Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-04-20
Farm, Garden, Kitchen and Shop
GREEN APPLES.

cor every degree,
Ripening early and ripening late.
"Take them in season, pluck and eat,
And the fruit is wholesome, the fruit is sweet;
But, my friends -" Here he gave rap
On his desk like regular thunder clap,
And made such bang,
Old Deacon Lang
Woke up out Of his Sunday nap.
Green fruit, he said God would not bless;
But half lfe's sorrow and bitterness,
Half the evil and ache and crime,
Come from tasting before their time
The fruits of Heaven sent.
Then on he went
To his Fourthly and Filthy wasn't it prime ,
But, say, Bob we fellows don't care
SO much for a mouthful of apple or pear;
But what we like is the fun of the thing.
When the fresh winds blow, and the hand-birds
bring
Home grubs, and sing
To their young ones, swing
In their basket nest, tied up by its string.
l like apples in various ways,
They're first rate roasted before the blaze
Ola winter fire; and, o my eyes
Aren't they nice, made into pies?
l scarce ever saw
One cooked, or raw,
That wasn't good for boy Of my size
But this is a hard one Why didn't we
Leave them another week on the tree
Is yours as bitteri Give us a bite
The pulp is tough. and the seeds are white,
And the taste of it Fuckers
My mouth like suckers!
vow, believe the old parson was right
How TO Dissolve BONEs.-A bar
rel, box or an ash hopper will do to
dissolve bones in. The bones should
be broken into small pieces with an
axe or sledge hammer. By laying
them on a fiat stone or a piece Of
iron, they can readily be broken into
small particles. After being broken,
place layer of them in the vessel
provided, about three inches deep
cover them with good hard wood, un.
leached ashes, to which should be add
ed fresh lime in the proportion of
half bushel of lime to a barrel of
ashes. Put on enough of ashes tc
cover them thoroughly, and so contin
ne alternately until the vessel is full
Add enough water to saturate the
whole thoroughly, though not enough
to make the lye run. Let it remain
about three months, taking care to
dampen it every two weeks with
enough water to start the I've. If the
I've should run, catch it for dampen
ing the ashes in future use. In three
months the bones will become soft
and ready to crumble. Much of il
can be broken up with the shovel by
throwing out the mass and working
it over. Those bones that do mo-
work up can be picked out, and rese
again, and by the time they go through
the process again they will be thor
Oughly decomposed, and ready for use
on grain or other crops.-Deitz,
Farm Journal.
How TO TREAT CHILLED LAMBS
John A. Morton of Hadley, gives hi
method of treating chilled lamb
He says take a tub of water abou
blood warm, and put the lamb all bu
his head into it, carefully rubbing hin
till he is thoroughly restored t.
warmth; then take him out and rul
with dry cloths till he is dry an,
warm, then he is ready to be return
ed to his dam. This is a safe an,
quick way off restoring the lamb t.
its natural warmth.-H0mestead.
LIGHT AND Poor SOFIA frien
asks how to improve land too ligh
and poor to grow clover. Try super
phosphate for a good start of bucl
wheat, plough in the latter-tw
crops in season, if you begin early
then dress with mari or lime, and tr
clover for ploughing under.-RurC
Nel0 Yorker.
GRAPHING WAx.-Every farmer, q
we'll as gardener, should keep a SUI
ply of grafting-wax on hand, read
for use whenever required. 1t is
valuable article for many other pu
poses besides that of grating
Wounds made in pruning large tree
or by the accidental stripping off of
piece Of bark, if coated with wax, wi
heal over much sooner than if left e,
posed to the air; besides, the WOO
underneath will remain sound an
healthy. There are many difereI
compounds used for this purpose, bu
we like the following better than ar
other: -Four pounds of rosin, tW
pounds of beeswax, one pound of ia
low, melted together. If to be use
in cool weather, add half pour
more of the tallow. If the cost {
the beeswax is an Objectionable itel
the quantity may be reduced OF
half or more.-RardL Neuc Yorker.
SAVING OFF CATTLE's HORNS
Professor Spooner, President Of Il
Veterinary College, London, on t.
al in Dublin, gave the following e'
dence: 81 have said that | consid
this to be very gross act OF cruelt
and for this reason, that the horns
oxen are unlike those OF the deer 81
cies. They have a large proporti
OF bone growing out from the bone
the head, and that is surrounded by
heavy sensitive structure, so that,
cut the horns, they had to go bell
where 1t was simply horny, and t
animal had to suffer great pain. T
nearer the operation was perform
to the skull, the greater the sufferir
That bone was hollow-that is to 81
it had not one single horned cavity
but it had several cells which extel
ed into the head, though not to
brain, but close to it. These cayit
were exposed, by the removal OF
horns, to the air; and as they ;
lined with a delicate, sensitive me
brane-there being besides delica
sensitive covering outside-great {
fering must be caused. The cavit
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