The Somerset reporter., 1889-12-19

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notwithstanding its disadvantages. Al
abe advantages are never found In one
pia0e.
1t Is with fertilizing soils much as in
pracIicing medicine. The soil Is sick
and weak for lack OF certain elements.
First make u diagnosis and ind cut what
The SOIL needs. Then apply the remedy.
1t is said that All English chemist has
discovered u valuable method vi dissolv-
Ing zinc ny combining IL with hydrogen.
the solution Is called zinc water, ana is
said To render wool absolutely tire-proof.
Taxes usually draw less heavily ON the
farmers than the destruction of farm
implements and machinery from want Of
care and shelter. The former he has to
face in lump; the latter goes out by
driblets.
Never mix your wood ashes with ma
nurc, muck or anything else moist APP
ply them while dry, and when the earth
moistens them 1t will absorb the potash
and other elements of fertility which they
| contain.
The total production of tobacco and
snuff in the United States during the
year ending October 81, 1889, was $780,
l4',ZV pounds.
Some dairymen make winter butter
making highly profitable. To do this
there must be good supply of milk.
Intelligent care In feeding is needed to
prevent the cows from falling OF. Card
ing daily should be added to liberal feed
Clean out the stall thoroughly every
morning, and II the horse stands In it
through the day, clean 1t out again at
night before bedding down.
The water lily is largely used In some
parts of India as foodstuil. The nuts
that come from one species when dried
and ground are made into cakes which
have a flavor similar TO that of chestnuts.
Encourage laying by the use of animal
keep old stock. Give the layers a new
place. When snow Is on the ground give
sheltered run, for exercise.
Corn-cob pipes are all the rage. A
Missouri farmer Is reported to have sold
100 bushels OF shclled corn for $50, and
the cobs from which it was shelled for
$27 to make into pipes.
Let no one imagine that he can ever
farm successfully W fixed rules. There
are certain principles and laws which
every farmer must apply and conform to
for himself.
-"Some one says too much Is expected
from the experiment stations We think
not, but the managers are In toe big haste
TO issue reports. They feel that they
must be making show.
The farmers boy, without going to
scnool single day, acquires a fund of
knowledge that it requires student a
long time to acquire from books-and
his knowledge is mostly practical.
Most Of our successful public men have
spent their childhood or some other por-
ton of their lives on the farm. Indeed,
we think this is true of the successful
asn In most OF the avocations Of life.
decomposition and decomposition is
the order of Nature. The farmer takes
the decomposed elements and puts them
into proper condition for decomposition,
finding, his reward In the result.
Don't hang dismal picture on the wall
and don't daub with sables and gloom in
your conversation. Don't bewail and
moan, don't waste yourself In detection,
nor bark against the bad, but chant the
beauty of the good. Set down nothing
that will not help somebody. Emerson.
Frosted bits are cruel instruments of
torture If thrust into the horses mouth.
Various forms of bits are now made with
coverings of rubber or leather, which, be-
ing comparative nOn-cOnductors, do not
freeze to the tongue at the first touch, like
iron. In the absence Of these, always
take the frost out of the bits before they
go into the horses mouth.
When YOU have to drive your horse
long distance, begin quietly and let him
work gradually into his PAGES; and when
nearing home, or the end of your drive,
slack up and let your horse take 1t easy
for two or three miles or more that he
may come In cool and avoid some of the
dangers of catching cold.
Few people realize what vast amount
Of money is invested in running stock Of
this country. Speaking upon this point,
the New York Sportsman remarks: IA
well-known turf writer has calculated
that tho pursuit gives employment to
80, 900 people and indirectly assists 80, 900
moro 70 livelihood. The thoroughbred
stallions and brood mares on the great
stock farms ase valued ct %, 000, 900, and
the sons and daughters Of these stations
and brood mares earned above $4,000, 900
more during The past season. The value
Of he stock now employed for racing is
valued at u, 00o. 600, whilst the capital
81 900. The stock fasms embrace
10000 acres Of the Anest land In the
ooantsy. end iaat year the yearilng foals |
loctsd' ~ % q. 000. 900. wlils the attend |
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