Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-11-25

A prominent New York farmer be
roves that the loss to farmers who do not
cook bod for stock kg from 70 to4O Yer
cent IN MA uN&sgH,
ICING over grass fields in the spring the
: Year and scattering sprinkling OF grass
S THE time As fast coming when hnded
rronrietors will be esteemed for the condi-
kan of their acres rather than for their ex-
tent of territory. -.,s. No.
A correspondent Of tho Country Gen
ss,oon saws that rubbing the infectetlwrts
Mine body with coal oil, is an efeotual
cnre for the injury done by the poison
vine. q {st,n Atsg7lt utgfsutfua D.
To remove foreign. substances, from
tho eve. such as specks Of Girt, eye'wihk-
ers II fact anything, from a mote to
beam, YOU have only to lift the lid ssnd in
troduce flax seed beneath it, The seed
will make circuit of the eye, and fetch
ont the offending substance. = Westers
RTal .ga.
The following is recommended by the
Southern Cultapdtor as an excellent salve
for wounds or gals on horses and mules
Take one gill of turpentine and one-half
nound of tallow )melt the talow and pour
he turpentine with the tallow while hot !;
nb the animals shoulder with it while it
il warm, with wooden rag, three times a
day until it is cured. t3 i'u7 5u ID
The editor of the Gardeners Monthly
incines to the belief that it is possible to
produce two varieties of fruit on one
branch or even in one apple by Sitting
two buds of different varieties, fixing
nieces of the two kinds together as one
and budding as in other cases. He men
lions the fact that Erastus Darwin, the
uncle of the present distinguished man of
fiat name, believed this could be done
TO Keep Eggs-In August we placed
thick layer of salt on the bottom Of a
large -bucket-oiled the eggs with
fried meat fat, and placed them in the salt
in such way as to prevent touching each
other, little end down Then layer of
salt and then eggs, till the bucket was full.
Set in the cellar Used the last in May,
and found them as fresh as need be--not
bad one among them Western Rural
"A writer in an Eastern paper says
al have always found, while raising milk,
that November was the hardest month in
the year for that purpose, because it is
"between hay and grass nights cold;
DAYS windy and chilly; grass frost bitten;
corn.fodder dry, and generally too much
exposure of the cattle. November should
properly he called a winter month in the
milk business. Cows should be fed extra
well then, to make them continue their
flow of milk through the winter"
Cement for the Mouths Of Bot
tles.-Melt together a quarter of "a pound
of sealing-waX, the same quantity of losin,
and two ounces of beeswax. AS soon as
it melts dip in the mouth Of the bottle,
which should be previously corked. An
other way Equal parts of rosin and brick
dust pounded fine, and some beeswax,
melted together; or melted pitch and ros-
in, and dip in cold water after sealing; or
equal parts of rosin and Spanish brown,
and half the quantity of beeswax. Melt
al together.
TO Keep Gate from Sagging A cor
respondent of an Eastern paper suggests
the following plan, which has been tried
with good results: Set the hanging post
three and half feet in the ground, tramp
well at the bottom, on the side opposite
the gate; then dig trench six inches
deep from one post to the other; in this
put three-by four seating, or pole of
white oak, black mulberry, or some other
lasting timber, seeing that it just fills the
space between the two gate posts, and
cover with earth. and the gate will stand
as you hang it until the posts rot off"
Seeding potatoes may be grown as
easily as seeding tomatoes In the fall
the potato balls may be gathered, and the
seeds washed out and then put away in
paper bags, or the balls may be slightly
pressed and then dried but we prefer the
former plan. Early in spring, SOW the
seeds thinly in pots, boxes, or in a hotbed
and when the plants are an inch or two
high, transplant into small thumb pots,
one plant in each, and after theweathcr is
sufficiently warm, turn them out into the
open ground, placing the plants at least
two feet apart each way. If the plants
are started so late that it will do to trans
plant directly from the seed bed into the
open air, of course no potting is necessa
ry; but to obtain potatoes large enough
the first season to Judge of their quality
the seed should be sown early in February
or March. With fair treatment, tubers as
large as hens'-eggs, or even larger, may
be obtained the first season from seed. -