Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1878 — AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC. [ARTICLE]

AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

Around ttie Farm. The busy season for fanning is upon ns. Recollect there is no resurrection for dead time. Potatoes should be cut and spread out to dry in the shade for three or four days before planting. A farmer who drifts into the year’s work without any plan is like a General who starts out on a campaign without arrangements, or a lawyer going into court without preparation for his cases. The speculative farmer is the man of large means and a small stock of practical sense. He invests his money in expensive buildings and unavailable stock—fails and reports farming as unprofitable.—lowa State Register. Mr. J. M. Smith, Green Bay, Wis., one of the most successful fanners and market gardeners in his State, says, in the Western Rural, that he cannot see any prospect for “ high prices ” for, at least, some years to come, and that the only possible way to get better returns is to raise larger crops on less land at lower cost. Turnips. —Recent experiments have shown the result of growing turnips three successive years in the same ground, without manure, to be as follows : The first year the yield of roots was 9,388 pounds; the second year 4,956 pounds, and the third year 1,536 pounds. The result from the same, piece of land and the same crop for three successive years, with the addition of twelve tons of farm-yard manure, was an increase in the yield the first year to 22,233 pounds; the second year’s crop increased to 24,108 pounds, while in the third year a crop was obtained of 38,170 pounds. In these experiments the beneficial influence of the farm-yard manure is clearly evident two years after its first application. Corns on Horsf.s’ Feet. —When a horse’s foot is not properly prepared for the shoe ; when the shoe is too narrow or too wide ; when it is improperly nailed on ; when allowed to remain on the foot too long before removal and paring of the sole, then corns are almost certain of being produoed. The avoidance of these causes of corns constitutes their prevention, and, to a great extent, also their cure. The careful lowering of the inside heel, sufficiently to remove its bearing upon the shoe ; applying a prop-erly-fitting shoe, and resetting or renewing the same at least once monthly, will result in a gradual diminution of the corn, as the hoof grows down.—National Live Stock Journal.

Clear Titles. —Every land-owner should know that he has a clear title to his real estate. Avery small thing may, in the course of time, Berve as a foundation upon which to set a fraudulent claim. Deeds are frequently not recorded which form an important link in the chain ; and, as time passes away, and circumstances are forgotten, no one questions the title, and all is well. Years afterward, when previous owners are dead, some question comes up, some widow or minor heirs put in a claim, and a lawsuit, with its expenses and delays, is the result. There are thousands of farmers who are not able to describe their farms by section, town and range; and, if they were called on to do so before the court, they would ignominiously fail. Cure for Cholera.— l will give the public a recipe which I have been using for more than four years, anc find perfect; the number of fowls that I nave is 300 : Take one gallon of meal, two ta-ble-spoonfuls of epsom salts, four tablespoonfuls of lime, and ten drops tincture of iron. Stir the mixture well in the meal, then mix it with water, not too wet, but so that it will crumble. It takes half a bushel for the number which I keep. Once a week is often enough to give it for a preventive, but it should be given oftener if the fowls are actually diseased, and plenty of clean water to drink. When the cholera first visited me, I had over 600 fowls. 1 lost them all but sixty-three, not Unowing of this valuable medicine at the time.— Cor. Poultry World.

Irrigating Gardens. —The Prairie Farmer describes an experiment by which a quarter-acre was easily irrigated, promoting the Arigorous growth of vegetation, especially celery, and also cauli-

flower, cabbage, and other succulent plants. The plants being in a row, light furrowß were run between them and water poured in to reach the roots. When these were well soaked, the earth was thrown back and covered the wet soil. The work was done with a narrow “ bull-tongue,” fixed to a low frame with a wheel, used for cultivating by hand between rows. This left the bottom of the furrow loose, and it readily absorbed the water. The object of this mode was to make a moderate quantity of water go a good way, by applying it directly to the roots. Cube fob Halteb Bbeakebs. —Put the horse into a common head-stall halter; take a three-eighth or one-haif inch new rope about seventeen or eighteen feet long ; double it -os for driving lines ; put the center of the rope under the tail as you would a crupper and give it one or two twists; pass the end under the girth, sending an end each side of the horse’s neck, and then through the nose piece of the head-stall on each side of the horse’s mouth (if a bridle is on, put the ropes through the bridle bit rings) ; and tie to a strong, well-set post, leaving three feet play of the rope. Give him an invitation to go back, usiDg his ordinary scare. The rope attacks his tail, and he at once comes forward. For his coming forward pet him. If these instructions are followed a few times—the hor e being securely tied to the post —a permanent cure will follow.—Exchange.