Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-08-13
USEFUL RECIPES ETC.

= AN English farmer chose his seed wheat
with such care, and cultivatedit with such
skill, that his heads increased in length
from four to eight inches; the berries
from 45 to 1875 in head, and the number
of stalks from a seed from 10 to 80. GsIeJ
81 The Country Gentleman says it has not
yet met the farmer who could make
enough manure to obviate the necessity
of using clover as a fertilizer. 4 1t thinks
manure spread on clover sod in the fall is
the best preparation of ground for corn
the following spring esq 10 3ol 2s3
'Ta IT Isl said that cabbage plants may be
protected from the cut-worm by wrapping
the stems in oak leaves-one leaf to each
plant, covering from the roots to the leaf
stems. This should be done at the time of
transplanting, the oak-leayes being first
moistened with water.
Roll JELLY CAKR.-One cup white
sugar and three eggs beaten together, one
tea spoon cream of tartar mixed with a
cup of flour, half tea spoon of soda in
two table spoons of sweet milk; mix all
these together, stir we'll and bake in two
square tins. When done, spread both
cakes with jelly and roll. 1ra5 n -
A CORRESPONDENT of the RurdJ World
says that an ordinary hot-bed is capital
place for drying fruit. A floor is laid in
side, on which the fruit is placed Then
put in the sash, raising both ends to en-
| sure proper ventilation, and to prevent
| the fruit from baking instead of drying.
Here the fruit is safe from damage by
rain, insects, etc. .zs, 5..fifz .atsa.d .ysi,
| A FRENCH writer states that butchers
meat may be preserved in hot weather by
| placing it in large earthen jars, putting
clean, heavy stones upon it, and covering
it with skim milk The milk will become
| sour, of course, but may afterwards serve
| as food for pigs, and the meat will be
! found to have kept its natural primitive
| freshness, even after eight or ten days.
The editor of the, Gardeners Monthly
says that coal oil is most effectual remedy
| against insects. A tablespoonful of coal
| oil put. into common garden water pot Of
water, sprinkled over the seed bed, when
the little pumping beetle is noticed, will
instantly destroy the whole brood. One
| great fact in favor of coal oil is, that il
acts as manure to vegetation, while deal
| ing out death to insects. = ar f-a;
THIsTLEs are biennial Like the turniI
| and carrot it takes two years for them tC
1 mature; if they are cut down before the
/ seed is ripe this year, and the seed thai
was dropped off last year and has sprung
up, this should be cut down next year, be
i fore the seed is ripe enough to mature
i The seed that was dropped last year can
not be destroyed by cutting Oft this year
because it will not kill the root but afte
l it goes to seed the root will naturally die o
itself-Erchd7age. 10 1sjr Gc EHlane9 9dt
To DESTROY THE PoTATo-BUG. - 4
writer in Hearth and Home says: y" A sur
and cheap remedy is to apply Paris-gree
to the vines when the dew is on them. |
will not always kill the old bugs, but will
invariably destroy the young ones Will
they are yet worms. The old bugs sool
die off without our help. A tin box witt
fine holes in one side, so as to make
sieve, should beused in applying the Paris
Il green, Care should be taken not to- pu
on too much, as it may injure the vines
| Three ounces is sufficient for one acre"
OFTEN in a fine orchard we find one o
more trees leaning over so far as to DIES
troy the beauty of the whole orchard. |
is also much more difficult to cultivat
around leaning tree This may easil,
be remedied, while the trees are young b,
partially digging up and replanting tn
tree. The roots will usually be foun,
smallest on the side from which the tire
leans; and therefore these roots should b
loosened from the earth, the tree set in
perpendicular position, and carefully fas
tened by stakes or guys, and the earth re
, placed around the roots 1t would be wei
to add some rich compost to promote thei
growth. II, as is very probable, the to-
of the tree has become one-sided, it SHOULD
be pruned SO as to restore the balance. L
l this way we have righted up pear trees ST
inches through the stem; but the best wa
is to look after the young trees, and nc
permit them to depart from the way of UP
rightness. -Journal Of horticulture.