The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-05-16
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J Lime as a Manure. Mr. Towers, in the
Farmers Magazine, thus sums up the qualities
Iofquicklime
l. Ifapplied to green vegetables quite hot
nom the kiln, 1t will destroy the tissue and car
9onize the substance, itself being brought into
the state of mild line or chalk
2. AS powdered or air Stacked lime. IT will
idrectly kill Slugs and mouscan vermin, act
ing by its peculiar attraction tor water
o. AS an alkah it will neutralize acids of ev-
cry description, and hence is peculiarly useful
II busted over trees infested with lichens.
4. lbs affinity for humic acid is predominant,
3 as we nave seen; and therefore it becomes a
speclnc remedy wherever there is redundancy
| OF inert decayed vegetable remains.
3. According to high chemical authority. it is
/, capable of liberatipg potaRsa from clay and
granite rocks and of setting 1t at liberty from
It's combination of flint as an insoluble siciate
OF potassa
.. 1t is a mistake TO suppose that quick lime
renders vegetable and animal remains soluble.
These substances are partially soluble, as we
have seen in the three alkalis; but the precipi-
tate formed by the addition of lime is not solu-
Die Or at any rae, it is so far fixed that it will
f remain long quiescent in the ground, from which
Ii can only be taken in very small quantities,
ana by slow degrees, according to the capacity
; OF the vegetable for such food. Lime then acts
as antidote OF redundant humous matter attract
J lng and liking its acid as an innocuous humate.
Setting Fence Posts Setting fence posts
i'll an inverted position has been frequently re-
Z commended. The following is from the Gene
! lsec Farmer -
! About thirty years ago, I, to test the thing,
split two bar posts, side by side, out of a chest
Inn lf,p 'lnt isrl+ to-
, es wide, and three thick One end / set butt
down, the other top down. At the end of ten
years, the one set in butt down, was rotted off
and reset it in the same hole. At the end Of
SIX years 1t was rotted Off again, and | put in
new one. The other lasted four years longer
when it got split into, and l took it out and it
was about Two thirds rotted of. Sixteen years
ago, set six pair of bar posts all split out Of
the but5 cut Of the same white oak log One
pair set butt dow.i another pair one butt down
the other tcp down. -Four years ago, those set
butt down were rotted Off, and had to be re-
placed by new ones. THIS summer had occa-
sion to reset those that were set top down, /
found them ali sound enough to be reset. My
, experiments have convinced me that the best
way is to set them tops down. VIM. HOWE.
Self fastening Door Catch.-F. M. Ba-
keI, If Centre County, Penn, writes TO the
American Agrculturst that the following was
, cont1ved On rainy day, by one who was often
annoyed BY the tapping OF The small barn door
against the side Of the barn Push the door
back against the side Of The barn, and with an
inca augur bore hole Though the weather
boarding and door; the augur striking the door
an inch or Two from the edge, and midway from
top to bottom. Fasten a pm tightly into the
hole IN Inc door, thin it little so as to pass ca
silly through The hole in toe weather boarding,
2 letting 1t extend through two inches or more
fIF q 9tEl in vlln 14f,l Il, 81.
enough TO receive woo en- spring. Taper the
PA from the lower edge TO the notch SO that
Inc spnng VIII slide into It. FasteD the wood
e" FpHng, made for the purpose, at a suitable
distance inside Of the barn, and it is done, If
q door % accidentally Left open, the first gush
5 OF wind viii drive il back against the side and
the spring III The inside siding into the notch
IL the pin, iastcns the door.
Low TO Work up Poor Fodder. The
" orklng Farmer says That III time OF scarcity
when it becomes necessary to feed hay and
straw and cognstaks, which have become slight
~ mouldy, and SO unsayory that cattle will not
toach them, The quality may be materially i'm
, proved ana rendered palataUle by steanng them
thoroughly This Will carry off the foul favors
with the vapors, while inc condensed portion
may be suffered TO run out at the bottom of the
steam ng vessel, holding in solution much mat
tor which should be got lid Of The Enplish
uutil it is free from smell and then 10 mix il
"ith puIped or sliced roots; when The steamed
nay Is also thoroughly chatfed the results are
silI betteri sometimes II slight busting Of lin
seed cake is added salt IN small quantities and
occasionally porIidge is made OF fhe linseed
hieai ana added to tbo mes. Cooked Indian
meai wlii be much better whenever food of an
h.e'Ior quality ls given 70 an animal
Training steers.-It is a wei known fact
thar blindness viii sub ne even the most ford
cioUs Of animals; by a little kindness thew win
ge5 over their feeling Of fear ard become yei.tIe
afd 1bedient. In order to meet with success
IN training steers they should be treated kind
~, AID let them know that they are not TO be
bart and half the work Of breaking them
Is done Give then occasionally few ears of
corn, or some cate, etc. then bring the woke
into he yard snd let them see it, and smell IT,
before II is placed upon their necks as this will
iaacb them that there is nothing to fear from IT,
After placing the yoke upon their necks, be
very gentle with them take hold OF tho bow.
| ana turn them about the yard Til. plan should
/ be performed a short time, when ttey can be
taken out and hitched 10 a small log ana after
earning them to haul log. they can be put
/ before sled aud very soon they will be under
good discipline southern Homestcad
che Women Ought &c RebeL-We've no
risbt to ask them 10 bake and steam and stew
eternaily, when better favored dish, all pre-
Jared, can be found on a pear, peach plum ap-
! pie or cherry tree. Read what Dr. Hall saws.
aud there is perhaps no higher authority among
us -
There is scarcely an article Of vegetable
food more widely useful aud more universally
loved than lie applr, Why every farmer in the
| nation has not an apple orchard is ore Of the
mysteries Let every family lay in from two or
| ten or more barrels, and it viii be to themsthe
most economical Investment ia the whole range
Of cUnar'es.
| raw, mellow apple, is digest in an hour
and half; while roilcd cabbage renuires f,a
hours The most healthfaI dessert which can be
placed on thc table, is baked apple. If taken
freely at breakfast, with coarse bread and but
ter, without meat or flesh Of any kind it has an
admirable effect on the general system, often
| removing constipation, correcting acidities, and
cooling oil iebrlie conditions, more effectnalIy
than the most approved medicines
If families could be induced so substitute the
apple, sound. ripe and luscious, for the pies,
cakes and candies and other sweet meats with
which their children are too often indiscreetly
stuffed there would be diminution in the sum
total of Doctors bill in a single year, sufficient
TO lay in stock Of this delicious fruit for a
whole seasons use.
Smooth Hands for Dishwashers.
IN saucer, corn meal and vinegar, and when
work is DONE and triao Of soap has dore irs
Office rub your bends faitbfullywitb teaspoon
full Of this mixture. Rinse off and rub your
hands TIL dry and the softpess Of your hands
viii repay you. Should Bluebeard sugoest tba
idea os waste Of meal, suggest in return the
argument that you can hem his cravat in half
the time, and III warrant you he II Law back in
to his easy chair, and puff composedly his five
dollar meeTsc haum.
Wild Cherry Bark cut into old cider will give
you an appetite.
Drowned Cofee.-The white of one egg
stirred iato each pound Just before it gets cold
after roasting, will clarity it sufficiently for the
| table, when ground and boiled