The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-04-13


pounds por aero, with roots from twenty
30 twcnty-sx mchcs long. II sucli crops
can bo grown in this country, thoy will be
All advantageous substitute for clover as u
green manme.-7h IVorkiHg Farmer.
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" sweet IHCrbS"-A Timely Hint.
Certain aromatic plants not food in thcnl-
solvos, but used to lhvor and mako other
Sod more agreeable, arc called sweet hcTbs.
Thoso are more or loss usod in cVory fam
lily, aud it is much cheaper to raso than to
buy them, and they may bo had thus Of
better quality than as usually found in tho
slwps. Sage aud thyme are perennial, but
tlCy will give n moderate CROP tho first
year from tho seed. Sage may bo trans
planted to a foOfap each way, and Thyme
to half that distance. After the first ycar
tiio stock can bvincroased bydipiding the
plants, or by cuttings. Summer SavOry,
Sweet Majoram, aud Sweet Basil arc the
most generally cultivated annual herbs
The seods mo all very small and should he
sown shallow, in very fncsoil and watcred
il tho weather is dry. Tho plants may bo
tlinnod out to thrco inches, or DO trans.
planted 20 that distance in rows foot
npart. All thoso aromatic plants arc cul.
tivated for their leaves and should be cut
just rs they come into flower. Sage aud
Thyme do not generally blossom the first
year. These should bo cut before frost.
They should all DO gathered on u dry day
and tod in small lunches, or spread TO
dry in tho shade, in an airy room After.
ward, strip from tho stems and keep in
close boxes or cans. Parscly, though not
belonging to the sweet horbs should not
be forgotten, rs il is always in request in
tho kitchen as q Aayoring Ingredient for
soups, stcwsr and sauces, and as n garnSh-
ing or ornament to dishes of moat and ii'h.
Tho double curled is tho handsomcst va
Pety, and though not as strong as tho plain
N generally preferred Tho seod il SOW
eral weeks in sormihathrs; it should be
sOwn in april, in light, rich soil, in drills u
foot apart, and thiuncd out to six inches.
A portion may he sown in the summer for
keeping over winter, which may bo done
by n covering of litter or cedar boughs,
Plants may bc takop up Oufl set in box or
tub otoarthy in light collar, where they
will grow ami afford supply for winter
nse; or tho leaves may be gathered and
carefully dricd--.tmcricR Tgric,di,a.isk
GAZE OF DAIRY Cows,--.k writer com.
mcnts as follows on ono point of this sub
joct: Dairy cows should receive their food
atregnlar intervals ; their milk should be
drawn Mt stated hours, and by quiet gentle
Mixers and they shonlh DO treated at all
times with tho greatest kindness. In short
every means in the power of dairy farmers
should bc used to insure their tranquility
Harsh treatment also eXerts very miuri
aus action on the milk, rendoriug il less
buttcry and more Liable to acidity. Respir.
alton is species OF combustion. At every
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which imites with AMI consumes tho fatty
matter of the TODD. Whom cows are wor
ried or driven too rapidly, they breathe
more frequently, inhale more oxygen, and
moro of the buttery portion Of thor food il
consumed leaving less to be converted into
Hihk.ttA 10
1t is well known to all experienced dairy.
men that their cows yield more on pleasant
days, or when they have the run of warm
we'll sheltered pasture than on cold, bleak
panSates.-- Working ftomcy.
TENPARkrrBE or rlE SoIm-If no other
argument could be deducedin favor of I'M
derdraining, the fact that it etn,Aias th,
temperature during the season OF growtl
would be enough 10 recomcnl il. ThJ
temperature of water issuing from unde
drail's as compared with the temperatur,
" tno SNll NJ lNe same lCNel, SHOWS tla
darng its passage il parts with heat whicl
must rise upward, During the cntir,
IRonth of Apra the sod is much warmer a
night than tho air, although perhaps some
what colder during tho day. The averag,
ofhs teHsp,atnre however, is much high
eT IL u drained ,.,.t IN uudmined field
20 HOUSEWIVES. One Of the best bleach
iDg and emolheut agents that can ho em
ployel in washing, either the person o
clothing, is common refined horaX |
should be dissolved in hot wa,er at tn
rate of half pound to ten gallons a grca
saving in soap is effected by It's use. Tn
borax should be pHlyerized first. IL ma
bo procured in the form OF crystals at ai'
druggists, and can loo powdered with
rolling pin or hammers il viii not njnr
the most delicate fabric and aces or ot
or hno tissues may be washed in u soluGo
OF boraX, with manifest advantage TO thei
color and consistency,
KINDNESS TO MmcH Cows 1t is q grcg
error to whip, beat or kick COW dnrin
milking, because she happens to be restles
aud hlquiet. II docs no good and i'm IN
and tho COW becomes afraid OF the pcrso
who is ia the lL,bit at so doing, aud rapid
becomes worse instead OF Detior. Tire,
Tile COws Kindly ike All other animals