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THE -HUR.ON EXPOSITOR.
are no lcnger fresh, •commence feeding with
carrots—the time to commence on each kind
of feed, as well as the amoinkt, to be regu-
lated so as to keep up a good yield of milk
and make good butter ;as without such feed
• cows rapidly fall off in profit late in the fall;
so they will not. only Make more and better
. butter, but come -into winter quarters in
xnuch better Condition if well fed. But it
is when cows first come to le confined to
dry feed,ibut may, still give considerable
Milk at the beginning of winter, that car-
rots are of the most benefit. Then. with
good, bright, well -saved corn fodder, and
plenty of carrots, good cows will still con -
Giulio for some time to make good choice
yellow butter. Of Course the corn fodder
helpsthe quality, but the butter is also
largely improved by the carrot.
When cows come in early in the spring
carrots are also a great deal of help, but
March and April butter is not generally so
good,as that made in. December, although
the same or even a larger amount of carrots
may be fed. Then the corn fodder, is all
fed out, or if kept, is not .so good afier the
commencement of the warm, drying weath-
er in the spring, and cows never make so
good. butter, after bellies confined so long on
dry feed. Still much depends on the hay
fed—the poorest being that made from late
cut and badly, cured timothy, June and oth-
er natural grasses. Such hay is not fit to
feed to cows, either before or after 'they
come in. No one wants to buy the white
and almost tasteless butter _made ou such
hay. • Plenty of car -rots and a little Indian
meal will make considerable imp'rovement,
but nothing can overcome the effect of the
ripe, Woody stuff. If such grasses are cut
early and properly cured, the hay will be
Mitch better, but then is not equal to the
clover hay. Summer gra,ss LS the best for
making butter, and the nearer hay comes to
dried grass with all the sweet nutritious
juices of the plants retained and saved, the
better it will be for making butter. But
at the best, a large part ot the valuable
juices are lost in the process of hay -making/
and the best available subs4tute for their
neecesary constituents in the • winter, is l-
enge carrots. They should be fed out. 11-
berally„ commencing before .the cows come
in, and continued until they are turned to
grass. A good mess ones a day While the
cows are dry will also be an advantage—
the effect will not only be seen when they
come in, but will be felt all summer; it is
well known that cows well wintered are
the most profitable the next summer..
:Cows are also healthy when well fed on
sarrots. It has been asked in agricultural
journals and farmers' clubs, if any cow that
was well fed on carts was eve, t known
to get sick or fail to do well when she came
; and I can not new recall a single in-
stance where either the one or the other
was the case. This tendency of carrots, to
preserve and promote health and thrift, al-
so makes them an excellent feedfor salves
the first winter. With good hay, a very
ittlse grain, and plenty of carrots, calves
will grow finely all winter.
• CARRoTs E0a. HoRsEs.—The value of car-
rots for horses is thus stated in Youatt and
Spooner's valuable work on the horse, and
itnilar statements are made in, other horse
WHAT I KNOW OF FARMING. '
BY HORACE GREELY
' GYPSUM. ..
'Paces varyteo widelY in different local-
ities that no 'fertilizer can be pronounced
every where cheaper or bet worth buying,'
and yet, I. doubt that thole is a4pod of oar
country's surface in fit condition 6 be ctil-
i
iivated t which.. Gypsum (Plaster of Paris)
might no be applied with profit. Where
it costs $10 or over per ton, I would apply
it sparingly—say, one bushel per acre—
while I judge three bushelsp er acre none
„I
-too much in regions where ' may be bought.
=much cheaper. i Even. the oor man, who
. has but one cow should buy a barrel of it,
s and dust his sta,ble therewilt after clean-
ing it each clay. Re who has a stock of
cattle should. never he without- . it, and
should freely use it, alike, in stable and
yard, to keep dewn the noisome odors, and
thus retain the volatile elemen ts of the man-
ure. Every meadow, every pasture, -should
be sown svith it at least triennially, where
it is abundent and cheap, as in Central
New York, I would apply it each year, un-
less careful observation should satisfy
me that it no longer answered a good pur-
pose.
As to the time of application, while I
judge any season will do, my present opin-
ion is that it -will do most good- if applied
when the summer is hottest and the ground
• dryest. If, for instance, you , close your
baying in mid -summer, having been hurried
by the rapid ripening, of the ,grass, and find
your meadows baked and cracked by the
intense heat, 1 reckon that you may pro-
ceed to dust your meadows with Gypsum
witlra moral certainty that none of it will
be wasted. So if your corn and other, full
crops are suffering from and likely to be
Stunted by thought, I advise the applica-
tion of Gypsum. broadcast, as evenly as may.
be ,and. as bounteously as its price and your
means will allow.. I do not believe it so
well to apply it specially to the growing
- stalks, a spoonful or so per hill; and I
doubt that it is ever judicious to plant in
the hill with the seed. The readiest and
quickest mode of application is also, I be-
lieve, the best. .
Gypsum is a chemical corapound of sul-
phate and lircie4-so much is agreed, and the
theory of chemists has been that, as the
. wind passes o'er a surface sown with it,
the ammonia which has been enhalecl by a
• thousand barnyards, bogs, etc., having a
stronger affinity for Sulphate than Lime
has, dissolves the Gfp-suna, combines with
the Sulphate, forming a Sulphate of Am-
monia, and leaves the Lime to get on as it
Islay. I accept this theory having noreason
to dsstrust it, and, knowing that Sulphate
of Ammonia is a powerfnl-stimulent of veg-
etable growth (as any one may be assured
by buying a little of it from some druggist
and making the necessary application), 1
can readily see how the desired result might
• in this way be prochiced. For our pur-
pose, however, let it suffice that it is pro-
duced, of which almost any one may be con-
'wincedby sowing with G-ypsum, and pas-
sing by- alternate strips of belts, of the same
clover -field. I svspeot that not many fer-
tilizers repay their cost out of the first -crop ,
but I a-.ccount Gypsurn one of them; and I
submit that no farmer can afford not to try
it, Tliat its good effect is diminished by
many and frequent applications, is highly
probable, but there is no hill or slope to
which Gypsum has never yet been applied
which ought not ta make its acquaintance
this very year. I am confident that. there
are pastures which might 'be made to in-
crease their yield of grass one-third by a
raoclerate dressing of it.
I have hearcl Andrew B. Dickinson., late
.of Stpubes County, a*d one of the best un-
scientific, unlearned farmers ever produced
by our State, maintain. that he cau not only
enrich his own farm but impoverish his
neighbors' by the free use ' of - Gypsum on
his wootlless hills. The chemist's explan-
ation of its effect is above indicated. The
- plastered land attracts and absorbs riot
•only its own fair proportion of breeze -borne
Ammonia, but much that, if the equilihr urn
had not been disturbed by such application,'
would have been deposited on the djacant
hills as Mr. D. makes not the smallest
metensions to ssience; the- coincilence be -
"ween his dictum --and the chemist's theory
is noteworthy.
VALUE OF CARRoTS.—The following val-
uahle information is taken from. tbe Culti-
vator, and is exceedingly applicable to Can-
ada, where many farmers neglect to grow
root crops for their cattle, and think.-- , they,
have done well if their stock barely keep
skin and bone together through our long
winters: -- .
Although most farmers who grow root -
crops will ma' ', or_wholey raise some of
the different k nds of beets or turnips, yet
.for all those that like to have the best, I
would suggest that a portion of =rots also
be grown. For ordinary feeding to cattle
ancl sheep other rootS, may arqwer evert)/
purpose, but there are some case S in whiCh•
carrots are mach the best.
CARROTS FOR Cows. ----For feeding cows
when making butter in the winter, there is
no itind of root equal to orange carrot—
there is none so good for making good sweet
yellow butter. When feed begins to fail
or get frost-bitten in the fallandsown corn .
18 110 longer available, cow -s need some extra. -
feed, not only to keep up the yield of milk
but also to king them into winter quarter's „
in good condition. A very good way is to .
feed pumpkins till November and then root:
crops while they are good. -If good ripe'
pumpkins are plenty,some of the best kept
from freezing may be fed with the root crops.
When the pumpkins are gone and the tops
1
books.. They say :
"The virtues of this rootare not sufficient-
ly known, whether as contributing to the
strength and endurance of the sound horse,
or the rapid recovery of the sick one. To
the' healthy horse they should be given
sliced in his chaff. .Half a bualiel will be
a fair daily allowance.. There is little pro-
vender of which the horse is fonder. The
following account of the value of the carrot
is not exaggerai,ecl : The root is heldin
much esteem. There is none better nor
perhaps so -good. When first given it is
slightly diruetic and laxative but as the
horse becottnes actiustorned to it, these ef-
fects cease to be produced. They also im-
prove the -state of the skin. They form a
go.od substitute for grass, and an excellent
alterative for horses eut of condition. To
sick and idle horaes they, render grain un-
necessary. They 'are beneficial in all chron-
ic diseases connected with bi.eathing, and
have a marked influence upon chronic
cough and broken wind. They are service-
able in diseases of the skin, and in combin-
ation with oats they 1.•estore a worn horse
much sooner than oats alone."
As the writer of this cannot expect to add
anything tothe weight alit]importance of
the statements made by the high author-
ities above quoted, it is only necessary to say
that, after growing and feeding carrots many
years, he has not the least doubt that it will
pay every ,good farmer to provide a good
supply for his horses while they are kept on
dry feed. Not that it is necessary to al-
ways feed half a bushel a day; for in many
cases one or two bushels a week will answer
a good purpose; but in tlie spring when we
give them physic, n0. doubt half a bushel a
day can be fed to good advantage. The
great point is to have enough, so as to feed
all that experience s,nd good judgement
shows the horse needs to preserve and pro-
mote health and keep in good condition.
To SEE DOWN A WELL—The New Hamp-
shire Journal of Agriculture suggests an ex-
cellent plan for exploring the bottom of a
Well : "It is not generally known- how
easy a matter it is to examine the bottom of
a well, cistern or pond of water by the use
of a common mirror. When the sun is
shining brightly hold/ mirror so that the
reflected rays of light will fall into the wa-
ter. A bright spot will be seen at the bot-
tom, so light as to show the smallest object
very plainly. By this means we have ex-
amined the bottoms of wells fifty feet deep,
, and half full or more of water. The small-
est straw or other small object can be per-
fectly seen from the surface. In the same
.way one can examine the bottoms of ponds
and rivers if the water be soxnewhat clear,
and not agitated by winds or rapid motion.
If it well or cistern be under cover, or shad-
ed by buildings, so that the sunlight will
not fall near the opening, it is only neces-
sary to employ two mirrors,- using one to
reflect the light to the opening, and anoth-
er to send it down perpendicularly into the
water. Light may be thrown fifty or a
hundred yards -to, the precise spot desired,
and then reflected downward. We have
used the mirror with success to reflect the
light around a field to a shade,d spot, and
also to carry it from a south window thro'
twe rooms and then into a cistern under a
house. lialf a dozen reflections of the light
may be made, though each mirror diminish. -
es the brilliancy of the light. Let any one
familar with this method try it, and he will
find it -not only:useful; but a pleasing ex-
periment. It will perhaps, reveal a mass
of sediment at the bottom of a well that has
been little thought of, but which may have
been a fruitful source of disease, by its decay
in the water."
CisARDENING.FOR LADIES.—At this season
we must work vigorously to keep up a sup-
ply of "Bedding Out Plants." Those of our
ieadeas who have Fortunatus' purse can
easily supply all their wantal The florists
offer great varietias and the prices are low.
Cities and towns are filled with green-
houses, cultivated upon the, most improved
methods. The "special selections" which
are offered to us are cheap -when the cost
and trouble of raising them is taken into
consideration, and every lover of flowers
wil1find a fine display to select from.
Every tree, shrub or plant that produces
buds, can be propagated by cuttings; eaCh
bud contains the germ of a new plant, and
f taken from the parent stem and properly
cultivated it can be made to produce roots.
“If: a trunk of a tree is lopped, and all its
existing buds destroyed, there will be pro-
truded from between the wood and bark a
sort of protubetant lip or ring, forraed from
the proper juice, and from which there will
spring a numbarof young shoots. The for-
mation of the root in the case et the slip or
cutting, is effected in the same manner—
the moisture of the soil encouraging the pro-'
trusiou of buds at or near the section, and
the bud that would have been converted in-
to a branch above the ground, is converted
into a root below." .
This explains the science of the thing,
and teaches us that a bud insist be either bur-
ie(1 in the ground, or kept in water, to pro-
duce the desired result. Cuttings Will strike
more quickly if taken) from the part of the
plant which is in fall growth, but the 'lower
extremity of it should not be too soft, else it
will absorb too .much moisture, and it will
decay. A junction of the old and new wood
is the most desirable. They should also be
cut off just below a, bud, as they only form
roots from buds; and if a bud is not left
close at the end, it will not be likely to
flourish. The tender, herbaceous and wa-
tery stemmed plants require mole carethan
the hardy shrub and perennials. Verbenas
hellotrOpedes, feverfewa, furchsirts, and
most kind, of geraniums, will strike root
readily in glass vials filled with soft water
and hung up at the window by twine tied
round the necks of the vials. If the sun
shines very hot all day, the vial Must be
looked at, and.their position changed, lest
the water should become too much heated
and burn them; but in May the sun is rare-
ly hot enough to effect this. As soon as
the roots are on inch long, transplant into
pots. A certain degree of heat, shade, and
moisture is requireable to enable cuttings
to strike root. Shade is necessary for at
leaa two days. A 'glass covering makes
-them grow rapidly, it acts like a miniature
hot bed, and retains all the moisture. - Bro-
ken tumblers are greatly in demand when
we plant our cuttings. All the leaves ex-
cept four or five at the top should be care-
fully cut off—if the cuttings are small, leave
only two. We use common red pottery,
and ±111 the pot two-thirds full with as iich
earth as we can procure, having first baked
it in the oven -to kill all vermin andJarvte.
Press the 'soil firmly into the pot, and then
Jill in one in.ch of pure sand—house scout-
ing sand will do if no other is obtainable.
Wet the sand thoroughly; insert the pre-
pared cuttings as close to the edge of the
pot as possible, and a little Mote than an
inch apart—press the soil around each with
thumb and finger—half the victory lies in
this firm planting. Unless the soil is thus
treated- many of your cuttings will fail.
Press the glass over all, and set in. the dark
for a day or two; then. place as close tothe
window as possible, keep well watered, and
give all the sun and air that can ; be had.
If the day is warm let down the window at
the top. Soen the cuttings will shed a leaf
or more, that will show you that the bud
is forming -into roots, and will soon develop
leaves, then flo-wers. This process of rais-
ing plants by cuttings is simple in the ex-
treme, and we take great delight in plants
thus procured. We associate them with
the kindly giver who bestowed upon us the
cutting; we rejoice in them as the result of
care and culture. Try it, dear reader;
raise a few plants from seeds or cuttings up
to perfect fruition, and it will be impossible
not to love them. They in their turn will
bestow upon you a nbw and innocent -pleas-
ure Which neither boundless wealth nor
pleasure can procure, for
"There's not a flower
But. shows some,touch of freckle, streak or stain
Of His unrivalled pencil. Heinspires
Their balmy odors, and imparts their hues,
And fills their cups with nectar."
—Country Gentleman.
VALUE OF WOOD ASHES AEOUND tRUIT
TREES.—Mr. E. A. King, a fanner and pro-
mologist on the eastern shore of Cayuga
Lake, N. Y., writes to the Cultivator, that,
in many sections of the country, the iVhite
.Dogenne or Virgaliau pear has been for the
last eight or ten years a failure. About
twelve or fifteen years ago it was supposed
to be the very .best and mostroductive Of
all the varieties of pears. Many set exten-
sive orchards • The trees have grown thrifti-
ly, being subject, however, to blight in
many instances. The trees each .seasoil are
.full of blossoms, set thickly with fruit,
which fails to mature. And, when about
half grown, it becomes shrivelled, blowed,
often cracked, and. that- is the end of the
crop.; This pear has, in fact, come in such
disrepute, that nursery -men in this vicinity
neither offer trees for sale nor pretend to
propagate them. Solomon Rradt, of Genoa,
and Mr. Townley, of Lapsing, have each a
tree of Virgalieus which have invariably
for the last ten years borne splendid crops
of finely developed and luscious fruit. The
tree of each stands near a leach, put up for
leaching. wood ashes for the purpose of
making soap for the 'household. Mr. Bradt
has other trees of the variety, which fail to
mature a single perfect specimen, whilethis
one tree is noted for the large, splendid,
fruit which it bears. should Italie stated
that some years ago the leached ashes were
thrown under the tree, making quite ahea.p
which still remain, and of course get con-
siderable leach from those in the leach each
season. Now, without doubt. he owes his
tine fruit to the ashes, and the query is,
will it pay to apply ashes insufficient quan-
tity to bring back this pear to its former
fruitfullness.
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