Show CLOVER AS A RENOVATOR OF LAND Ono Way to Feed Olil Worn Out Soil So At to Hake I Produce Again Can the average of farmers cause their acres to produce double what they now do i tho question The habit of running run-ning the land which is occupied for arming purposes without remunerating the soil is The his jo soi i a starring process Tle his tory of jety many of tho New Eng and farmers at the present time i that their farms have become barren and fams bo becmo barre are flered for sale at greatly reduced prices time occupants Icelinjj cjetermined either T < Ia Belter er for wdrse t go wC These eastern lands have been neglected ana as naturo is disposed To ciotne tee surface soil with something her invitation invita-tion i for the worthless moss hardliack brakes and unfruitful briers to enter upon it and take full possession A New writer claims Jersey cli that had the and lands been fertilized to grass ad pasturing lad ben ted with a plenty of bone and other commodities dairying and wool growing would b profitable and the farmer would soon bo accommodated with a plethoric And if the farmer pletoric purse armor should keep a portion of hisNfarm undercover under-cover to be turned under and keep up this process yearly ho would soon find himself purchasing lumber for storage stor-age purposes and not b under the disagreeable disa-greeable necessity of selling out and leaving perhaps a once stately mansion and homo of his fathers We advise all the farmer of the country with few exceptions ex-ceptions to grow largely of clover tot to-t under thereby making every one acre to produce more than two acres with the common practVe of farming Even give tho soil a bounf ful percentage for its productions making old land young again by feeding it with anything and everything that will givo growth to vegetables and fruits and my word for it that young man you will soon be invited to tarry where you are or go east in place of going west Judgo Buel the once enterprising editor ed-itor of Tho Albany Cultivator purchased in about the year 1840 a large portion of what was called the sandy barrens lying between Schenectady and Albany and put upon it plenty of ashes leached and unleached lime and other ingredients ingredi-ents and brought up from the old sand bed a farm of surprising fertility Ashes was his anchor sheet in his first efforts on lila trial farm afterwards clover was well attended to Best Mode of Tying Cattle At the New York Farmers institute held at Delhi the question was asked What is i the best mode of tying cattle in Delaware county N M Bush replied re-plied in stanchions Jlr Moore said he tied his in stalls Mr Powell remarked if you will pitch your stanchions at the top about six inches it will help the cattle Mr E Rose puts a piece on tho inside so the cow cannot lie so close to the stanchion Col Bowen of Oneida asked how much one would gain by this incline Mr Powell answered an-swered as the cow gets up the incline assists her in the movement Mr E Rose said a sill of six inches width will I keep tho cow back and answer the same i purpose 1 Rice Will not tho block hinder the cow eating by keeping her back Mr nichardsQn Would not the wide sill throw the cow too far back Ho thought it would Mr Powell had seen a movable stanchion the cow held by a chain allowing cows to move about back and forth four or live inches He considers it the best thing lie has seen Mr Dysart said his stanchions slant with six inches back instead of front As to the brat flooring fer cow stables one speaker said ceiient another plank or cement others cliy under front feet with hind feet on plank also plank oc top of cement How to Select a Horse American Agriculturist advises in selecting se-lecting a horse to see that tho horse stands squarely on its feet and that i does not too out behind or tee in forward Run your hand slowly and carefully down the inside of each leg If there is a bunch there you will fee i See that the feet are sound and well spread A dark hoof if sound i always preferable to a white or streaked one Look sharp at the eye A bright full eye denotes spirit a mild pleasant eye with a brownish cat indicates a pleasant affectionate af-fectionate disposition while an eye with a good deal of white denotes temper There is perhaps no other way to judge a horses disposition so well as by a careful care-ful study of his eye and too much importance im-portance cannot well be attached to the necessity of a good disposition Tho RelatIve Hardness of Wood The relative hardness of woods is calculated cal-culated by tho hickory which i the toughest Estimating this at 100 we get for pignut hickory 00 white oak 8 white ash 77 dogwood 75 scrub oak 73 white hazel 72 apple tree 70 red oak 69 white beth 65 black walnut Co black birch 62 yellow and black oak 60 hard maple CO white elm 5S red cedar 56 cherry 55 yellow pine 54 chestnut 52 yellow poplar 51 butternut and white birch 43 and white pine 35 Tie runners Scrap Basket Horses fed largely on other food demand de-mand less haj but hay is useful i distending tending the stomach thus assisting digestion An English veterinarian recommends as seductive to a horse that is too delicate a feeder a little linseed lin-seed boiled to and mixed with boied a jelly wih the corn Hay dampened and salted will tempt many animals Hens arc now getting even by refus ing to produce the much coveted egg with short sighted owner who neglected to provide warm dry quarters for thf winter Tho hen loves to be comfortable Cut a good supply of firewood ano allow it to be well seasoned adv American Agriculturist The womat who can cook with green wood and b pleasant with it must be but a little lowei than the angels An inch of rain explains Popular Science Monthly means a gallon of water spread over a surface of nearly two square feet or a fall of about one mind red tons on a acre of ground |