The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-11-23
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HOUSE PLANTS IN WINTER.

HOUSE PL.iNIS IN WINTERS.
The Buffalo Express gives the follow
ing useful suggestions on the manage
meet of house plants in winter:
''The great obsticle to the health and
beauty Of house plants. hept in living
rooms in winter. is the dryuess and heat
Of The atmospere in such rooms. This
is difficult matter to provide for Many
who love to beautify their homes with
these cheerful pots cannot afford the ex-
pense of Wordiau cases and other Ella
borate devices fer providing sepe,ae
atmosphere for their plants. A good
substitute is made by setting the plants
In large shallow box and filling the
space between the pots with moss. Then
lay over all "a emooth coat Of moss, COW
ering everything but the earth immedi-
ateiy around the plants in the pots. The
moss should then be kept moderately
damp.
This arrangement not only adds much
to the appearance of the thanksgiving
the effect of their growing directly from
the bed of bright green moss-Dut the
continual evaporation from the moss will
impart considerable degree of humidi-
ty to the air Immediately surrounding
the plants. IF the box is lined with zinc
it adds very much to its durability. To
addition no any such arrangement, the
leaves of the plants should be frequently
washed or syringed.
''To protect plants from freezing night
nothing is more simple and effective than
newspapers. A single thick ness of news
papers folded around tender plant is
a sufficient protection agaist moderate
degree of frost. The most convenient
form for the paper is that ola conical cap
1t is quickly slipped on at night and
of In the morning.
HOW TO GET RID OF STUMPS.
The following is recommended by one
who has tried to get rid of stumps of any
and all kinds:
IF you have many acres of clear stump
get one barrel Of black machine oil; then
take / inch auger and bore four holes
In the largest stumps, letting the auger
stand toward you at an angle Of forty
five degrees. Bore eight inches deep;
then fill the hole three fourths full of oil
and plump up tight. Pour, also, one
third OF pint on top, in the center of a
foot circle, and let it spred well. When
cone preparing, or say in FIVE days, KIM
die your fires on top Of the stunps.
When breathing air that is dusty, or
i'll smelling, or otherwise impure, draw
the breath slowly throug the nostrils. In
this way the dust or other impurities are
In part arrested in the moist and narrow
nasal passages, and are prevented from
being thrown upon the lungs. When
we breathe Though the mouth they are
carried more directly thither. Many
would Iengthen their lives by resolu.ely
breathing through the nostrils
RAISE MORE DUCKS.
I could never understand why our far
mers through the State diu not keep
ducks. Not having. pond or
stream Of water near by, has deferred
many from keeping them, but their IS no
need of anything of the kind. 1t is true
tina, IL is better 10 haye pond or stream
but you can raise ducks just as we'll
elsewhere. l know Of parties that are
very successful in raising shem-they
have only shallow tub set lii the ground
and filled from the pump occasionally.
In fact the trouble of raising ducks, and
about the only one, is letting the young
go iuto the water 100 soon after they
leave the nest. When [ speak of the
profits from ducks, do ao1 have refer
ence TO the commoi duck that is seen
every day. | meal breed OF ducks that
will weigh twelve pounds to the pair,
alive, such as the Roueu and Alesbury
and both excellent LAYERS, properly kept
and reared, aud being very large and
excellent for the market, and it costs no
more to rear them than the common
ducks that will oaly weigh On the aver
age about eight pounds TO the pair. The
Kouen is very handsome duck in pIu-
mage; the drake has glossy gree n head
and neck down to a white ring on his
neck, and the lower part Of the body is
a beautiful green brown gray, and shad-
ed with brown OH he bach. The duck
is of a beautiful brown, with about every
feather shaded on the outer edge with
black. They are acknowledged the bes;
of the varieties, laying very early and
continuing through the season, and late
in winter. The Aylesbury is pure white
both the duck and drake. and about the
same sizeas the Rouen. Both become
very familiar. and being very large and
heavy, dc not care to roam as much as
the common kind.-Naii,e Farn,er
~ Loss is almost certain 10 attend long
delay Ia threshing out grain after it has
been gathered from the field. Stored in
the barn, it is subject to the ravages of
fire and vermin. and if In the stack it is
subject to injury from the same causes,
aud in addition to these, liable to mold
and dampuess, or to be scattered by the
tempest There is no time when grain
is more easily threshed than when it CONS
from the shock, if properly cured, and at
no time will it be in better condition
g. g.