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INDIANA FARMER. Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Mechanics and tne Useful Arts. D.p._n.««v,w.i.rennu.i RICHMOND, JUKE 1, 1854. . j^i-Ts?.?^.»•.*!¥:■• R. T. Reed.—Editon. Table of Contents. Page 253—National Cutle Shoir.Nevr process of making bread, Beneut of D tching. •• 250—Firming in Tennessee, Grafting Stone Fruit, Cement. " 2o\)—L irge crops of Wheat, Feeling Poultry, Sale of new Wneit. 11 261—Vitality of Seels, Putting Frozen Lambs in Warm Water, Ho lbs beaten " 252—Poisonous Plants. '• 253—To raise Giant Asparagus, Cure for Mange, Raising Calves—i new metho.l. Plan for growing Cucum hers, Profitable Stra.v:>erry Bel. •' 264—Fruit Prospects, Wheat Prospects, Springfield Cattle ShOiV, Answer to Enquirer, Spring Creps. " 265—Cruelty to Animals. Sowing Timothy Seed, Strawberries, -j-c. " 2S6—Important to Fruit Growers, Pruning Trees, Lice. ** 267—Suggestions on Potato Culture. Reme ly forpotato rot. " 26S—Hon' to commeoce Business, Protect the Little Birds, Prolits of Sugar Cnlture, Wonderful Calf, etc. " 269—Native Cattle for the Dairy, Western Apples. " 270—Fence Posts, Neir Quilting Frames. Small Potatoes. •' 271—Corn Culture,Gir.tens that Never Fail. *' 272—Evaporation of Manures, Discovery of Coffee. The leaves should be burned off in the fall, and the seed sown the following spring. Perhaps sowing the seed the same fall would answer as well. It is very difficult to set a woodland in grass, when it is covered in leaves. Blue grass, for woodlands, is strongly recommended, though other kinds might be sown with it. R. When to Deaden Timber. A correspondent whose communication appeared in our last, wishes to know when is the best time for deadening young timber, to prevent it sprouting from the roots. We have before us several articles on the subject, nearly all of which say that the proper time is when the sap runs freest, which is generally in the latter part of the 8th month (August.) Most of the articles before us run much like the following, from the pen of H. B. Palmer, in the Ohio Farmer: "In regard to the best time for cutting trees to deaden the roots and stumps, and prevent the sprouts and stumps from growing, I would briefly state that the best time is in the month of August, in the old moon, when the sign is in the heart, if it should so happen; or when the moon is smallest, if new; when it is nearest to the last quarter when the sign is as above mentioned. During the month of August a greater quantity of sap° is excluded from the roots, being in the body and branches of the tree, than at any other season of the year—therefore depriving the roots of the most important nutriment for sending forth sprouts. As whimsical as this may seem to you andthe numerous readers of your excellent paper, it is nevertheless true, and one trial will convince the most skeptical. This year the time for cutting will be best from the 20th to the 26th of August." The same correspondent also wishes to know what is the best plan for setting woodland in grass. This subject is treated at some length in a discussion before the State Board of Agriculture, in January, 1852. The plan there recommended is to cut off. the saplings and deaden the useless timber, leaving from fifty to ono hundred trees to the acre. Grass will do but little good in a thick woods, and it is difficult to get it started. Montgomery* County Agricultural Society". At a rogular quarterly meeting of the Montgomery county Agricultural Society, held on the 6th day of May, 1854, the following named persons were unanimously elected officers of said Sociaty* for the ensuing year: President—Jeremiah B. Durham. Vice Presidents—M. D. Manson, John Allen, John S. Beasly. Recording Secretary—Sam'l W. Austin. Corresponding Secretary—R. T. Brown. Treasurer—Francis H. Brown. Executive Committee—T; W. Fry) Preston McCormack, William McCray, T. H. Fitzgerald, Richard Canine, J. E. McDonald, J. P. Watson, William Hanna, Alexander Harper, Hudson Mid- dleton and Abijah O'Neal. "Wool Growing in Ohio. A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer in a long article on the sheep best adapted to Ohio says: "I have been a wool grower from my youth, and am grown old in the business, and have spared neither time, trouble or money, to procure the best kinds of sheep, and breed them to the best advantage. I have experimented with them from the finest wooled and most delicate Saxon, to the large and heavy framed and wooled French sheep. The conclusion I have come to is, that a fleece of 3 or 4 lbs. weight, grown on medium sized animals suits the Ohio Wool Grower better than those that produce no more than 2 or 2J lbs to the fleece, or than those that are said to yield from 12 to 30. Sheep bred to either of these extremes, is a strain on the nature of the animal, that costs more than it is worth to keep I think it would be wise for the farmers of Ohio to pay more attention to wool-growing and produce more wool of the best qualities, for it will be exceedingly advantageous to us as a State to have the best wool for the manufacturer, and the best sheep for those who wish to purchase. This will turn the attention of buyers to Ohio, instead of other countries where they get either fine, light fleeced Saxons, or overgrown French sheep."
Object Description
Title | Indiana farmer, 1854, v. 03, no. 17 (June 1) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA0317 |
Date of Original | 1854 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | United States - Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Date Digitized | 2010-09-27 |
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Description
Title | Page 257 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or non-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Digitization Information | Orignal scanned at 300 ppi on a Bookeye 3 scanner using internal software. Display images generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
Transcript | INDIANA FARMER. Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Mechanics and tne Useful Arts. D.p._n.««v,w.i.rennu.i RICHMOND, JUKE 1, 1854. . j^i-Ts?.?^.»•.*!¥:■• R. T. Reed.—Editon. Table of Contents. Page 253—National Cutle Shoir.Nevr process of making bread, Beneut of D tching. •• 250—Firming in Tennessee, Grafting Stone Fruit, Cement. " 2o\)—L irge crops of Wheat, Feeling Poultry, Sale of new Wneit. 11 261—Vitality of Seels, Putting Frozen Lambs in Warm Water, Ho lbs beaten " 252—Poisonous Plants. '• 253—To raise Giant Asparagus, Cure for Mange, Raising Calves—i new metho.l. Plan for growing Cucum hers, Profitable Stra.v:>erry Bel. •' 264—Fruit Prospects, Wheat Prospects, Springfield Cattle ShOiV, Answer to Enquirer, Spring Creps. " 265—Cruelty to Animals. Sowing Timothy Seed, Strawberries, -j-c. " 2S6—Important to Fruit Growers, Pruning Trees, Lice. ** 267—Suggestions on Potato Culture. Reme ly forpotato rot. " 26S—Hon' to commeoce Business, Protect the Little Birds, Prolits of Sugar Cnlture, Wonderful Calf, etc. " 269—Native Cattle for the Dairy, Western Apples. " 270—Fence Posts, Neir Quilting Frames. Small Potatoes. •' 271—Corn Culture,Gir.tens that Never Fail. *' 272—Evaporation of Manures, Discovery of Coffee. The leaves should be burned off in the fall, and the seed sown the following spring. Perhaps sowing the seed the same fall would answer as well. It is very difficult to set a woodland in grass, when it is covered in leaves. Blue grass, for woodlands, is strongly recommended, though other kinds might be sown with it. R. When to Deaden Timber. A correspondent whose communication appeared in our last, wishes to know when is the best time for deadening young timber, to prevent it sprouting from the roots. We have before us several articles on the subject, nearly all of which say that the proper time is when the sap runs freest, which is generally in the latter part of the 8th month (August.) Most of the articles before us run much like the following, from the pen of H. B. Palmer, in the Ohio Farmer: "In regard to the best time for cutting trees to deaden the roots and stumps, and prevent the sprouts and stumps from growing, I would briefly state that the best time is in the month of August, in the old moon, when the sign is in the heart, if it should so happen; or when the moon is smallest, if new; when it is nearest to the last quarter when the sign is as above mentioned. During the month of August a greater quantity of sap° is excluded from the roots, being in the body and branches of the tree, than at any other season of the year—therefore depriving the roots of the most important nutriment for sending forth sprouts. As whimsical as this may seem to you andthe numerous readers of your excellent paper, it is nevertheless true, and one trial will convince the most skeptical. This year the time for cutting will be best from the 20th to the 26th of August." The same correspondent also wishes to know what is the best plan for setting woodland in grass. This subject is treated at some length in a discussion before the State Board of Agriculture, in January, 1852. The plan there recommended is to cut off. the saplings and deaden the useless timber, leaving from fifty to ono hundred trees to the acre. Grass will do but little good in a thick woods, and it is difficult to get it started. Montgomery* County Agricultural Society". At a rogular quarterly meeting of the Montgomery county Agricultural Society, held on the 6th day of May, 1854, the following named persons were unanimously elected officers of said Sociaty* for the ensuing year: President—Jeremiah B. Durham. Vice Presidents—M. D. Manson, John Allen, John S. Beasly. Recording Secretary—Sam'l W. Austin. Corresponding Secretary—R. T. Brown. Treasurer—Francis H. Brown. Executive Committee—T; W. Fry) Preston McCormack, William McCray, T. H. Fitzgerald, Richard Canine, J. E. McDonald, J. P. Watson, William Hanna, Alexander Harper, Hudson Mid- dleton and Abijah O'Neal. "Wool Growing in Ohio. A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer in a long article on the sheep best adapted to Ohio says: "I have been a wool grower from my youth, and am grown old in the business, and have spared neither time, trouble or money, to procure the best kinds of sheep, and breed them to the best advantage. I have experimented with them from the finest wooled and most delicate Saxon, to the large and heavy framed and wooled French sheep. The conclusion I have come to is, that a fleece of 3 or 4 lbs. weight, grown on medium sized animals suits the Ohio Wool Grower better than those that produce no more than 2 or 2J lbs to the fleece, or than those that are said to yield from 12 to 30. Sheep bred to either of these extremes, is a strain on the nature of the animal, that costs more than it is worth to keep I think it would be wise for the farmers of Ohio to pay more attention to wool-growing and produce more wool of the best qualities, for it will be exceedingly advantageous to us as a State to have the best wool for the manufacturer, and the best sheep for those who wish to purchase. This will turn the attention of buyers to Ohio, instead of other countries where they get either fine, light fleeced Saxons, or overgrown French sheep." |
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