Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1881 — FARM ROTES. [ARTICLE]

FARM ROTES.

Warts.—Flat warts on the inside of a horse’s leg may be removed by scraping off the top and applying muriatic with a small stick or camel’s hair brush. They may be cut from a cow’s udder and killed in the same way. One acre of land well prepared and 3ultivated will produce more than two which receive only the same amount of labor used on one. One cow, horse, mule, sheep, or hog, well fed and cared for, is more profitable than two fed on the amount that will keep one well; One tcre of grass is worth more than two of lotton Avhere no grass is raised.— Old Farmer. Thinning Fruit.—There are few grape vines and dwarf pear trees that would aot be benefitted by thinning. It not >nly increases the size of the fruit but benefits the future health of the tree. Srapes may be cut away while the fruit a very small, but pears can be left until partially grown, as many of them fall when quite advanced iu size. Asparagus.—A writer in the London ' Gdtrdener gives a detailed method idopted by him for raising asparagus shoots of twice the ordinary size. The plants are given plenty of room—say four feet apart each way. The first two years, a light crop was planted between the rows; afterward no other crop is planted. To give the right depth in planting, trenches are dug eight inches Ifep and good, strong yearling plants i jet therein. At the time of planting no ; manure is applied, but is rarely used as- i forward. By adopting this method of i growing asparagus the great expense of I trenching for thick bed planting is ob- ; viated. Thin Seeding With Oats.—H. C. Whitewood, of Canisteo, N. Y., solved last j spring, says the Jlnsba)idman,rupon five ' acres of measured ground, two and a half , bushels of oats, or two pecks per acre, : and harvested and threshed from the said - five acres 355 bushels of oats, or 71 bush- ■ els per acre. The ground ivas a very rich piece of black, mucky soil, that hail been marshy; and covered with alders. The water had nearly disappeared, aqd last fall Mr. Whitewood pulled up the alders and plowed the ground; he was more anxious to get the land seeded to grass than to raise a crop of oats, ana ' sowed the oats more to protect the young grass plants than for any other purpose. The catch of grass is a decided success. About three years ago Mr. Whitewood | cleared a similar piece of land, plSri’ed ! and sowed to grass and three pecks of i oats to the acre and harvested over fifty ; bushels per acre. He says that the oats in this cose were so thick that in many places the grass was smothered. Fixing Shoes to Horses’ Hoofs.—A I new idea for accomplishing this without ; the use of nails is carried out as follows: ' The inventor takes a shoe of ordinary ; construction, having, say, four holes • therein, and through these ho passes , bands or wires of metal, two extending ; from or near the hinder extremity of the i shoe, and the other two at short distances ! from either side of the toe, the position i being varied with the number of bands ; employed. To fix the shoe the hinder wires or bands are first drawn tightly i round the front and upper part or corona ' of the hoof, the ends passing through a ! buckle or ring, or they may be twisted I together. The ends of other wires are I also passed through the ring or undei I the first bands, and, being drawn tightly downwards, the hinder wires or bands, owing to the conformation of the hoof, are, as it were, wedged tightly, thus fixing the Shoe firmly to the hoof. This invention only receives provisional pro- : tection. Care of Farm Implements.—We often ' see, when passing along a country highway, mowing machines, hay ' rakes, | wagons and other farming utinsils lying j out exposed to the weather. Sometimes ; this is because the owner has no convenient place for them, and at other times it is through negligence, but whatever the ' cause it is always poor economy. The 1 value of implements and machines nee- ; essary to use in the proper and success- ' ful management of an ordinary-sized ' farm, amounts to about SSOO, and the i wear and tear of them is of necessity a ; great deal; but if allowed to remain out! in all kinds of weather they will often receive more detriment from the expos- j ure than from actual use. The imple- ' ments used on an ordinary-sized farm 1 can all be stored easily in a building 30x40 feet, the cost of which need be : but little, not to exceed SSO. A little ! thought and computation will show to ! any farmer the advantage of such a building for storing farm implemsnte. But a building, however well-built, will not protect from the weather, implements that are left in the field. We must exercise some care in keeping them in their places.— -Jlural New Yorker. Application of ManurA—The reader of the agricultural journals of the day will notice that many old customs and methods in farm operations are giving place to others, some new in both theory and practice, and others only variations of old methods, that produce better results. Through farm paper these new and improved methods are made common property to all who read such papers. No one, at this day, need be at a loss for information if he advertises his need. Not very long ago manure was all applied in one way—spread on the land and ploughed under. But the idea that plants feed near the surface began to be entertained. It was observed that the elements of plant food in the soil were drawn toward the surface by i the earth losing its moisture. The chief work of putting in a crop consists in thoroughly incorporating the manure with the soil. To do this -well, the field must be harrowed until the manure is all worked in. If litter manure is used, this is a task not easily accomplished. It is best done, perhaps, with a slantingtooth harrow. If a sulky cultivator is used the first time going over the field it will be in much better condition for the harrow. Among the useful devices in pulverizing the soil is the spring-tooth barrow. If there is long stubble, or straw manure to be covered, the spring of the teeth will keep it from being drawn into heaps, as the common harrow does it. The splendid crops that are I grown in the Reserve, where but a few ' years ago it was supposed to be impossii ble, is sure evidence that success may be i achieved in growing grain crops, if we i set resolutely to work, avoiding errors of i the past, and adopting new methods that i have been proved superior.— Exchange.