Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-26

and everything else you undertake.
u. A. HANSEN.
Clifton, Fairfax Co., Va, Dec. 1866.
PRESERVING PoTAroEs. "A correspon-
dent of the Scientific American says
that he has tried the following method
of keeping potatoes for years with COM
plete success, though in some the tu-
bers were diseased when taken out Of
the ground: dust over the floor of
the bin with lime and put In about six
or seven incnes deep of potatoes, and
dust with lime as before. Put in six or
seven inches of potatoes and lime again
repeat the operation until all are stored
away. One bushel of lime will do for
forty bushels of potatoes, though more
VIII not hurt them-the lime rather i'm
proving the flavor than otherwise
PLANTING EvERGREENs The Coun-
try Gentleman tells about young far
mer who was once ridiculed by his
neighbors for setting out what they
chose to call Cedar Swamp" around
his residence. They changed their SEN
timents a few years afterward when
they discovered that nearly oneh half of
his fuel, otherwise required, was saved
by the shelter from bleak winds which
these evergreens afforded in winter,
and that they were something more
than "only good to look at. "
BUCKwHEAT AS FOoD. "A Mr.. Lee
told the New York Farmers Club that
he had been contractor upon public
works, and that it was a common re-
mark that the men from districts where
buckwheat was the principal article of
breadstuff, were not worth much as la
bOrers. They cannot toll like those
fed upon wheat -four aud lean meat.
Which is probably all imagination as
far Us buckwheat is concerned.
WARTS ON HORSES. "A Nebraska man
tells the Rural New Yorker how to cure
warts on horses: Mix equal quantities
of spirits of turpentine and sulphuric
acid, stirring slowly in a tumbler, and
afterwards bottle the ingredients. Rub
grease around the base of the wart, and
then apply the medicine to the wart
with a feather once or twice a day; it
will gradually eat it off.
SMALL FARMs.-In England there are
many farmers who more than support
themselves and large families on the
product of six acres. besides paying
heavy rents. AgricultuIalists in Ger
many, who are proprietors of five acres,
support themselves on two, and lay up
money on theproduct of the remainder.
How TO USE MUoK.-Muck should
never be taken directly from the field
it should first be spread Lot more than
twenty inches thick, and allowed to lie
year. The rains will wash out the
acid, and the frost disintegrate the
mass, in which condition it may be
spread on the surface, plowed In, or
mixed with other materials.
IMPROVED CONDITION OF FARMERS. -
A contemporary thinks that farmers live
In better houses, with better furniture,
| ride in better carriages, wear better
clothing, so more regularly to church,
enjoy more of social intercourse, ex-
hibit greater degree of intelligence
and more refined manner than did their
ancestors, as class, thirty years ago.
IMPROVED FARMING IN VERMONT. An
old Vermonter who recently visited his
native state, says the style of farming,
and especially of farm buildings, has
undergone remarkable changes for the
better, since he was a farmer boy
Now the homes of the farmers are
tasteful in all their surroundings, the
land is well cultivated, and everything
betokens thrift and comfort
Wool ON THE PACIFIC COAST. The
wool clip of California for the current
year, thus far brought to market, foots
up 100000 pounds, of which three
fifths have been taken by the San Fran
cisco mills. Oregon raised about l.
100000 pounds, of which 100000
pounds was used at home.
PROFITABLE BEEs.-A writer in the
Rural New Yorker, who had seven
swarms of bees last spring, foots up
his profits thus 9 new swarms at So,
S45; $50 pounds white clover honey at
80 cents, $40; 30 pounds buckwheat
honey at % cents, go so; total, $102.
30; or nearly S15 per swarm.
The WHEAT WEEvL. DIR. Trimble
says that ships when once infested with
wheat weevil are unfit to receive an
other cargo. Barns, also, when infest-
ed, become unfit for storing wheat
The weevil is not a fly, but beetle
somewhat like the curculio or the pea
bug. There is one kind that infests
pearl barley. These are so small that
a dozen may exist in one grain.