The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-09-30
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.


In blowing or teaming on the road in
hot weather, always rest the horses on an
emil nee, where one minute will be worth
two in warm valley.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Prairie
! Farmer recommends an application of
| boiled oil, thickened with pulverized
charcoal, to prevent posts from decaying.
DRY earth is said to be an excellent
| thing for gals or sores on horses, to be
retained by bandage, and changed as
totten as 1t becomes moist from absorption.
/ A CORRESPONDENT of the Coatntrynaaa,
! nom his observations in Northern Hi
nois, is fearful that the Usage Orange is
not just the thing for the cold winters of
that latitude.
| CABBAGEs that have maggots on the
| rootsare sure to droop and become stump
footed. Remove the earth carefully away
| from the roots, scrape off the maggots and
| destroy them, and new roots will soon put
out, and the plants will grow healthy
IL. g., n, Boston CultjodtOr.
ACCORDING to M. Comaille, ducks are
three times as profitable as hens as egg
producers. Three ducks presented him,
in given time, with six hundred and
| seventeen eggs, while three hens, Matched
! at the same time, achieved only two hun
dred and fiftyseven. The eggs of hens
and ducks he states to be nearly equal in
| nutritive value.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Journal o. Ag-
rlcutture says he has been taught, by mis-
haps from the opposite course, not to cut
more hay in the morning than he can rea-
| sonably expect to haul in the afternoon. II
a shower should then come the damage
| would be- small, as but small quantity
would be exposed.
| LA PATRIE, a French paper, publishes
the following simple method of destroying
the grub which does so much damage tC
| apple trees: Place piece of aloe, about
the size of a walnut, in quart of water
| shake the bottle from time to time during
three or four days, and apply the liquid
| with small brush to the affected parts O
the tree, If the weather be dry, a single
application will suffice.
| To PREVENT horse from breaking hi
halter, procure small, hard, strong cord
from eight to ten feet long; put the har
ness on the horse; buckle the girt tight
make sllpping-nOose on one end of tn,
cord and put it around the horses tail
close to the body; slip the other enc
through the territ and bit-ring, and hitcl
the horse to post, and leave him to him
self. Two or three lessons will cure an
horse.-Cor. Country Gentleman.
COPAL VARNIsH.-An improved methot
OF preparing copal varnish is said to con
sist in first dissolving one part camphor il
twelve parts ether in a wci-stopped bot
tie, and then adding four parts of the copa
| resin, previously reduced to an impalpabl
powder, and as soon as the copal gum i
partly dissolved, four parts of strong alco
3 hol and one-quarter part of oil of turpen
!, tine are to be added, and the mixture wei
shaken and allowed to stand for fey
| hours, after which an excellent copal var
nish will be found as the result
CIsTERN WATER-A citizen of Vernon
gives the following as, in his opinion, tn
best method OF keeping the contents of a els
tern from stagnating and becoming often
Siye: Let the spout run to the bottom O
the clstern. You will then have new waite
every time it rains. The old water will b
buoyed or borne up, and thrown of
Sometimes single rain will throw off al
the old water, and give entirely new |
you have any doubt of this, fill pail will
water, run a tube to the bottom of it, and
by means of a funnel, turn more waite,
into it by way of the tube, and you will
see that the water you turn into the tub.
{ VIII go to the bottom of the pail, and the
water you put in first will be thrown off.
KEEPING SWEET PoTAToEs.-A write1
|
seen several plans tried for keeping swee
potatoes, such as putting them up in dr.
, sald chaff ETC.; but | have found that ret
ten wood, finely pulverized, is the hes
thing yet. Collect the rotten wood in tn,
summer or early fall; get it perfectly dly
grind or pound it fine; PACK your sw ee
potatoes in it in boxes or barrels and keey
them in warm room Or in the cellar clos
up to the floor of the house, and you neet
have no fear but that your potatoes will b.
as good IN the spring as when you packed
them away.
TREATMENT OF Flowers IN OCTOBER
early in the month, the beds should bt
thoroughly cleaned OF all weeds; all tn,
tops of the hardy herbaceous plants tina
have done blooming and are dried III
should be cut off; tubcrOses, gladiolus
dahliaS, and other summer blooming bulbs
should be taken up, properly dried ant
stored away. When the frost has DIES
troyed the verbenas, balsams, asters, etc.
they should be removed; and the tops o
the chrysanthemums cut off as soon al
they are done blooming At the end O
the month, or when the earth is frozen al
inch or two deep, the beds should b.
covered over with leaves, long litter, o.
salt-hay, to the depth Of two or tire,
inches. In order to protect the plant
from the injurious effects of alternat,
freezing and thawing in the winter,
slight protection in this way amply repay
the trouble.-Hca1tt and Home.