The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-10-20

. fEsr~ = 9Talli Tor GlpplnS ana spreading
y 4 ~: uan easily treat enough seed in
8 day aid half to sow twenty acres.
One man and boy can heat enough for
ten acres in one Gay. The kettles and
tank of cold water should be arranged
on one side OF a post equally distant from
1t IN the following manner:
One end Of d pole should be fastened to
the post. .'The sack can be tied to the
pole so that it will come directly over
the kettles as the man at the end of the
pole swings 1t from one to the other.
This will be found very convenient way
for lifting and plunging the seed to Sc
cure thorough treatment. The farmer
who treats his seed will save several
times the cost of treatment the first
year.
KEEPING SWEET POTATOES.
The failures many farmers make in
keeping sweet potatoes through the win
ter is because they first let them get too
hot when first dug, and afterwards allow
them to be chilled by cold-both condi-
lions being fatal to the sweet potato.
First, dig the potatoes at the right
time. We believe it is just as erroneous
to dig an unripe potato for keeping, as it
is to pull an .unripe ear of corn for plant
ing purposes. 1t is best to dig just after
the first 'killing" frost, if the potatoes
are ripe. They are generally ripe about
that time. Examine them, and upon
breaking some of them the wound turns
to dark or blueish color, they are not
ripe, and it will not do to dig them. But
ii milky substance runs from the
wound and dries over it, they are ripe
and should be dug.
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either by rain or dew after they have
been dug
Third, smooth off the ground where
you wish to locate the bank. Put a
layer of corn-stalks on the smooth sur
with another layer of stalks. Spread
over the stalks about four inches Of pine
straw or any other kind of straw. Next.
nail together four planks or boards
forming a hollow. Bore holeSln each
side of this tolerably thick; stand it on
end in the center of the straw and pile
the potatoes around it. Put layer OF
straw over the potatoes, and layer OF
corn stalks, setting on ends, over 1t.
Cover the stalks with dirt, spading ii
from close around the bank, thereby
forming ditch to turn the water from
the potatoes. Be sure to let the top end
of the boards extend little above the
top of the bank. Leave the top open
until a rain or cold snap comes, then
cover with a piece Of plank until the
weather mOderates. This hollow fur.
nishes channel through which air can
readily reach the potatoes all around the
| center, and should be kept open as much
as possible while the weather is moder-
ately COOL but as winter approaches il
should be kept closed. Potatoes always
go through a sweat after being banked,
and air distributed through them is
very essential.
FARMERS AND FAILURES.
Pin up two facts to be considered
when you are discouraged: There are
fewer business failures among farmers
than among any other class; more men
begin without capital and become owners
of good business in farming than in any
| other vocation.
There is one part of the farm that il
not benefited by drainages; that is thu
manure heap.
| REMEDIES FOR CHOLERA IN HOGS.
A correspondent of the Ohio Farme
ascribes the immunity of his swine pen
! from cholera to the liberal use he make
of wood ashes. He does not think tn
ashes cure, or positive preventive, bu
his neighbors swine suffered severed
from cholera while his pens We're Ell
tirely free from the disease.
The bark of the wild cherry tree boile,
to a strong liquid decoctiOn with mea
or any food that the hog will eat. If h
is too sick to eat give drench of from
half pint to pint Of the decoction.
The cure seems to be quick and effeC
tive. This remedy given at intervals o
a few months seems to have prcvente
the disease of hog cholera with me fol
several years past. raise to use and sci
annually 100 hogs or more.
JOHN p Fort.
LICE AND OTHER vERMIN ON HOGS.
To keep hogs free from lice and othe
vermin, take your kerosene oil can an(
pour little from the ears all along the
back Two or three applications a year
will be sufficient.
always begin heavy feeding early in
fall, so that my porkeIs are ready to xii
any time after the middle of November
My experience is that most OF the pork
lost in the south is that which is killed
after the middle of December.
REMEDIES FOR WARTS AND SORES.
To take off small warts from horses
and other stock, nothing is so good a;
caustic. 1 always keep stick or tive
on hand. Scrape the crust off of war;
and apply every day or two, and the!
will soon disappear.
Honey will remove maggots from ;
sore on stock better than anything
known.
| KEEpINn DRJED EpT7IT
China berries put in dried fruit will
keep out worms.
ONIONS.
To make the finest and juiccst onions
plant the ''sets'' in September and ma
nure with droppings from hen house
Put it on when sets are planted, ant