Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-10-14

as much as 10000 lbs. of oil has been dis
titled there in q single year. Peppermint
may be grown from the seeds, bnt it is
easier to propagate it by division Of the
roots. For starting plantation, it would
be desirable to SOW the seeds In drills the
year, bsfore. The planting and field culture
Of peppermint is much the same as that of
Strawberries. T. Roots one year old are tho
best for setting. They are put in light
furrow about one foot apart, and the earth
drawn slightly over them. In three or four
weeks the roots will be firmly established.
and will require hoeing at least three times
during the season. After the first year the
field requires little attention, except to pull
up the weeds. About every fourth year the
field is plowed up. and We understand that
sufficient roots sprout up to renew the field.
The plants are cut when in full blossom
and before the first leaves begin to fall of,
which generally occurs about the last of
August although it is sometimes harvested
as late as October. The FIRST crop pro-
duces the best oil, the highest yield to the
acre, and the largest amount of oil TO the
herbage. 49,
havea rat proof corn crib is great quies-
ton among farmers. 4 correspondent Of
Iuo NOW LULA UI1A0EH Nluu klVo0 tuo 1Ols
lowing experience: ,.,, E. ). ~
II have a corn crib that has stood for
twenty years, and has never had a.Jat, and
but one mouse in it, to my knowledge.
Posts ton or eleven feet long and eight
inches square; mortise two feet from one
end; for end-sills, two-inch mortise with
tusk. Taper post from sill to the end, by
hewing of inside until the end is reduced
to four inches diameter; make smooth
with draw-knife, and nail on tin smooth
half way to the end, below the sill. Let
stills be eight inches square; also, end tie
them and the rafter plates strong with
moderate interties. Brace we'll, and lath
up and down with three quarter inch :lath i;
dovetail or countersink joists crosswise;
lay the aoor and board up the ends with
ungrooved boards; let each bent be twelve
feet long, six feet wide at the sill, and
seven and half feet at plate; and if full to
peak, it will hold $50 bushels. never had
an ear to hurt on account of the great
width. If preferred, lay the floor with lath
or narrow boards, with room for ventila-
ton. Each post should stand on stone,
abont three inches from the ground, and
each stone have a foundation two feet
square and below the frost-" }st,,tr
Cow STABLE Floors. Throughout the
country not more than one barn in every
ten can be found that contains stable
compelled to be in their own filth, and the
most untidy condition when the morning
milking is done, and unless a great deal 81
washing and painstaking is practiced the
milk cannot be tried from the stable in its
original purity: Il: l.I j. '.IaI.', 10 1isi''~9":
Now, but little work is required to. re.
move the one great cause Of discomfort to
cattle in stalls and almost the whole cause
Of having winter milk unpalatable and im-
pure. A platform should be built for the
cows to stand upon, extending far enough;
back from the stanchions to give sufficient
standing room, and nomore. In this way,
cured. There are different modes
for making this platform. Il Whore q
new floor is being put in, q short pan can
be laid at the back and the balance laid at
an elevation Of two Or three inches above;
the last, Of course, overlapping the first.
On floors already laid, q good WY s to
spike down q two by three scantling little
back OF whore the hind feet will come, and
al the space between this aud the:stanch-,
ion sill with sawdust or dirt. This will
make q good bed for the animals to rest
upon, and it will also absorb all the mois-
ture that may fall upon it. If dry sawdust,
spent tan bark or dirt are put in. moisture
will not be contracted in sufficient amount
to injure the floor below, unless stock other
than cows are kept upon it. Another good
way is to lay down three strips Of inch
boards. and upon these lay the platform of
two-inch plank, giving an elevation Of three
inches. Air will circulate between the
floors and prevent rot. Il is not economy
to nail one floor to another without. space
between.
Glover AS A FERT1rIz1RR-Nhe hen red
clover is plowed under to renovate the soil,
and when. the crop is good, the clover roots
and stubble, with barn-yard manure, will
furnish all the vegetable matter needed in
the soil, while in feeding clover hay, nearly
all the mineral matter, nitrogen and am.
monis is passed, and may be saved in the
manure; so that ON good land, where all is
we'll managed, and tho clover sod plowed
up while yet in full vigor, so as to secure
the largest benefit from the large mass of
roots, nearly the full benefit of the clover
crop may be had, both for feeding and for
making manure. ,r.,.