Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-09-30

Shade trees should not be planted close
TO dwelling houses, Let in the sun light
Maple and other trees which begin to
split and break down can I'D saved 81 bolt,
ing the open halves togdher, kaN q
"A correspondent of the Mqia6 Farmer
saws he has cured cracked teats in cows by
greasing them well with lard.
1t is asserted that a'pewder composed
of two parts Of Paris green to twenty Of
ashes, and sitted upon the potatoplants,
will destroy the bug which infests them
The Nto England Fmmer is not in
clined to favor early diggingyof ptatoes.
It thinks no place is better adapted to pre-.
serve them than the beds in which
they grew Then they are not crowded,
are kept from the light, and are moist
enough to prevent undue evaporation.
A German pomologist asserts that
Young pear trees with smooth and red
twigs will furnish juicy and well favored
fruit; while rough, green shoots indicate
mealy, dry and tasteless article, With
apples, rough branches indicate sour;
smooth branches sweet fruit.
"A correspondent of the Scientific
american saws: The grindStone is a
selfsharpening tool, and after having been
turned some time in one direction Gif hard
stone) the motion should be reversed.
Sand of the right grit, applied occasionally
TO a hard stone, viii render it quite
efectual.
1t may be impossible to keep lice out
Of hen. houses, but they may be kept down
by cleaning out the house frequently and
sprinkling it with lime. 1t is a good plan
to White.wash it every year, sprinkle the
floor with ashes once or twice a week. and
change the hay in the nests frequently,
"A hundred years ago ii was settled that
the shortening of the tap-root of tree
was no injury, and at the present day
some of the most practical of our pear
growers cut the taproot SO as to induce
the tree to throw out lateral roots, and
thus save the trees from being swayed so
much by high winds.
A correspondent of the Rural Neac
Yorker, believes that the wrinkles in
cows horns do not show the number Of
wears it has seen, but the number of times
i has shed its coat. He thinks the first
wrinkle appears when the animal sheds its
hair the third time, and thereafter one is
added every time it goes through that ex-
perience,
TO make paper stick to whitewashed
walls, make a sizing of common glue and
water, of the consistency of linseed oil,
and apply with whitewash or other brush
to the walls, taking care to go over every
part, and especially top and bottom. APP
ply the paper in the ordinary way as soon
as you please, and if the paste is properly
made it will remain firm for years.
To keep grapes through winter take
boxes the size Of candle boxes; nal pieces
across the ends to lay Stats on put in the
bottom newspaper. Have ready a dish
Of hot sealing wax, and dip the ends of
the stems in this. Put in a layer in the
box carefully, then paper, then put in
your Stats, then paper, then grapes
again, and so on till full, not more than
three layers in q box. Nail III tight;
keep in a COOL dry place, until cold
wearher; then place in a dry cellar.
C.,pes in this way will keep till March,
Exchange,
An English writer says that soft eggs
are generally caused by oNcIetulng Ine
hens, and the remedy is, then, selt-evident,
Itmay, however, occur from want of lime,
which must, Of course, be supplied, the
best form being calcincd and pounded oys-
ter shells. Occasionally it occasioned by
fright, from being driven about, but
in that case viii right itself in a day or
two. If perfect eggs are habitually dropped
on the ground the proprietor should see
whether the nests do not need purify
Ing.
Keep constantly in the Toulouse
dry cloth and an oiled one. When a tool
is brought in, as it always is when the
days work is done, it iscleaned and wiped
with dry cloth. If it is not to be used
the next day the oiled cloth is then rubbed
over it. Whenever pillow or cultivator
is not to be used the following day, it is
brought in and cleaned, BY pursuing this
course through the summer, every nipple
ment is kept bright and ready for use In
addition to this, hoes, shovels, spades, etc,
are kept sharp. All this time use lard oil,
but when there is no further use for plows
or cultiyators give them good coat of
lmseed OIL This forms a covering that is
mpervious to moisture, and the tool is as
bright in the spring as when laid away in
the fall.