The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-11-15

,age tea W minutes after thr lea. give pinf
nr enough 20 operate As lhysicl. Of curriers' oil
their hold, the tes pucker> them up. and the oi
afFles them completely away. cure. certain. Il
ne worst case
>Annir AID HAESr>> CAIIs. &c.-Mhite Lead
and linsecd OIL. mixed a. for paint j. unriNAllei
ior healing saddle harness. ~ collar gals and
a s ny y .ppying Win brush ! .sou
powerfully assisting nature.
lE>ck->ayc all your fowl manure from sun and
ain 10 prepars q ior ~, sprea, layer Of dry
swamp muck the hlacker II 4 the letter on
Your harm door and dump on il the whole ~
your fowl manure beat Il into tine powder
With The back o. your .pade lhis done. add
hard wood ashes and plaster ~ Paris. - that the
compound shall he composed Of the following
proportions dried mu,k, bushels fowl man
ure. bushels ashes, hushel plaster u bush
els Mix thoroughly. and spare no labor for. IN
this matter. the elbow grcase expended will be
well ,aid for little before planting moisten
the heap with water or, better .tI With urine
cover well over with old msts and LEI Il lie till
wanted ior ne. Apply ITO beans corn. or poia
toes. al the rate ~ handful 10 d hill and mix
With the son before dropping the seevi. This will
b. found the best Substitute for guano ever in
vented, and may depended on for bringing great
rrops Of turnips. corn. potatoes. &c.
TO DISSOLVE LARaE bones FoE MANURE WIN 4
otr ExPEssE Take any old -four barrel. and 4
put into the bottom layer of hardwood ashes
sid another layer of sshes. hllne the space be
tween the bones with them; then add hon, and
khe- alternately, nnl>ning on Win a thick LAYER
ot ashes. When your barrel Is filed pour on
water urine j. better just sufficient 10 keep
them wet but DO not on any account suffer IL to
leach one drop: for thsi would BE- like teaching
your dungheap In the course Of time they viii
heat. and eventually soften down 20 that you can
crumble them with your finger when sui
GENTLY sofiencd. dump them out OF the barrel
On q heap OF Try loan. and pnlyerixe and crum- ,
bic them M I'll they are completely amalgsms- /
ted into one homogeneous mas with the loaul ,
10 that II can D. easily handled and q sfribufed
when required You may rely on II. this manure /
viii leave IT, mark and show good results whtr- .
ever used ,
IN keeping ,attle ID stables the wear through and
f-eding them Ny means Of soilng The amount .
Of manure this msie had enabled him 10 improve
the fertility 81 the poor farm Of ip acr : - that
la twenty year the hay crop hal increased FINN T,
- 70 ~. tons Inc cattle ar Kept in well. i
arranged stable sud let ont into the yard an !,
hour or two morning and afternoon but they
generally appear glad 20 return 10 their quarter. :
BY this proceSs. one acre enables him 10 support .
three or four cows They fed on grass. green !,
oats. fodder. barley &C.. which ~own at I,
intervals through the spring and summer months. T.
70 be cur a. required hut he remarks that hi y
most valuable crop j. Ms manure crop Each !;
low produces 81 cords ~ solid, and cords OF 4
liquid manure. or 81 coriS In al Five ~ eight !.
miles from Boston. such msnure j. worth Eve t. /
eight dollors cord. From this estimate. he has r
come 20 the conclusion that a cow manure NAV -,
D. made a. valuable a. her milk n
Twenty dollars worth OF manure Tor almost
nothing.-If you have any dead anmal-say for ~
instance the body OF hurse-dc not suffer II 70 on
u
woods or any other ont 81 the way plsce but re- re
move II short distance only, from your premises
and put down four or five loads OF muck or SDis n
place the thereon. and sprinkle II over =
with quick lime. and cover over Immediately
Nth soda OF mould sufficient 10 make. with what
had been previously added ~ good wagOnload- all
and yon will have within twelve months pileo a.
manure worth So for any crop you choo~e 10 put
Upon Use proporfonate quantity OF mould trt
or smaller animals but never les than twenty ~
,ood wagon loads for horse and II any dogs p
manifest too great regard for the enclosed car.
ass shoot them on tile spot
Fish Compost Substitute for Bone-Dusf Manure }
rom Fish Refuse &C.-The fish owes it, fertik- ia
NJ value 10 the animal matter and b0ne-earth 80
'hich il contains The former Is precisely sii1i- ns
AZ % flesh or blood consisting OF = per cent Of
brin. the rest icing water aud their bone- are he
miiar in composition to those of terrestrial ami ue
lals. A. ertiziflg agents. therefore tn. bodies w
tshes will at nearly in the same way a. the -
ofes and blood Of animals: lou pounds in de- sel
ay'ng produce = lbs Of ammonia Hence 90
. OF fsh rOited in compost enough for an -
re. The great effect Is due to the ammonfacal %
1rtion for Il renders the heritage dark green.
al starts I very rapidly One OF the best com :
ssts Is made a. follows Dried bog earth. loan -tA
peat seven barrels hardwood ashes two bar. 1--WE
i fish one barrel slaked lime one bushel nov
ace thick layer OF the bog earth on the bot but
IN. on the top ~ this put laver Of the FISH, At
en- sprinkling ~ lime. then layer ~ ashes up
TOP 81 the ashes put thick layer ~ bog earth con
arm, OF peat then another thin layer Of fish rle>
ne AMI ashes and 80 on till your materials are ne
lrked N then top 81 with thick layer ~ the = a
soroents y retain the iertilDing gases The lne'
composition o. the fish will proceed very rap the
Y and serv rich compost vii - the result IT.
should Re sh0veled over and over aud thor abb,
ghly intermixed and pulyerized Put this on t.acI
as 70 have 49, lbs OF FISH % the acre II may emp
applied with the greatest benefit to corn fur- ueci
Fs potatoes beans &c. in the drill, and broad nrTa
{ on the grass. swol
ASHES from soil by Spontaneous Combustion rli wv,
IKE your mound = feet long BY lo feet wide gan,
fire. = bushels Of lime First LAYER IF i
sods or rgrings on which quantity 81 lime 49,,
spread. mixing sods with III then covering Ts
eight inches Of sods. on which the other half - :,
the lime Is spread and covered a foot thick III,
height 81 the mound being about yard In Nv Nv,
enty- four hours II will take FIRE the Irse ttr
luld b. fresh from the Kiln n is better ~ ,s
Ter i % ignite itself than 70 effect ~ the s
ration Of water. When the ERE is fairly kin. IN
q, fresh sois must u applied but get a cool h-of
~ OF ashes in the first place think il NAV he 60.
~ supposed that the lime adds full its worth No.
the quality 81 the sshes. and VII i limestone lc.
be got would advise the burning srnal -I' 7,
sntity In the mounds which would f,e greaf ,.-
proyement 70 ne ashes, and would help to d,ys
y the fire In. XII
ubstitute for Barn inanure.-Dissove brshel moth
alt in water enough 70 slack or bushels Of Ii ~
81 The best rule for preparing the compost Heshl
Ok. intimately mixed though :, bushels N cause
ads makes very cool manure In laying 10 lence
heap let the layer Of muck and lime ne thin not y
nsi neenmposition may be more rapid and Mhcr
lplete When lime cannot be go; ~. nm I had
he'd ASHES or bushels 70 cord " muck 1--we :
month or six weeks. overhaul and work the eases
y, when il will b. ready for use sprinkle poor
salt water on the lime a. the heap goes up mast.
emedy for curcuiio in Fruit Trees Sc s,ius, But
tree, WI - sure preventative or clear "Noi
X around the tree from all rubbish all M IN
y 49, ~. IlI .llp'lh n me ground Tor dis 7 &c
place chips Of small pieces OF wood IN the ~. \
md within the circle the clrcuiio will take $780,
ge III large numbers below the rhirs and Won at.s,
pass around in the mornings and XIII them had !
wasai
Preserve Potatoes from Rot-Dust over ne call
q the bn with lime. and put in about OF trtatc
hes ~ prtao's and dust with lime A. before 30
more patai'+~. using about bnshe ~ lime iug a
bushels 81 potatoes he lime improves me VIII a
or u the potatoes and efecfnAlly klIs ~. IA wn
4 which causes the rot fore I
. old veteran farmer with & v.ars ewre-, l wi
~ has successfully fought the potato ~ m II tn.
iryuni. ~ follows lie plants them ~ fhe ie-.
Y part ~ April. or beginning az NAV ami m
Old % the moon. When tx inches figh thsv viz
lissi.rei ani dressed ont nicely Now fnr
ara i par, enc - r,t 80 l.l's piAs Mr.
lar,t sr-,,pf,i M me -, na1 hf@aas
n, M .arh Mil - i,,-s - -" tit alton.
? ont q the ground. have them drv when wv N
IN me cellar, and keep them ia a dry cno ,,l,