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Ite7ns — Jlpple Mola.ises. 



Vol. IV. 



ter regions are well supplied with each of 

 those varieties of calcareous matter, we trust, 

 as a beginning has been made, that wherev- 

 er obtainable, our farmers will freely use it. 

 Of this they may be certain, that nothing like 

 permanent improvement can be effected with- 

 out the use of calcareous manure of some kind. 

 With the aid of lime, or marl in some one of 

 its forms, with the addition of grass-leys or 

 green crops of some kind turned in, almost 

 any soil may be pushed beyond even its primi- 

 tive state of fertility. 



MANAGEMENT OF YOUNG CATTLE. 



If you desire to have fine sized animals 

 you must feed your calves well through the 

 first winter : stretch tlieir skins the first 

 season, and growing will become a habit with 

 them. 



ACCUMULATION OF MANURES. 



The scrapings of the road, the lanes, leaves 

 collected from the woods, weeds from fence 

 corners and any where else, marsh mud, fresh 

 or salt, and indeed all vegetable or animal 

 ofFal, if spread on the surface of your cow 

 yard, becomes in a few months as good ma- 

 nure as stable or cow-dung, for in addition to 

 their own specific virtues, they sponge up 

 and retain great portions of rich liquids which 

 would otherwise be lost. All cow-yards 

 should be basin-like in form so as to prevent 

 the escape of such liquids. 



CHEAP COMPOST. 



The farmer who could spare a boy, and 

 horse and cart for that purpose, would very 

 much increase his stock of manure, if he 

 would employ a cart the year rovmd in gath- 

 ering leaves, mould, weeds, and offals of all 

 kinds, whether animal or vegetable, and as 

 brought liome spreading them on his dung 

 heap. In the course of the season decompo- 

 sition would take place, and m the spring of 

 the year, all would form a most excellent bed 

 of manure. 



DEAD ANIMALS. 



All animals which die on a farm, should be 

 covered with mould, or earth of any kind. 

 Each dead horse or other animal thus treated, 

 would throw out gas enough to impregnate five 

 load of earth with its fertilizing properties. To 

 promote tlie speedy decomposition of animal 

 bodies, a few bushels of lime should be thrown 

 on them previously to being covered with 

 earth or mould. After the decomposition of 

 their flesli, the bones sliould be broken up and 

 placed in the soil, where they prove both an 

 efficient and lasting manure. 



lUUlGATIOPi. 



The occasional letting water on meadows 

 has a most wonderflil effect in forwarding the 



growth of the grass, and thereby adding to 

 the quantity of product. 



Around each post there should be a smal' 

 mound of earth formed so as to carry oft'tlu 

 water. If this precaution were taken, poc-t- 

 would last as long again as they now ilo. 

 Charring the end of the post which goes m tli' ■ 

 ground to at least lour inches above the earti. 

 would greatly prolong its endurance. — Farhi- 

 er and Gardner. 



Apple Holasses* 



There is many a good housewife, who has 

 more faith in her own experience, than in the 

 science of chemistry, that knows not the value 

 of Apple Molasses; but still believes it to be 

 the same kind of tart, smoky, worthless stuff", 

 that has firom time immemorial, been made by 

 boilmg down cider. It is not within my pro- 

 vince, at this time, to attempt to convince 

 such that there is a chemical difference, 

 though it might easily be shown, that they 

 are almost as different as sugar and vmegar. 

 I would, however, invite them to lay aside 

 their cider this year, and try the plan of boil- 

 ing down the juice of the apple that has not 

 been exposed to the air by grinding and press- 

 ing. 



Last autumn, I placed a number of bushels 

 of Wetherill's sweeting apples in two large 

 brass kettles, with water just sufficient to 

 steam them ; when they boiled soft, I turned 

 them into a new splinter basket, containing 

 some straw, and placed on them a barrel head, 

 and a heavy weight. The juice was caught 

 in a tub. This was repeated until I had juice 

 enough to ffll the kettles, when I commenced 

 boiling it down, and attended to it strictly, 

 frequently skimming it, till it became of the 

 consistency of cane molasses. The native 

 acids of the fruit imparted a peculiar flavor, 

 otherwise it could hardly be distinguished 

 from the syrup of tlie cane, ft was used in 

 my family for making sweetmeats, for sweeten- 

 ing pies, for dressing on puddings and griddle 

 cakes, and a variety of other purposes. The 

 cost of making it is very trifling, and the 

 means arc within the reach of every farmer. 

 — Ohio Farmer. 



Mix Straw -with Clover. 



Farmers who liave straw or coarse old hay, 

 will find a great advantage in n)i.\ing thrm 

 in layers, witli hay that is not tlioroughly 

 made; the dry stuff will prevent tlie clover 

 from injuring by moisture, and it imbibes 

 sweetness so that the cattle will eat it with 

 a eood relish.— Yankee Farmer, 



