, 1860-11-08

Ciaerns.-Now Is i good time for building
farm clsterns. From Two three feet of water
iu rain anu snow fall on an average all orcr Tire
face Of the Garth In this latitude, considerably
moro. From your roofs you t'au always ill
cisterne, IT you have them, aud there lay up Il
store Of water for dEy time. 1t is estimated
that barn thirty " forty feet supplies annu-
ally from its roof go barrels; or, nearly Two
and o half barrels for every DAY in the year
Many tar1ners have four times this amount Of
roof equal 10 ten barrels per dag. But ii all
this waier were collected, aud used only in tho
dry season, twenty OF thirty tarrels might b.
used daily L cislcsn ten feet in diameter anil
y feet deep, will hold 1Gs barrels. This Is
good size for barn cistcr1is. If vou want
more capacity, make two, or even f,ur-onea:
each corner Of the barn. Do you know how
to build good cistcrn: Dig the hole abou
SIX inches lrgcr, all around, than you want
the cistern; but. If the earth Is very compact,
your wall should not BE- less than six inchc;
thick When you arc ready, mix water li1nc
with twice Its bulk Of coarse, clear sanL au.l
plaster two or three coats over the bottom and
sides Use the mortar ~ fast as it is mixed.
Finish the top, from eighteen inches below the
furtacc, with double row Of bricks as ''hcaa-
ers," to support four incl1 plank covering;
and over that lay dry earth to prevent freezing.
i good farm cistern Is worth its cost every
year. DO not use lead lead pipe III cistern OF
rain water.
Curing G1:e7-The farmers of Aberdeen
shire, in Scotland, arc said to practice the fol-
lowing method Of curing their butter, which
gives t superiority over that Of their neigh
bore: Take TWO quarts Of the best common
salt, one ounce Of sugar, and one ounce Of
<altpctrc tnke one ounce Of this competition
for ono pound Of butter, work It We'll into tho
mass, and close it up for use. The butter
cured with this mixture appears Of q rich mar
rowy constituency aud Ene color, aud never
acquires brittle hardness nor tastes salty
Dr. Anderson says: II have eaten butter cured
with the above composition hat had been kept
three years, and it was as at first" Il must Ic
noted, however, that butter Thus currd Is to
stand three or four weeks before it is used
Il 1t Is sooner opened, tho salts are not fully
Of the nitrc viii be observed. Which totally
disappears aftcrward.
Tres Ifanssng.-lt is now the season for
fall tree planting. For our OWL rart, we pre-
fer the spring; but as there are many of .llf-
fcrent opinion, and rs spare time has some
thing to do with the matter, We shall offer
few suggestions Us to the care Of trees. As
soon As package of trees comes to hand, care
fully remove the covering; select dry soil,
and dig trench about two feet deep and wide
and long enough to receive all the tress; lay
them in, both tops and roots; pa, over them
abons thfee inches Of soil; wet the whole
tAotNA7AA}t "A&A - I'LL ~ sPI1uAltEa Ibi WE&a d
bucket; thcu put on four inches more soil. II
the trees arc very :aH, let them remain In
the trench week Or ten days. Choose
warm, moist, dark lay for settius out; hut, il
it 'stst be done in clear dry day, raise the tors
early In the morning, and afterwards take out
only one tree At once, Expose the =. OTIS as Ut
tie Is possible to tho ar. More trees are lost
from neglect Of this precautiou, than from III
Other mistakes In planting. i case In point:
some years ago gentleman received pack
age OF Trees from France. They came to hand
dry and apparently dead They were 80 far
gone that they broke easily, Their were,
merely as ~ experiment, buried as above dts.
tf1bed Here the ey were allowed to remain
nbont two weeks. They were found ewelled,
and the buds all full. Not half dozen Of the
lot died. Had they been planted in tho ordf-
nary way, not one would hare lived.
ftrrxood:-ln cutting the winters firerood,
carefully clear up, first all tree tops and fallow
Iees; secondly, crooked, -stunted, misshapen
trees. Take all these st-leave none Of them,
neiore you touch Straight, thrifty tree. The
west has not one trec to spa1e-uot QUE It IL
but few minutes' work to fen one; but a
century Is rtQni1ed to replace 1t. Spare the
trees. and -FOUR children viii bless you.
; rum loaa-Gathes up all your firm tools.
and put them away IN DRY Place till needed.
itis shame and rcproaeh to Western farm
ing-the common treatment Of implements uf
huabandry. And it is most ruInoue policy. It |
would be good tl,iug-cestajnly a deserved
punishment--fo publish In country ueEepa-
peEs Lists OF those who winter their reapers.
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