FARMER'S ASSISTANT. 2?9 



( Take three parts of air-slacked lime, two of wood-ashes, 

 and one of fine sand ; sift these through a fine sieve, and 

 add as much linseed oil as will bring it to a consistence for 

 ivorking with a Painter's brush. Great care must be takei* 

 to mix it perfectly/ 



We believe grinding it as a pamt would be an improve- 

 ment Two coats are necessary ; the first rather thin ; the 

 second as thick as can be conveniently worked. 



Painting of wooden buildings, of every kind, is not only 

 ornamental, but the Owner is well repaid for this extra ex- 

 pense, by the greater durability which the paint gives to 

 them. The wooden fences also, which are intended to be 

 ornamental, round, and near buildings^ should never be 

 destitute of a good coat of paint. 



PARSNIP (Pastinaca) The cultivation proper for 

 parsnips, is very similar to that of carrots, and the same 

 Jund of soil and manures are suitable for each They, how- 

 ever, require, the soil to be very deeply dug : Eighteen 

 inches is not too deep. They are full as good for feeding 

 and fating cattle as carrots, and are about equally productive. 

 They might be cultivated to advantage for feeding in the 

 Spring, when the stock of carrots has become exhausted ; 

 as the best way to keep them over Winter is, to let them 

 remain in the ground during that season. 



When dug in the Fall, for family-use, the best way to 

 keep them through the Winter is, to bury them in moist 

 sand In Spring, those left in the ground, and wanted for 

 that use, should be taken up before they begin to sprout. 



Probably the Farmer would find the culture of parsnips 

 nearly as profitable as that of carrots, particularly for Spring- 

 feeding. They are planted in beds and sown or drilled in 

 rows across the beds, having the rows about ten inches 

 apart. The plants in the rows should, at the last hoeing,, 

 be thined to the distance of about four inches. Those which 

 are pulled out in thining will then be good for Swine. 



Freezing does not injure this root ; and, therefore, those 

 which are kept in Winter, for family-use, had better be 

 kept in rather a frozen state than otherwise ; because, if 

 kept too warm, they will sprout, and this spoils them for 

 eating. 



PASTURE. The subdivisions of land, that is kept for 

 the sole purpose of pasturing, should depend as well upon 

 its fertility, as upon the number of different kinds of cattle 

 that are to be fed on it, Fifty acres of land, that would 

 only feed three Cows during the season, would not pay the 

 expense of subdividing. On the contrary, if the Farmer has 



