Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-15
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

HULLED CORN. = The Old-fashioned
hulled corn is prepared as follows: To
make I've enough for three quarts of corn,
take about four quarts of ashes and boil
them an hour in about eight quarts OF
water. Hardwood ashes are best After
the ashes have settled, turn off the I've
which will be about six quarts. Put the
corn into the I've and boil three hours OF
until the hulls begin to come off freely
Then take out the corn, put it into cold
water and boil again. Keep boiling and
changing the water until it is perfectly
clear, rubbing the corn with the hands as
the water is poured off, to clean off the
hulls. The water will need to be changed
a half dozen times or more This will re
move all the I've and make the corn white
and soft. 1t is now ready for use and viii
keep in cold weather several weeks 1t il
fried with salt pork gravy and makes 6
nice dish. 1t is also warmed up and eater
with milk, or, like hominy, with syrup
The white dent corn of the South is the
best for this purpose. Potash I've is some
times used, but does not leave the corn sc
white. -American Agricmtmist.
BEES ON A SMALL -ScALE.-There are
many householders whose means will no
enable them to buy COW, or to provide
keeping for her were they in possession O
one. But they may be equal to the pur
chase of a colony of bees, and to provide
hives for the swarms resulting therefrom
Bees, like other stock, require pasturage
but, unlike horses, cattle and sheep, they
are free commoners, ranging at will ii
search of stores, nor can they be arrested
and punished for their intrusion upor
premises alien to their owners A single
colony of bees, in good condition in the
spring, may be counted upon to double OF
triple their numbers in single season
securing ample stores for winter consu1np
ton, while supplying a gratifying surplu:
each autumn for household uses. This
accumulation will prove most acceptable il
families especially, while the price of but
ter rules so high as to place it beyond the
reach of those not blest with elongated an6
plethoric purses. Try a colony of bees as
an experiment. .Neao Yorker.
WRAPPING TREES IN STRAw.-The Hor
ttcnlturist says that Charles Downing
once witnessed remarkable change pro
duced ON the body of pear tree by means
of wrapping it in straw. The tree was 6
Brown Beurre, grated about seven fee
from the ground, upon stock which fol
years had not grown as rapidly as the graft
and presented very decided bulge Oh
swelling at the junction of the graft. This
smaller portion was incased in straw about
two inches thick, and at the end of two
seasons it was found on removing the
straw, that the contracted, or heretofore
smaller stem, had swollen to the full size
of the graft above, presenting but slight
indication of the point of union between
graft and stock. This is an item of inter
est, and many tree growers who have trees
with contracted stems, evidence of some
natural want of affinity with the graft, may
find in it a hint for practical use.
RUsTING OF METALS PREvENTED.-L
or any kind of grease entirely free from
salt will shut out air and moisture, both OF
which are essential to oxidation or rust
ing. A little resin common "rosin y,
melted with lard makes the best coating
for all kinds of iron and steel surfaces. II
can be rubbed on table-knives and forks
and other fine instruments, and then most
ly wiped off, still leaving enough to pro
tect the surface. The resin prevents ran.
cidity of the lard, and is itself prctec-
ton. This mixture is cheap, and good for
plowshares, and all farm or mechanical
implements of iron or steel. Two or three
ounces, or more, of restn may be added to
a pound of lard.-RuraJ Neao Yorker.
CURE FOR THE CATTLE PLAGUE.-Chlo-
ride 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
plate and burned in 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
evening; one pad is burned for every three
head of cattle. The solution is also admin
istered internally, with the addition of fiji
teen grammes of chloroform for the above
named quantity. A teaspoonful of this
liquid is mixed with each animals drink
three times day.
Mr.. J. HARRIS says, in the american Ag-
that clover is unquestionably
the great renovating crop of American ag
riculture. A crop Of clover, equal to two
tons of hay when plowed under, will fur
nish more ammonia to the soil than twenty
loads of straw-made manure, drawn out
fresh and wet in the spring, or than twelve
tons of our ordinary barn-yard manure"
He, however, thinks it nearly as well TO
make the clover into hay, feed il out, and
save the manure-that is, there
will be little loss in the value of the fertil
izer, and may be profit from feeding.