Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-11-15
FARM AND GARDEN.


If by any accidental carelessness yeur
plants get frozen, pdip them at once, and
hold them in a pail Of rain water for few
moments. IF frost gets into the green
house, wet down the fues, and sprinkle all
the plants freely with water then increase
the temperature gradually until the frost
is extracted Germaaatoaon Telegraph.
Is MEASURING PoTAToEs.-The following
rule for ascertaining the number of bush
els of apples, potatoes, ETC., in bins and
boxes, is recommended as simple and accu-
rate: For the number of " even "abushels,
multiply the number of cubic feet in the
bin by and point off one decimal. For
heaped" bushels, multiply by twice
and point off two decimals. ssalasi
SALT AS A MANURE.-Man Of our read
ers, doubtless, have a small pasture in
which they keep a cow and occasionally
turn horse. Many Of these pastures
have coarse grass growing in them, while
in other places the grass dries up quickly
on approach of warm and dry weather.
All such pastures will be greatly improv-
ed, and often the coarse grasses viii en-
tirely disappear, is harrow is passed
freely over back and forth during this
month, and salt at the rate of eight or ten
bushels to the acre be spread over the
ground. sa Z a@9
KEEPING PoTAToEs.-Potatoes that l
wish to keep for summer use | would
gather into pits of twenty bushels each,
and give them a covering Of long rye straw
six inches in thickness, and light cover
ing of earth at first, increasing it, at the
approach of cold weather, and leaving a
small vent in the top of the pits, secured
from the liability of wet bya board or
some other covering. They should be
taken out of the pit in early spring, put
into barrels, headed up and placed in a
cool cellar, or ice room, where the temper
ature is low enough to keep them from
sprouting. In all my manipulations, |
would handle the tubers as carefully as
would apples. In this manner potatoes,
maintain, may be kept until new ones
come again, and be nearly as freshsas when
| first dug. If ) thus preserved, we could
Justly criticise the cook who should be SO
foolish as to stick a knife into tuber be
fore. it was placed on the table ready to be
eaten-1he Circular. = das ~
o. VALUE OF LIQUID MANURE.--J Her
sey, of Tuftenboro, N FL F., treats on this
subject as follows, il the Prairie Farmer
W A great effort should be made by every
intelligent farmer to preserve the liquid
portion of his manure. When allowed to
run off, the most active portion is gone
The greatest part ola superintendent crop,
or, in other words, the increase of growth
which is in our power, can be obtained
exclusively by this means. When 1t is
taken into, consideration that with
every pound of ammonia that escapes q
loss of sixty pounds of corn is lsustained,
and with every pound Of urine. a pound Of
wheat might be produced, the indifference
1 which some farmers show is truly incom.
prehensible, The quantity of liquid ma,
'nure produced by one COW, annually, is
equal TO fertilizing one and one-quartel
acres of ground, producing effects as du.
Table as dolthe solid excavations. A cord
of loan saturated with urine, is. equal to a
cord of the best rotted manure. Upon
many farms the manure heap is left open
| ly exposed to wind, rains and SUN, thus
losing the best of the heap. This should
| not be-, if you wish to 60 up hill farming
| and see your farm improve, and gooe
crops repay you for your toll, then pro
tect your manure heaps from the weather
A barn cellar5is very desirable for this
object, but 10 some locations this cannot
| be had; still you can put up shed to pro.
| tect, and make use of muck to soak up the
| LIQUID manure The farmer who cannot
see why his farm deteriorates every year
must consult his manure heap, and i think
| an answer will be had-'starved cattle anC
starved land. (ot aI IL