, 1862-02-06
ahe farmers Corner.

Of ordinary miguonette. This pot will pro
baby contain a tuft composed Of many
plants, produced from seeds. Pull up all
but one; and, as a mignonette is one Of the
most rustic Of plants, which may be treated
without any delicacy, the single plant that
IS leh in the middle Of the pot may be rig.
orously trimmed, leaving only one shoot.
This shoot you must attach to q slender
stick Of white osier. The extremity Of this
shoot will put forth bunch Of flower buds,
that must be cut of entirely, leaving not
single bud. The stalk, in consequence Of
this treatment, will put out q multitude Of
young shoots, which must be allowed TO de.
Velop freely, until they are about three and
half inches long. Then select out of
these, four, six or eight, according to the
strength Of the plant, with equal space be-
tween them. Now, with Q slender rod Of
white osler, or, better, piece Of whalebone,
make hoop, and attach your shoots to it,
supported at the proper height. When
they have grown two or three inches longer,
and are going to bloom, support them by a
second hoop like the first. Let them bloom
but take of the seed pods before they have
time TO form, or the plant may perish. It
will not be long before new shoots will ap
pear just below the places where the flowers
Wera From among these new shoots
choose de one on each branch which is in
the best situation to replace what you have
nipped of Little by little the principal
stalk. and also the branches, will become
woody, and your mignonette will no longer
be an herbaceous plant, except at its upper
extremities, which will bloom all the year
without interruption. Il will be truly
tree mignonette, living for an indefinite pc
Rod; for, with proper treatment, tree
mignonette will live from twelve to fifteen
years. have seen them in Holland double
Ills age.
CUTTINo OFF Cows TEATs.-Cows some
times have extra teats, giving little or no
milk, and often very much in the way Of
milking These may be readily removed,
IN the Boston CaltiVatOr, and We copy his
account Of one operation:
-eSnme four years ago, one Of my best
cows (then . heifer) had . teat, as large as
amnis thumb. close to one Of the hinder.
most teats. The calf would suck IT, but we
could not milk Il, because it was so small
and 50 close TO the large one. As such an
arrangement was very unpleasant when
milking. sentured to try an experiment at
removing the small one. The COW was tied
securely In the stall BY her head, and two
hind legs tied together, 50 that she could not
kick. Now, with the pliers, | twisted the
endsof piecs o. very small wire together,
after Il had been put around the teat close
% The roots or large end Of t. The wire
was twisted Up 20 tightly that all circula.I
iion was cut Of; and the b6ss Of IL healed
opuenfly. leaving no issue. That teat has
never given ns any trouble since. It never
prodncsd soreness In the uddeF, IS feared it
might, while the'wire was on Il, and after the
tsat dropped Of, healed in few days"
Posf Am Ran FEEcH.=The increasing
scarcity Of fencing materials has led to vari.
Gus economical devices and improvements
a de old heavy zig zae fences. and We notice
. anew one proposed By . correspondent Of
he Honssfsod q is 10 attach the rails Of
our old worn fences "a. posts like boards,
thus making fence as durable as boards,
and requiring only half the number Of posts
usually needed. The posts should Be set
firmly, 4 lca1t two and half ieet deep,
d1l 6dill end up, and with the widest side
81 he po1l1 IN the dirtctiOn thas the fence
runs. d tending % prevent heavlng and 70
resist lide pressure "A ridge Of earth, q
dot Or lrighiscn inches higb, running the
whole length Of the isnce, and directly un.
der 4 vii ave one rail each length. This
fidge may Be EASILY made BY CAST turning
two fhrrOvs together with plow, and then
laying other farIOy slices (grass side up)
81 ne lop of the fra two The rails may
Be attached to Tie posts with spikes Of pro.
pofrizs and length Three rnils over the
ridge Of ear.h, attached 20 the sides iof
polla, will usually. make Q fence sufficiently
hIth and substantial. Where there Is Z
scarcity Of rails, . strand Of fancsswire my
Be used IL lieu Of the top rail, or long pole
ia better. Of sufficient sire 70 Be split in
halves and spiked on 70 the tops Of the
posts. - -
caiiIs nay Be eduafed into almost any
thing A quiet COW may be converted into
skillfhl jumper in single season. The
iirlt requisite for such trimming is short feed,
FesnIliiie from overstocking. The second Is
low fences; and the third, tempting crops
of corn behind these Low fences. In the
spring grass l. usually good, and corn and
Other crops are small and uninvitlng; but
during this present period, when pasture
y dried up, the process often begins. One
Or two rails are accidentally knocked OF
blown from he fence; the quiet and orderly
animals stretch their heads over % reach o
morpel Of the tall grass; they throw down
looidontally two or more rails, and finally
lmp0ter. The owner drives them out as
ro1lne ihsy have learned the difference be-,
tween delicious food on one side and short
COMMONS on the other. and puts up rail.