Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-09-02

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A MAssKot6sETrs farmer says he can
winter his COWS on steamed feed for one
third less expense than on dry feed, and
get cne fourth more milk. This results
from i've years experience.
IT is said that when stable Is on fire
there is only one way Of inducing horses
to make their escape, and that is by
throwing something over their eyes to
blindfold themg mgwhen they can be led out
With the greatest ease, just after they may
have resisted every attempt to compel
them TO go. '. M
PROF. L1NDIBY says that pruning,
when well directed, Is one of the most
useful, and when ill-directed one of the
most mischievous operations that can take
place on plant. The best season for
pruning Is mid-winter or mid summer. 1t
10, however, the practice to perform what
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eTHE Small Fruit Recorder Gays that It
Is very beneficial TO cut off the entire top
of the strawberry plant after 1t is done
bearing. If this is done the plant COM
mences new growth Immediately after,
and by fall becomes rank luxuriant hill.
Strawberry plants are much weakened by
leaving on the old dead leaves and fruit
stalks. .lu taII.. -. 90. CO.,.
THE Germantown Telegraph gives the
following method of storing celery for
winter. Sink barrels in the earth 30 that
the tops are two or three inches below
the surface, and then fill them compactly
with celery, without any soil, but with
close, compact covers upon them, so as to
exclude moisture, and then couple of
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kept well until late in the spring.
j A CORRESPONDENT of the American
AgTicuIturjSt picks and stores his squash
es in September and has them sound till
the following June. He says, "Gather
the squashes for late keeping between
| September 1st and 10th, taking only those
that grow near the root; put them on the
shelves where they are TO be kept, and
keep them dry and COOL
How BONES ARE GRoUND. Bone mills
are made with several pairs of cast iron
rollers arranged one pair above the other
The bones pass between the upper ones
and are coarsely broken; then in sue
cession through the others, which reduce
them more and more until they are fine
enough. These mills are expensive, and
no farmer can afford to grind bones in
small quantities, A much cheaper
method of pulveriEing bones consists in
using stamp such as is employed by min
ers in preparing quartz for the amalgamat-
ing process,
Mr.. READE, Superintendent of the
Reade paper mill, in Connecticut, recent
ly stated in the American Farmers Club
that he cut from four to five tons of clo-
yer on two acres of land, which had been
generously treated to a dressing OF ashes
(from so to 75 bushels to the acre. for
two years, and that on other portions of
the same field that had been manured ex-
actly the same, without the ashes, the
crop was not ton. The ashes were a
mixture of chestnut and oak. The land
was sandy, and not very rich. Clay soils
are but little benefited by ashes; but for
sandy land, good hard wood sshes are al
most invaluable.
WASH FOR HoRsRs.-A writer in the
Prairie Farmer says: al will give you
receipt hat is almost invaluable to per-
sons who have horses with sore or CALLED
shoulders: Sugar of lead, = OF; good
vinegar, gill; alcohol, gill. Put in a
quart bottle and fill up with a strong de-
coction of black. oak bark; when black
oak bark is not to be mad, white or red
oak bark makes very good substitute.
Shake well before using, and bathe the
parts intended to cure, or tougben, three
times per day. 1t is excellent to harden
colts shoulders when first commencing
work"
To PURIFY DAIRY UTENslLs-Stand
on END, in a convenient place for use, an
open.ended vessel of suitable dimensions
for the size of the dairy, say from half a
barrel to hogshead. In this slake some
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whitewash when filled full of water, and
cover to keep out dust and dirt. The
lime will settle, leaving saturated solu-
tion of lime over it, as clear as spring
wator. After using the milk pans, etc,
wash them as other utensils are washed
and rinsed; then dip them in the adjoin-
ing cask OF lime water, giving them a
quick turn, go that every part becomes
immersed therein set them to drain and
d. 7, and the publication is complete, with.
out any scslding process, from the new
pan To the worn-out one. The lime in the
clear water instantly neutralizes the acid
ity OF the milk yet remaining in the
cracks or seams, ETC., of the milk vessel,
to destroy which the process of scalding
has been performed. In the case of very
small dairy, or of one cow, the clear water
may, if preferred, be dipped out for the
VINE Delng ana poured gently back again,
the lime purifying the water and keeping
it good all summer. OF course there will
be little waste from evaporation, which
will be made up by adding clear water as
needed, the lime settled in the bottom Of
the cask Keeping up the strength of the
saturated solution. Let any one, who
reads and doubts its Efficacy, simply try
it thoroughly, and he will effect a great
saving in time and cost - Krcb1n1e