Show agricultural HOME MADE Poun poud KETrE there I 1 is a great annual loss of valuable manure at ai tb the tha arear rear of avery every house which a little care would save people have a prejudice against meddling ing with N lih ith the contents of privy v vaults which ivsich is 13 hard to td overcome if however er the temple were properly built the trouble troubie le could be easily got along with the practice of digging a deep pit or cellar beneath it which it is almost im impossible possible to clean out ont is is abad one and the langer banger danger to the young children of a household from such pits is not altogether imaginary A privy should be built so high above ground as to allow of a large moveable moveably move able eabie box underneath it of L f t be the same bu superficial dimensions as the bull buit building ding this box should be made of pine plank matched and painted within and without with coal tar it on runners made eade ot of scantling to which a horse can be attached tach ed jor or the purpose of drawing it out when need needful fid of f course some means should be used to de odor oronzo izo the offensive ive lve gasses H happily this is not difficult dried muck burnt sots sou sot s siw saw dust charcoal chip dirt ashes and indeed nearly all refuse dirt about ones premises premise a will answer provided it is dry this last item dryness is is important to rend render erthe the material a good absorbent lime is sometimes used but not wisely because it sets free and wastes the volatile gasses in the air it is 19 an excellent plan to have at hand some of the ab we have mentioned convenient for use if they are not haddy handy when wanted they will seldom be used have some in in old boxes boyes or barrels by the side of the privy under cover where it can be drawn upon daily or every few days throughout the year if it a small quantity is used of often ten len all smells will be prevented and the combination of the several parts parta as compost will be more complete when the box is filled let it be hauled out to the barnyard barn yard and emptied and then returned to tb its place on returning it let the bottom be covered with a good layer bdyer of some absorbent we understand that some of the companies engaged in largely for sale use a k solution of copperas to deodorize night soil before they remove it to their manufacturing grounds of course this could be used by any one who had bad not A sufficient quantity of absorbents now that we are upon this subject we will five jive give some account of the manufacture of pou pour rette and ta feu as it is conducted on a large scale seal e in in the neighborhood C of some of our cities certai certain n persons are aro re employed to collect the contents of privies sinks and sewers bewers and con cont vey very them by carts carta and by sloops to the premises devoted to the manufacture of this article it is is then thrown upon a screen having holes an inch square which cleans out all coarse rubbish then it is spread on large platforms where it is mixed with absorbents such as have been before mentioned and then dried if ices it ia to be manufactured into into it is taken into a house where it is allowed to undergo a partial decomposition and again screened through a cross barred half balf inch screen and then barrelled barrel led if ta feu is to be manufactured it is perfectly dried and when in that state becomes and hard and is is brought into the he house and without fermentation is screened first through a half inch screen and then again through a quarte guarte rinch screen it is is then ready for market this manure is is recommended for all sorts of crops though some persons find it less useful on wheat than any other mr downing esteemed it highly for all the neater work of sowing and planting in in gardens 2 P for por or strawberries for early vegetables flower beds roses ac it is is preferable to pearly every thing usually to be had because unlike guano it enriches without burning may be safely used with wi thany any plant and brings no weeds like common manure we consider a barrel barrei f fully ally equal in fertilizing material to four cart loads ot of stable manure th ese commendatory remarks apply as well to the homemade home made as to that bought in market at so much a barrel american agriculturist august PRUNING GRAPES the vars s who a year or two ago went their deatha upon excessive summer pruning 11 1 of the grape grael are arc rc now hardly decided in favor of pruning at all at least the opinion expressed is so milk milk and waterish aa as to amount almost to a negative tivi tive this shows a becoming growing wisdom and we think a year or two more will satisfy all present doubters that summer pruning ik in stead of being the rule should he be the e exception x ce p our gar limited experience is is against summer pruning unless in particular instances presenting in themselves to every cultivator bar bun oun our crop of grapes looks at t present very promising the bunches are of goad size and ata ald aid the berry full and large not a knife has be been ea near them r t last year we pruned all au the vines except one pretty extensively extensive and although these were covered with fine bunches there was pis wis scarcely one properly matured while the vine which was left wholly untouched yielded a bo bountiful un crop of excellent fruit thee the sime bame same cihi vine under the same treatment was equally prolific in preceding years we feel pretty well satisfied that excessive pruning has been the worst bli bil blight ht that has eyer ever affected 0 te e grape but as le the remedy ia is in hand band or more truthfully is simply hands off 1 11 we trust we shall hereafter have less debate upon the subject less action and as per consequence better success in the cultivation of this very desirable fruit Gennan germantown town telegraph 0 august za 19 GRAIEs GRAPES our friend eil ell E myrick arick from shaker village south groton mass brought for our ins inspection afew hiie of dle ile the products of ot their vineyard three varieties of grapes the concord w A ell known and often described the sa sake sage ge an accidental seedling thick skin skinned hard pulp light 0 color and quite sweet and the amber or northern muscadine the best of the three this last has been very highly recommended in different sections and fo for r the higher latitudes is undoubtedly a vain yain able acquisition as it ripens much earlier than those standard varieties the isabella and catawba which as far north as boston oi or albany seldom attain perfection the shaker f family umily are we understand engaged largely in propagating the amber and will next neke spring have a quantity of vine vines to sell full particulars can be obtained by addre addressing 8 sing them as above life lita life lite illustrated oct 16 chinese SUGAR CANE AS roon rood FOR STOCK OP oil ALL KINDS we hind find faid in a georgia paper papera a communication from a correspondent who signs himself V F J R and dates oglethorpe co county rinty tinty in that state august sl 1 1858 from fran which we vve make the following extract and abic abir for it the attention of the tho th readers of the germantown telegraph telegraphy this is my third season of cultivating the chinese cane I 1 have seven acres of it this year five of which I 1 planted for the express purpose of feeding it green and dry to horbes horses 1 I cattle and hog hogs and since the of june u until now I 1 have been feeding it daily to thosa animals my ay iy calves have run daily upon two acres sown broadcast since that time my cows and oxen while sick with the black to tongue tigue were daily fed with it my ax oxen en when at work are fed upon it horses hoists dittis dittos ditto f my hogs are daily fed with the cane now and are in fine growing browin g order I 1 intend to fatten fatter my pork upon the cane as not only good rood feed but equal to corn for the same purpose these I 1 facts can be attested by my neighbors s for they k inov know all about them after three yearb years experience with the chinese sugarcane sug bugar sugar arcane arcade cane cade I 1 have come to the following conclusions in regard to to il and I 1 give ilive thein them for what they are worth not caring a baw beell whether or not they are endorsed be by the eople people 1 for forage either elther eltha ti green or dry there is no plant so valuable 2 more grain can he be made upon the same some land than oats oata will produce with an analytic value as food of one third over oats oafs 11 N 3 for hogs bogs it is next nent ne next nt ts corn in every particular ti 4 for syrup it is equal to any can cane e and for su susan suean i ar ditrol this is no mere speculation I 1 have tried the forage made syrup and sugar bugar and for or the thet analysis of its value as food am indebted arb prof f 1 I 1 lee lec abrou throughout hout bout western iowa almost eve every ry farm has grown half an acre to ten a acres c res a of that crop and it seems to be universally of tremendous dous growth from a cursory or rough calculation we make out that the slope had hag enough of the chinese sugar cane grown to make mak e a million gallons of syrup we know of a score or two pressing mills completed and many maddy more under way iowa will make her own sugar yd syrup nyrup the present year yearn and if this experiment proves satisfactory we shall hereafter see bee very little louisiana or westin dia sweetening the sorgho bids fair to work a vast change in the agricultural L products of iowa and boon soon we expect to see accounts of exportation of sumar sugar sugar and molasses mola moia ases from our fast populating alid aud and loat most eminently fertile state C crescent city oracle Q the first cold cut nail was made in 1777 by jeremiah wilkinson of cumberland RI who still lives |