The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-01-16

than heavy one, but heavy blanket
should be used when the horse is outside.
1t is the exposure to winds, when at rest,
that causes the horse to take cold. 1t
should be remembered that horses differ.
Some are more subject to lung complaints
than others and will not endure exposure,
while some horses will seldom show signs
of being affected by any kind of exposure
The best fodder cutters are those that
will cut hay, fodder, stalks or any coarse
material. There should be attached to the
cutter some arrangement by which stalks
NAV be crushed or sliced during the oper-
alton of cutting. Such cutters are in use
on some farms and greatly aid in convert
ING coarse fodder into palatable food for
stock
Quick sales are always in order with any
kind of perishabe produce. The gain in
prices by holding back some articles is often
more than balanced by losses during storage.
Thorough cultivation, with the liberal
use of manure and fertilizers, will make any
farm pay This is shown by the fact that
the English farmer pays for rent every year
price that would buy some farms in this
country. He must also make his own i'm
provements and incur all expenses, yet he
usually makes profit because he Is COM
PEELED to cultivate thoroughly and to utilize
every square yard of his farm.
Muck. sea weed, salt marsh grass, ferns,
potato tops, cotton-seed hulls, SCOT, forest
/ leaves, etc, are valuable even when reduced
to ashes. but when used in the compost
heap they add a certain proportion OF nitro
gen, in addition to their mineral matter, as
well as serving as absorbents. Forest leaves
are rich in lime, 1000 pounds containing
about 20 pounds of lime The well-known
salt marsh grass is a better fertilizer than
has been previously supposed, for IN each
ton there are 46 pounds ofpurep potash and
s pounds of phosphoric acid, but it contains
only about pounds of lime. As potash
substance, therefore, it is invaluable in the
manure, after first serving as bedding for
the animals. Each ton Of sea weed contains
81 pounds of lime and 81 pounds of potash,
and ton of ferns, though containing but
Is pounds of lime, contains 80 pounds OF
potash and 10 pounds of phosphoric acid.
They are well worth collecting. Lime is
the principal mineral ingredient of muck, a
ton containing "a pounds of lime, but only
4 pounds of potash and 4 pounds of phos-
phoric acid. Potato tops contain, per ton,
10 pounds of lime, pounds of potash and
1 pounds of phosphoric acid. These esti-
mates do not include soda, magnesia, etc.
Ashes vary according to the substances
from which they are produced. In JOG
pounds of hard wood ashes are about "a
pounds of lime, II pounds of potash, and
pounds phosphoric acid; but corn-cobs con
tain, in 100 pounds of ashes, 20 pounds o.
lime and IS pound-of potash, the neares
approach to corn-cobs in amount Of potash
being cotton seed bulls, which contain IS
pounds. The hulls also contain as mucl
, as ID pounds OF phosphoric acid "a larg
proportionl. Even soft coal contains
pounds of lime in 100 pounds of its ash
) while hard coal contains only half as mucl
, lime, but contains also fraction over on
pound of phosphoric acid.
Since mon are So miserable ALWAYS sal