Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-02-09
AGRICULTURAL.
gam, G.RpEs AAp HOUSEHOLD.

FARM, GlRDEs AND HOUSEHOLD.
IARoR IN ENGLAND. Farm laborers
in England get eleven shillings pei
week, and two quarts of cider per day
aud commence work at a. M and STOP
at IL D. m. This is the extreme
price for best hands ON an average. -
Ordinary hands get six shillings pen
week. snd one quart of cider per day,
and are paid weekly. No board is in
eluded, as in America, for laborers.-
An English shilling is equal to twenty
three cents in gold.
TEMPERATURES OF STABLES. MANY
suppose that the warmer they can
make their stables the better. Western
farmers are not prone to err on the
sunny side, IN this matter; but il is
quite possible, to make stables too
warm. In England 80 to 60 degrees is
the most approved temperature for
dairy COWS, and a lower temperature
for working animals. In this climate
to avoid Sudden extremes, the temper
ature should be kept much lower than
in England.
REGIONS IRREcLAIMABLY DRTERroR-
ATED. In his "Man and Nature" Mr..
Marsh says there are parts of Asia
Minor, of Northern Africa, of Greece,
and even of Alpine Europe, where the
operation of causes set in action by
man has brought the face of the earth
to a desolation almost as complete as
that of the moon; and though within
the brief space of time men call the
historical period, they are known to
have been covered with luxuriant wood,
verdant pastures and fertile meadows,
they are now too far deteriorated to be
reclaimable by man.
The PEAR BLIGHT.-A writer in the
Oneida Circular, who has charge OF
about thousand pear trees, gives his
observations on the canse OF blight
The orchard is divide into three parts,
on soils differing as to dGmpness. On
the lowest, dampest ground, not I'M
derdrained, large number of the trees
were blighted, and many were dead.
On land somewhat higher, and pretty
we'll underdrained, very few trees
were diseased, and none of them badly,
while the trees on high, rolling land
naturally drained, were perfectly
healthy.
HOG CHOLERA. u. Thompson;of Indis
ana, in the Western Rural, gives the fol,
lowing preventive and cure of this dis
ease: 81 would suggest if tar is smear
ed at the bottom of the troughs in
which the hogs are fed, In the propor-
tion of a pint to trough ten or
twelve feet long, and couple of oun-
ees of flour of sulphur, and some dis
solved saltpeter be mixed with food
daily for a week or more, and chloride
of lime sprinkled about the sleeping
places, hog cholera may be prevented
and cured.
BACKING IN THE STABLE.-A celebra-
ted veterinarian says that if a person
will stand for a few moments with his
toes higher than his heels, the pain he
will feel in the calves of his legs will ex-
plain to him the reason why horses
that are tied in stalls, try to find their
own level by standing across the stalls,
or backing as far as the halter will per-
NIT. In many places the floor slRnts
considerable so as TO throw off the
urine, aud the horse backs in order to
find the ascent on the other side of the
gutter.
PROPAGATION OF RooT PLANTS.
plants are freely grown from small
pieces of roots cut from the parent
plant. We think very few amateurs
are aware how easily they may increase
their stock of raspberries, lblackberries,
or of seeding pears, apples, ounces,
&c, by simple pieces of the roots
Early in spring, dig the earth away
carefully from around the tree or plant
that you wish to propagate; then, with
sharp knife, cut from the roots pieces
of from an inch to three inches long;
take them to a piece of well-prepared
ground, raked smooth on top; lay them
on it, at distances of three to six inches
apart; cover with an inch deep of clean
sand, and then about two inches of
peat muck, or light rotten leaf mold
Nearly every piece of root will grow, and
in the fall present you good strong
plants. -HOrticuhuriSt.
CURING LAMB SKINs.-A correspond
ent of the Country Gentleman gives
the following directions:
As soon as the skin is taken from the
animal, stretch it tightly on a board,
flesh side out; then, before 1T begins to
dry, / apply an equal mixture of fine
salt and alum, thoroughly pulverized
together, until the skin is slightly
whitened by the mixture. / then take
no further notice of the skins until /
want them for use, (which is always
few weeks from the time of applying
the mixture.) / then take them and
thoroughly wash them in warm soap
suds, let them dry moderately, and just
before they are fully dry, rub them
soft with my hands. After rubbing,
they are as soft and pliable as a kid
glove, and will continue so.
Another receipt is the following, as
we find it in an exchange: Wheat
-four, 20 parts; alum, 8 parts; salt, 3
parts. Pulyerize, mix and rub this
compound over the skin, after mailing
it out tightly. In about two weeks
rub the hide together and dress it off
with knife.
RECIPE FOR MAKING Corn BREAD
Eds. Prairie Farmer. compliance
with the request of your correspond
emit, ''An Old Virginia Gent" L send
him recipe which 1 obtained forty
years ago from lady whose reputa-
ton as caterer and hotel mistress was
unrivaled in the West. There is not
a cook in $50 that makes corn bread fit
for game fowls or hound dogs; it is
more the result of carelessnesS and in