Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-12-04

Hour.SaRuaNp GARDEN

We SEQ it stated that coal or gas
tar applied about corn-cib VII
keen guam from dcvas' alton by rats.
ii you would not have your horse
acquire the habit of hanging in the
halter. do not strike AT hnn IN font
when Young
The best food for fattening fowls is
said TO be ground oats mixed 70 4
dough with water or milk. Tie lat
ter is the best.
Professor Spooner objects to saw.
ing Of or shortning the horns OF cat
tie. II gives pam to the animal aud
impails It's strength.
A kenlncliau writes to The North-
arestera Farmer that o. a lot OF tcle-
graph poles put mp in kentucky, the
chestnut rot,ed first, the cedar gave
way next. the locust stood i've years
longer. and we're sill nearly sound.
The following is said to make an
excellent liaimcnt: Take the whites
two OF eggs, beaten TO a troth, wine
class Of vinegar, niuegiass Of spirits
Of tngpentine, and n wincglaSs OF al
chohul, beating il al the tinre. This
IMMINENT must be put together u the
order mentioned above, or it will not
b. thoroughly Incorporated. Very
superior in all cases Of sprains, brui-
ses, Ic.. on man and beast.
70 make a cake without eggs, take
two cups ct smear, dissolved in three
eups Of batlerrnilk :; silt one quart OF
fiour, and work Into it two large table.
spoonfuls Of batter, Cor good sweet
lard with a h,,le sali:1 one teaspoon,
full of fiacly pulvyrized soda. Stir
these to a smooth batter: flavor with
extract Of lemon or vanilla, and bake
in a qnick oven. This will keep three
DAYS. and is better the second day
than lire FIRST, it is pat in stone
lar aud covered close as soon as cold
CARTS For FARM WORK. AS oxen
are rarely used in the West, carts are
seldom found on any Of oar farms;
but for many purposes good sub
stan,ial cart i greatly to be preferred
to a wagon. There is much less iiic-
ton produced BY the revolution OF
two wheels dian of four, especially
where the wheels cut into the soil. as
they DO on our prairie. The differ
ence in favor Of the cart, as compared
with lie wagon, according TO expert
meats made ii France, is at least
one.thirl. The difference is eonsii-
erablv greater than this; where the
road bed is soft or uneven. or where
vehicles have to pass over a Totally
unprepared surface, rs stuble. or
plowed field.
The four-wheeled wagon is, as
matter OF course, an Indispensable ar
sicle TO Tie farmer. With it he gath
ers IN most at his crop, takes 1t TO
market, aid in ii, also, be takes his
fami,y to meeting, whoa The roads are
in bad condition. But there are ma
nv things for which the dump cart is
much better adapted. Ii is better
to haul wood, coal, hauling cut ma
nure. The labor Of unloading many
OF these art cles is fully equal 10 that
of loading them. All this is saved by
the dump carr.
The farm cart should be strong
aud substantially made, and have
large wheels with wide rims. Such
wheels viii pass over moving, and
do very little injury to the sod, or can
be driven across burrows, with com
paraiiyely little outlay or strength.
They save the wagon box, which
should never be 10 the unsightly con
dition we often see il IN after il has
been used for hauling manure. ltcan
receive harder thumps than the wag-
Oh, with less injury, as when We use II
Tor drawing stones or wood. II is al
SO very useful for harvesting potatoes.
as it can be tilted up, when VIC wish
to unload them, aud the potatoes will
roll out of their own accord, iato the
basket. There are many more good
things tha, might be said in favor @
the cart, both on the score Of economy
and convenience bnt We feel assured
that if farmer will put a good car
on Lie premises, it will not be Ions
before j, viii speak for ITSELF Prai
RE Farmer.