The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-07
THuRsnAY, APRIL !, SO.
FARMING.

Several thousand dollars worth Of
pine.apples can be raised in Florida
on an acre and a half OF land.
How to Make Good WhIteWash.
Take half q bushel Of lime, slack
with boiling Hater, covering the YES
sci TO keep il the steam. Add to 1t a
peck of clean salt, previously dissolved
in warm water, three pounds OF ground
rice boiled to q thin paste; stir In,
boiling hot, one pound Of whiting, one
pound OF glue dissolved we'll. Add
i've gallons Of boiling water to the
whole mixture. 1t is best If put on
while hot.
Coloring matter may be added to
make any shade. Spanish DreWn
stirred in will make a pink color. In
1igo mixed with the brown Will MAKE
4 delicate purple. LampbIaek, Ia
moderate quantity, will make q slate
color. suitable for the outside OF build
ings.
Iampblack and Spanish brown to-
ether make q reddish stone color.
Chrome makes q bright yellow. When
walls have been badly smoked, add to
yOur whitewash sufficient indigo to
make it a clear white.
YhItewash for the Outside or Build
lngs aud Fences.
Put 10 a barrel one bushel Of lime,
md pour on it two buckets of boiling
water. When mixed put in six pounds
Of whiting. Fill up the barrel with
water and stir it we'll. Let it stand
several days before using. Thin 1t
nth milk as you use it, using a half
pint Of salt to each bucketful. This
makes a durable wash for a frame
house. or for a fence. The salt pre-
vents it from peeling of.
A Coed Scarlet Dye.
Take a pound Of blood root and one
ponnd Of madden, boil them in six
Gallons Of I've; then stir them three or
four times in the course of twenty
four hours until there arc signs OF fer
mentation. This will dye ten pounds
If cotton or linen.
20 Care Jumps on Horses shoulders.
The following is a sure cure for
Jumps that come on a horses shoulder;
lake the common coal oil, and battle
he lump twice n day, using q warm
ron to drive the oil in. Continue
this process two weeks. and by that
lime the hair will be out of the way,
and the lump will be very soft. Then
apply the following mixture: IL pint
ofturpentine, IL pint of alcohol and
3 or. of the gum of camphor; dissolve
he camphor we'll, and then apply. In
his way / removed a lump as large as
turkeys egg" from one Of my
E.orse's shoulders. Ii the last part of
he remedy fails, resort to the coal
il again.. When you see hat the
imp is receding, work lightly-this
ill cause the lump to burst and dis
apear.
The Best Onions TO Raise.
The best onions to. plant is the clus-
ter; they yield more and take less
ork, and they are from four TO six
eeks earlier than the common onion!
liant them in rows II by Is inches
part, and cultivate with a hoe two or
hree times, and after they begin TO
aDread apart let them alone until the
tops begin to die, then pull and spread
them out and let them dry:
StOck Water.
Water IN the yard is always thu
best, and if it can be obtained within
a quarter 0fa mile by bringing through
q lead pipe. it Is altogether tho cheap
est, even ii u stream runs within ter
.Ods OF your stable doors. But if you
have not the convenience, sec thu
the path TO the drinking place and 1t
Immediate surroundings are OF such
character that your cows will NOS hes
tate In their approach, or be liable 4
slip when in the act Of drinking.
Exercise your Horses.
Horses in steady use need onl,
zlod feed and grooming. with car
that their shooting Is suitable for the
season. Those having little work
should be exercised, that their leg,
10 not become stiff and ~stocky.' l
they do, hand.rubbing is an excllen
thing to reduce them. They get ex
eTcise enough usually by having al
hours run.
From the GAINESVILLE Tobacco Leaf.l
Prospect FOR \ Big Broom Corn CFOI
"A number of farmers in this sectiO
will this season divide their crops bC
tween tobacco and broom corn, plan
ing largely of the latter. The numbe
u DEuQlu AAtbOEAGe opAAHBAuS uP 10 II
doubt one of the great stimulants [
this course. Small experiments la,
rear proved very remunerative, an
sOme will try it this season on n larg
scale. We learn that Logan Count,
ketucky, produced last season a lars
Quantity of broom corn. Mr.. John v
lobson, near Whippoorwill Station
informs US that he realized last year
profit Of $50 per acre on an nrdinar
crop Of six acres. This season he wi
plant 100 acres, which he calculates
the lowest estimate will yield n
pounds per acre. which, at the presel
prices would be worth $1,000. III
whole cost OF the crop, including re,
Of land, labor, and all expenses, W.
rot exceed 81, 900. at this rate he W
have a net profit of 81. 200, and shou
the price decline, he can safely rely
q profit of$3. GOO, which will pay han
sOmely.