Farm and Fireside Coarse Tips and Household Advice
Farm and Fireside notes include flour and raisin mixtures for dough, oil cloth finishing with milk, and feeding tips for cattle and sheep with rye cover crops. It covers horse grooming, blankets, litter, and winter care, plus notes on chickens, turkeys, and fattening practices with charcoal. It also mentions fences costs and a sanitary suggestion to use stilts for children.
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Care of Manure on the Farm from a Kansan Correspondent
A correspondent from Kansas urges farmers to haul horse manure and rotted prairie hay onto fields in winter instead of heaping it. Spread manure immediately to let nutrients soak in and save on buying fertilizer. Highlighting pig pens as valuable compost sources, he explains hogs, with straw and muck, aerate material into a potent fertilizer that benefits soil years later. Liquid manure from stalls is undervalued. its nutrients aid plant growth and cows’ stalls yield significant value. The piece warns against wasteful drainage and favors saving all farm fertilizers, criticizing reliance on artificial options and promoting home-made manure as essential for soil health.
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The Value of a Gentle Well-Handled Horse
A horse gains value through gentleness and consistent handling. Training by calm speech builds trust, reduces fear, and yields reliable performance, whereas yelling and harsh treatment undermine worth and raise nervousness. A humane, confident driver fosters a cooperative, well behaved animal.
Farm Implements Use and Plow Techniques Explained
The article argues rollers rarely benefit soil beyond crushing clods and advises delaying work until rain softens lumps. It promotes rolling for grass lands and meadow for denser growth, notes a light roller offers little value, and stresses soil mellowing through proper timing and thorough harrowing after rain. It also discusses mold boards, plows, and the harrow as essential tools for improving seed beds and weed control.
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Aaron's Rod Mullein Gains English Cultivation and Fame
A Gardeners' Chronicle writer notes the common mullein, often seen as a nuisance, is cultivated in England for its beauty and may be known as Aaron's Rod. The tall spike bears dense, large golden flowers and stems about five feet high. Dried blooms yield a fatty substance used in Alsace for hemorrhoidal remedies. The plant was once called barbascum.
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