The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-10-02
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AGRICULTURAL.

contain an acre.
The most profitable use of sour apples
Is to make them into vinegar.
Shade trees should not be planted near
dwelling houses. Let in the sunlight.
Sitting fine lime over potato vines is
said to be sure remedy for the potato
bug.
1t is estimated that an equivalent of
twelve tons Of hay can be produced on
one acre in roots.
Maple and other trees wi ich begin to
split and break down, can be saved by
boiling the open halves together.
The frequent exchange of seeds be-
tween farmeas living some distance apart
makes great difference in their crops.
In farmers family, neither hair.
moss, nor feathers, need be procured for
beds. Soft inside husks, well hatcheled, :,
are wholesome, elastic and durable.
The way to accomplish the most on a
farm is to know beforehand precisely
what you want to do, and the ratio of
means in possession to accomplish it.
/ Good farming is thus defined: It con-
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possible of vegetables that do not ex-
haust the SOIL. and selling them in an
animal rather than a vegetable form.
Experiments made at Chenoa, on the
Illinois Central Railroad last year, in
drying corn by hot air, and thereby get
ting it to an early market, and obtaining
the first price of the season, were, it is
said, repaid by perfect success.
/ A correspondent of the Country Gen
tlemm. says that hand friction-always
rubbing down-will certainly keep wind
gals from increasing, and If. well applied
tor half an hour at time, twice day,
will remove a new one, or materially
check one of long standing.
1t may be impossible to keep lice out
of hen houses, bur they must be kept
entirely down by cleaning out the house
frequently and sprinkling it with lime.
1t is good plan to whitewash it every
year, sprinkle the floor with ashes once
or twice "a week, and change the hay in
the nests frequently.
A correspondent of the Scientific
Anaericon says: The. grindstone is a
self-sharpening tool, and after having
been turned some time in one direction
I (f a hard stone) the motion should be
reversed Sand Of the right grit applied
occasionally to hard stone will render it
/ quite etectual."
\ hundred years ago it was settled
! that the shortening of the tap of the
root of a tree was no injury, and at the
present day some of the most practical OF
our growers cut the tap root SO as to in
duce the tree to throw out lateral roots,
and thus save the tree from being sway
ed SO much by high winds.
A correspondent of the Rurol Aeu
+ Yorker, believes that the wrinkles in a
I cows horns do not show the number of
years it has seen, but the number OF
times it has shed its coat. lie thiaks
the first wrinkle appears when the animal
sheds its hair the third time, and there
after one is added every time it goes
through that experience.
A worm which has heretofore been un-
known in hat vicinity, has made its ap-
I pearance among some of the corn fields
of Kentucky. 1t enters the stalk either
/ by top or bottom aud bores its course
through, killing the tassel and perforat-
! ing the blades. The outside rows oil
many fields have scarcely stalk lett
/ The worm, about half an inch in length
with striped body is a new one, and un-
less an effective remedy is promptly
found, it will do immense damage.
REMARKABLE MASONIC INCIDENT
The Colorado Chietitan has the follow
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occurred fn California took place in the
/ yea 1910, and was performed over the
! body of brother found in the bay of San
! Francisco. An account of the ceremo
nies states that on the body Of the de-
ceased was found silver mark of a
Mason, upon which was engraved the
initials of his name A little further
/ investigation revealed to the beholder the
/ most singular exhibition of Masor ic en-
blems that was ever drawn by the inge-
nuity of man on the human skin. There
is nothing in Masonic history or tradition
to equal it, Beautifully dotted on the left
arm, in red and blue ink, which time
could not efface, appeared all the en-
blems of Entered Apprenticeship. There
were the Holy Bible, the square and
compass, the twenty-four inch guagc and
common gavel. There were also the
Masonic pavement, representing the
ground floor of King Solomon's Temple
the indented tessel which surrounds it,
and the blazing star in the center. On
his right arm, and artistically executed
in the same indelible liquid, were the
emblems pertaining to the Fellow Craft
degree, viz: the square, the level, and
the plumb. There were also the five or.
dcrs of architecturcs-the Tuscan, Doric
Ionic, Corinthian and Composite.
In removing the garments from his
body the trowel presented itself, with al
the other tools of operative Masonry
Over his heart was the pot of incense
On the other parts of his body were the
bee hive, the 8. Book of Constitutions,
guarded by the Tyler's sword, the sword
pointed to naked heart, the All-seeine
eye, the anchor and ark, the hour-glass
the scythe, the forty-seventh problem o.
Euclid, the sun, the moon, stars and com
cts, the three steps emblematical o.
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