The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-05-05
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FARMERS COLUMN.

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by gentle treatment.
It is speed that kills the horse.
Never strike an animal upon the head.
Careless application OF the whip ha'
blinded many horses.
More horses are famed from bad shoe
ing than from all other causes together.
Never kick nor scream at horse, mol
jerk the bit in his mouth.
-. CLIMBING PLANTS FOR THE WINDOW.
The Massachusetts, Ploughmen, in al
article on blouse Plants, +" says:
Ivy may be trained about your picture
frames, to creep over the mantei ano
windows, or to form border OF the paper
around the room close to the ceiling.
The most brilliant flowers do not give Sc
pretty an effect to room as a thrifty
climbing ivy. Money, wandering jew,
myrtle, ETC., grow well when hung IN the
window; and the effect of the gracefully
dropping sprigs is extremely pleasing,
both outside the house and in it Tur-
nips and carrots scooped out, filled with
canary seed or chicken-weed, and sus-
pended in the window, are very pretty.
The leaves sprout from the roots under
meath, and the plants spring from the
seed simultaneously. Besides the pretty
effect, your birds, if you keep them, can
have a feast through the winter upon
vegetation.
Take a common lumber or fruit-can
and Eli it nearly full of soft water. Then
tie bit of coarse lace or cheese sacklng
over it, and press down into the water,
cover with a layer of peas. In few
days they will sprout, the little thread
like roots going down through the lace
into the water, and the vines can be
trained up to Irvine around the window !;
or what is prettier, frame may be made
for the purpose.
Z 49, NARROWING WHEAT.
It the custom with many farmers to
sow clover or grass seed in the Spring
upon their Winter grain. Before sowing
the seed, If an ordinary harrow with
sharp teeth is run over the wheat or
other grain, the crop will be materially
improved by it, and the ground at the
same time will be not in much better
condition to receive the clover seed than
IL sown without narrowing Some-mIght
apprehend injury to the wheat by giving
it thorough tearing with the harrow.
But select a time as early III the spring
as the ground is just dry enough to work
lively, and good narrowing will prove
as great benefit to the crop as thor
ough blowing or cultivating Will to crop
of growing corn. IF you are afraid to
make the experiment on hundred
acres, try it on ten, or even one acre and
report to US and the world the result.
Whether grass seed is to be sown or
not, the narrowing will pay many times
the cost Of the operation. If the work
should happen to be done just before
shower of rain the effect is readily mark
ed. We have tried it and know.
Grain on light, sandy land, viii be i'm
proved by running roller over 1t instead
of the harrow.
The culture of the beet is said to be
worth more to a country as FERTILIZER
than the produce directly DERIVED from
the treatment of the root, the waste pulp
proving more valuable than the sugar.
Ft is fed barned cattle in large quantities.
1t is stated that in France, where the
business has grown to enormous dlmen
sions. the increase in cattle on account OF
beet pulp is wonderful. In the district
of country surrounding the city Of Va
ienciennes, where, before the production
of beet sugar, 100 oxen were the total
amount, IL, 800 were the total amount
raised last year. But this IS not all.
This enormous increase of stock has so
much advanced the fertility OF the land
that 1927 bushels more wheat are
raised in the same district per annumn
than were ever raised in previous years. =
Ncp York Commercial Bulletin.
poTAToEs-LIGHT SEEDING.
r.. G. Benton, writing to the P'artc
Farmer, says:
After experimenting with light and
heavy seeding in potato culture, | am
convinced that light seeding produces
most uniform size and better quality of
potatoes than seeding. What cal light
seeding is medium sized potatoes. Cat
one eye In piece, planting sixteen inches
apart, in drills four inches deep; three
feet apart. l have tried forty varieties
in this way, including all the modern va
rieties, and it Is evident, in my mind, that
as a general thing. farmers use more seed
than is necessary III planting potatoes.
KEEPING HAMS
G. D. asks in the Farmer how to keep
hams and bacon through the Summer. l
have for several years, after smoking
put my hams down In salt and have never
failed in having them keep perfectly. L
take a barrel or box, and cover the bot
tom with salt; then put In the hams
and cover them well with salt so as to eX-
clude the flies, Have had no trouble in
keeping bams all summer IN that way, i
keep them III my cellar. D. L. Il.
CURE FOR BONE FELoN
The following recipe for the cure of
bone felon is from the Lancet: As soon
as the pulsation which indicates the dis
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blister about the size of your thumb
nail. and let it remain for six hours. at
the expiratlon of which time, directly
under the surface of the bls.er, may be
eaoa the felon, which can be instantly
aiken out With the point of d needle or
o lancet
There is scarcely any ache to which
obildreB are subject 50 bad TO bear ana SO
dificult to cure as earache. put tnere
= a remedy never known TO tan Lake
d bit Of cotton batting, put upon II
pinch of black pepper, gather IL up ana
tie it, dip it IN sweet oil. and insert 1t IL
the ear. Put flannel bandage over the
head to keep it warm. It VIII give lhl-
mediate relief
HINTS In order TO keep well and grow
hardy, nothing excels the daily cold bath
a wash bowl Of pure soft water, cake
OF soap, two towels and a wash cloth are
sufficient apparatus where you have no
bath room. Battle on rising in the morn
ing, washing only a part 1t a time. and
rab vigorously with towel An Ameri
can woman, who has kept up this habit
every day for sixteen years, has been
confined to her bed but once during the
time then it was by a contagious dis
ease. Others of the same family have
praeticed it with similar results, and
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