Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-02-19
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

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IF you want your cows to look well and
thrifty, and yield generously their milk,
you must remember, that they, will pros
per in proportion as they are cared for
during the inclement weather Of winter.
If If THE bee-keeperI must, not judge Of the.
state of his hive in the spring by its
weight alone, because at that time the
number. of young bees and larve in 1T
weigh heavy, and may impose on the un.
wary for real wealth, when the stock OF
honey is nearly exhausted. n Waldn1ara. ~.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the Nssc England
Farmer does not approve of growing,
grape vines on trees. He says he planted
q grape vine close to q tree and allowed it
| to run on the tree AS long as the tree
was small he was benefited by the grapes,
but when the tree became large the birds
lodged in it and devoured the grapes. ~
A TER. in the Germantown TEE
qroph. concludes, after having had three
years experience with storing manure in
! the cellar of barn and under the ami
mails, and the hay and grain stored in the
lsbarn, and when special care was devoted
| to ventilation, that ii is avery objection
able arrangement, and unhesitatingly con-
dennis it as very injudicious.
Irr MEYER feed your fowls in haste, throw
| ing down the corn and running. Watch
the pecuIarities Of your flock. One fowl
may starve while the others are fattening.
Fowls have their likes and dislikesas well
as people, and their tastes must be studied.
And no kind of feed that they dislike
should be forced upon them. If you do,
| your fowls will suffer both in condition
and plumage. ''''
CURE FOR THE ITCH. Take fresh butter,
one pound; put it in skillet, boil all the
pickle out, skim itwell, then add one ounce
| Venice turpentine and one ounce of red
/ precipitate; stir till cool or the precip
itate will settle to the bottom. This
will cure the seven year itch, think, if
9persevered in d short time. 1t has not
the. ldisagreeable smell of preparations
made with sulphur.-Rurali Nev Yorker.
!, THOSE who have plant houses, frames,
&C., know how difficult it is to remove old
putty from sashes without injuring the
SASH I have seen it stated in some jour
nal that it could be removed very easy by
applying a hot iron TO it. u tried the ex-
pertinent a few days ago for the first time,
land was quite surprised to find how easily
the most indurate old putty could be cut
out after being well warmed up by the APP
plication Of red hot IRON. Try it
Gardeners Monthly. u
A CORRESPONDENT of the Mdtaae Farmer
writes eff have COW or heifer which
| is inclined to kick, take my stool and sit
down, with my milking pail between my
knees, with my left hand hold Of one hind
teat and my right one hold Of q fore teat.
/ then commence milking. and if she tries
to kick, hang on to the teats and keep on
milking, as She can neither hurt me, the
pail nor herself, nor prevent me from
milking. keep on milking until | get
through. By thus persevering few times,
she will see she can do no harm, and will
abandon the idea of kicking"
A POOR farmer cannot conceal the fact
that he ia poor farmer. All his surround
ings proclaim the verdict against him
his horses, cattle, wagons, harness, plows,
fences, felds-even his wife and children
bear silent, but unmistakable evidence
against him. On the other hand, all these
things will testify favorably On behalf Of
the good farmer. Every pssser-by Can
read the evidence pro or con. This fact,
alone, ought to stimulate every farmer to
I do his best, for the sake of his OWE charac-
ter, as well as interest: for he may rest
1 assured that every passer-by will pro-
Fl
Il dence.-Ohi0 Farmer
A. To COLOR black use one and g half
ounces of extract of logwood; one ounce
of vitriol to four ounces of extract-this is
1 for one pound of wooden goods-dissolve
the vitriol well, then put in the goods and
leave them in one hour stir occasionally
4 to keep from spotting have the water
quite hot; then have your extract well
dissolved in plenty of water to cover the
| goods well. Take out ofthe vitriol water,
4 put it in your dye, stir and air it we'll for
+ one hour. Then take out and add one
1 pint of salt and one pint of soft soap, to
the ooze; put back your goods, let it come
to scald. This will set the color so it will
not crock. Wash well lin cold water,
and hang out to dry.-RuaGs Ncao H0rher.
ENGLISH writers say the system of pack
ing eggs small end down is wrong and
4 their reasons have the appearance of right.
We quote :,i"i Most persons will have OBJ
served that when an egg is boiled the
4 vacuum is at the large end of the egg, and
/ that it is more or less extensive according
to the age of the egg. Now, this is the
part of the egg where the shell is most
porous, and, where the air is admitted most
freely. This air chamber is of the utmost
4 importance to the chicken while Matching,
as it seems to equalize the supply of the
necessary air under the variations of the
outer temperature; and it will be found
| that the chamber enlarges as the Matching
proceeds; therefore when eggs are packed
with the small end up, the liquid presses
on the most porous part of the shell con-
sequently, for the air to penetrate the
| eggs. it would have to lift the weight Of
the fiuid."'t a3 x5 53jga2 .aya $50
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