The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-04-27
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DIRECTIONS FOR PAINTING.

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DIRECTIONS FOR PAINTING.
The Manufacturer and builder gives
the following rules to be observed in
painting l. Let the ground work be
carefully prepared and dry. 2. See
that the colors are well ground and duly
mixed. Do not mix much more nor
any less paint than you think will be
really necessary for the present work
4. Keep the paint well mixed before
using. 5. See that the paint is neither
too thick to work, nor too thin to cover
properly, and apply it evenly. 6. Do
not use lighter color over darker. s
Do not add driers to colors long before
using. Use just as little driers as will
do the work. 10 Do not overcharge the
brush with paint begin with the
highest part of your work ana proceed
downward
| HARDEN THE NECKs OF YOUR TEAMS
Some horses have tender skins, and
the harness will sometimes gall them
cruelty, in defiance of all means to pre-
vent it. But, many times the true cause
is attributable to bad collar, bad har-
ness, or to good harness Improperly fit
ted to the animal A yoke OF bows that
do not fit the oxen well, will often gall
them, and unfit them for labor, when if
these thing were as they should be, they
wonld work with far more ease, aud
their skin would not be CALLED.
When a harness or yoke of bows do
not fit properly, and the skin is liable to
be CALLED, battle those parts before they
are CALLED, with cold water. until the
outside skin appears quite soft, and then
battle those parts with strong decoction
of white oak bark Let this be done
eveey day, and the skin will become
much harder and tougher than it usually
is. A little care In preventing an i'll, is
far better than much more labor in cu1-
ing it, or endeavoring to obviate its in
furious effects. Working Farmer.
HOW TO MAKE BOYS GOOD FARMERS.
Induce them to take an interest in
the farm, in the implements, in the
stock tell them all your plans, your
successes, and your failures give them
history of your own life and whai you did
and how you lived when a boy, but
don't harp too much on the degenerate
character of young men of the. present
age praise them when you can, and en-
courage them to do still better. Let
them dress up in the evening instead Of
sitting down in their dirty clothes in the
dining room. Provide plenty of light.
Thanks to kerosense, our country homes
can be as brilliantly lighted as the gas lit
houses of our cities, Encourage the
neighbors 40 drop in evenings. Talk ag-
riculture rather than politics speak of
the Importance of large crops, of good
stock, of liberal feeding, and of the adj
vantage OF making animals comforta bic,
rather than of hard times, low prices.
high wages. Above all encourage the
boys to read good agricultural books
Papers, are we'll enough, but an intelli-
gent boy wants some thing more. Get
him some good agricultural book to
study. Read it with him, and give him
the benefit ofyour experience and criti-
clsm. When he has mastered this, buy
him another one In our own case, we
owe our love for farming principly to the
fact that our father talked to US Of every
thing that was doing on the farm; an
swerlng all the ques tons, and encourag
ing rather than refusing, our chiidlike
desire Of helping him to plow, to chop,
to let off water, and fire the brush heap.
american Ag.lcuZturist.
KITCHEN GARDEN.
This month is one of activity in this
department, as the ground is warm
enough for planting m any Of the harder
vegetables. Last month we enumerated
some of the standard variety of vegeta-
bles these sorts should be ordered of
the seedsmen, if not done already
The hot beds and cold frames will need
particular care this month, as a neglect
to give air during bright warm day,
NAV scorch the whole of the plants In a