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Old Fashioned Agrarian Advice

Waterproof Leather

Take Linseed Oil one lb. Beeswax six ounces, mutton suet eight ounces, melt the whole together slowly, rub the composition well upon boots and shoes; soles as well as upper leather.

Tanning Leather

An eminent tanner in Poland, has ascertained that the leaves of the oak are equal to the bark, in tanning leather; provided they are used in the month of September, when they possess a bitter sap, which they afterwards lose.

Star in a Horse's forehead

Take pickled mackerel and confine it on in any shape you please, three or four days repeating, and it will produce a white spot.

Rub the white saddle spots, on a horse's back, a few times daily in the spring of the year, before the coat is shed, with bacon grease, and it will restore the natural colour.

Butts in a Horse

Bleed in the mouth; in about an hour or two after the blood is stopped, pour down two ounces of alum dissolved in a quart of cider, warmed.

Potatoes

Plough a deep furrow, place a quantity of cut straw or old hay in the furrow, and lay the seed potatoes on it and cover as usual. The potatoes will be of better quality. It has been proved, that one large potatoe put into a hill is preferable and more productive than cutting them in the usual way.--Pick off the blows and balls.

Corn Stalks

Do not be in haste to cut your stalks, until they loose their deep green color, begin to turn yellow and become dry at the top end; the sap of the upper stock is absorbed and is necessary to the growth of the ear; by cutting too early you will loose more in grain than is gained in fodder. When corn is frost bitten, cut it up by the roots, tye it in small bundles and stook it.

Spring Rye

Sow a peck of oats, with a bushel of spring rye to prevent blasting, it is easily separated from the rye by a good winnowing mill. This has been proved.

Fall Ploughing

By ploughing land in the fall, intended to be planted the next season, the weeds, are turned in and grub worms and eggs are destroyed.