| Show agricultural ae how TO IMPROVE HALF AN A acre acne c th thel e new england farmer under the h head e d oj of do dod D DOJ 0 bestic manure heap in reply t to a coir correspond r e 0 n l x bent ent who owns half an acre of land near bos llos ton and wishes to make the most of it gives the fol foi following lowin judicious J in di inious I 1 a advice drice ex we can tell our friend whan course many tople eople people pursue tinder under circumstances simi larto lart 0 his is own and find rind material aid in it in some come convenient spot draw away the earth from the center to the circumference of a space eight or ten feet in diameter ao so as to form a basin much as the masons sometimes do in forming a moir morter bed conduct the sink water to it soapsuds and all other waste water from the house in this throw the from the paths the 1 weeds fine chip dirt and sawdust saw dust from the tho woodpile wood pile leaves and in autumn the chevine th evine vine of tomatoes cucumbers potatoes squashes rii ril melons el and rd in short ever evel everything athing that maybe may be gathered ere and na considerable maybe in the manage ment of half an acre of land if a good deal of vegetable matter is collected and you von desire a rapid decomposition sprinkle quick lime in small quantities occasionally upon the heap as you are adding to it overhaul it and mingle thoroughly with a fork adding a few pounds of gypsum during the ope operation this mode of collecting and makin making mani mant manure I 1 re requires constant care and a steady hand but as the merchants say it will pay nay and pay well those who have tried it wi wiil will 11 ll be surprised how much may be accumulated ina lna in a year during the summer the mine may be surrounded by pole beans which viii will vill yield a treble tribute tri bate hide the deformity form a pleasant group in the garden and supply the table with wholesome and seasonable vegetables other concentrated fertilizers may be used such as bone dust gypsum ashes etc ashes will scarcely come amiss on any soil its potash is needed everywhere with these helps leips and a judicious management of the domestic manure heap with an eye to the beautiful in the arrall arrangement gement of waid wall wali flower beds groups of trees flowering plants roots vines etc and a careful neat cultivation of them all what a ch charming arming a adjunct ma may an halfacre half acre become to a well wali ordered lome iome 1 what V I 1 lat delightful associations shall spring up in the hearts of the children who shall pluck its flowers while their parents walk in its cooling shades happy are the affections of those whose tastes have been gently formed by the I 1 influences of the garden A half acre I 1 a little world in its itself elf eif teeming I 1 with life and invitations to be virtuous and happy t with scope enough for all your rural art and taste and a convenient safety valve for any superabundance of physical energy 1 to REMOVE VERMIN from CATTLE dissolve camphor making the liquid pretty strop of camphor and apply it on various par parts lis its of the body of the animal it is a harmless application li catiOn catlon 0 so o far as the animal is concerned leaving leaving the coat free and clear but destroys the lice in about two or three weeks after the first application rub on the liquid again in la i order to kill the young vermin that may have hatched out after the first rubbing I 1 know of no sale safe application win prevent me eggs or nits aits from hatching correspondent ot of N E farmer to KEEP MILK SWEET A boyd a correspondent pon poo dent informs us that lie he has haa practised practiced a peculiar method with much success for preserving servin milk sweet in the pans it simply consists consist s in placing placid 11 a piece of new hammered iron or three twelve penny nails in each tin pan then pouring the warm milk on them ile he believes that electricity has something to do dol with producing the result ile he had tried many experiments peri ments before he hit upon this which he fould found to preserve the milk sweet for a longer time than other plans tried by him hini scientific american Lux LUXURIES UnIES FOR CATTLE sidney smith used to bay say 1 I am for all cheap luxuries even for animals now all animals have a passion for scratching their backbones back bones they break down your gates and palings halings to effect this look there is my universal a sharp edged ed d pole A e r resting sting c on a high and low post adapted to every height from a horse to a lamb even the edinburgh reviewer can take his turn you have no idea how popular it is I 1 have not had a gate broken since I 1 put it up I 1 have it in all my fields CHARCOAL FOR HOGS see that your hoye hogs C are freely supplied with charcoal keep a box in their sties and let ibbe it be filled with the article and nd your animals will rarely be troubled with disease ex PLUM PUDDING take one pound round each of i flour beef suet suit sugar currants and raisins four eggs one pint of milk spice lothe to lo the taste tie in a bag allow no lie room for sw stellina swell ellina inc and boil four hours this mils rule is fj om an english family how TO SQUARE THE CIRCLE LE eureka the circle is squared vide if isyou you take a silver wire twelve inches and a quarter long the tile quarter being allowed to unite the two ends you y 0 u have a circular avire exactly twelve inches and if this wire is made to form the true square I 1 each of its sides willbe will be equal to nine square inches now if the same wire is allowed to assume the true circle it is evident that the area of the circle will be the same as it was in the square for instance iastan e if a wall be built ai around und a city and it is found to be twelve miles round the area of that city is nine square miles therefore the squar square edof elof of any circle is equal to three fourths of the length of its own circumference london court journal |
