Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-03-21
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AGRICULTURAL. asATTEmn.
MAKE YOUR HOME HEAut1F GEz~bfins to Il flowers
Plant them around you to bud ana to bloom
Let them give life to your lonelieat hours
Let them bring life to enliveh your gloom
Make your home beautiful weave round its
rf p4bbsat Of the iessamin6 and ae alidt
OF red fruited woodbine, with gay immortalle
That blesses and btightens wherever it gtrays
Gather the blossoms, too77Qne little flower, =.
Il Varied Yerbena or sweet mignonette, - %
!, still may bring bloom to yolf desplate bower 'o
IL still may be something to love and to pet
Make your home beautiiul-gather the1oses
That hoard up the sunshine with exquisite art;
Perchance they may pc III, as your darkness closes
That soft summer sunshine down into your
hsgrts~ $50 - $50 81 - -
WAsTEFUL-The Boston Post SAYS Yer
mont farmers waste manure enough every
lyear to pay for the breadstuffs that the
State gets from the West.
A Coop RULE.-Pay hand if he is a
poor hand, all you promise him; if he is a
encourage him to do better Free
/ PROFITABLE BUT NOT PoPULAR-A
] portion..of raw. onion eaten Just before re-
firing to rest'will insure refreshing sleep to
persons suffering with lungs overburdened
with oppressive and irritating NATTER ssEgs.
SALT AND ASHES FOR HORSES cor
respondent of the Prairie F014ner says he
never knew horse to have the collie, bots,
4 or worms, nor become "cribber" when
box OF saltsand ashes waseyerin reach in
hissstaI s~S - ; D 49, 81
| FERMENTATION OF SYRUP. A great
many of readers have sorghum syrup that
| they will find fermenting unless care is used
as warm weather comes on. Fill up your
barrels bung tight and keep in cool cellar.
So says Brother Clough, of the So1ytb
! Journal.
| OLD AND New HAY.--It has been ascer-
| tanned that well cured hay, weighed in the
| field, July 20, and then stored in the barn
until February 90 had lost 23L per cent.
of its weight. 1t is, therefore, better to
sell hay in the field at $15 a toni than
from thesbarn at $40 in mid winter X
SooT.-This agent for evil is one of the
most valuable manures. Twelve quarts of
SCOT. ina hogshead of water will make a.
powerful manure, Which will improve the
growth of flowers, garden vegetables, or
root-crops. IN either liquid or solid state
it makes an excellent top dressing for cereal
roots.
BEANS FOR SHEEP-A correspondent of
the Country Gentleman who has this year,
year 1s7oQ bushals ofSbeanss to feed his
sheep, considers them worth equally as
much as corn. He says it is necessary to
feed carefully at first, mixing in some light
CT feed, till the sheep become accustomed to
them, as beans will clog them sooner than
any grain he ever used.
BAKED APPLE DuMpI.INGs. = One teacup
OF lard, one and half of wat Ell, a little
salt, for crust; eight tart apples, pared,
quarssred and cored ;~rell the, crust and cut
III circular pieces, inwhich place four quar-
tiers. Wet the edge of the dough and close
up tightly. Bake in a slow oven to nice
brown. These may be served with cream
and sugar, syrup, or sweetened sauce, and
reexcellent "a 3's i'sasaas q .s' rl.I
gsfau9sSa itsg. a.af..
CHEAP PAINT FOR BARNs-A CORES
pondent of the Country Gentleman gives
the following; Take oil meal, about one
quart to two quarts Of water Boil half
an hour. When 1t has settled I take off |
the top and mix with Venetian red Tor
other color and apply with a. common
brush" Heknows of mill painted thus
seven or eight years ago that is still well
covered with paint. 1Gasm lst,1a ct.e- 'af
CHANGE OF FooD.-A corresnondent of
the Country Gentleman suggests that it is
important for COWS in milk at this season
year, that "a frequent change of food be !
made. If one description Of food is con |
stantly used, the cows tire of it, eat less
greedily, and soon show reduction of
produce. The novelty of change seems to
whet thesappetite, and TO stimulate the vi
tality of the whole system, and of course,
to. promote the secretions.I s.IFIir3ii
BED-BUGs.-Many sensitive housewives
will be relieved to learn that Mr.. F. w.
Putnam, naturalist, and member of the
Essex Institute, of Salem, in, a. recent
speech at the meeting of the institute said
that the presence of bed bugs must not be
considered an evidence of a want of clean
illness or of neglect of active, efforts to
prevent or. expel them. They breed as
a sort of parasite on rabbits, pigeons,
bats, and some other animals, and it
has often been found necessary to exter-
inmate those animals from some places be-
fore the bed-bug nuisance could be abated
To CURE SHEEP FROM JUMPING. A
correspondent of the Ohio Farmer gives
the following curious account of the meth
cd adopted by him to prevent his sheep i
from jumping the fences of his pasture II
II want to tell you about my jumping
sheep, and how broke them. I got them
in pen, built sufficiently large to hold |
them. l then caught the ringleaders, one
at time, and made a small hole in each |
ear l then took cord or string, and run
through the holes in the ears together
close enough to keep them from working
their ears II then let them out and they
are as quiet as any sheep Z = S. > AZ
THE Yankees near Boston are making
quite fuss over a new description of fowls,
lately brought to Newton, called Colorado |
fowls. Their chief regularity is their
color. They are of bright magenta hue,
and the pair inspected were more gor-
geous than an Italian sunset Hen fanciers,
we understand, state that these birds are
apt to change their color, and that at GER
tain seasons they turn white, willie the
power Of transmitting the brilliancy of
their plumage is doubtful A dollar apiece,
however, has been offered for the eggs. A
resident of AuburnCale proposes at the 4
next hen show TO exhibit pair of Prussian
fowls which he warrants will be as blue as |
State street after heavy decline in the
stock market.
THE AGE OF HoRsEs.-A gentleman
from Illineis gave us a. piece of information
in regard to ascertaining the age of horse,
after he or she has passed the ninth year,
which was new to us, and may be to most
of our readers. After the horse is nine
years old, wrinkle comes on the eyelid at
the upper corner of the lower lid, and
every year thereafter he has one well
defined wrinkle for each year over nine.
Ii, for instance, horse has three wrinkles
he is twelve; if four, he is thirteen Add
the number ofsswrinkles@ to nine and yous