The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-05-11
FARMERS COLUMN.
PREPARING POULTRY FOR MARKET.

cut of the head OF turkey or goose, OUT
hang them b. the heels where they cannot
bruise themselves in the death struggle,
and stick them with a small knife and
bleed them 10 death Ducks and COM
mon fowls, If decapitated, should be held,
tied or hung up to bleed to death. Never
kill your birds with full crops, YOU will
| loe more than you gain in weigh.
Never strange them SO as to leave much
blood in. The best plan is TO tie all kinds
of birds 10 a line drawn from post 10 post
or tree to tree, and stick them just in the
forward part of the neck. You may pick
all sorts of birds dry, if you dent tear
The skin, and YOU must scald them after
wards by dipping them suddenly in and
out boiling water. Don't scald the legs
too much whether you pick first or after
wards. Be careful OF that. You must
pick them clean, and this after scalding
makes them look plump and good. Never
freigh, on intestiues, because meat cannot
be kept swee. long after they are drawn
and the air admitted inside OF the body.
1t is practice Of some of the best poul-
trymen after the birds are plucked to
plunge them suddenly into boiling water,
and then Immediately into cold water.
This gives them clean plump appearance
and makes them look tat if they are IN de-
Gently good condition when killed.
Nothing, however, can make a poor
bird look we'll, while i'll dressing will make
the best look poor Lay the birds upon
clean boards in cold room, till perfectly
cool but not frozsn as at all times, espec
tally when there is probability OF damp,
close weather. great care must be taken
that the animal heat is out Of them and
then pack in boxes with clean rye and oat
other; about three hundred or four hun
dred pounds 10 box, filled full mark the
contents OH a paper inside, and on the I'D
outside. and dirac, it TO your commission
me, chant plainly, and send it by express,
and the invoice by mail Chicago fruit
Dealer.
SELECTING SEED Com 80 When seed
| corn has not been saved In autumn"
writes Al experienced person, it should
be selected from the crib with much care.
Choose The long ears with large kernels
and small cob. Let every cay be broken
IN two before slellng. If the rith and
cob be bright, tie seed will vegetate, but
if they appear to have been watel>soakeG,
aud are dark colored and somewhat
moulIy, the vitality OF the germs has
been il jured, if not en,irely destroyed.
Then, with an ak, cut of An incb Of the
top end OF the ears selected, and all the
irregular kernels at the large end They
can be cut quicker than shelled ctf. The
SINAI! kernels on the Tip, and he irregular
ones on the butt Of the ear will no. pro-
luce az much or as handsome grain AZ
those that grow in the middle of the cob.
by continuing TO plant the small kernels
Of the little ends OF ears, for few years
in succession the ears will be shorter and
the kernels smaller; al! The irregular
keinas OF the butt end will produce ears
destitute Of krrDas in rows for a few sue
cessive ears, and the product is short,
thick ears, the kernels IN irregu' ar form,
not in rows, or large cobs. Nhen seed
corn is Obtained from an other parl OF the
country, it viii usually lipen earlier when
carried south Of the locality where ii grew
A few riieS however, would make no pre-
cep;i bie difference Toe PRACTICE Of
some farmers in Central New y ork is, ~
obtain seed that grew near the shores OF
lakes in! river, winch had ripened ten or
fifteen days before that grown on the up
and. By tbs meat 5 their corn Is usually
lii 10 cut up a few days sooner than it
wonId havv been if they had planted their
tIOS,s"
C2tFrING
Apple trees may he grated any time
before they blossom, but little earlier is
preferable. A skiIlul CRATER calculates
the future tor:n Of his Tree with the pre-
cisiun O! an architect. With a large
tree, the limbs should be all tax en- off ex
cept those 10 be grated These should
be like the arms Of an umbrella, of equal
@noth if possible The tree should be
cultivated low, to avoid the effect Of
storms in shaking off the fruit. Limbs
from one TO three inches may be grated.
They should DE cut off where the limbs
are free from knots and will split we'll
Split as little as possible, and let the scion
be Tilted into the stock bark to bark. Then
put on the wax, taking care completely
to cover the end Of TIE grated limb,
. and press the wax well into the cracks
, at the sides the full length of the split.
Make all water tight about the scion aod
the work is done. Examine from time
to time and see if the heat starts the wax.
} Keep all tight and you may be as sure Of
of good fruit as you can be of any crop
planted. Keep of all suckers they will
rob the scions. which need rapid growth
that The wourd made be healed quick, or
else rot will set in and defeat your labor.
, EvERGREESs FOR PRoTEcTIoN.-I have
tried various modes of protecting tender
rose bushes. and various half-hardy plants
but have never found anything so useful
as the branches Of the white pine, hemlock
and spruce. When laid over the plant
they break the force Of the wind, prevent
dessicatiop, and allow it that free breath.
ing space which it needs. Most of the
plants uncovered look as plump and
healthy as they did when covered. About
three hundred yesrling peach trees came
out with the same good looks. They are
plump and Of natural color to the ends Of
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