THE WISCONSIN FARMER.      7



portions of certain
are subject to const
   Articles of jeweir
 corative ornaments
 and a thousand oth
 of it.
   Another beautiful
 less beneficence of I
 umph of the Genius
   lmraovisio OLD P
 ricultural meeting it
 ard Dutton read a p
 of Cheshire," in wh
 pasture field, rich iD
 er be brought under t/
 ing farm, without
 our best dry soils,
 come rough, and in
 moss. This may be
 by a top dressing of
 the rate of lt) cwt. p
 a good dressing of I
 ly harrowing the an:
 pensive, stocking thi
 winter nmonths, at th
 with turnips or cot
 summer, or when a
 nate with his stock
 mow such parts of I
 ed for the purpose.
 say that on a very lar
 lands, draining and
 mesns of improvemt
 importance may be
 soils improved by
 pasture purpose r'
 is nothing in the her
 cates the presence of
 draining will add n
 such soils so long as

 FARM lIhDarS-HI
 among other varietie
 cnst * a plant worth
 for a farm hedge. It
 forming, in its naturt
 sine, and therefore w
 to form & hedge. So
 ed, perhaps from tc
 quires considerable
 close as the hawthorz
 come choked.  Dr.
 the most promising h
 Wm. Reid, Elizabethl
 fine hedges, is satisfie
 trial, that it is morn
 adapted for a farm fte
 that has yet been use
 expect to ha,. a goo,
 of this or any other p
 ed with, will be sor
Now Yorker.



kinds of machinery which
ant friction.
y of every description, de-
forrooms, watches, clocks,
er things are being made

I evidence of the measure-
the All-Giver-another tri-
of Science'
ArvURsu.-At a recent ag-
n Cheshire, England, Rich-
iaper on the " Agriculture
ich he remarked: -An old
n good herbage, zhould ncr-
keplou, on a dairy or grar-
an urgent necessity.  On
old pastures are apt to be-
seme cases covered with
prevente l to a great extent
salt, during the winter at
leracre; or. in some eases,
line, at the same time free-
rface: or what is less ex-
em with sheep, unring the
.e same time feeding them
n. In a very productive
farmer has been unfortu-
* he may with advantage
Lis pastures as can be spar-
It is superfluous for me to
rge proportion of onr grass
bone dusting are the great
ent. A question of some
asked: IAre all our clay
Iraining for mowing and
I think not. When there
bage produced which indi-
too much water, I think
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        Dilln Wheat-rtan Dill.
   For many years the drill hls been popular
in those European countries wherein agricul-
ture has flourished most. Uut its use in Amer-
ica, to any censiderable extent, has been limit-
ed to within the past few years. The principle
upon whioh the practice is founded is philo-
sophie, and its popularity must continue rapid-
ly to increase.
  We have repeatedly urged upon the attention
of our readers the advantages of drilling and
and must continue to do so until all have been
induced to make the experiment. The follow-
ing, from the American Agriculturalist, wll
show that we are not alone, among the jour-
nalists, in an advoeacy of this method of seed-
ing:
  "There is scarcely any operation of farming
concerning which practice, in different parts
of the country, varies more than in this. The
grain drill is a rare sight in New England, and
rare also In many parts of the Middle and
Western States and Canada. StiU wherever
its tute is common it is held in very high esti-
mation.  In saving seed alone, a drill more
than pays the interest on its cost. The risk of
winter killing is greatly diminished, and an
even seeding is readily secured.  In the fol-
lowing communication from Mr. A. Linton, of
Chester Co,, Pa., written In response to & re-
quest from ourselves, the advantages are very
simply and strongly set forth, and deserve the
attention of every wheat grower who does not
use the drill:



turuing to the ferLtiMy 01
they are in grass."                  THU use Or TH   DRILL.
                            To say anything advocating the use of the
ONzy LocUST.-We have, drill in sowing wheat In this section of the
s, suggested the honey lo- country, would be as superfluous as to discuss
ty of pretty general trial, the excellence of anthracite for feel, or the
is a strong-growin plant, utility of steam as a motive power. The use
*I condition, a tree6f good of the wheat drill is so nearly universal here
ill require severe pruning on all land where it can be used, that the sight
.me have tried it and fail- of a field sown in the old fashioned broadcast
oo close planting. It re- way is a rare occurrence.
room, and -if grown as   The advantages of drilling wheat may be
n or osage orange, will be- very briefly stated as follows: It distributes
Warder recommends it as the seed more evenly over the ground than is
edge plant we have; and generally done in broadcast sowing; the wheat
Vown, N. J., who has many is not so liablo to be thrown out by the freez-
d, after twenty-five years, ing and thawing which occurs here during the
e easily kept and better winter; the depth at which the seed is placed
ec than any other plant in the ground can be regulated to a certain ex
d. Those, however, who tent as the moisture or dryness of the soil ma1
d hedge, in a few years, require, to insure its speedy germination  t
lant that we are acquaint- takes less reed; the crops loot better and ripen
ely disappointed.-Rwral more evenly than if sown in the old fashloned
                         way; and lastly, the use of the drill insures a



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