St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-18
FARM NOTES,
Points and Facts That May Be of
Value to the TiIler of the Soil.

A great mistake is sometimes made in
ventilating cellars and milk houses, says
Hearth and Home. The object Of vent
ilatiOn is to keep the cellars cool and
dry, but this object often fails of being
accomplished by common mistake. and
instead the cellar is made both warm
and damp. A cool place should never
be ventilated unless the air admitted is
cooler than the air within, or is at least
as coof as that, or very little warmer.
The warmer the air the more moisture
it holds i'll suspension. Necessarily, the
cooler the air the more moisture is
condensed and precipitated. When
cool cellar is aired on warm day, the
entering air being in motion appears
cool; but as it fills the cellar, the cooler
air with which it becomes mixed chilIs
it. the moisture is condensed. and dew is
deposited on the cold walls, and may
often be seen running down them i'm
streams. Then the cellar is damp, and
soon becomes mouldy. To avoid this
the windows should only be open at
night and late-the last thing before re-
firing. There is no need to fear that the
night air is unhealthful-it is as pure as
the air at midday, and is really drier.
The cool air enters the apartment dur
ing the night, and circulates through it.
The windows should be closed before
sunrise in the morning, and kept closed
and shaded during the day. If the air
of the cellar is damp. it may be thor
oughly dried by placing in it peck of
fresh lime in an open box. This guam.
tity of lime will absorb about seven
pounds, or rather more that three quarts
of water, and in this way cellar or
milkroom may soon be dried, even in
the hottest weather.
In the opinion of Hoard's Dairyman
ten acres of sOiling crop will give the
same results as sixty acres of pasture,
and during the hot, dry months of Au-
gustand beginning of September. when
the pastures are burned up, will prove
vastly more satisfactory. One man for
an hour during the early morning will
cut enough for two meals, and the feed
ing to the animals is only a very short
ehore. Hiram Smith, who keeps nearly
100 cows on 200 acres Of land, depends
very largely on sOiling. He sOws win
ter rye for the early feed; when the rye
gets gtoo woody he then changes to
clover; then follows. millet, succeeded
by fodder corn and the second cutting
of clover. He is man who figures cost
very closely, and claims that for max
ing pound of butter ordinary pasture
is the most costly Of any kind of farm
food.
The problem has puzzled many why
two pieces of wood, Sawn from the same
section of a tree, should possess. very
varied Characteristics when used in
different positions, says Popular Science
News. For example, gate-pOst will be
found to decay much faster if the butt
end of the tree is uppermost than would
be the case if the top was placed in this
position. The reason is, that the moist
ure of the atmosphere will permeate
the pores OF the wood much more rapidly
the way the tree grew, than it would in
the opposite direction. MicrOscopical
examination proves that the pores in
vite the ascent Of moisture, while they
repel its descent. Take the familiar
case of wooden bucket Many may
have noticed that some Of the slaves
appear to be entirely saturated, while,