Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-21
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.
Careful experiments show that pure
air is necessary not only for the reSpira-
ton of the mature bees, but for the hatch
ing of the eggs, and developing the Larvae;
fine netting of air-vessels enveloping the
eggs, and the cells of the Larvae being
closed with covering filled with air
holes.
In canning fruit, the tendency of the
jars to break is a source of no little vexa-
ton. An old housekeeper tells how this
difficulty can be obviated. Wiring towel
out Of cold water and wrap it around the
jar, then place dry one over it, and fill
the jar with hot fruit.
Soda Sponge Cake-1 egg, cup Of
sour cream, cup Of sugar, teaspoonful
of soda, = teaspooniul of cream of tartar
3 cups of flour; flavor to taste, l some
times put x cup of dried ourrants and the
same of citron or raisins in place Of flavor
ing either way it is very light and nice
while fresh.-American AgriculturiSt.
The Squash Borer-Dr. Walsh writes
the Country Gentleman that the best rem
edy against the squash borer is to cover
the vines with earth for a distance of a
foot or two from the hill. AS the moth,
the mother Of the borer, does not care to
lay the eggs at any considerable distance
from the roots, she will leave such covered
vines in search for those that suit her bet
ter.
The best time for thinning out fruit is
just when the imperfect specimens can be
distinguished from the perfect. But if not
done then, let it not be neglected. do it at
any time before the fruit is matured.
Moreover, if the earliest ripe specimens
are gathered just on reaching maturity,
the later specimens will improve more
than if the tree had been allowed to carry
the whole load The fruits first gathered
can be ripened in the house. Exchange.
Tomatoes are susceptible of being
cooked in many ways. To the writer's
notion the glorification Of tomatoes is to
cook them with a little finely chopped
onion. Of course there are many who do
not tolerate onion under any circum-
stances but let those who like both onions
and tomatoes try it. The flavor of each,
the onion and tomato, seems to modify
the other, and the result is, to our in
dividual notion, what James Russell
Lowell described poetry to be-"a touch
beyond -Ercaange.
"A correspondent of the Germantown
Telegraph wishes that he could make the
truth vivid to every keeper of cows, that
the care of them is something that requires
knowledge and painstaking in details
Cows must not be neglected or deprived
of sufficient food. Good shelter and
abundance of food they must have if we
would make them profitable. Evenness of
local temperature is "a necessity II the
weather is cold or wet without doors, they
sho1ld be made warm and dry within the
stable. Il the sun shines too hot, they
should have the privilege Of shade. When
a COW becomes uncomfortable, the flow of
milk is restrained. A COW will return to
you just in proportion as you confer care
upon her.
1t is time in October to commence
fattening the swine, by feeding them more
literally than they have been through the
warmer months. They will gain faster
now than when the weather is cold Al
ways furnish them with dry bed, and
where the wind will not reach them, espe-
cially through cracks in the floor. They
will thrive better if fed upon variety OF
food, and some of it should be of succu-
lent or juicy nature, in order to keep the
system in the most healthy condition Do
not allow the stock to feed the moving fields
too closely. The effect is hurtful to future
crops. The growth of the plant is stopped
by taking off the leaves continually. If
the plants continue to grow until arrested
by frost they take deeper root, are better
able to resist winter.killing, and are made
permanently better. = Ne". England
F,lrUler,
Why Damp Grain Weighs Less than
Dry Grain. This was one of the things
that puzzled us when boy. This wheat
is damp and viii weigh heavy" we once
said to our father "You ought to know
better than that he replied; " damp
wheat never weighs as much as dry
wheat" We could not understand how
this could be the case and were afforded
no explanation. We fear this is rather a
common fault with fathers. The truth OF
the matter is this Take two acres of
wheat, each of which will yield precisely
the same amount. Let one be harvested
and thrashed in perfect condition and the
other in a wet state. The latter, II
thrashed out clean, will weigh more than