Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-02-03
Farm, Garden and Household.

THE G.. y or RUsr IN WHEAT,,-The
GermantoNa 1etgrEp& SAYS 1t is
getting to be pretty generally understood
among farmers, that the sowing of grass
seed-clover and timothy--with the wheat
in the fall, as has been common Ia nearly
every wheat-growing district here, as
well rs north and east of Us, is the cause
of the rast ON wheat. by reason of the
moisture which the grass retains, affect.
Ing the grain stalks when maturing.
These grass seeds, sown after the wheat
crop has been harvested, viii produce, II
Is claimed, rs good crops the following
year rs II sown ut the time OF the wheat
nine months previously"
To CI.EAS KID GLOVES. To clean kid
gloves, have ready little new milk IN
one saucer, piece of white soap in
another, and clean cloth folded two or
three timeS On the cloth spread cut
the glove smooth and neat. Take a
piece Of flannel, dip It in the milk. then
rub of q good quantity OF soap on the
wetted flannel, and commence TO rub
the glove towards the fingers, holding il
firmly with the left hand. Continue
looks of dingy yellow, though clean /;
il colored, till it looks dry and spoiled.
lay ii to dry, and the operator viii
soon be gratitiel to see that the old
glove looks nearly new. II viii be soft,
glossy, smooth. aud elastic.
A GOOD COW AND HOW liz KEEPS uER.
Charles ID. Hart, OF Mclean, y. Y,
x~h, - 4=.lI bvv~var sIsr@x- ~ fN,4rr ,-..n,-,
ago for shilling pound, stated that
for the past sixteen years he has bat
one COW. "The past season l made
and sold up to December l, 400 pounds
besides what the family used, and have
80 pounds put mp for the winter. She
is eight years old. In 1869 l sold $40
pounds in 1868, OLE pounds kept but
ter 70 supply us the wear. Her feed is
com non pasture. plenty running water,
shade, one pint of corn meal, and one
quart Of Ehea. brain twice day. Her
mother and grandmother were extra
cows for richness OF milk and for quanti-
ty. and all would dry up ns soon as cold
weather set in, and SO dry about three
moths.
HESs.-Keep them in the fowl house
or under sunny latticed sheds all the
time, unless the days are very warm,
and then let them ont OF the house for
run, only for an hour or two when the
sun is highest. II they become through
ly chilled, they VIII not recover from il
for several DAYS. Variety in food is
something that should never lie forgot
ten. Corn Is o staple but oats, buck
wheat, and mush made of Indian meal,
.ed wa1m, should be used on alternate
DAYS. To insure health, where the
ground is not bare, fowls should always
have cabbages TO pick over, and some
pork-scrap cake OF other animal food to
supply the lack OF insect food. Warm
wa er is better than cold for their drink,
and there should always be an abund-
anee within easy reach. Do not forget
oyster. shells. which are far better than
Lme-plastering. And to give some in
terest to poultry operations, debit and
credit account with the fowls is always
in order and always conduces to the
best result.
CURIxa MEAr.-The Germantown Tel
egraph says: "To one gallon Of water
add one and half pounds OF salt, half
n pound Of sugar, half an ounce of salt
petre, half an ounce Of potash. In this
ratio the pickle TO be increased TO any
quantity desired. Let these be boiled to-
gether until all the dirt from the sugar
rises to the top and is SKINNED of.
Then throw it into n tub to cool, and
when cold pour it over your beef or
pork, to remain the usual time, say four
or five weeks. The meat mnst be well
covered with pickle, and should not be
put down for Mt least two days after the
killing, during which time il should be
slightly sprinkled with powdered saltpe-
tire, which removes all the surface blood,
etc, leaving the meat fresh and clean.
Some omit boiling the pickle, and find
it to answer well though tho operation
of boiling purifes the pickle by throw
ing off the dirt always found in salt and
sugar. III this recipe is properly tried
It viii never be abandoned. There is
none that surpass it, If so good.
PEUyTse VINES IN COLD WEATHER
Pruning vines when they are frozen is
sad to be very injurioul We are not
aware, however, that any Of our vine
yardists have ever conducted a series OF
experiments 10 prove the truth or falsily
of this very common and often reiterated
assertion. If the young or old canes
are handled and bent while frozen, it
would, no doubt, break some of the
cells and injure them but in ordinary
pruning. that portion OF the vine allowed
to remain need not be in the least dis
turbed for all tying up to stakes and
trellises can be done In pleasant weather
when there is no frost in the vines.
In pruning cane we cut between the
buds and all that portion above the last
bud left on the cane viii die whether the
separation is made with knife, shears,
or when frozen or otherwise. Pruning
vines in cold weather is certainly not
very pleasant work but SO far as being
injurious, either to the vine, or the cut
tings removed, we have our doubts,
which are strengthened by the fact that
thousands of vines are annually pruned
without apparently any serious injury
resulting therefron.