The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-08-26
FARH. GARUEA AND noUsEmOLD.

How TO MOVE STooKs OF CoRN.-I have
a useful implement ON nv farm that I
have never seen with any one else--tbat Is
OF the same kind and for the same DurnOse
1t Is boat for drawing stoos or shock
corn, made In the following manner: Take
hye sixteen feet stock boards, one foot
, wide of frst-class quality, and bolt four
pieces across the top of thsm at equal dis
tances. The one at the forward end had
better be made of hard wood. Then take
chain and attach it to the
head piece so that it will pass he
tween the two outer and the three mid
die pieces that compose the bottom.
and have 1t extended forward about foot.
where 1t should be attached to the double
tree, where you can hitch two. three or
even four horses abreast. This is decided
ly the best thing that l have ever used for
moving stock or shocked com. IL will
draw easily over the grass in the fall or
spring, ana II IL winter there is a slight
tali OF snow, so much the better. Last
winter drew twenty acres of corn on one
and liked 1t very much, it was so easy 10
load and unload. The corn, of course.
should be placed on the boat erosswise,
and II 1t Is dry very large load can be
taken at once. Any farmer can make one
OF these eontrivances in one or two hours
time
How To MAKE CUTTINGS GRow.-Wben
alludlng to the manner of propagating cut
tlngs, the New England farmer saws that
1t has been ascertained that CUTTING will
develop roots mich sooner in moist sand
han In rich soil But the sand cannot
malntalnlts growth for any length of time. |
10 prepare pots for raising cuttings they |
should be filled nearly to the brim with /
I TIcn Garden InODn- AarE
elayey and sOggy; then pour in one inch in
depth ofscOuring sand-sea sand will do as
well as the yellow sand. Wet this thorough
~ and place the cuttings, from which all |
put the three or four upper leaves have
oeen removed, close to the side of the pot;
the contact of the ware against the stem of 1
the cutting promotes its growth. Press the
wet and firmly around the tiny stem. A
great deal of your chance for success in
raising slips or cuttings depends upon this,
Plant a many cUttingsas the pot will hold.
from SIX to a dozen, according to the size
OF your pot; when they are firmly set in the
sand two or three can be inserted in the
middle OF the pot, set them away in a dark
warm place for twenty-four or thirty-six
hours. Thus cuttings will grow quickly in
not ped, because the temperature is not
dry. Their growth depends a great deal
-oAAS ACtAtf anu LlO4SluIC II a Is
close at the base of a cutting, it will strike
root more easly-is not so apt to deeay.
The roots shoot from bud, and the lower
down 1t Is, the surer your success.
When the leaves drop, the plant is COM
menclng to grow; If they wither on the
stem, 1t has began to decay. By following
these directions no one can fail 10 grow
ali kinds of house plants. Roses and all
the rarest flowers of the green house are
propagated in this manner
THE PURPLE BEEoH.-This is one of the
most strikingly beautiful lawn trees. In (
spring or early summer, when the leaves
are still tender and but partially devel-
oped, the effect produced on them by the
bright sunshine is really marvellous, and /
when the foliage is viewed under certain !
conditions, is beautiful in the extreme. If
the tree is brought in the range of vision
between the spectator and the sun, 1t will
nave the appearance of being on fire, and
lit up, as 1t were, with an intensity of color
th't any painter might love to dwell on
The purple beech is a native of Germany,
and all the varieties which now exist, a
sprang from a single tree which was dis
covered by accldeIt In a wood sometime g
during the last century. There are now c
many hne specimens OF this beautiful tree '
to be found IN many parts of the United Y
States. =
Both In nurseries and in private grounds L
IT IS so much admired that wherever il is
known Ill this country, the demand has b
been generally greater Than the supply. {
The Is variety of this which is also i
very consplc1ousin its foliage and is much /,
sought after. 1t is called the copper beech E
on account of the foliage being of O deep a
copper hue, that continues to grow darker
as the season advances, until it becomes
almost black. 1t has always been my aim v
to introduce the purple beech and its vari- o
etles into both private and public grounds Il
as the opportunity presented itself and b
the trees could be obtained. as objects vor- o
thy OF prominent place on the lawn; as d
1t Is suited to almost any kind OF soil that
Is dry, but grows with most vigor on a clay !;
loan. William Webster, in Horticallt,risi. ii
IT APPEARS, from the Nashville Journal B
OF Medicine and Surgery, that the tea-pIant L
Is now successfully cultivated near Knox e.
vile, Tenn. 1t has been raised ere tor 6
tie last ten years, the original plants hav- o
ing been obtained from the Agricultural 2
Department at Washington in 1858 The II
plant Is said to be hardy, and needs no
protection from frOsts. Good Judges pro-
nounce 1t to be not inferior in fragrance II II
and flavor the to imported Young Hyson. !,
HERE are four coed habits-punctuai- o.
y, accuracy, steadiness and dispatch. p
Without the first of these, time is wa ted o
without the second, mistakes the most e,
hurtful to our credit and interests and that 81
Of others, may be committed, without the u
third, nothing can be we'll done; and with b
put the fourth, opportunities of great ad- I
7antages are lost, which it is impossible to u
recall.
How To TREAT KICKING Cows.-A friend p
old US the other day Of a method of treat Z
nent that ne had found successful in cur "
ng COWS of the habit OF kicking while being y
MIXED. 1t is as follows: As the COW u
stands In the staneheon, he puts a bull q
ing IN her nose, throws the rope attached 10
% the ring over beam or girt above the o,
mead of the COW, and drawing her head as dl
nigh as possible without raising her feet "
rom the floor, makes fast the end of the pi
'ope. The COW cannot kick while standing
n this strained position, and the milking
process Is then conducted gently and rapid
y. As soon as she learns that she has
lOthlng to fear from the mixer, but every
hing to fear from the ring-and this al
knowledge she is said to acquire rapidly
he is cured of her disagreeable habit. A r
'oung heller may often be cured by a ~ II:
Jingle application. ~ ~