The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-03-28
FARM AND GARDEN.

REARING CALVES WITHOUT MILK.-
Calves should have the mothers milk
until three days old, yet they can be
safely reared on the following cruel: Take
one tablespoonful of wheat flour and 3
teaspoonful of salt mix with cold water
to paste stir the paste gradually into
three pints of boiling water: let it boi
. moment and remove from the FIRE As
the calf Increases in growth. increase Its
food, which must be given blood aoasm,
three times day. When week old
give lock of hay or fresh grass. Wher
calf is three weeks old. let it have a
cruel Of sifted corn meal-one teacupfu
Of meal to three quarts of water; boi
thoroughly, and never omit the salt.
A handful of young mullen leaves, boiled
In sweet milk, will cure the scours.
Their opposite IS relieved by a hall
cup of melted lard poured down the
throat-repeatedi If needfuL
Pas. O'Rourke, two and a
half feet high Tom Thumb. ten inches,
and early Kent, two and half feet, aIe
the.earhest-aeeN tried varieties. Garter S
first crcp, two and half feet. Mcl4eai1' s
little gem, ten inches, and 6fcLean's adj
vance are commended BY those who have
grown them. For succession, Bishop S
new long pod, fifteen inches: blue-imper-
lal, two and half leet,,e and champion
OF Englane, four-feet, are the best. Cul-
ture: Peas should be sown onmoderateIy
rich soil, in drills two and half inches
deep, and as wide apartas the vine grows
high. After they are covered, the ground
should be rolled, or packed with the back
of the hoe.
A BEAUTIFUL ExPERIMENT.-Fil a
wide-mouth glass jar with water, and COW
er it over with a piece of foundation.
such as is used by ladies In their bounets
Tor used to be when they wore them),
and cover that with layer of peas pres
sing it down so that the peas will lay IN
the, water They will then swell and
sprout, the roots growing down into the
water, their fbres presenting a beautiful
appearance Set this In window, and
vines will grow up which can be conduct
ed to the sill. The whole is very hand
some.
CHEAP PAINTS FOR BARNs.--A cor
respondent of the Country Gentleman
gives the following; Take oil meal, about
one quart to two quarts OF water. Boll
half an hour. When it has settled take
the top and mix with Venetian red Tor
other color and apply with common
brush. He knows Of a mill painted thus
seven or eight years ago, that is still well
covered with the paint
CANADA THIsTLEs VS. WooD CHUCKs.
About the only good use we ever heard
for Canada Thistles is that promulgated
by late correspondent Of the Rural New
Yorker. He uses them to fill the holes
of troublesome wood chucks putting them
in when about half wilted From pine
holes thus treated but one "chuck" ever
got out
STARCH FROM PoTAToEs.-A starch
factory in Vermont last year used 2S, 900
bushels of potatoes, for which 80 cents
per bushel we're paid. A coarse variety
called California" which yields 800
or 400 bushels per acre, were used. Thus
an income OF 500 per acre was obtained
from land not worth $40 per acre.
Docs AND SHEEP BELLs.-An expert
enced breeder Of sheep, says that num-
Der of sheep In any flock wearing bells
will keep away dogs. He allows ten
sheep to every hundred. When sheep
are alarmed they run together in COM
pact body, and the rigging of all the bells
frightens the dogs. In great Britain and
Ireland bells are used by almost every
owner of sheep. They are useful for
keeping off dogs and foxes, the latter be-
ing very destructive to lambs In places
where this precaution Is not taken.-
Canada Farmer.