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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[August, 
break, and will resist the powerful prairie 
breezes far belter than a single row. The rows 
of plants should be two feet apart. Furrow.' 
should he run along the rows where the young- 
plants are to be set. The plants are then laid 
with their roots spread on (lie mellow soil on 
one side of the furrow. Then another furrow 
is turned on to the roots, and the plants which 
may have been disarranged are restored by 
hand. A tread of the foot will consolidate the 
earth around each plant. This is the best and 
most rapid method of planting. A hedge thus 
planted will have every chance of becoming a 
success and answering every purpose that it 
rinsing the sides at every stroke. This prevents 
the accumulation of" dead" cream on the sides 
of the churn — that is, of half-churned cream 
which becomes incorporated with the butter 
and gives it a "marbled" appearance, which 
materially affects its value in the market; while 
the dead cream, containing caseine, essential- 
ly injures the keeping quality of the butter. 
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Harvesting- Beans. 
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BULLARD'S OSCILLATING CHURN. 
xany be intended for. Of Hie future treatment 
of the growing hedge we hope to speak another 
time. TJiat hedge-growing on the treeless, ab- 
solutely treeless, plains of the far "West is aud 
will be a positive need let no one doubt. Pre- 
sent plans for avoiding the need of hedges by 
herding stock can be but temporary. Fences 
must be had where stock is kept, and farmers 
can not exist without stock. Within five years 
the present occupiers of Western Kansas and 
Nebraska can not remain with their farms un- 
fenced, at least around the boundaries of the 
pastures ; and many other localities in the West 
will feel the same need. The planting of fences 
will then become an instant work, and the work 
must be done in such a way as to be perma- 
nently useful, or great expense will be wasted. 
Bullard'd Churn. 
BY QBORGB E. WARWO, JR., OF OGDEN FARM. 
The churn of winch we give an illustration 
is patented by E. W. Billiard, of Bane, Mass., 
The churn part is a plain box, without pad- 
dles or cleats inside. It will churn about ten 
gallons of cream at a time. The box is fitted 
to an oscillating table, but may easily be taken 
off for airing. The operator takes hold of the 
rung at the end and pushes it backward aud 
forward. The fly-wheels regulate and continue 
the movement. It is very simple, aud not liable 
to get out of order. It takes somewhat less 
labor than the barrel churn. In our experience 
with it, we find that one man works it with less 
labor than two men do the barrel churn, hold- 
ing one-half more cream than this one does, so 
that there is a saving of 25 per cent in the 
labor. The great advantage lies in the contin- 
ued swashing of the whole mass of the cream, 
Beans are very easily damaged and reduced 
value in harvesting. From the time they 
are gathered until they 
are thrashed and mar- 
keted they should be 
kept dry and protected 
from mildew. Exposure 
to damp causes them 
to be spotted or discolor- 
ed, in winch case they 
are either unsalable or 
can be disposed of only 
at a much reduced price. 
As soon as the beans 
are ripe they should be 
pulled. This may be 
conveniently done by 
passing down between 
two rows, commencing 
so that the fence is at the 
left hand and the field 
at the right, and pull- 
ing the plants in both 
rows, laying them over 
on the right-hand row; 
then passing between 
the next two rows, gath- 
ering the beans, and laying them over towards 
those already gathered. Before the dew falls the 
beans should be stacked. To do this, a pole six 
feet long should be stuck firmly into the ground. 
Then short pieces of rails should be laid on 
each side of the pole. The beans should be laid 
on these rails the roots all one way. One moder- 
ately sized bunch should be laid on each side 
of the stake or pole. Then other bunches should 
. be laid across 
the first ones, as 
shown in fig. 1, 
and the roots 
kept always on 
the same side of 
the stack. This 
is to prevent the 
earth from fall- 
ing in amongst 
the beans and 
discoloring 
them. In this 
way the stack 
is carefully built 
tip, and on 
reaching thetop 
of the stake a 
cap of straw is 
fastened around 
it, and spread so 
as to shed rain 
and keep the 
beans diy. The 
stack is so open 
and narrow that 
the wind passes freely through it, and curing goes 
on rapidly. When they are sufficiently cured they 
may be hauled to the barn and thrashed, either 
with the flail or the machine with the concave 
raised, aud winnowed and bagged for market. 
Although stock will not eat beans raw, when 
cooked they are readily eaten by swiue, aud 
furnish an excellent and remarkably nutritious 
Fig. 2. — STACK COMPLETED. 
feed, which is rich in flesh-forming material. 
For the farmer himself they are a most excel- 
lent and nutritious food, and best when boiled 
aud eaten without the usual pork, "but accom- 
panied by plain butter and salt and pepper. 
A Log Clod-Crusher. 
A "Young Farmer" may make for himself a 
very handy implement for crushing the clods 
in a summer-fallow by taking a half of a good- 
sized log split through the center, and affixing 
to it a tongue or a pair of thills by which it may 
be drawn. It is better to take a white-oak log 
cut in the winter or in the summer when the 
bark is firmly attached, and one with very coarse 
rough bark will be the best. The bark will peel 
from a log cut in April or May. The engraving 
:LOD-C'RCSHEli. 
given on this page will sufficiently show how the 
implement is to be put together. When out of 
use it should be kept in a dry place with the 
bark turned upwards. 
Packing Wool. 
In reply to a "Texas Farmer," we give the 
following hints about packing wool for market. 
LiKe all other produce, wool needs to come to 
market in a proper shape, or it fails to realize 
the highest price. In all flocks there are differ- 
ent grades of fleeces. If these are packed into 
bags without having been sorted, the wool will 
probably bring only the price of the lowest 
quality amongst the lot of fleeces. If the fleeces 
are badly lied, and in the packing are tumbled 
into the bags without any order, when unpacked 
they will probably lie found mixed together into 
an irregular mass, which will still further de- 
