Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-02-24
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Farm, earlcn and Household, :. =,
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MorsruRE. ~ psfre white lead OK .gfHe
white. ground IN eils and sedvery tlIhsk,
is an excellent cement for mending hrot
ken crockcry ware ;.hNt ID takes very
long time 30 harden IL h well 10 put
the minded object in some storerooIp,
and not look after II for several weeks
and even months. IL viii then be found
so firmly united that, il ever broken
again, il willmot part on a line with the
former fracturG ~
SrMuLArTSe THE Suck. do not
much believe in stimulating sick folks,
unless il is by air, sunlight. rest, proper
food, and healthy, mental state. Many
person sick with fever or slow, huger-
ing disease, Is stimulated ont Of the world
hv beef tea, brandy, champagnc. amMa-
nia, and other nostrums, when he might
have lived by good neIrslng and nutritious
food. They die Of starvation. The blood
soon becomes Impoverished when whole
some food is withheld, and. fin addition,
il is loaded with noxions drugs, its char
ncter is greatly changed. and il becomes
quite unfit 30 yield nourishment 10 the
tisSues through which il circulatea.
Herald AZ Reazk.
COOKING Foop FoR HoGs.-L. p.
Brown, of Newport. X, wrote % the
Farmers Club For several years, /
have annually raised and fnttened about
500 hogs. feeding them entirely on whole
and uncooked corn. 40 present price OF
pork, however. this viii not pay, and l
have concluded 10 cook their food here
after. Now. would You advise me 70
feed whole corn steamed In the ear, -eF
shall shell the corn. grind il, and feed
ii as muSlr .tcooked1 y 4 have thought
toe OK crushing the corn and cob togeth-
er and steaming il. feeding il cold,
Would the latter plan be u good one? ? Is
there any nutriment in the cob when well
cooked, and would any evil probably re-
suit from feeding il 70 hogs ~ Mr..
Bruen advised him tD shell hHs corn, and
then cook. it using the cob ms fuel He
believed the judgment OF most expert
enced farmers was in favor of cooking,
and that the aiyantage would be fully
40 per cent.
FRUIr GARnEx.--DAcarf Thas need
pruning. washing with soap or ley, pro-
lection against insects, etc, and such
other care rs has already been suggested
for trees in the orchard.
P-susia1of small limbs may be done
with the knife wherever necessary, 10
bring trees into shape. lg
Grupc- ZINES not attended TO last ai-
tumn. should be pruned in the first mild
spell that occurs
!Srap5errfss may be set as soon as
plants Gamble procured. and the frost is
fairly ont Of the ground
TSslises win BE- needed for grapes, and
posts should he got out Where dnra-
bic timber IL scarce. set a short locust
post In the ground. spike to il m up
right Of other wood.
B1ack5STxes and RGfpheyEies should be
set as early as the condition uf the soil
viii allow The underground shoots,
which will-ferm the canes of next sea-.
son, start very early. and are likely 10
be injured-if the setting is left until late
-AgricE.lrtst
LOOK or RoR Nice on FEUn TREES
Mice breed rapidly, and it may not be
generally'knovIa that an immense NUM-
Der of them are usually destroyed, In
autumn, by the filing of the grQund
with water. and its freezing. Thisis one
OF Natures modes Of checking the null
tiphcation bf these pests TO n degree
that would make them worse than the
frogs in Egypt. But the past autumn
and winter. thus far, have been IN many
parts of .the country unpreceGentedly.
dry. We hear from some sections on SO
great q lack of water in cisterns and wells
that muchanxiety If felt for the result
In some kities the fountains are so COM
pletely d1ed up that large extra FIRE
patrols are orcanized. 10 watch aoaiIlst
conhagrations With the above facts in
mind, It win be vel for all having fruit
and Others trees TO look out that they
are not giriled by tbe redundant mice
that shll. .slnrrow in the dry soil We.
well remenfber that, some twelve or if
teen years ago, after such dry autumn,
there were hundreds of thousands of
fruit trees girdled and destroyed soon af-
ter the first heavy fall OF snow. LIN many
cases laf@e orchards were ruined Mice
seldom. iflBv.sr, gnaw bare tree, or one
around which the snow is firmly tramp
ed. The simplest protection, therefore,
against tbsfr ravages, is 70 either keep
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tne snow tilfarea ts wy aIolli any ~ ~
snruD LII 9Rnggr, OF 20 tranllie y llrtnly ny
goTn arovRo tne trunk rs soon ION ~ y ials
10 iease aNsns IN NOV 1roIna e., Iee LOT
for the deUredAtors to work under
lalleu paPs4T PEE Pu. alo"nu : re, anu "a
Ienong " ~ OF more ihcnes Liom sie
ounu, Alla nela u s.[lnR iuI1
tner salegl1 al,n4 WA IIe PLosiqia LOT al
valuable fHuls lrees- Inc rvonnB Fit,
81 saaurase'saE.. cpai-saI' can 10 OoA9t1
?O inches .ssae1or . 70 GEMS . y'argsa
N large qslantisles, all ana eacn yaru VIE
Gu. 80 - 20 lhlaAe IN pes lor .ress mo-
allole .nsao ih1neo - ~ euatne, aia I. VI
ssase Plsses - she''0 Ae1S 'iiAn 'iiice
"e.ie' AN StFA1tesa niHss 81
IHEATsrFsI OF SALT MARSHES. Editor
Hearth and Home notice In your re-
port OF the meeting OF the Farmers
Cinp, tnat hon. >. A. Bill Is quoted as
auinorty LOT Piongning reclaimed
salt marshes ms. we Deheve, Is not
according 70 M bliis record lie trled
the experment once upon small patch
OF his thirty acres d dyked meadow,
sowed 1t with buckwheat, but II was
failure. .lhe crop grew wei enough, bAt
was dromped out by the unexpected
flood infhe Connectdcut. The most
OF his feA.med marsh lands was
never totfhed by the plow, and never
sowed WI grass seed There MAS a