The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-02-16

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Some sixty years q nort ego ~
then ownsr Of The subeoribsesS farm
laid . train Of logs thrss-fourths of :
mile from slarge spring. to bib house
These logs are six-inoh averAge diane
Ter. and two-inch bore. In the nrst
forty rods there b 4 dsscsnt Of about
ten feet then . rise Of four feet; IN.
other gradual descent then for The last
twentY-flve rods an upgrade to within
one foot Of the height Of spring.
These logs lay either in Running water
or heavy clay. aud most Of them are
IN as good condition ~ when FIRST laid.
Sand accumulates In the two lowest
points, and here are plugA BY which
the logs are readily rinsed out The
air does not accumulate at the hig hest
points, as the joints pre- vent thiA
Roots from willows now and then
force Q small fiber through the joints,
and then expand till the growth flls
the bore and retarjs the dow Of the
water.
A friend whose house and barns are
supplied with water from a spring
some one hundred rods away, with
fifty feet head. at first had trouble;
water would stop running. Atrscoun-
mendation Of an expert he dug down
TO his pipe at point where It crossed
slight elevation. bored hole the
size Of pin, through the pipe. which
let out tho air that had accumulated.
and left hole open; since which bic
fountain plays regularly.
It depends somewirAt upon the soil
and situation. whether pipes Of lead,
iron or wood. should be used. In .
gravely or sandy soil wooden pipes
last but few years had an oc-
casion lastyear to examine some Of my
logs that hadnot been uncovered since
first laid. and found them as sound -
the day they were cut in the forest
and they delivered at barn and house
nearly two inches of water.
Some six years ago a-smsll farm.
near the writer, came into market II
had been let and mismxnagcd for some
ten years; fenced into small lots, with
briars, ETC.. in every corner. Every
fence was torn down. bushes grubbed
up. big stones sunk. fences straight.
ened. plowed and sown with wheat
and superphosphates Of . we'll known
brand (by the way, recently saw
train load of coal dust in process Of
elevation to the fourth story Of q
phosphate factory;" Is dust Of soft
coal commonly used as q fertilizerr)
Mt the rate Of $40 pounds to the acre.
Result of land that previous occupant
failed to aise buckwheat upon. twenty.
one bushels to the acre, and q good
catch of clover. which next season was
cut for hay, and second crop full of
seed, turned under; sown succeeding
spring to barley. without phosphate;
crop sixteen bushels to. the acre;
plowed once more and sown with
wheat and 200 pounds Of phosphate to
the acre; crop twenty-eight bushels 70
the acre. Got fine catch Of clover
and timothy which yielded three tons
of hay to the acre next cutting. We
got fair to good crop from use Of the
commercial fertilizers, but little profit;
for all the work was done by hired
help. ! was enabled to keep an accu-
rate account Of cost Of first crop Of
wheat Taxes, labor, interest on
money paid for land. seed. threshing.
marketing. etc. costing exactly one
dollar per bushel and sold at e1. 40;
there was little profit Soil gravely
loan. Upon heavy clay or clay loans
better results are commonly seen than
upon lighter soils. Indeed, on quite
light sandy soil have seen super.
phosphates used through the middle Of
field without the slightest trace Of
Improvement In the crop p-Cbr.
Country Gentleman.