Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-02-25

besides that Of tobacco, opium OF brandy.
Men are dissipated, 10 ovcrtax their system
all day and updersleep every night. Some
men are dissipated by physical stlmulants,
and some by social, and some by profess
sional and commercial. But n man who
dies of delirfum trenens is no more q
druukard and a suicide than the lawyer,
minister OF the merchant that works ex-
cessiyely all day and sleeps but little at
night-Beeeh<r.
Of. g." writes the Country Gentleman
that sod is preferable for corn; that he has
found little difference in the crops on
ground plowed in fall OF spring, but pre-
fers plowlng in the fall on clay land that
II is much the best plan TO draw out and
spread the manure as soon as the ground
is plowed that snow will not hurt the
manure in the least. II the land is TO be
plowed in the spring he still thinks it
better to draw out and spread the manure
in the winter-drawing 1t as made.
POPULAR ERRoRs.-To think that the
more man eats the fatter and stronger he
will become. To believe that the more
hours children study the faster they learn.
To conclude that, If exercise Is good, the
more violent 1t is the more good is done.
To imagine that every hour taken from
sleep is an hour gained. To act on the
presumption that the smallest room In
the house Is large enough 10 sleep in. To
argue that whatever remedy causes one to
feel Immediately better is good for the
system, without regard to more ulterior
effects. To eat without an appetite; or to
continue to eat after il has been satisfied,
merely to crafty the taste. To eat
hearty supper for the pleasure expert
enced during the brief time it is passing
down the throat, at the expense of a whole
night of disturbed sleep and a weary wax
ing in the morning.
BEETs.-The culture of the beet is said
TO be worth more to country as fertil-
izer than the product directly derived from
the treatment of the root, the waste pulp
proving more valuable than the sugar. 1t
is fed to barned cattle in large quantities.
II is stated that in France, where the busi-
ness has grown 70 enormous dimensions,
the increase in cattle on account of beet
pulp is wonderful. In the district OF
country surrounding the city of Valen-
clennes, where, before the production OF
beet sugar, seven hundred oxen are the
total amount, eleven thousand five hun
dred are the total amount raised last year
But this is not all This enormous in.
crease of stock has 80 much advanced the
| fertility OF the lanQ Jhat one nunureQ anu
ninety-two thousand bushels more wheat
are raised in the same district per annum
than were ever raised in previous years
~ y. Com. Bulletin.
THE best liquid bee feed can be made
from good white or brown sugar ant
water. The better the sugar the bettel
the bees relish it. 1t Itshould be boiled. /
Is useless to skim off the scum if you boi
it long enough. 1t should be, when cold
about the consistency of honey. Their
can be candy made of sugar which is de
cidedly better for late feeding than am
liquid feed. The following is recipe fo
making it, taken from Langstroth: Ado
water to sugar, and clarity the syrup will
eggs put about q teaspoonful of cream
of tartar to about twenty pounds of sugar
and boil until the water is evaporated
To know when it is done, first dip you
finger into cold water and then into th
syrup If what adheres is brittle whel
chewed, it is boiled enough. Pour it int
shallow pans, slightly creased, and whel
cold, break it into pieces of suitable sizet
Four pounds of candy will, it is said, sus
tain colony having scarcely any winte
stores.-Ercltdnge.