Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-08-17

tut cut after the middle of July. The ear
y cut hay spent" fully as well as the later
ut; no more of it was consumed, and DR..
Nichols estimates that the money value of
he product from this hay, fed to ten COWS,
vas greater by nearly dollar a day, than
hat from the other. DR.. Nichols also re-
beats the opinion he has often expressed
before, that most hay is dried too much,
md declares that if grass is entirely freed
rom external moisture, as that in the form
IF dew and rain, it will cure better in the
now than anywhere else, provided enough
to wind and sun is had to cause
of the water circulating in the
vessels of the plant to be evaporated. This
5 accomplished in six or eight hours of IA
,orable weather.-Prairie Farmer.
TURF ASHES FOR TURNIPs. Having
lad great experience with ashes as ma
nure which were burned from turf pared
Of the land with the breast pillow, l can say
hat the turnip crop is benefited to a great
extent by ashes obtained in this way, than
my other. On the Cotswold hills and for
many miles around the adjacent country,
ashes are used to a great degree for the
wheat land as well as for turnips, but my
object is to recommend experiments with
them for the latter crop, and this is how a
nice patch of any of the common white
turnips may be grown, without any extra
pains:
Select a piece of ground with thick sod
upon it set horse pillow as light as it can
possibly be made to go; weight it ifneces-
sary to keep it from jumping out, and, if
there is much turf left in consequence of
the unsteadiness of the pillow, good cult
vator would take it off by using it across
the burrows. THE breast piow is out of
the question in this country-hence the
Of using the horse pillow in
stead.) Harrow repeatedly and until there
than will readily burn in small heaps, when
it must be raked together in heaps five OF
six yards apart and set fire to, some one
looking after the burning and raking up
the outsides to the middle, as the fires get
low. After the ashes are cold, spread even.
ly over the surface and pillow as light as can
be done, and then, when torn to pieces
with the harrows and made very fine, the
ashes being thoroughly mixed, pillow again
one inch deeper than before for the ashes
must be near the surface, and the whole
depth Of fine mould with the ashes inter
mixed, need not be more than three inches
Sow broadcast or drill on the level about
the third week in July, one pound Of seec
per acre or half that quantity, if reliable
seed white turnip, not sweeds, and there
will be a good crop. Try it on small
scale and report progress.-Cor. C6mtr!
GeatlemaR
DISEASED CATTLE-REMEDY.-Last fall
when my COWS were turned into the felC
from which | had gathered corn, two OF
them became very sick At every expira
ton Of the breath they would give puff
ing, suppressed grunt, as though they wer
in great pain. They ate yery little, anc
fell away remarkably fast. The KNOWN:
ones gave it the name of "the distemper'
that being a convenient term for un
known diseases. Fears of the Murrain
which occasionally visits our section, dis
turbcd me- Then concluded they NIGH
be injured by eating too much corn, hav
ing found that unfaithful hands had left
large quantity in one part of the field
Lastly was quite convinced that the mair
| if not the sole cause was the smut eaI
which were left on the stalks-there bein
an unusually large quantity ofthem.
I tried dosing them with copperas an
drenching them with grease. Perhar
both, and most probably the latter-di
good. But | learned that a decoction 0
Lions Tongue" Pipisseway, was POW
erful cure for what is called distempe
and that it might cure them. l gathere
the plant, root stem and leaves, and mad
a strong tea of it, and drenched the on
that had not been relieved by the othc
medicine. The result was a speedy reco'
cry.
heard Of another very sick COW, TIL
was thought to have the distemper, beir
readily cured by being drenched with tn
same kind Of tea. Used in very large do
cs it may be dangerous, as it is poisonous
CANNING FRUIT.-All fruit should !
canned the day it is gathered. Place yoI
cans in any vessel where they can stand
least half way up in boiling hot waite
which keep so until scaled. usually tai
large dripping pan and put it on the t.
of the stove at one side, while my preser
ing kettle is on the other. Make your sy
up, and when it comes to boil, put
? your peaches and let them cook (if cling
until you can pierce with piece of broo
corn; if freestones, when the syrup boi
up over them the first time, skim out al
= put into the cans. When the latter a
full of the peaches, fill up with boiling h
syrup, wipe off the tops with a rag wet wi
t cold water, being careful that no juice !
4 mains on them, then put on the cove
e remove from the water to the stoveheart
e and seal.
e Everything must be hot from the begi
5 ming to the end; hot syrup, hot cans, b
n fruit, hot sealing wax, and harder than a
d hot and blowzy hands and faces, just VIII
the thermometer stands at blood heat
a the shade All small fruits are subject
! to the same process, except that the II
a for them is simply to allow them to COZ
y to boil, and to remain longer in the s.
? up. Strawberries, to retain their color a
Is flavor, require more sugar, and to be |
into glass, stone, earthen, or anything
Is tin. The same is true of blackberries.
l. matOes / scald, peal, and then bring tC
# boil again, with little salt added, whe
7r put them in the can, and seal.-Homeste
W QUEER HOG FATTENER.-A singu
!! discovery has been made at Cincinnati.
- seems that man upset his kerosene Ii
tern into his meal bin, and he noticed
e forwards that his hogs ate the damaged f
der with ayidity. This gave him an id
v and by experiment he found that five wee
l. feeding with kerosene mixture made
" of his hogs so fat that it could scare
rk stand. The animal was then tried i
- lard with the following result: When c
+ the lard did not CONCEAL, but the addit