Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-06-22
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Interesting General In form alton.
A WHEAT AVERAGE.

Interesting General In Information.
WHEAT AVERAGE.
Minnesota may be healthy country,
Int wheat (it is said) only averages
seventeen bushels to the acre.
IMPROVING TOMATOES.
The RuruG NeW Yorker has found
that it grows more and more better
tomatoes by stalking than by any other
kind of training ever tried Its stakes
are three and half to four feet long.
TO DESTROY CUT WORMS.
A tablespoonful of saltpeter dissolved
in a pail of water, is said to be death
dose to cutworms Sprinkle around
fine plant little of the wash every
evening, until the plants are strong
and ont of danger,
TO CAN PIE-PLANT.
Prepare it as you would for pies.
Then put in a preserving kettle, allow
ing one teaspoonful of sugar for each
Quart of pie-plant Pour in one-half
pint of water, and let it come to a
good boil. Have your jar ready and
seal tightly.
KEEPING EGGS.
A poultry-grower and egg producer
in Maine keeps eggs, from spring time
when the price is low to winter when it
is the reverse, by placing the eggs on
movable racks in dark but well ven
tilated room. He changes the position
every few days by passing along the
racks and lightly moving them so as
to turn the eggs.
MUsTY WHEAT CURED.
A CORES pondent of the Rural New
Yorker had lot of wheat get musty in
pile. He says l put it on my hop
kiln, dampened it slightly with water,
put a fire under it with birthstone on
the stove When it cooled off | found
the mustiness had entirely left it. We
tried it for bread, and it made as good
as any wheat"
BUGS ON VINES.
1t is said that the cleanings of a
wool carding machine, or lock of
a wool soaked in oil, placed near the
roots of the vines, will drive off the
bugs.
PRUNING VINES.
Grape vines may now be pruned to
any extent desired or necessary with
ont danger of their bleeding. In the
case of neglected vines, which have too
large a proportion of old wood some of
il may now be removed to the advan-
tage of both vine and fruit.
MILDEw ON GRAPES
Marshall P. Wilder says, 81 have
used sulphur to prevent and destroy
mildew for more than fifteen years,
and in no instance has it failed to eff
feet speedy cure. Spread the sulphur
on the ground beneath the vines and
on the foliage.
MARKING SHEEP.
It is barbarous to split the ears. A
better method is to have the initial let
ter of the owners name cut in paste
board, and with a small, stiff brush and
some paint made with lamp black or
red lead, linseed oil and little spirits
Of turpentine, stamp the letter on the
rump or shoulder of each sheep as it is
Sheared. 1t serves all practical purposes
and avoids the inhumanity of cutting or
punching the ears.
ABOUT ToADS.
The toad is a great destroyer of in
sects, and on this account has been
found very useful in gardens for exter-
mInatlng the striped bug, squash bug,
tea beetle, etc. 1t devours the potato
bug with great aridity, and suffers no
inconvenience from feeding on this
Poisonous insect. The toad is very
destructive to bees, and should be ban
lshed from the apiary. A toad has
been noticed sitting for several hours
under hive, waiting to deyour any
bees that might happen to fall to the
ground.
TIE UP THE GRAPE VINES.
As soon as the vines have grown SUI
dclent to make q tie to secure the
lne to the trellis, the work should be
Performed 1t is unwise to leave 1t
until the vines have made four or five
ieet to each shoot and become q
tangled mass; because such neglect, or
leaving, involves extra labor and
! oltentlmes mutilation of the vine to
4 'Ae injury of the crop. For tying,
\ some use cotton twine, some willow,
l some rye strow, and one in Thousand
possibly may use the Underhill vine
tock. We use the common reed or
Dog grass, and for several years have
/ found it one of the best and chea pest
L u tying materials.
PAsTURING HOGS IN SUMMER
/ \ correspondent of the Country
Gentleman, writing from Hamilton,
OAlo, says, the system of all good hog
'aisers IN that region is to pasture hogs
~ clover during the summer. He