Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-11-01

A TABLESPOONFUL OF salCpetre given 10
COW once day, for three or four days, Is an
efectual remedy for garget. frt
In London and Paris there is said to be
market place for toads which are brought
by market gardeners to destroy troublesome
bugs.
DAVID SMITH, of Sanborntown, New
Hampshire, has grape vine from which
he picked, last year, two thousand POUNDS
Of grapes. -~sEs ~<
A FARMER in New York has ten acres of
osier willow from which he netted $1,50O
this year. About one ton to the acre is con-
sidered a good yield.
AT discussion at the New York State
Fair. it was stated that hogs would thrive
well on whey alone-even without grass
but that they would not do this in cold
weather.
TEN or twelve years ago, two poor men
commenced stock raising in Nueces, Texas
Recently one of them sold part of his stock
to the other for $47, 900 in gold. So says
the Galveston NeuOs.
THE Rural New Yorker thinks a crop of
clover seed exhausts the soil more than the
crop which is cut for hay, and advises letting
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the second growth rot on the land, or feed
ing it off, unless some remuneration is made
to the land.
SAMUELsoNs' ROTARY DIGGER, an English
invention, is said to pulverize six acres OF
ground per day, to a depth of eight or ten
inches. 1t requires FIVE or sig horses and
two men, and digs space of three feet
at each passage.
T. C. PETERS, of Maryland, says the aver
age Of yield of wool from an ordinary flock
of sheep, will be about one pound to twenty
pounds of carcass, live weight, and that if
more is obtained it must be paid for in bet
ter care and keeping.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Germantown
TELEGRAPH recommends soaking shingles in
thick lime water for forty-eight hours or
longer, when first made. He knows Of
roof that has been in use twenty eight
years and is still in good condition, and at
tributes its preservation to this process.
BUTTER-Increase the quantity and quail
ty by feeding the cows with pumpkins, sur
plus cabbage leaves, beet, carrot, and tur-
nip tops, ETC., as the pastures fail. Pack q
full supply tor winter use. II properly
made, thoroughly worked, and stored with
care, butter made now will command an
extra price before spring.
POINTS OF Coop MILKER.-A correspon-
dent Of the Country Gentleman says: "In
selecting mixer, look well to the udder.
Before milking it should be wide and broad,
not hanging down like sack and hard
and shiny, nearly destitute of hair, and
what there is should be fine, short and
hxsn fho nd oh
be soft, and apparently skin-bag. If,
after milking, the udder is hard and full,
il shows that it has flesh and not milk, that
distends it."
Wool INFLUENCED BY FEED.-Sheep pre-
fer upland pastures, and great variety. 1t
has been proved that pasture has greater
influence than climate, on the fneness of
wool. Fat sheep yield heavier and coarser
fleece. The fine hocks of Western Penn
syIvania, when taken to the prairies of
Illinois, in the same latitude, will, in few
years, change their character. The guam
tity of feeces and size of the sheep will in
crease, but the tineness will not be retained.
Upland heritage is best for fine wool.
SELECTING SHEEP.-The most approved
form in sheep is general roundness of
should be broad. the ribs well arched, the
back and loins broad, fat, and straight;
the limbs should be short in proportion to
the body, the head small, the ears thin, the
skin soft and elastic, the wool soft to the
touch, thick, and coming well forward to
the face, but not covering it. The face and
forehead should be clothed with short hair,
and the eyes should have lively express
sion. ae
How TO CLEANSE A CIsTERN. simple
thing I have accidentally learned, and, if
not generally known, ought to be, relating
to stagnant, odorous water in cisterns
Many persons, know how annoying this
sometimes becomes. Afterfrequent cleaning
and other experiments, all to no permanent
utility, was advised to put say two pounds,
caustic soda in the water, and it purified it
in few hours. Since then, when I tried
what is called concentrated lye, had quite
a good result. One or both these articles
can be obtained at any druggist s.-E9-
change.
BEST KIND OF CoRN-HoUsE.-The evils
attending the courthouse, as usually con-
structed are-the amount of rain and snow
which drive in between the vertical siding,
necessarily open to admit air-and what is
far worse, the moulding of the corn next to
the floor, for want Of air.
Having occasion few years since, to
build corn house, adopted the following
method for avoiding these evils. First, the
frame was thickly studded, to receive hori-
zontal siding. Next-the siding was
capboards or common house siding, six
inches wide, and Tapped one inch and half.
To admit air, put thin board under the
lap ON each stud. 1t may be from one
quarter to one-half an inch, and two inches
square. Or perhaps better form is six
inches or the width of a siding in length
and two inches wide, slanting off the upper
end with draw-knife or shave. Strike
line on each siding for the lap, and tack the
blocks on to the line and stud above. A
little light snow will occasionally drive
through the creyices but will soon disap-
pear without sensibly wetting the corn.
To prevent moulding in the bottom, make
floor of boards three inches wide, with
space of an inch between. The flooring
should be over an inch thick. This kind of
flooring is only for the bins. The joists or
sleepers should be near together to support
il. On such floor you can make the bins
as you please.-Correpomdence Western
Rural
EARLY FArTENING The fattening season
soon commences. The philosophy Of in
crease of fat in animals is, that the digested
food not needed to supply waste in the sys-
tenn, is laid up in the form of fat around the
muscles. Judicious management in the
selection and preparation Of food, and..n the
time Of feeding, will greatly serve to in
crease this surplus matter. Early fattening
is by far the best The same amount of