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INDIANA FARMER. Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Mechanics, and thc Useful Arts- D. P. Holloway,? W. T. Dennis, f, Editors. RICHMOND, IND., OCT. 15, 1851. Volume J, Number 5. "Dig deep and you'll find Treasure."—An old man on his death-bed told his sons, who were not very industrious, that he had buried ' all his money in a certain field, (which was Promptness—Owing to the increase of business in our office, we have found it impossible to work off the Farmer promptly, on our hand press. We are endeavoring to procure one which will facilitate our press work, and if] the poorest on the farm.) successful>ill be more prompt. For the present As soon as the old man was decently butt will be observed that we have dated this num- ried, the boys commenced their search after the ber the 15th of October, instead of the 15th of hidden treasure, and in the course of their September. It will be no loss to our subscri- search subjected the whole field to the action bers, as we will make up the full volume of 26 \ of the spade and pick-axe, numbers. Tomato Butter.—Remove the skins in the ordinary manner—boil the pulp until it becomes smooth—add one gallon of molasses to each gallon of pulp, and boil to the proper consistency. We have tried it—do you do the same. but without avail. After the search was abandoned, the field was planted in corn, when from the deep digging and pulverization, the crop was a treasure indeed. Editorial Chit Chat. We have been intending as soon as the corn crop had fairly matured, to give our readers a little history of our first experiment in subsoil plowing for corn. Our soil is of upland Lime on Potatoes.—Mr. John Conley, of Beechclay compact, very retentive of mois- this place, informs us that something like ten ture> very hard and irnpenetrable when dry, of weeks since he discovered the rot was destroy- a whuish appearance, and generally acknowl- ing his potatoes to such a degree, that but a .edged by our neighbors to be "poor thin land." few weeks continuance would destroy his whole j The field experimented upon was one which crop. He obtained some air slacked lime, and sprinkled it freely over the vines, which had the effect to entirely stop the rot, and his po tatoes are now healthy and sound. If lime should prove a specific for this disease, it will prove of incalculable benefit. Has any other person in this neighborhood tested this remedy ? Water for Cattle.—We last month noted the fact that a farmer in this county was in the habit of fattening cattle without permitting them to drink water. In confirmation, Isaac Gauze, of this vicinity informs us that he tried tie experiment a few years ago, on the recommendation of an experienced cattle drover, has been in use for twenty years, and had been latterly (before coming into our possession) treated on the Homeopathic system of farming, which consists generally in putting nothing on in the way of manure, and getting nothing off in the way of crops, above the cost oj" tillage. It had lain in clover for two years, but the clover was like the dandy's whiskers, "extensively laid out but thinly populated ;" in many places no traces of it remained. In March we sub-soiled the field to an average depth of fourteen inches, with the exception of two intervals which we left to ascertain the effect. The ground was harrowed, marked ,,,.., , out and planted in the ordinary manner, four and that for s.x or e.ght weeks he omitted dri- feet each way. The corn came up ,very regu. v.ngh.s cattle to water, and that they fattenedharly and even> and received n0 injury from full as well under this regimen as they did when {the worms, excepting one of the pieces not watered freely. We are also informed by a i butcher of this place, that he has killed quite a number of cattle fatted in this way, and has) .uniformly found the tallow more firm and solid than those fatted where they had access to j water. ; sub-soiled, which was nearly half «ut off up to the very furrow where the »urj-soiling was : resumed. The crop was regularly worked with the Cultivator alone, and was very loose and in fair tilth during thc whole summer. The crop was very even, until the first of July, •«n„ f,™„ .T,n„u u ,v t , , . i when the sub-soiled portions of the field iSo Urmer should allow the reproach of neglecting , .. education to lie against himself or family; if knowledge seemed to be sending up stronger and larger ^Z"i£ito$c?&$.£ 8h°uld bec,r'y ""^P1*} stalks with broader and darker colored leaves.
Object Description
Title | Indiana farmer, 1851, v. 01, no. 05 (Oct. 15) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA0105 |
Date of Original | 1851 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Coverage | United States - 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 not-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Indiana State Library |
Date Digitized | 2011-02-14 |
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Title | Page 65 |
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 thc Useful Arts- D. P. Holloway,? W. T. Dennis, f, Editors. RICHMOND, IND., OCT. 15, 1851. Volume J, Number 5. "Dig deep and you'll find Treasure."—An old man on his death-bed told his sons, who were not very industrious, that he had buried ' all his money in a certain field, (which was Promptness—Owing to the increase of business in our office, we have found it impossible to work off the Farmer promptly, on our hand press. We are endeavoring to procure one which will facilitate our press work, and if] the poorest on the farm.) successful>ill be more prompt. For the present As soon as the old man was decently butt will be observed that we have dated this num- ried, the boys commenced their search after the ber the 15th of October, instead of the 15th of hidden treasure, and in the course of their September. It will be no loss to our subscri- search subjected the whole field to the action bers, as we will make up the full volume of 26 \ of the spade and pick-axe, numbers. Tomato Butter.—Remove the skins in the ordinary manner—boil the pulp until it becomes smooth—add one gallon of molasses to each gallon of pulp, and boil to the proper consistency. We have tried it—do you do the same. but without avail. After the search was abandoned, the field was planted in corn, when from the deep digging and pulverization, the crop was a treasure indeed. Editorial Chit Chat. We have been intending as soon as the corn crop had fairly matured, to give our readers a little history of our first experiment in subsoil plowing for corn. Our soil is of upland Lime on Potatoes.—Mr. John Conley, of Beechclay compact, very retentive of mois- this place, informs us that something like ten ture> very hard and irnpenetrable when dry, of weeks since he discovered the rot was destroy- a whuish appearance, and generally acknowl- ing his potatoes to such a degree, that but a .edged by our neighbors to be "poor thin land." few weeks continuance would destroy his whole j The field experimented upon was one which crop. He obtained some air slacked lime, and sprinkled it freely over the vines, which had the effect to entirely stop the rot, and his po tatoes are now healthy and sound. If lime should prove a specific for this disease, it will prove of incalculable benefit. Has any other person in this neighborhood tested this remedy ? Water for Cattle.—We last month noted the fact that a farmer in this county was in the habit of fattening cattle without permitting them to drink water. In confirmation, Isaac Gauze, of this vicinity informs us that he tried tie experiment a few years ago, on the recommendation of an experienced cattle drover, has been in use for twenty years, and had been latterly (before coming into our possession) treated on the Homeopathic system of farming, which consists generally in putting nothing on in the way of manure, and getting nothing off in the way of crops, above the cost oj" tillage. It had lain in clover for two years, but the clover was like the dandy's whiskers, "extensively laid out but thinly populated ;" in many places no traces of it remained. In March we sub-soiled the field to an average depth of fourteen inches, with the exception of two intervals which we left to ascertain the effect. The ground was harrowed, marked ,,,.., , out and planted in the ordinary manner, four and that for s.x or e.ght weeks he omitted dri- feet each way. The corn came up ,very regu. v.ngh.s cattle to water, and that they fattenedharly and even> and received n0 injury from full as well under this regimen as they did when {the worms, excepting one of the pieces not watered freely. We are also informed by a i butcher of this place, that he has killed quite a number of cattle fatted in this way, and has) .uniformly found the tallow more firm and solid than those fatted where they had access to j water. ; sub-soiled, which was nearly half «ut off up to the very furrow where the »urj-soiling was : resumed. The crop was regularly worked with the Cultivator alone, and was very loose and in fair tilth during thc whole summer. The crop was very even, until the first of July, •«n„ f,™„ .T,n„u u ,v t , , . i when the sub-soiled portions of the field iSo Urmer should allow the reproach of neglecting , .. education to lie against himself or family; if knowledge seemed to be sending up stronger and larger ^Z"i£ito$c?&$.£ 8h°uld bec,r'y ""^P1*} stalks with broader and darker colored leaves. |
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