The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-08

| Make the SOIL very rich, SOW thlckly
and transplant M soon ~ the young
plants are large enough to handle con-
veniently. Water, cultivate thoroughly,
and make the plants grow rapidly, il
the only plan TO secure good crop Of
crisp, tender lettuce.
PAinnsy's Earlyi WatermeIon.-This is,
without doubt, the most valuable add
ton to our list Of melons. The flesh is
of q dark crimson color very compact.
II has a thin rind, of notified appear.
ance, and is of most delicious flavor.
1t is very early, productive and keeps
we'll, being particularly valuable for
market gardener.-Pfaire Farmer.
VIII Hens Lay HALF the Year!-Ordi.
narily they will not. In some instances
they will lay eight or nine months Of
the twelve. There is much variation,
depending on breed and management.
| 1t is not wise to base calculations on the
remarkable yield Of an occasional flock,
published far and wide, for the very
reason that it is remarkable. Some
fowls will lay twelve dozen apiece year
ly, but seven or eight dozen is q fair
yield.
Ring,corms on Horses.-Wash the parts
with strong infusion of bayberry bark
wipe dry, and smear the denuded spots
with mixture composed of four ounces
of pyroligneous acid and one ounce of
turpentine.
To Cure Scratehes-Take one pint of
strong decoction of white oak bark,
one.half pint animal glyce ,ine, two
drachms chloride Of zinc; wash clean
with CASTLE soap, rub dry and apply the
wash. Once week give the animal
ball of the following: Saltpetre, resin,
ginger and CASTLE soap, equal parts,
mixed with turpentine. Give good
sized ball; keep the bowels open with
bran mash.
To Remove Warts on Horses.-Procure
an ounce of concentrated muriatic acid
Esprit Of salt) and apply to the top of
the wart with thin, pine stick. morn.
ing and night. The acid forms crust
which is easily taken off each day until
the wart is gone. 1t causes no pain, and
in due time the hair will appear on the
spot. Keep The acid well corked and
out of reach of the children.
Winter Food for Bses.-Use strip
made Of good brown sugar, the proper.
ton Of two pounds of sugar to little
more than a pint of hot water; boil it
and skim off the impurities the add.
ton Of half an ounce Of glycerne will
prevent it from crystalizing. But good
sugar candy, placed between the combs,
is the cheapest winter food.
.S,ceet Pork.-It is beyond doubt that
cleanliness has much to do with the
flavor of pork. The filthy state in
which many fattening hogs are kept has
a tendency not only to give rank taste
to the meat but to render it positively
of penning hogs at this season is in a
rail pen. without protection from the
weather. The consequence is that such
pens are not fit to keep living animal
in; wet and filthy, cold and uncom.
Portable as they are, hogs will not take
on fat, and q great proportion of the
food is wasted, while the filth, q con.
siderable amount of which the hogs
will consume, must be detrimental to
their health and to the health of those
who eat their flesh. 1t is not only safer
but more economical to give fattening
animals good shelter and dry beds and
litter and keep them quite clean. The
labor will be well repaid.
Mutton Han,s.-Mutton hams are
very desirable addition to the farmers
table, in fact to any table. The meat
should be fat. To cure them, take two
ounces of raw sugar to one ounce of
common salt, and half teaspoonful of
saltpeter. Rub the meat with this mix
ture and place it in a deep dish. Beat
it, and turn it twice daily for three
daye. Wipe it, and rub it again with
the mixture. Next day beat it again,
and turn and beat and rub it alternately
for ten days. Then smoke for ten days.
The meat should be eaten cold. Cure
venison hams in the same manner.
Hint to Sugar makers.-Mr. w. /. Cham.
berlain, Of Hudson, Ohio, in commu
says: "Last spring, in painting a lot
of new covers for sap-buckets, it oc.
CURED to me to make one side red and
the other white. The object is this
In gathering sap where the trees are
close together, and of course not in
rows, it often puzzles man to tell which
trees he has visited. 1t is harder still,
if two or three men gather to one team,
or when you have to 60 and empty the
barrels, or when night suspends the
work unfinished until the next morning.
The best local memory needs some help.
Now, if when tapping you place all the
covers red side up, for instance, and at
the first gathering turn each cover white
side ur when you take the sap from its
bucket, there never will be any uncer
tainty. You never will need run to a
tree the second time, nor miss one.
You can tell ten rods off. by the color |