be done in winter
and left to pulverize by exposure, so
that it may afterward easily mix and
blend with the soil. In manuring roses
the character of the soil should be
studied. For light, porous soils, that
from the cowhouse and pigsers is the
best, stable manure being better adapt
ed for heavy soils. Though roses like
deep, heavy loans everything clays.
they will not succeed well where the
clays come up near the surface. Clay
is very well when covered with good
depth of loan, but roses will not
thrive successfully III heavy, cold clays,
bit even this class of soils can be fit.
ted for roses or anything else if one
goes the right way about matters.
The first thing to do is to remove some
of it now, and when partly dried re-
turn it, mixing ashes with it to break
it up and adding plenty of manure;
then plant before Christmas;
KEEP THE CALVES GROWING.
We presume, at least we hope, that
our advice to keep the heifer calves
has been taken by many. and that the
butcher will never again have such an
excellent opportunity to find the ma
terial for veal. But let it now be un-
derstood that if it is intended to make
a good cow-or for that matter, a
good steer-the calf must be kept
growing. That rule ought to be OBJ
served with reference to all young
stock. And, perhaps, this is as good
place as any to tell what cores
pondent in one of our most valued ex-
changes says in regard to raising calves
without milk. He says he has raised
just as fine calves as can be raised by
the method to be described. 1t is this:
For three days he lets the calf suck
the cow. Then he takes it entirely
away from the COW, and feeds upon
hay tea and milk, beginning with
one-quar.er of tea and three-quarters
of mix, feeding it blood warm. Grad
ually he d.minishes the milk, until the
Iood is exclusively hay tea. He says
that may tea the hay must be the best
is much better than grass, and that
the calf likes it much better. Mill
slutfs may be added to the tea as the
calf seems to need it, but in small
quantities. a little tirst-rate hay is
paced where the calf can get at it.
aud he will soon learn to nibble at it.
The writer is enthusiastic over his
plan, and certainly it is cheap. 1t will
pay great deal better to try it on a
heifer calf than it usually will to sell
it to the butcher. - W. stern Rural.