The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-09-09

an angel TOO, with balms-
Happy he man who thus has 'seaped the
dim did an angel bless when he was
lThe cradle or the boy
With flowers celestial slTewed.
Lambs are called tegs after weau-
ing until their first feeces are takon
off.
. Horace Hatch, Esq, Of South Lee,
Mass, has three apple trees that are
flied with fruit and a second crop of
apples, and what is more remarkabl1,
this is regular annual occurrence.
The quality Of. Asiatic fowls as lay
ers is good, better in winter than that
% otner breeds, and they lay as much
weight Of eggs as any ether kind.
Bat in laying, as we'll as Matching,
mech depends upon how they are
managed.
Mr.. Howard, Of Ontario (Cauada)
has lately transported three dozen
eggs from Yorkshire, England, al a
cost Of $3.50, delivered, from which
he raised sixteen chickens The
same number aud breed Of fowls, had
no imported them, would have cost
him sl60, or SO piece.
Oae of the lions Of the Russian
Exhibition at Moscow was q new
species Of Al ophila, magnificent Tree
Fern, having thick, straight trunk
about niue feet high from the top of
the tub. The fronds are fully FOUR
feet long. so that the head is at least
eight feet il diameter.
A writer in the Westelu Rural says
he commences feeding bis hogs on
green oats as soon as lis tail enough
to NOV, aud continues it till after
harvest. The hogs. be avs thrive
much better ia tha5 way, with half
rauons Of corn, that with corn alone,
and the former is much cheaper
Peach blow potatoes were fr.trais
e9 from the seed ball by a s.. & NJ.
Shepherd. Of Old Saratoga, Saratoga
Co. n. Y, number of years ago.
There were several other kinds; one
they called Shepherd Reds, and q e
Peach Blow, Calico potato Henry
Holmes, of Saratoga, gave them the
name OF Peach Blow.
Itis thoueht that the sweet potato
might be rluch improved If people
would give enough attention to its
cultivation aud eudeavor to secure
fine varieties, as is done in the case Of
the Irish potato. Very generally
large proportion Of the crop is lost
with US because care Is not taken to
keep them either dry or worm.
90 make paper stick to Uhitewash-
ed Walls-Take a sizing OF common
glue and water, Of the consistency of
linseed oil, and apply with whitewash
or other brush to the walls, taken
care to 20 over every part, and espee-
tally top and bottom. Apply the pa
per in the ordinary way as soon as
erly made 1t viii remaiI firm for years.
Some years ego, desiring to know
whether cows upon good pasturage
could be made to yield more milk
simply By giving them small feed of
hay daily, we made the experiment,
aud found that the milk could be very
seasibly increased Ia this way, par
ticularly at such times Whe n the APP
petites of the animals seemed TO crave
a change Of food.
No person need calculate on max
ing the strawberry pay by growing
it on the 8 iipshod" plain. 1t must
have clean and Of repeated culture.
Don't after you have set out a plant
alton, wait until you see the weeds
glowing before you start the hoe and
eultivator. Remember, you can hoe
over a plantation four times if doae
IN season, here you can once If il
gets weedy and surface stiff.
No one should attempt to make
butter without using a good thermom
eteT, especially in preparing the cream
for churniDg Old and experienced
butter makers may guess at temperate
ure pretty accurately. hut the temper
ature Of the surrounding atmosphere
varies So much from day to day that
no one can be sure of being right
without an accurate instrument fol-
determining the degree Of heat re
CURED in the cream to produce tn
best results.
4 stock raiser in Oregon writes =
the Willamette Farmer: AK
Hungarian SO we'll for pasture tina
I've sOwn more of It this spring; psr
haps It would do well to pasture II fo
while in Tie spring and then let
grow a crop of hay. l think | Will tr
this plan another year. l think
ahead Of other grasses for very earl
spring pasture, and is eaten with
relish By the stock.
The practice Of placing out ue'
beds Of strawberry vines in the month
Of August and September came fosu
from England, where The autumi
months arc more cool and moist tina
in this country. 1t has been pe.siste
In and advised but except in smai
gardens where extra care, amountin
In labor to more than the value ofth
fruit crop, is taken, its results hav
r31eIy been satisfactory The expeI
fence Of 9 out Of 10, if not 95 out {
100. has shown poor and unsatisfacl
DRY results.
at Hiram, Portage County, Ohio,
few days go, Milton Young fell int
tbe cylinder Of q tbreshing machir
while it was running. The machiI
was stopped as soon as possible, b.
he was drawn in wish such force tn