Litchfield enquirer., 1863-06-04
WHOLE NO. 1885

The Farm, Garden and Household. The management of pastures has recently been the subject of discussion in meeting of the Mapping, (Mass) Farmsrs Club. No branch of farming is so much neglected as pasturing. and no part of the farm will pro- duce greater profit. One of the spsaksn said:
 He knew of pasture which, ten years aeo, was valued at $10 an acre, but hy cutting the brush. and sowing the plaster and ashes, t is valued at $40 per acre. Another pasture has bee n greatly improved by the application of several bushels of ashes, eight bushels of hen manure, and several lbs. of plaster, thorough. y mixed, and sowsd in May, on IA acres, and the pasture would keep twice the number cf cows 1t would before this method was adopted. IL seems to be the general opinion that plaslss was the principal renovator. but some thought the beneficial effects of plaster depended vsry much upon the soil One member had applied l it to light, stoney soil. with but little bsne6k, but on the clay soil its effect was lasting. One stated an instance of plaster being soWn % clay side-hill and the effectwas percsptibleat quite distance and for several years" ,..r,
 Every spring numerous enquiries srs made how to protect vines from bugs. A frmss tells us what he did:
 "Aftsr having been away from the farm iss some years, am, for the last four years baek again, and remembering the advice given, ,lss when boy, have soaked my melon and ca. cumber seed in soot and water, and with nc the result has been healthy and productive vines, entirely free from bugs" %s-l faal A gentleman in Worcester, who knows, says that if persons wish to have their potatoes keep good until new ones come they should keep them in cool place in the cellar. in bar rels covered up tight and not pull of tks sprouts only as they want them for daily pss. Some people bring their potatoes up from ths cellar in the spring, and expose them to tAs light and air, and keeps the sprouts pulled cE. which injures them very much. It mskes them tough, and almost worthless. t An exchange offers the following ssmsEks on the subject of entrants, and the propsr way to cultivate them: ''-
 "No fruit gives more generous return than the currant and though it will grow in d. most any soil, yet, to have the real 6ne fruit. the ground should be well prepared by boun- tiful manurng, with well rotted stable manure, and deep and thorough pulverisation. aI "In planting the roots should have plenty of room that they may be spread out in their natural position, and the earth carefully drawn around them, 80 that after the groun1 is settled, they will be no deeper than when they stood in the nursery. No plant or shrub suffers more from cramping the roots, and deep plant ing may be done either in spring or fall if in l the latter season, small mound of earth should be raised around the bush as . proteo- ton against wind and frost. -.
 "This fruit requires much more room than is generally allowed to it. For large planta- tions the rows should be five to six feet apart, and the bushes three to four feet apart in the rows this will admit of the horse eultivatoe without danger of rubbing of the fruit. 5a
 Mulching with long straw manure or fer- ,nented saw dust, is cheap way of keeping down the weeds, and the ground loose. II the bushes are not mulehed, they should be plough ed two or three times every season, that the ground may be kept loose, and the weeds kept down; and in the fall, whether mulched or not a good supply of well rotted manure should be placed around the bushes, to worked in, in the spring" -,ge 1l.. egas ae.s iHaI A correspondent who enquiries for washfOr roofs, fences, etc., is informed that common lime wash fully charged with salt and glue. and tinged with yellow ochre. forms one of the most excellent preparations for that purpose; It is applied with whits-wash brush, aud will need repeating once in four or five yesrssr;
 If you would prevent iron from rustilgMsrm your iron till you cannot bear your hand oa it without burning yourself. Then rub nLNish new and clean white wax. Put 1t again toitha fire till it has soaked in the wax. When done. rub it over with piece of serge. This pss. vents the iron from rusting after wards. ia's' Here is a sure rule for cooking eggs: ii
 |" Put them in cold water; when the watsr bos take out your eggs, and tAey will be found ! just right, unless you require them boiled hard. If so, let them cook for half an hour, and they will digest much sasier, and be fband more pala.able than the waxylike eggs gone rally brought on for hard boiled" .,., -.,s
 To remove grease from wool.n goods, taks I ounce of pulverized borax,and half an ouncs of gum camphor, put it into one quart Of boiling water, then bottle, and it will hs found inyala. able for removing grease spots or dirt from sll woolen goods. s-s sss..,
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