The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-05-16
FARM AND GARDEN.


: HINTS TO HOUSE BUILDERS. Many
u our readers az doubtless making ar
engagements for the fection of houses the
coming season, and % such we throw out
"a few practical hints that 1t will be well
for them to consider.
/. Build with the intention of making
a permanent home for yourself and your
'aelziidfen after you Do not build house
for some one else to occupy therefore
have it fitted to your own wants.
2. Having decided to build, first con
slider what rooms you want, and estimate
your means for providing them.
3. Build thoroughly. Commence at
the bottom with a good foundation, or
cellar wall, as this is a matter of the first
importance 1t will be cheaper in the
end, and give far more satisfaction, to
build of good substantial materials and
IN thorough manner, than to build Of
cheap stuff by the job.
4. The number of rooms each one must
decide for hinself-some will want more.
others less. ( But see, to it-and if YOU
feel yourself united for the task. consult
one experienced in ibuiIding-that they
are well arranged. The rooms most in
use, kitchen, liying-room, &C., shall have
precedence over those used only occasion
ally.
5: So arrange the rooms that the eel
lar and chamber, can both be reached
from the kitchen, even ii. you have. what
every one should have, stairs in the front
entry We have seen houses in which
the only entrance to the cellar from in
doors was under the front stairs. twenty
or thirty feet from the Kitchen.
6. By all means, make provision for
entering the cellar from out of doors, for
the purpose of carrying in and removing
potatoes, vegetables, barrels, &c.
Z. If possible, the partitions of the
first story should be directly under those
of the upper story, for the purpose of
securing soldity and frmness to the en-.
tire structure.
g. Keep the house well painted-inside
as well as out,
9. We would in all eases, advise the
erection of two story houses. The extra
expense over that of an ordinary story
and half house is very trifing and the
better accommodations of the second
story, especially if, as is generally the
case. they are used as sleeping rooms, will
more than compensate for the additional
expense.
To- .sDo not forget" says Mr. Thomas
in his Rurol Apaus, THAT the associa-
tions connected with home have most
important bearing on the character, and
those associations should therefore be
such as to inspire domestic feeling and a
taste Tor the graceful and beautiful; and
to young people, especially, it is the most
vital importance that every impression
Of this kind should be strongly and care
. fully cherished, by imparting something
OF. grace and loneliness to their homes,
where the social sympathies may exclude
all attraction for the bitterness and strife.
the danger and dissipation, of a turbulent
and Immoral world.
LICE ON Cons IND CATTLE Ell had a
colt last spring that was completely COW
cred with Zee, SO much that they had re-
moved the hair from many parts of the
body. | took tive quarts Of soft soap
and rubbed it completely over his body
and limbs, then took water enough to
make a lather, and rubbed him with the
soap and water until the colt was white,
and then let him stand in the sun till he
was nearly dry and took one fourth pound
OF Scotch snuff aud rubbed thoroughly
into the hair. In four days / made the
second application as before mentioned.
La enc week there was not to be found
louise or nit alive Oh him. 1t also re-
moves all the dirt from the skin, and
gives the colt fresh start. 1t will not
iLiure the hair or remove it. -Iuutae Fer
Wler.
WEsTPHALM PLAN OF SMOKING HAMS.
The hams OF Westphalii have world
wide reputation for their fine favor, and
the lnildness Of their smoke-taste The
manner Of preparing them is as follows:
HE slnoke-roon is IN the garrett and
the he Is IN the cellar. The smoke is
gathered iii a tunnel and cony eyed to
the smoking room by small pipe; BY
the time 1t gets there, the heaviest part
OF the pyroligenous acid has condensed.
and the smoke has become cool, Moth
ing touches the ham but pure, light,
cool smoke, which is allowed to pass off
by number of small apertures, about as
fast as it is applied.
'Ranie' is new Southern staple from
Java. 1t will grow in the southern half
of Georgia, will yield five crops a year of
800 pounds each twenty-fom hours after
being cut it is laid out in long bands of
pure white floss, ready to spin. 1t is
planted like sugar cane once planted,
always is planted grows twenty feet high,
sells for twice the price Of cotton, and is
stronger and finer.
To PROTECT SHEEP FROM Docs. If
sheep are kept iii the same lot with COWS
or fat cattle. no dog vii! disturb them.
As soon as the dogs approach the sheep,
they run to the cattle, who drive off the
dogs. 4 farmer for thirty years, in
Shelby county, by adopting this plan,
never lost sheep by dogs. although in
the same night the same dogs killed
sheep on farms north and south Of him.
-Ecchange.
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