, 1870-11-28

heir choeen patht
Fine stock il now too widely disseminated and
auilitr to The eye ot every rnes's hoy and TttI,
o ]usttty the ouilsy for such. II simply Intended
y SAMPLES 70 grace the pastures. pens. Or etse!es
:unA when they have been !ndpced 70 REtcmpt |
IN lhis ditecuon Nth private enter
,Ilse. Our confidence 10 tho Judgment Of the
miner attempt experiments 70 determine food
values, the aptitude OF different races, families |
nd c1osses: 70 take on nesh. produce Elk, ETC.,
and to decide the thousand and one questions ID
relation to bteeling, tsair1ns. End general Hlap-
agsment. upon which The p9pula. mud u now IN
ntormeu OF divldsd. S9tn experiments. by their
refJ nhtnfe, are not likely to be made 81 sRI3fac-
tntiiy by private parties.
q We snail observe the progress OF this depart
men! with much interees. and do not douhtie will
be OF great practical value"
D. R.. Topeks, kansAe.-1t waa formerly
one Of the outiea Of the bo5s, before they
commenced the winter echool, to bank up the
house, and to thus make the callar FROST
p1oof. The great fear Of frost Among the
wi, ter vegetables. aud the consequent auxls-
tv to exclude its visits. in many casea brought
with 1t another dsfl:alty-ths keaping OF the
cellar too warn, thus inducing growth il
cabbsges, turnjps, ontonH, beets, carrots, and
even IN potatoes, The fumes from tho callar
that come up from the cellar-waE were not con-
duciya to health, laden, ~ they were, With DE-
caying mattel for this reason, manr persons
have constructed their cellars Outside OF
tile houEe, while nearly all see a serious
objection to the old Eyatem. In order to |
secure the cellar from fsost il was sunk deep
into the earth. AID the stl1s Of the house
rested as rear tho ground as possible. This
made the cellar dark, damp, and ill-vent'lsted.
/; il very ea.y to remove i'll these old objec-
lions to tue cellar, and make 1t ns drY, airy, /
aud ht althfAl az any part Of the house. Toe /
excavation Rlculd not be more thsn two fest |
deep. hut one foot IL better. It the wall il |
80. "a l. II Il L.
and EaH or eight feet in the clear. Tho |
windows should be halt the aize Of those in |
the hc usr, and goodiy cumber Of them on
each side, In order to glvo free ventilation. |
Each window should have q tight. fitting !
shutter on the inside, in order at any time to t
room dark. =. pleasure. The cellar should
be divided OIL bY brick walls or broad pAtti-
tons, into astore--ocrp, milk-roon, waah-roon,
and vegetable department, with the doors and
windows 60 arranged that free circulation OF
air fnay>ba tad 1t any time through al the
nent il far betlcf. There must be place for
= stove, in order to meet any severe frost
thxt nay come unexpectedly. An ontaide door
i. Indispensable. AID this must be shelterod
fron any driving storm. With cellar thus
arranged. We need no banking up. for the
in caBo Of need, aad in pleasant days the out
side door eau Be opened 10 admit fresh air.
II cA1e 10 taken, not Vegetable
sill sprout, and there will bo
no dscay1ng cabbages o. turnios to poison the
ar. TIE cellar Is tight. we'll lighted, dry, aud
are Of brick. eight inches thick, and yet |
never hank them up: that is some three feet
Above the rronnd il exposed; the earth from
tho excavation, which was two feet, il wnarfel
up agaiCst the walls about two fest high. Il
it ia required to keep the cellar coal and FREQ
| from lies IN summer. Ill we have to do il to
sa1nE npe u the Ilndows at night, which should
| be hurG on hinges: this will admit this cool
ais, ana the vi dows and b1in1s should be
clost i during the day. There IL not farm
| good cellar. II tLe1e ia no drainage begia
1t tie leyel Ct tho ground, and haul
IN earth to dll around the house,
in order to protect part Of the wall, and To
give it batter appearance. In draining, tilo
can be fsid under the coocreta and carried
through the cutside. \ c1stera and we'll are
two good things in cellar, a. tho water can
be drawn from both, either in tho callAr or
il the rooms above. The water ia the we'll Of
such cellar must be ~ pure "a though it had
been dug outside Of ths house, fAFm boiler
Of two-barrcl capacity can be used to good ad-
vantage for watching, cooking food for the
ihe butcher,ug. There arc thousands Of farm
houses that ought to be raised several feet,
| aud cellar walls put under them. Even q
mode1ate-sizcd house can he msde quite am
pie for the family If good, drg cellar isaddsd.
valuable lessons II they would examine this
question OF cellar when they visit the city. 10
st. Louis and Cincinnati, the old buildings
have a deep, dark cellaf-the cellar OF tue
| oldcn time: Rhilo the new houses hare 4 base-
ment, which ie moat important part Of the
building.
ILLINOIS uoa71crL1CnAL SOCIETY.
ii, This society wilt hold isu annual session al
Galesburg, Dec. Is, II, Is, and IL. Nearly OF
quite all the railroads. hare agreed to return
the members 1t one-6flh fare. The ahoH q
fruit Is expected to bo larger than usuaa. i
ve.r will be rssJy for distribution at thu
time. It Is nov Of little importance vhethe
they ever come to hand ae not, aa they Will b.
, | very much like a last years almanac. It i
supposed that they are in printing Office il
eous town in Missouri, but writer IN th'
Prairie Farmer says they we're cent 10 fari
to be printed, and arc soon expected by thi
balloon mail; and, ehould the wind favor til
: project, We may SEQ them sailing through th
air. Any pe1son finding them should addEes:
: ". c. FAGg, the old Secretary, who has ha
the matter" in hand, fos this long looked-to
l ~1,,es me- that be has contracted the printing
: OF the current years Transitions NTH
h2use iu the sislage Of Chicago, and that it
: to be put right through, in order to bs OF tom
r value. Parties who have essays and Eepotte
! or any matter for the report will need he =
lhe meeting, for the work il to go 1t ono
,ato the printers hands.
Il nnooN coHx s1uRBLE-
T. r. s., vandalia.-The practice anon
our broom corn growers il to first post
| large harrow ores the ssabsls, BY eoin
around the lands in the way they ara TO b
I r1oxea. The stalks are thus all dra.
t lengthwise Of the fu..ow, and as they adher
= = ! ~ the roots. the ploE turns them ditecti
,Ito the bottom Of the fuEtow. Corn stali
: can be treated in the same manner.
: PUMPKINS FoA rIos-
:: Laft year : flield from Wisconsin cur
| eteted that l lest the va!ne Of pumpline ~
!, crop for the pige: After much seeking
tie eccd WAS obt4iued, snd planted anon
: /, rec OF four Acrea Of corn. thls bad bee
o planted Oh me.do1 land srench-plovel- tt
:, t.nce OF eight feet each wa7, or 1t eight fet
:. in every stiern1te row. They came up ye,
7 fine, but got serious thinning by the stripe
5 | tquirrelh- Tie dry westter WIS too much II
; them, also, md the crop was light, thoug
+ they TUNED out soma fftaen Or twenty lare
:, wagon loads- They haze been fed to It
!, mich cows. calves, and soilea With corn Il
J: the psea. On ths whole. I An 7'eased w1'
i the experiment. and shall plant 11tgeiy pc:
e season- TIE Int Of Jane ie the tim
+ and then tue plAEts will not Be in the way !
+ + wo:Eog the crop Of cors. When Ees{ lag
a etate, The seeds should be taken out
= yourE iady, waiting in wiseon.
= = this season tays that eyeTr corn field ID u
% mot northern pa.t OF the State Vas yelEo
In | With pumpkins, but after passing into nlino
= they di.apT essed altogether Nov that
g have bciltre and stesmeFs, it wonld be "
~ to provide 81 ed for crop next season Nea
ly every farmer eau Save plenty Of seed ffo
ihe few hills that his VIE hiss Ero1n in o.
cnrner Of the garden.
,tnrSS
y. d1oyc 1 good business N England BY selli1
u Ills seed rs the '-Amer,csn cattle melon
p Suppoee ecrne OF our eeedsEeu advertise q
ne seed under tbie name. RAmsdeEl is Just Z
70 man to pu.h this vegetable: be naisht na1uo
u. NRamrde11'e golden cattle melon" and eta
"a that the seed wss fornd ia \ pie that WIS br
IS. led during the Revolutionary war to keep
u, from being gobbled up BY the Indiana SD
a. seed would Be free from any cross OF e4u4
IT, or N e1on, and would ee,l equal to Sorx
n. oaiA, At Ill events, let us givc the pumul
fair trial in our corn feFde. Not thai
of would ask Alexander to plant his si3 the
~ fxnd-tc1e corn fel3 to opunpkins, OF eallivs
-. lis eight thousand. hut put in gootly nu
~. Ter Of tcres- ...
.o% VINEGAR sAuso.
N ]. S., Warsaw.-Your failure Il due 70 t
ae eausee. tbe mott impcrttnt Of *hieh ss IN
e. keeping The room and this liquid OF IN eq
ne temperature. You must bear In niud !
u acrtic acid Ia not formed below tenptsft
'od OF u degrees !: l. IL better to keep tne 70
I'LL between 80 md 30 degrees. and to hAVe ,
10 cider warmed ut 1eaet to thai point OF hgs
eas Tbs doozB OF the generator must % pc :
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