Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-04-14
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water add quart Of salt pat IN the Gu
cumbera, and let them stay oTer night.
In the morning, wash them out Of the
brine. and put them carefully in stone
lar. Boil a gallon of vinegar; put in,
while cold, quarter Of q pound of cloves,
and tablespoonful Of alum; when it
boilg hard, skim it well, and turn over the
cucumbers. In week they vi! be f. for
use.-Etchange.
The Rural World says a hog sWeats,
not ike horse or a man, but through his
foreleps. There is 8 spot on each leg just
below the knee, in the form of sieve.
Through this the sweat passes of, and it
il necessary that this be kept open. IF it
pets closed up, as is sometimes the case,
the hog will get aick, he will appear stiff
and cramped, and unless he gets relief it
will 70 hard with him, To cure him
simply open the pores This is done by
rubbing the spot With corn cob, and
washing with warm water.
How TO tell Diseased Meat-says an
exchange: Healthy meat is firm and
elastic to the touch, and hardly moistens
the fingers Diseased meat is soft and
wet, and serum often runs from it. Good
meat has but little odor, and that by no
means disagreeable. Diseased meat has
faint and cadaverous smell. This is bes;
observed by cutting it and smelling the
knife, or pouring little warm water over
it when chopped. It has also ten per
cent. more weight in cooking than when
healthy. Care should be taken TO have
meat most thoroughly cooked, if consumers
wish to avoid all possibility of animalculs.
An item of Importance in blowing is
TO see before beginning, if thee is any
defect in the surface of the ground that
can be modified or corrected. In tie COM
monty adopted course of blowing round
and round, rise on the outer edge is pro-
duced, and depression in the center,
which, in many cases, lays the foundation
Of ruinous "wasb," and in pieces of fine
level land We see deep deprossions created
that hold the surface water, making q
"nire" that browns out the seed sown
there. Starting in the center and blowing
black burrows" is an ample and simple
remedy for this, which, from mere
thougetlessness is seldom done. Tn fin
ishiDg off the field, leave strip on the
sides equal to the width Of the ''turn rows"
or "headlands," and pillow round the en-
tire field, and it will have a clean, neat,
finished appearance. In cases where this
course was impossible, We have seen po-
tatoes put in, or clover seed sown, which
often came in we'll for "green bite" in
summer during hard work. Boston GU
TRAITOR.
MIR. II. G. Cunningham, of Port Jer-
Wis, n. Y, recommends one pound of cop.
peras dissolved in gallon of hot water and
applied to the bushes with sprinkline
pot as all etfectual destroyer Of goosebefry
aud currant eaterpillars and all insects in
furious to foliage.
1t is said that smoking chimneys
may be cured by using a fine wire gauzG
of from IS to 40 threads to the inch as
screen, placed before the CRATE, range OF
stove. With downward current the
smoke will be prevented from passing
back through the meshes of the gauze
while the upvar! draft will not be inter
fered with.
Thomas F. Pullen, y. J., says in III,
Journal Of Horticu7turs that he approve
Of winter pruning Of fruit trees. He says
however, that when large limbs, twl
inches or more in diameter, ARE to be re
moved, safe plan is to saw off within
eight or ten inches of the desired plac,
and leave the spur to be removed in tht
June or July following.
The Gardeners .HoRthiy says that
great revolution has occurred in select
ing fruit trees Tor planting. Bush,
plants are. now sought for. The shad,
which the side branches make is oonsid
cred beneficial to the tree With very
low-branched trees there is this advan
tage, that the pillow or the spade canno
approach very near the trunk to damage
the roots. .-
Grapes are said to DO best whel
planted among rocks, Lecause the hea
Of the sun is retained and radiated in TIL
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