Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-04-29
AGRICULTURAL.

excellent to mix, In small quantities, with
oats Or corn, for horse feed. They keep
down bolts, worms, and ali tendency 10
cclic, etc, and should he constantly used.
AsHEs.-Sparc ashes, leached or not
leached, are excellent 70 place around or.
chards trees They are the very best OF
manure, and also help to keep out the borer
and other insects. They are also excellent
for potatoes.
P,cxLsp Eass.-3oil the eggs until very
hard: when cold shell them, aud cut them
in halves leugthwise; then lay them in
large. mouthed jars aud pour over them
scaldiDg vinegar, we'll seasoned with whole
pepper, aIlspice, few pieces Of ginger, and
few cloves or garlic. When cold, tie up
closely, and let them stand month; they
are then ct for use. With cold meat they
are delicious pickle.
APPLICATION or LINE 70 SHALL Fsuirs.-
Many have hesitated to make tho above use
Of lime, fearing that il might produce an
| injurious effect. II is well for M 60 state.
from experience, that the application Of
| lime to strawberries, black berries, raspber-
sies. currants, rhubarb and asparagus will
act bene icially, unless the ground has been
previously heavily lined, or there is very
little vegetable matter in the soil. Burnt
shcll-lims should be applied in preference
to stone lime, and no more than twenty-five
or thirty bushels per acre sown fresh over
the surface.
Used in this way, with frequent and small
yearly doses, il gives the best results.
KEEPING FARM AccousTs.-L any farm
ar make the experiment. and he will find it
A interesting Is il is useful, and both in
tsrssting and useful 10 know, from year TO
year, the actual produce Of his farm. Let
everything, therefore, that can DO weighed
and measured and let that ~hich cannot
be brought % . correct standard be estima-
ted - II he himself were about TO cell Or
pu, chase Il. Let him. likewise, - neas -
possible, measure the ground on which he
plants, tho quantity Of seed that he uses,
and the manure that he applies.
The labor OF doing this Is nothing con.
pared with the satisfaction Of having done
it, and the benefits which must arise from
il. Conjecture in these cases 10 perfectly
Wild and uncertain, varying often, with diff
ssssnt individuals, almost hundred per
cent. Exsctnsss enables . man TO form
conclusions which may. most essentially
and in innumerAble ways, avail to his ad.
vantage. 1t is that alone which can give
any value 10 his experience it 10 that
which will make his experience the sure
basis Of improvement; il will put it in hil
power to give safe counsel to his friends,
and il 10 the only ground on which he can
securely place confidence in himself.
How 70 IErs rns PRAIRIEs TIxBrarD.
Edgar Sanders. Of Chicago, III writes ts
the Country Gentlemen
"Duripg short visit paid TO the beau
tiful town Of Freeport-whers, - you have
doubtless Gro this heard, the Northern Iii
nois Horticultural Society held . highly
successful meeting-l paid visit to one Q
your Oldest subscribers there. Oscar Taylor
Esq, (whosc lady has an excellent horti
: cul utal tsste,D and saw some magnificent
Norway spruce trees twelve years from III,
, se,d, that we've planted where they stand
Amy &C them, her no 'ears old. Now
every body knows that Norway spruce n
two years y wee blt Of thug, and onl,
hose who have faith tina. trees will grow
ast enough r. shade and shelter long be
! orc youth becomes old ege. would think o
/ planting such thing, even IL they uld
only afford such, but wait and wal, till the Y
. could feel themselves rich enough to pIalt
large trscs-very likely to fail in getting
|
all the pleasure of watching their growl III
and i've on a treeess place, I'll they get Sc
4 old tina, they become quite Indifferent.
!. "Ihe trees IN question originally wer,
planted on the outside boundary OF TWEEN
~ acre lot OF course, peing SO very SINAI
!" they were quite thlckly planted. VIII,
would think, Tor example, of setting gu
trees, say Jear inches high, very far apart
But on these rich prairies, small as vo,
: may plant, trees soon make Roadway if at
tended 10, and that consists in nothinI
father than keeping down weeds, and pro
Z tecting against being trampled on. Pretty
, soon they had TO he thinned out. Eicl
other one WAS taken UP and planted else
whore, or t0id In short time the sam
. process had 10 be repeated, until now the
stand perhaps fifteen feet apart, thei
branches meeting, and form a landmark 70
Q tree mark evergreen at that, long wa,
J. OIL Now tres oil this aye, or even two o
d three years Older, ere Ivy far the most Gel
: tain OF growing, in fact with quite ordinar
II care, they are but certain. Can there b
an excuse fer aperson being without shade
i or sheicresf. who has lived on place IL
cAde OF wears Ne think not, and cit,
this a. m illustration.
{ such trees can be bought quite cheaply
n | and are easily transported, which facts, e
| those whose pockets ure not plethoIic o.
grcenbacks, should certainly commend
themselves 10 notice. There can be NO
doubt that this tree planting business is go
ing TO thrive on these open prairies, as the
people living on them have none Of tina, holy
, horror OF = stump before their eyes, that
those have who settle in a wooded country
Much interest Was manifested on the sub
Jact bstorc meeting Of the Northern Hi
, nois horticultural Society, and as every
successful plantation encourages others, w
, look forward confidently TO see these plains
dotted with trees, to the immense benefit o,
the Inhabitants
t UsEvuL RrcriPss.-To restore rancid but.
ter: When butter gets rancid, or what ID
termed spoiled, it may be restored to On
eatabls condition by suitable manipulation
aud the application Of cleansing MATERIAL
} The process Of restoration il briefly this /:
TO pint Of water add thirty drops, (sbout
half = tsaspoonful) Of liquor Of chloride Of
lime. Wash in this two and q half pounds
Of rancid butter. When every particle Of
the butter has come in contact with the "a.
ter. let il stand an hour Or two; then wash
the butter we'll in pure water. The butter
is then left without any odor, and has the
sweetness Of fresh butter. These prspara-
tons Of lime have nothing injurious in them
| whatever
To wash white lace: The following re-
eeipt for washing white lace is generally
found more successful than any other. Gov
or glass bottle with white flannel. then
wind the lace round it, tack Il 20 the fan.
mel on both aides, and cover the whole with
piece OF flannel OF linen, which sew firmly
round 1t. Then steep the bottle over nish,
IN an ever with soap and cold water. Next
morning wash it with hot water and soap.
he soap being rubbed on the outer GOV ~
| ing. Then steep it agsin for some hours in
cold water. and atterward dry it in the ar
or near the fire. Remove tie outer cover
a"a The lace l. ready no irnuing being re-
CURED. IL the lace is very dirty, Of course.
Il must he washed great deal.
To tax mildew from clothes: N,x sat
sap with powdered starch, half a. much
sat. and the juice of lemon; law il on he
part with brush; lay i on the grass. ds,
and night. till the stain comes cut Iron
mou DIS may be removed hy the sale of lem.