Year: 1860

SHEEP RAIsING-Prefcssor Allen says in
regard to sheep raising, that Dean Swif'sre
mark that Every poor man keeps dog, and
every d--d poor man keeps two dogs, is
peculiarly adapted to this country, (only some
desperately poor men keep half a dozen OF
more The only way to eiiectually dispose of
the dog question is to tax their tails off close
to their ears, or shoot or poison every strange
cur found on sheep farm. Saxony, not
larger than Rhode Island and Connecticut
keeps 100000 sheep; England and Wales,
2G,000,000 and the whole United States only
2l000,000


How TO GRow PEACHES EVERY YEAR-A
correspondent of the Ohio Calticator says
Procure your trees grated upon the wild plum
stock. The tree partakes of the nature of the
plum, being hardy, and will never winter-kill,
and putting out late in the spring, will never
be injured by the frost, and it is certain pre-
ventatve against the workings of the peach
grub, while the natural lifetime of the tree is
beyond that of our own so you may depend
upon peaches every year, and for long period
of time without the destructive and discour-
aging influence attending the growth of the
common peach They can be obtained at
from fifty to seventy-fve cents per tree, and
you had better pay five times the amount than
not to obtain them, and be certain of peaches
every year Try it, and our word for it, you
will be satisfied with the result


STABLE FLooRs-Have no floors of wood or
stones, but wholly of earth. My plan is to put
soil or muck into the stable, about foot deep,
IF peat is used and it is wet, the cattle will
sink into it unless few inches Of loan is
spread upon the peat,) then cover with litter
to the depth of foot or so to prevent tread
ing the dirt, and making it uneven when cat
tie are first pnt in After few days use the
floor will become hard and smooth, and will
not need as much litter to keep cattle clean
and comfortable as floors of plank or stone.
In this way all the urine is saved, and the
continued expense OF plank floors is avoided.


greatly doubt the economy Of cellar barns
I know they are very fashionable, and have,
it is true, much to recommend them, but the
great expense, as well as the risk of the planks
to become defective and letting the cattle in
the cellar Suspended are certainly o6jee
tons There is no necessity for having a
single stable floor in any barn, of wood OF
stone Floors Of earth after little use be
come very smooth and hard are much more
comfortable for cattle and horses lin fact
horses should be kept on none other) and an
imals can be more easily kept clean, as all the
liquids are absorbed as soon as dropped, and
! besides none can be wasted.


do not approve of the plan practised by
Mr. Matchmaking his cattle lay on bare
Stats, however necessary it may be to his plar
of liquid manureng. do not believe it is
economical Oh. hardly humane, and if he will
put one animal in "A stable with an earth lloo
daily cleaned and Uttered, and another simi
lar animal upon his bare, hard Stats and feet
both exactly alike-if the former does no
gain flesh faster than the latter il will prove
the more uncomfortable an animal is kept thu
better II will thrive, and in that case the north
east corner of barn. outside, is the very bes
place to fatten animals, especially in the win
ter j. G. C., Rhode Island C5mtrg Gen
Hemdn


THg STRAwBERRY.-H r, G. Pardee of n
Y, in lecture at Yale College, on tha straw
i berry, says


The following, TO cultivate that fruit, is th'
best method Select a warm, moist, but expos
ed situation, for early berries let it slope L
the east or south; for late ones TO the north
The soil should be a fine gFavelly loan. Avoi'
high barren soils, and those which are wet
To prepare the soil, make II clean; under
drain, leaving the drain open at both ends +
allow the circulation TO air Puyerized u
least two feet in depth, making ten per cent
OF tho soil as fine as superhne Hour For ma
nure. apply thirty bushels of uncleaned ashe.
and twelve bushels OF lr3e Stacked with watei


holding three bushels of salt in solution 10 tn


acre. Transplanting should be done wit


great care, and rootlets at the plant injured a