Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-06-27
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THE Dutch Government has ordered
Z, 1000 head of cattle to be shot and buried
in a single week to prevent the spread OF
the cattle disease. The owners resisted in
some instances, and men were killed and
two wounded by the soldiers.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Americaaa
AgracuttnTlst says that rats dislike coal tar
very much, and that he is in the habit of
daubing it about their holes and runs, with
good results. coal tar mixed with sand to
the consistency of thick mortar, is an efec-
tual stopper to at7holes.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Country Gen.
denodn tried number of experiments in
potato planting, from which it seems that
small potatoes are not desirable to-; be
used, giving a less yield but in all cases.
there seemed be difference in size Of the
potatoes produced from large, small or
medium seed. .ust ae-
THE RWr0l World recommends, where
one has a COW that has grown old and it is
desired to fatten her, that the fattening
process begin in the Spring after the COW
has calved. Feed with meal, good hay,
cut grass, corn fodder, and by Fall the cow
will make fair beef after giving a good
supply of milk. 3. int|
w. NJ MERwIN. of Milford, Conn, who
has tried nearly all the said-to- be leading
varieties of grapes, give his preference
for the Concord. He says: "For all
places and under all circumstances it
will be hard matter to find the grape
that will take the preference over the Con
cord. In my opinion it has yet to be in
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A FARMER in Iowa destroyed the grub
worms that were DESTROYING his corn by
catching moles and putting them in his
corn field, The moles may be caught by
the use of cows horns with the pith out.
SO says an exchange, but we think those
farmers who have tried to rid their fields
of moles would have little confidence in
that kind of trap. There is no doubt that
moles destroy q large number of insects
and grubs. g ,~
/. wedding GRAIN.-In old countries,
where laboris cheap and women do much
of the outdoor work, it is customary, Just
before the grain heads out, to send gangs
of hands through the fields to pull out all
the weeds that incline to overtop the grain
In this country it would not pay to set
men, at twenty or !hiTty dollars month,
to performing this operation. Still, grain
fields that are inclined to be, weedy should
not be neglected. When the grainis knee
high, or little more, and the weeds show
their heads above it, it should be gone over
with a sharp scythe, and the weeds clipped
off close to the tops of the grain stalks
This gives them a set back, and the grain
will spring exultingly above them, and you
will see no more IF the weeds re-
TANNING BEES. outre- looking indi-
viduals who attend the annual fairs and
exhibitions with their tanned bees and
bee charms, would make the people believe
they are possessed OF some secret recipe for
the purpose of tanning them. They make
money by it, but really give nothing in re-
turn for the money, of any value The
wholedat Of tanning bees is very simple and
can be practiced by any one who has a lit
sic nerve 1t is well known that when a
bee is gorged or filled with honey twill
not sting unless pinched. The instinct of
bees leads them when heightened, to go to
the combs and fill themselves with honey.
Then all that is necessary is to alarm the
bees with a~little smoke, or by rapping
lightly on the side of the hive, and allow
sufficient time for. them to become filed
when they can be handled and driven with
ease, 5'c Ftf tt 81
A New HAMPSHIRE correspondent sends
the following to the New York Farmers
Club -" Aunt Chloe was famed the coun-
try round for her johnny cakes. A lady
being delighted with one she had made
for breakfast, requested her to tell her ex-
actly how she made it. She replied as
follows 1 took L don't know just how
much milk, perhaps a pint or more-like's
any way it hld ben better eff I'd had more
s-thenaI put in meal enough to make it
just right for thickness don't want it too
thick or too thin, but / hadn't quite meal
enough, and | was too COMPOUNDED lazy to
get any more, so took the -four box and
poured it right in. about half a box full,
and that made it just right fer thickness.
Then the saleratus- guess know justly
how much there was of that, for took it
up three times on the end of a spoon, and
when put it in, it was all of a foam, and