lOG 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER 



Feb. 



APPLICATION OF MAJSTUKB. 



The Mirror and Farmer gives a report of 

 the discussson by the Tuftoiiborough, N. H., 

 Farmers' Club, on the subject of applying ma- 

 nure. 



K. B. Neal said he favored ploughing in the 

 manure ; as, in a dry season like the past, if 

 on the surface it will lay and become as dry as 

 chips, and render very little benefit to the 

 growing crop ; and yet he thought farmers 

 should use their judgment as to the nature of 

 the soil. 



Peter Stackpole gave it as his opinion that 

 top-di-essing did much the best on his soil, and 

 thought top-dressing would largely increase the 

 crop of hay on most farms. He was like the 

 boy who wished to have his bread buttered on 

 both sides ; that is, he thought much land 

 would bear a coating of manure ploughed in — 

 and top-dressing also. 



W iiliara li. Davis said that on light, sandy 

 soil the manure plougiied in four or live inches 

 worked iirst-rate, but on heavy, wet land it 

 does much better spread on the surface ; he 

 thought the land retained the benefit of the 

 dressing longer when buried beneath the sur- 

 face, and that much of the richness of manure 

 when left on the top of the soil escaped in 

 gases and Avaslostto vegetation. 



^V. W. Blaisdell thought the season had 

 much to do with the application of manure, 

 but favored ploughing in. One great mistake 

 lie thought was in allowing the licjuid excre- 

 tions to run to waste. This is permitted by 

 many because they are not aware that the li- 

 quid was not only of e(iual but even greater 

 value than the solid portion. Every one is fa- 

 mihar with the great elhcacy of the excrements 

 of poultry or other bird manure compared 

 witli ordinary farm-yard manure ; and this 

 superiority is owing to the fact that in that of 

 the bird is all tlie liquid as well as the solid, 

 and hence tlie abundance of ammonia yielded 

 by manure from the hen-roosts or by guano. 



labics* Ocpartmtnt. 



How TO Fit a Collar to a Horse — Tn 

 purchasing a collar for your horse, it is impor- 

 tant to gec one that (its him, as both the animal 

 and _\ our^eif will thus bt? saved much annoyance. 

 The Harness and Carriage^oumal says : — 



"i he plan adopted in the West, which we 

 are a^sure^l by men who have been long in the 

 collar business, docs not injure the collar in 

 the leabt, is to dip it, in water until the leather 

 is thorouglily wet, then put it on the horse, se- 

 cure the hames hrmly, keeping it there until it 

 becomes dry. It is all the better if heavy loads 

 are to be drawn, as that causes the collar to be 

 more evenly fitted to the neck and shoulder. 

 if possible, ttie collar should be kept on from 

 four to nve hours, when it will be perfectly 

 dry and retain tnj sama shape ever afterwards ; 

 and as it is exactly luted to the form of the 

 neck, will not produce chafes nor sores on the 

 horse''s neck." 



■W^HEN I -WAS YOUNG: 



OR, 



What the Old Woman Said to Her Daughter. 



One summor eve I chanced to pass, where, by her cot- 

 tage gate, 

 An aged woman in the sun sat talking to her mate ; 

 The frost of age was on her brow — its dimness in her 



eye, — 

 And her bent figure to and fro rocked all unconsciously : 

 The frost of age was on her brow, yet garrulous her 



tongue, 

 As she compared the doings now with those when she 



was young. _ 



"When I was young, young girls were meek, and looked" 



round kind of shy, — 

 And when they were compelled to speak they did so 



modestly ; 

 They staid at home, and did the work, made Indian 



broad and wheaten, — 

 And only went to singing school — and sometimes to 



night mectin' ; 

 The children were obedient, then — they had no saucy 



airs, — 

 But minded what their mothers said — and learned to 



say their prayers. 

 But now-a-days they know enough before they know 



their letters, 

 And children that can hardly walk will contradict their 



betters : 

 Young women, now, go flirting round, and looking out 



for beaus. 

 And scarcely one in ten is found who makes or mends 



her clothes ; 



But there, I tell my daughter. 

 Folks don't do as they'd ouglitor; 

 They do not do as they'd ouglitur do — 

 Why don't they do as tliey'd oughtcr ? 



"When I was young, if a man had failed, he shut up 



house and hall. 

 And never ventured out till night, if he ventured out 



at all, 

 nis wife sold all her chiny plates, — his sons came home 



from college, — 

 His girls left school and learned to wash, and bake, and 



such like knowledge; 

 They gave up cakes and pumpkin pies — and bad the 



plainest eating, 

 And never asked folks home to tea — and scarcely went 



to meeting : 

 But, now-a-days, when a merchant fails, they say he 



makes a penny ; 

 His wife don't have a gown the less, — his daughters 



just as many ; 

 nis sons they smoke their choice cigars, — and drink 



their costly wine, — 

 And she goes to the opera", — and he has folks to dine; 

 lie walks the street,— he drives his gig,— men show him 



all civilities, — 

 And what in my days were called debts, are now called 



liabilities; 

 They call a man unfortunate who ruins half a city, — 

 In my d'lys 'twas the creditors to whom we gave the 



pity; 



But there I tell my daughter, 

 Folks don't do as they'd oughter; 

 They do not do as they'd ougliter do, — 

 Why don't they do as they'd oughter? 



"When I was young, crime then was crime, — it had no 



other name; 

 And wlii^n 'twas proved against a man, ho had to bear 



the blame; 

 They called the man who stole, a thief,— Ihey wasted 



no tine feeling, — 

 \Vliat folks ca41 petty larceny, now, in my days was 



called stealing; 

 They did not make a reprobate the theme of song and 



story, 

 As if the bloodier were his hand, the brighter was his 

 glory ; 



But, there, I tell my daughter, 

 Folks don't do as tliey'd ouglitor; 

 They do not do as they'd oughter do, — 

 Why don't they do as they'd oughter ?" 



