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.