Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-12-09
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I -Dlp ell-ScdSOutu SilluSlcS III u lime
wash, and dry them before laying, and
they will lest much longer and not become
covered with moss
More than hundred hay growers in
! New England indorse the report of the
Board of Agriculture that the time to cut
hay is when it is Towering, and not when
the flower is dying, as formerly practiced
DIR. Voelcker says: "Placed in
heap with ashes or sand, occasionally
moistened with liquid manure or water,
bone enters into putretaction, and be.
comes a more soluble and energetic
manure than ordinary bone dust"
Blood as a manure has been recon-
mended for orchards; some applying it
raw, have killed their trees. 1t should al
ways be composted with muck or garden
earth, and stand some months; then it
makes safe and effective fertilizer.
Some have recommended charcoal as
fertilizer Taken raw from the pits it
it is worthless. But as compost for
| rank and offensive manure, as slaughter
house otfal, it is very useful Dry char.
coal is thirsty absorbent of fertilizing
gases.
"A correspondent of the Germantown
telegraph says Some years ago had a
shade-tree which split at the fork. | took
an inch and half augur, bored hole
| through, put well seasoned wooden plug
through, wedged each end, and it grew on
and the crack opened no farther.
A correspondent of the Southern GU
tipator adduces many facts in support OF
the theory that rust is disease as perma.
nently fixed in some varieties of wheat as
the consumption is in some families. He
classes the Tappahannock with the dis
eased varieties.
-Glue.-Break an ounce of glue into
small pieces; put it into a tin can with
tightly fitting top; cover with alcohol,
and let it stand for three or four days,
when it will be ready for use In very
cold weather it may be necessary to set
the glue can into warm water to soften it,
SO it can be readily applied.
-Quince and Apple Jelly-Cut small
and core an equal weight of tart apples
and ounces; put the ounces in preserv.
ing kettle, with water to cover them, and
boil till soft; add the apples, still keeping
water to cover them, and boil till the
whole is nearly pulp put the whole
into jelly bag, and strain without press
ing.
A Kansas correspondent of the RurI
World writes | will give you an infallible
remedy for gals and sores of all kinds on
horses, including what is generally called
scratches. Two ounces extract of lead,
two ounces spirits of wine, one ounce sal
ammoniac, half an ounce white vitriol,
four ounces soft water; mix, dissolve, and
wash three or four times day.
Dry Hop Yeast--Tie three handfuls
of hops up in thin cloth with eight
peeled medium sized potatoes; boil these
together in three quarts Of water pour
! off the water after sufficient boiling and
scald three quarts of -four with it, mash
| the potatoes and stir these with the scald-
ed flour; let it cool and mix with one
teacupful of good yeast. Let it stand I'LL
it is light and well fermented then mix
sufficient corn meal with it to thicken;
make two cakes and dry them in the
shade
After an experience of many years,
writer in the Neto England Fdrmaer says
that good cows will eat on an average
twenty pounds of hay per day when Civ
ing milk, and fifteen pounds when dry.
Not by guess-work but tested by actual
weight for months at time They will
pay well for their keeping by yielding an
average Of six quarts per milk per day
throughout the year He estimates sum-
mer pasture at fifty cents per week, and
milk at 81 cents per quart.
An experienced writer gives the fol-
lowing estimate of the quantity of butter
produced by good English COW: "a
good cow should produce eight pounds of
b liter per week in summer, and half of
that in the winter, allowing from six weeks
to two months for her being dry before
calving. If she produces more she is a
superior COW; if less, below par To pro-
duce this quantity the pasture must be
good. Three acres should keep cow in
grass and hay for year"
"A correspondent of the Rural Neao
Yorker gives the following as a sure means
of DISCRIMINATING bed bugs: Boil to one
gallon of water one half pound of alum;
wash the cord, and after securing the
stains off the bedsted with ashes, wash,
with hot alum water, the floors and all
parts where there are any signs of them.
| | have never known it to fail to entirely
destroy them; if the season is late it will
head them off so that they will be scarce
the next season. l have seen good bed
steads spoiled with hot water which only
kills such bugs as it comes in contact with,
while they (the bugs will not stay on
the parts which have been wet with alum
water.
Concerning the watering of newly.
planted trees writer in the Prairie Fdrm-
r says; In most cases, people commit an
error by watering their newly planted
trees close to the trunk Every tree forms
a little hill around its trunk to shed the
water off, besides the trunk is protected
from surplus rain by the leaves of the
crown. This is the reason, why in its
natural state we always find the soil