Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-10-01
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.


In blowing or teaming on the road in
hot weather, always rest the horses on an
eminence, where one minute will be worth
two in warm valley.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Prairie
Farmer recommends an application of
boiled oil, thickened with pulyerized
charcoal, to prevent posts from decaying
DRY earth is said to be an excellent
thing for gals or sores on horses, to be
retained by bandage, and changed as
often as it becomes moist from absorption
A CORRESPONDENT of. the C0Wnt1ynaa7a,
from his observations in Northern Hill
nois, is fearful that the Usage Orange is
not just the thing for the cold winters OF
that latitude.
CABBAGEs that have maggots on the
root are sure to droop and become stump
footed. Remove the earth carefully away
from the roots, scrape off the maggots and
destroy them, and new roots will soon put
out, and the plants will grow healthy
II. O., an Boston Cultscdtor.
ACCORDING to M. Comaille, ducks are
| three times as profitable as hens as egg
producers. Three ducks presented him,
| in given time, with six hundred and
seventeen eggs while three hens Matched
at the same time, achieved only two hun
| dred and fifty seven. The eggs of hens
and ducks he states to be nearly equal in
nutritive value.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the Journal Of Ag-
T5c,tttttre says he has been taught, by mis-
haps from the opposite course, not to cut
| more hay in the morning than he can rea-
sonably expect to haul in the afternoon. If
a shower should then come the damage
would be small, as but a small quantity
would be exposed.
LA PATRIE, a French paper, publishes
| the following simple method of destroying
the grub which does so much damage to
apple trees: Place piece of aloe, about
the size of a walnut, in a quart of water ;
shake the bottle from time to time during
three or four days, and apply the liquid
with small brush to the affected parts OF
the tree. If the weather be dry, single
application will suffice.
To PREVENT horse from breaking his
halter, procure small, hard, strong cord,
from eight to ten feet long; put the har-
ness ON the horse; buckle the girt tight !;
makea slipping-noose on one end of the
cord and put it around the horses tail,
close to the body; slip the other end
through the territ and bit-ring, and hitch
the horse to post, and leave him to him
self Two or three lessons will cure any
horse-C0r. Country Gentleman.
CoPAL VARNIsH-An improved method
of preparing copal varnish is said to con-
sist in first dissolving one part camphor in
twelve parts ether in well-stopped bot
| tie, and then adding four parts of the copal
resin, previously reduced to an impalpable
powder, and as soon as the copal gum is
partly dissolved, four parts of strong alco-
| hol and one-quarter part of oil of turpen-
tine are to be added, and the mixture well
shaken and allowed to stand for few
hours, after which an excellent copal var
nish will be found as the result.
| CIsTERN WATER-A citizen of Vermont
| gives the following as, in his opinion, the
best method of keeping the contents of a cis-
tern from stagnating and becoming often
sive "Let the spout run to the bottom of
the cistern. You will then have new water
every time it rains. The old water will be
buoyed or borne up, and thrown off.
| Sometimes single rain will throw off all
| the old water, and give entirely new. If
you have any doubt of this, fill pail with
water, run a tube to the bottom of it, and,
by means of a. funnel, turn more water
into it by way of the tube, and you will
see that the water you turn into the tube
will go to the bottom of the pail, and the
water you put in first will be thrown of"
KEEPING SWEET PoTAToEs.--A writer
in the Country Gentleman says: have
seen several plans tried for keeping sweet
potatoes such as putting them up in dry
sand, chat, etc; but [ have found that rot
ten wood, finely pulyerized, is the best
thing yet Collect the rotten wood in the
summer or early fall get it perfectly dry I;
grind or pound it fine; pack your sweet
potatoes in it in boxes or barrels and keep
| them in a warm room or in the cellar close
up to the floor of the house, and you need
have no fear but that your potatoes will be
as good in the spring as when you packed
them away.
| TREATMENT OF FLOWERS IN OCTOBER.
EARLY in the month, the beds should be
thoroughly cleaned Of all weeds; all the
tops of the hardy herbaceous plants that
have done blooming and are dried up
should be cut off; tuberoses, gladiolus,
dahlias, and other blooming bulbs
! should be taken up, properly dried and
| stored away. When the frost has des-
troyed the verbenas, balsams, asters, etc,
they should be removed; and the tops OF
the chrysanthemums cut off as soon as
they are done blooming. At the end of
the month, or when the earth is frozen an
inch or two deep, the beds should. be
covered over with leaves, long litter, or
salt-hay, to the depth of two or three
inches! In order to protect the plants
! from the injurious effects of alternate
freezing and thawing in the winter, a
slight protection in this way amply repays
the trouble.-Hearth and Home.