Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-11-18
Agricultural.
FARM. GARDEN AND uOJISEHOLD.

10 oehI auapteu lOr Inc purpose, because
it is the worst radiator Of heat, and
therefore cools as slowly as possible. A
polished silver Or brass tea urn is better
adapted to retain the heat of the water
than one OF dull brown color, such as is
most commonly used. A tin kettle retains
the heat of the water boiled in it more
effectually if it be kept clean IN ! polished,
than If it be allowed to collect the smoke
and SCOT to which it is exposed by the
action OF the fire. When coated with this
its surface becomes rough and black, and
is a powerful radiator of heat. A close
stove, intended to heat apartments, should
not have a polished surface. for in that
case it is one of the worst radiators of heat,
and nothing con BIZ contrived less fit for
the purpose to which it is applied. On the
other hand rough, unpublished surface Of
cast iron is favorable to radiation, and q
fire in such stove will always produce q
most powerful effect.-Cor. Germantown
Telegraph.
How TO UNH1TcH TEAM-There is al
ways right way to do every thing, and
the right way to unhitch q team is that
which is the quickest and safest. We have
often noticed farm boys, and not only farm
boys but men, disconnect team from q
wagon in very unsafe manner; something
as follows: The driver springs from the
wagon, goes to the sides of the horses,
puts up the lines, unbuckles them at the
bits, lets down the neck-yoke, unhitches
the tues and 10ads- thu horses away dis.
connected. -
Now this mode is very common and very
risky. Let us notice why. In the first
place, as soon rs the lines are put up you
have lost your means of con.
troll, as soon as the pole is down
your horses are in peril. Supposine
they should take fright, which is common
to the most quiet animals, the result of q
team running with only the tugs hitched
can be imagined. We have cases in mind
where horses have sped away with mad.
dened fury in exactly this condition, the
pole blowing the ground. and at every
plunge of the frenzied animals, the wagon
striking on their heels, frightening them
to desperation. Now the right way, or q
good way at least, is to keep the lines in
hand or where they can be reached until
the tugs are all unhitched, then your team
is free from the wagon unless stationary
neck:yoke is used, next 60 directly in front
of the horses and let down the neck-yoke
and after this separate them as convenient.
Ohio Farmer.
KEEPING PorAToEs.-We have ALWAYS
found that potatoes come out in the spring
the best when they we're buried in pits ir
the ground, and next to this way, the best
way of keeping them fresh and good until
the spring time comes is to stow them away
in the root house.
In order that potatoes may be preserved
fresh and good they should be stored where
the light of day will never reach them. Ir
this state where they grow SO prolific We al
notice how many nice potatoes are in the
fall; and how different in the spring unless
they have been wintered over in pits or ir
root houses.
In digging potatoes they should never
be suffered to bask in the sunshine; thu
better way is to pick them up just as soor
as they are taken out of the mother earth
They con be stored temporarily in wagon OF
cart boxes, but as soon as q load has beer
gathered they should be hurried off to the
dark hole which is to be their home until
they are wanted for cooking purposes.
The air and sun upon a potato will turn
it greenish color and gives it q most I'M
pleasant, bitter taste, which il really sick
ening and repulsive to the stomach.
person can worry down watery potato, but
bitter one is the worst food ever put into
the mouth. '.'''
As our winters are SO severe it is necessa
ry that. potatoes, when buried in pits
should have plenty of earth thrown ovel
them for fear that they will suffer from til
frosts. Farmers Union.
FATTEN1NG Fowls FOR MARKET.-Fa
fowls not only weigh more than poor ones
hut sell ct higher price per pound. A cor
respondent of the Rural New Yorker say.
] he has .fattaned fawla thorouahly in q fort
night from. the time of coping them, by
putting them in ,coops, keeping them dry
and clean, allowing them no gravel, keep
ing corn ! their feed boxes all the time
giving them we'll cooked corn meal dough
once day, and giving them fresh skinned
! milk with sprinkling of finely pulverizei
charcoal in it, If. the fowls are kept in THU
way more than ten or twelve days, he says
they should then have gravel, or they viii
fall away. His feeding house or coop j,
made SO as to be warm and yet airy, will
earthen floors, perches not far from the
ground. They are made of a size to &C
commodate twenty to thirty-fve fowls HI
thinks there is no. necessity for dark coopl
or the examining system-which last. We
think, has been. in this country at least
much more Of theory thanpractice.
How COOP FARMERS SAVE MoNEY.-They
take good papers and read them.
They keep account of farm operations.
They do not leave their implements scat
tered over the farm, exposed to snow, rain,
and heat.
They repair their tools and buildings al
Q proper time, and do not suffer subse
quent three-fold expenditure of time and
money! !, 1.,.,-T 80:
They use their money judiciously, and
they do not attend auction sales to pur.
chase all kinds of trumpery because it is
cheap. :: !. 49,,
They see that their fences are well re.
paired, and their cattle are not grazing in
the meadows, or grain-fields, or orchards.
they do not refuse to make correct ex.
periments in small way, of many new
things.
They plant their fruit trees we'll, care 70,
them, and of course get good crops.
They practice economy by giving their
stock good shelter during the winter; also
good food, taking all that is unsound, hall
rotten or moldy, out.
They do not keep tribes of cats, or snarl-
ing dogs around their premises who eat
more in a month than they are worth ina
whole lifetime. 80 -
Lastly, they read the advertisements,
know what is going on. and frequently save
Successful farming is made by attention
to little things. The farmer who does his
best, earns his money with best apprecia-
ton, and uses it with best results. Such
men are the salt of the earth.
TOMATO OATsup "A correspondent of the
Germantown Telegraph gives the follow.
ing: Take one bushel basket of tomatoes,
skin and boil until they are soft, squeeze
them through q fine wire or hair sieve,
add half gallon of vinegar, salt to taste,
one ounce of cloves, one of allspice, one-
half ounce of black pepper, three pods
red pepper, two heads garlic, skinned and
separated, twelve bay leaves (eaves you
find packed between icorice), two ounces
of mustard mixed with cold vinegar before
putting in-boil until reduced to about
one-half, then bottle without straining..
ECONOMY IN MEAr-Take cold meat of
any kind-pieces left from the table; cut in
pieces q quarter of on inch square; put in
q frying pan; cover the meat with water;
put in small piece of butter, pepper and
salt; when this comes to a boil stir in a
little -four and water, previously mixed.
Have two or three slices Of bread toasted;
place them on a platter, and pour over them
the meat and gravy while hot. This will
be found an excellent dish prepared from
meat usually thrown away.
"A letter from Russia to the Now York
Post says that a few weeks ago a peasant.
shabbily clothed and illiterate, came into
the treasury at Poltava, and asked if they
could change some old paper money for
the new issue. He was asked how much he
had, and he said he did not know; that he
and his wife had counted all one day, and
fho dow oftor oMd did not finish An off,