Salt For Corn

J. B., Spring Mills, N. Y., wrote, telling how a large erop of corn was raised : " The ground, sand, gra velend loam, first bad thirty loads of manure. Then was plowed' eight or ten inches deep, thoroughly pulverized, then planted with the rows each way, spatting the hill with the hoe as planted : then, as soon as posgible after the planting was done, he appliíid a composition ot salt, gypsum and ashes, thoroughly mixed together, at the rate of one bushei of salt, two bushels of gypsum, and four bushels of leached ashes to two acres. The rows left without any of tlii composition were cut up, shocked and husked, as were the two adjoining rows by themselves, and both weighed. The result 38 per ceat. gain by the use of the eompositioo, and the increase in fodder was worth enough to more than pay the cost." Mr. Reade, - On sandy soil, I think within five years, salt will be used more extensively than any other fertilizer. Salt is yery good ■when ued with piaster and lime. Mr. Whitney - When salt is applied to sandy land, it decomposes, and furms hydroohloric acid, which dissolves the silica of of the soilr and prepares it for absorption by the plant. This silica givcs stiffnese and gloss to the stalk, and also forms an essential part of the kernel. Iu England, alt is used as a manure for mangel wurael, a tfee rate af frem 300 t-500 pounds to the acre. The smaller quantity generally prodnees the best resulta. It is a valuable top-dressingfor rich lands where the grass grows rank. No reliance is to üe placed upon its use for cereal, or upon stiff clay soil. It will be well for farmers to try experiments with salt mixed with ashes, lime, piaster, barn-yard manure and cubic nitre. Mr. Williams - The Pennsylvania frait-growers seem to think tbat the use oí aelt) nurseries keep the trees in a healtby coQC&tion, and prevente blight. Not long ago a gentleman had occasion to regrove bis littíe son, aged four and a half years. for an offenae which had no "ther occasions called forth words of corction. The parent closed with, "Uow, Villie, I don't want to speak to you gain about this!" which was proiaptly isponded to as follows: "Well, pa, I oeon't want you to " Thcro was nothg further to be said, but the fother bas ncludcd the boy needs watching. Wm. S. Parmelee, President of the First 'ational Bank at Toungstown, Ohio, was lot by his wife's cousin, James Payne' gt Tuesday, inflicting only a nesh ound. An old family feud is said to bc tho hottom of the act.