The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-06-14
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ter to use the plastser, when S used IN stabies
surface, which is moistened daily by the
droppings and urine, and to sprinkle along
| the liquid manure gutters-say half . pint
| to each stall.
| RAISING BREAD.-The method recon-
mended by Liebig of using combination
of bicarbonate Of soda and hydroch1Oric
acid in furnishing the rising for bread, has
already come extensively into use in Ger
many, and with valuable results. A recent
Improvement in the process consists in re-
placing the acid by sal-ammOniac. The
heat of the oven decomposes the latter, and
the escaping ammonia contributes in COM
mon with the carbonic acid to render the
bread light. 4r3se
GAPEs IN CH1cKENs.-Amongt the numer-
GUS speculations as to cause, prevention, and
cure of the disease known as gapes, which
universally proves SO destructive to Young
chickens, the one that seems to come nearest
to common sense is: Cause-cold, caught
in running in the wet, settling in the throat
and lungs. Prevention-keep in dry
there is dew on the grass. Cure-wrap up
warm, and keep about the kitchen stove
until the cold is warmed out of them.
Whether the above will hold good in all
cases we do not know, but it Will, probably,
in most cases.
CURE FOR THE CATTLE PLAGUE.-Clor-
.ide of copper is now extensively used in
Germany against the cattle plague. The
practice is to- dissolve, eight grammes Of
crystalized chloride of copper in two kilo-
grammes of alcohol, and with this solution
to wet a pad of cotton, which is then laid on
IL plate and burned i'll the centre of stable,
the heads of the animals being turned to-
ward the place SO as to breathe the fumes.
This operation is performed morning and
evapsp,p Sc h,,rp IN, i
head of cattle. The solution is also admin
istered internally with the addition of if
teen grammes of chloroform for the above
named quantity. A teaspoonful of this
liquid is mixed with each animals drink
three times n day.
MANURING FOR FRUIr.-The Gardeners
Monthly says: "To get good fruit you must
manure well, and we are often asked
whether this is not best, or that is not bet
ter, or something else best of ALL But,
really, any fertilizing matter is good. Old,
decayed stable manure satisfies us for every
thing; but do not forget what we have often
said about digging amongst the roots. Don't
do it. Surface manuring is daily adding to
its advocates, but in particular amongst
fruit growers; and no fruit, probably,
blesses the surface manurer more heart
feltedly than the raspberry. Put few inches
of rich, rotten stable manure about your
Philadelphias, and you will not think them
much inferior to the reputable old kinds,
like Brinckle's orange, Antwerp, ETC.; at
least we don't. Surface manuring, 80 val
liable for fruits and herbs grown for their
grain, has not been found SO advantageous
for those crops which require great succu-
lence to give them value. Hence, for cab
bage, celery, and such, it is better to dig in
the manure, and keep the surface soil as
freely stirred and deeply hoed as you please.
STRAwBERRIEs.-It may interest such of
the readers OF the Dispatch as live in favor
able localities to be informed that q farmer
in Southampton has just sold his strawberry
crop of ten acres for ten thousand dollars.
They are picked at the expense of the Gull
tivator, but the purchaser supplies the
boxes and receives the fruit on the spot
The place is on the Seaboard railroad.
Now, when it is considered that the straw
berry requires but little more culture, if
any, than cotton or tobacco, and that the
demand early in the season is always in ad-
vance of the supply, why should not every
other landholder living on railroads or nav
igable streams devote portion of his farm to
the production of this and other small fruitsf
1t will be many years, fever, before the bust
ness can possibly. be overdone. When Mr..
Everett was here he spoke of the Scupper-
| nong grape as destined to prove an invalu-
able blessing to the South, saying there was
no grape equal to it for making light wine.
The fact is, we of Eastern Virginia but little
| appreciate the extraordinary advantages we
enjoy, both of soil and climate.-Petcrsburq
Correspondence Richmond Dispatch.
| How TO RAISE CUcUMBERs.-For early
use, cucumbers should be planted now as
soon as possible. New, sandy land is the
best for producing good crop, but they
may be grown upon almost any soil, by the
free use of manure from the pig-stye. On
soil that lacks the proper amount of fer
| tiIity for making rapid growth, dig holes
about eight inches deep and fifteen inches
square, and into each put shovelful of pig
manure and cover it with sandy or light soil
until an inch or two above the surface of
the ground, and after planting the seeds,
give the hills a coating OF we'll pulverized
plants, and at the same time impart to them
an odor that will protect them from the