The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-09-14
FARM AND GARDEN.


When ripe and shclled, pour boilin.
water on them, and let them And IN the
water not less than five minutes; this VIII
kill the germ Of the bug and not in the least
iniure the germ Of the pea, as | have
proved from years practice.-R,1at As'e
Yorker.
Dying He'd OH Wool.
For dying pOnccau-rcd upon CaXton
wool, the German Dyer's Gazette gives the
following recipe: Two pounds Of pow
dered Lac dye and one pound of powdered
Cochineal are mixed with eight ounces Of
bichoride of tin and hot water into a soft
mass and kept warm. After the lapse of
several hours nine ounces Of oxalic acid
are TO be added, and the whole composition
is to be suspended for some time in a kettle
Of boiling hot water. 1t is then to be di-
lutcd with water according to the shade
desired, in which about three per cent. Of
gum is to be dissolved and the fabrics to
be dyed, immersed in it, and the whole
stil thoroughly wet, are to be transferred
into the steam box, where they are tobe left
for ten minutes to the action Of the steam.
The color becomes perfectly fastened, and
rinsing removes the adhering gum, etc.
National Swine Exposition.
The feSteH Rural says the great Ma
tional Swine Exposition which is to be held
at Dexter Park, Chicago, Sept 1921,
under the auspices Of the Illinois Swine
Breeders Association, bids fair to surpass
the expectation Of It's projectors and friends.
We are pleased to learn that very many
breeders and stock men from distant States
have signihed their intention TO be present
with stock. Thus there will be friendly
competition from nearly all portions Of the
country. Letters have been received from
breeders and st0cR-raiserS in Kentucky,
Tennessee, Ohio, West NirginL Penn
sylvania, New York, New England and the
Canadas, apprising the managers Of the ex-
position that accommodations for stock
will be required from those sections Of the
country. And it is now definitely I'M
derstood that nearly every prominent breed
or in the Northwest viii BE represented
The opportunity to contrast the merits IF
different breeds, and the different strains IF
blood Of the same breeds, will thus be af
forded and the very best means presented
for arriving at a correct Judgment upon
many important questions relating to the
breeding and management Of SWINE
Raising Fruit frees from eNs seed.
MIR. \. Czcrny, Of Austria, states. r. the
result OF lOng-continuedo observation and cx-
periments, that the strongest and best fruit
trees can be raised from seed, thus olivia
ting great deal Of expense and di>appoint-
mcnt to pomologistS. According to his OBJ
seryations, the extent and ramifcation of
the roots Of a healthy tree is to that of
its crown in the ratio Of three to two so
that the action Of the roots is always pre-
ponderating. In this relation he finds the
reason why fruit seeds from trees, buddcd
or grated upon Indifferent stocks, have al
ways been found unreliable, and he en-
deayors, as the first step, to obtain good
trees grown upon their own stock, the
seeds of which he says, will reproduce
their parents with certainty. 10 this end
he layers branch Of a COOL tree, which,
when well rooted, serves him n a stock,
into which he introduces buds or scions Of
such varieties as promise 10 improve the
original fruit. BY judieious cross fertili-
zation he obtains fruit, the seed Of which
will propagate, to a greater or less extent,
the good qualities Of the varieties used in
hybridizing, and thus Q new fruit is origi-
mated, which, when suitable, can always
be reproduced from its seed. Such trees.
says Mr.. Czcrny, are more healthy and viz
orous (haying never been wounded bv the
knife, bear earlier, and, when accidentally
injured in the stem, thrown out shoots
identical with those Of the original tree.