The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-05-27
THINGS vvOR TH KNOWING.

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New miIch cows should be carded dai-
ly. They like it, and it pays.
Rich milk is not the best for calves
A butter COW is not good stock C ow.
Insects do not infest very late sown
peas as they do early ones.
Stewed pumpkin as poultice has been
found of great value in reducing infam
matory rheumatism.
The potato is great absorber Of pot
ash. Therefore wood ashes are good
manure for it
Experiments seem to prove that fence
posts set up the reverse way from which
they grow, will last much the longer.
Calcined plaster is as good fertilizer
as the uncalcined, but it is usually
wasted after its use in the arts.
Some one says if salt is kept before
horse in the stable, he will not gnaw his
manger. Trial will tell.
Root crops, not grain, are the things
for young orchards. They do not steal
so much tree food.
Look out for morals as we'll as muscles
in hiring farm hands. They may ruin
the boys by their vicious examples.
Smoke from rags, dry wood or corn
cobs is better than Tobacco in pacifying
bees to remove honey, etc.
Carrots are recommended for horses to
aid digestion, and tomatoes to COWS TO
improve and increase the milk.
Managers should be low, and stables
we'll ventilated and we'll lighted. Many
horses are made blind by being kept in
the dark.
1t is difficult to tell collie from bots in
horse, but tablespoonful of chloroform,
IN twice as much mucilage, is good rem
edy for either.
If the roots of trees ars dipped into
water just before planting, the earth that
sticks to them will give immediate sup
port to the small fibers.
John johnson says that farmers must
give special attention to sheep and cattle
keeping if they want to make grain grow
ing more profitable.
Nine-tenths of the diseases which hap
pen TO the hoofs and ankles of the horse
are occasioned by standing on the dry
plank floors Of the stable.
Shoots will push on old and young
trees just where the limbs are not wanted.
Remember that the new terder shoot
will soon be a hard, woody branch A
slight rub will now remove it. but if left
year the knife must be used. Rub off
these shoots when young and save cutting
hereafter.
Cultivation in the orchard has two
fold effect-it destroys the weeds, and
leaves the surface in that light, mellow
condition which enables it to answer the
purposes of mulch. Young orchards,
with crops between the rows, should be
cultivated with as much an eye to the
trees as to the crops.
LIQUID GRATING WAX We advise
none of our readers to pay dollar for q
receipt for making liquid grating wax
We have once or twice published such
receipt and again repeat it for the benefit
of our subscribers. The following will
make a wax that can be put on with
brush, will always be ready for use if
kept tightly corked in bottle, and can
be applied to bruises or wounds on trees,
or used as grating wax viz: Melt one
pound of rosin over a gentle fire add an
ounce of beef tsllow and stir it we'll
little and add tablespoonful of spirits Of
turpentine, and after that about seven
ounces Of very strong alcohol (95 per cent.)
1t will be necessary, after putting in the
alcohol, to put it on the stove again, stir
ring it constantly, taking great care that
the alcohol does not get inhamcd. To
avoid this, remove the kettle from the
stove as soon as the mass, which may
have cooled rapidly by the addition of the
alcohol, begins to melt. Continue to stir,
until the whole mass becomes the consis-
tency of honey. This will be found far
better and cheaper than the common shell
lac preparation used for this purpose
and after being put on for a day or two,
becomes a clear, white color, and as hard
as stone-impervious to water and air.
We charge our readers nothing for the
above, and will warrant it better than
that made from receipt for which many
will pay one dollar The preparation for
it has been proved and recommended by
some of the best horticulturists in the
country.-Auine FtuRser.
CLEANING SILK.-The following is
said TO be and excellent recipe for clean>
ing silk: Pare three Irish potatoes; cut
them into thin slices and wash them we'll
Pour on them half pint of boiling water,
and let it stand till cold strain the water
and add to it an equal quantity of alcohol
Sponge the silk on the right side, and
when half dry, iron it on the wrong side.
The most delicate colored silk may be
cleaned by this process, which is equally
applicable to cloth, velvet or Grape.
WHEN TO PUT PAINT ON SURFA CEs.-
Experiments show that paint on surfaces
exposed to the sun will be much more
durable if applied in autumn or Spring,
than if put on in hot weather. In cold
weather it dries slowly, forms hard,
glossy coat, tough like glass, while if ap-
nliad in warm uUaaf her the oil strikes intn