Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-12-13
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In fifteen years, sheep have increased in
Ireland over 100000. .-.,...- .-as ~.
IT is said that frozen potatoes make more
starch than fresh ones they also make
nice cake.
AN agricultural paper, telling how to
fatten geese, says that "not less than two
must be shut up together" os
A MULCH of, coal ashes placed around
currant bushes, is said to be an efectual
remedy for the currant worm or cater
pillar EHr .t}1a.t ~ To
To KILL bushes in meadows or else
where, they should be cut in December.
h This has been ascertained by many expert.
ments. a1.sA 81 -. @, @fss s.. 49, ~
We see 1t stated that Vermont farmer
toes twenty-six which filed bushel
basket. fa2 80 s.i4ea e'.a's*31 ''8
To KEEP a copper tea.kettle bright,
wash it occasionally with solution of salt
and buttermilk, rinsing thoroughly with
clean water. ~
THE wheat crop of California the pres
emit year Is estimated at 100000 bushels,
equaling New York in the production of
this important farm product. ~
CHEAP TooLs,-An ak. costing two dol
lars, with which laboring man can cut
| fifty cords of wood per month is cheaper
tool than an ak costing but one dollar and
with which he can cut only forty cords.
The same holds true of most other cheap
TOOLS .
ACoRREsPoEDENT of the Country Cen
Lnxx s,, kcs IL IN
reason it causes horses to cough, as the
fine dust is then drawn into the lungs, He
feeds his horses now by putting the hay on
the foor-having 1t protected by breast.
works. = z
| CAKE WITHOUT EGas.-Pour sufficient
boiling water over stale bread to soften it /;
mash it through a cullender, and add as
much wheat flour or bread, and as much
milk as will make it as thick as batter
usually is, one teaspoonful of soda, two OF
AN agricultural society In New York,
recently, spent several days in arguing how
| flax grew. Every one had a theory, and
| labored earnestly to show that he alone was
right Finally, by way of settlement, one
of them suggested the expedient Of sprout.
ing someo of the seed. 1t was done, and
10 !--au were wrong. - -
t. TRIMMING EVERGREEN HEDaEs-The
Form and Flreside says: "By cutting back
i with a knife, the foliage of the interior Of
any evergreen hedge Is more perfectly
preserved than by shearing smooth sur
| face like wall, which makes the surface
only extremely dense, and tends to, exclude
light from the interior"
as A CoRREsPoNDENT of the Rural Anseri.
can, recommends the following cure fol
| lice on cattle: Take 10 or more good sized
Irish potatoes, pound them fine, then put
into two gallons and half of water, boil
| thoroughly, then let it cool, and apply as
a wash, to COWS, calves, mares and colts
and all other creatures that have lice.
SHEEP IN THE ORcHARD.-TheP rasra.
Farmer says: !" One of our most promi
nent orchardists tells us that In one of his
orchards where sheep ran during the sea
son, the apple crop was almost entirely
unaffected by the codling moth. Mex
season his entire orchard will be pasturec
with sheep. This is an item worth re
membering & Pm, :. S..sqstl es T.. ei4
SIP. MAYBERRY writes to the Main.
! Farmer /. "a few years since, we used tc
cultivate amongst our apple trees, but
took lesson from nature. Now we know
that forest trees drop their leaves, which
serve both to protect the roots and loosen
the soil. This we initiate by mulchine
| with straw and meadow hay, which WI
| find preferable to cultivating the soil, as II
! is less work and better secures the Object
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