Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-08
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Farm.

and sulpher to the part affected.
BREAD soaked III porter and well
busted with cayenne pepper is excellent
food for fowls out of condition.
A MASSACHUSETTS cultivator says in
Secretary Fhnt's report that he has
noticed in his garden "that that por
ton which is hoed or cultivated with
the dew upon the ground produces bet
ter crops than that heed III the heat of
the day"
AN Australian newspaper says that
the practice has been very successfully
adopted in gardens of sowing rows of
common larkspur, the leaves OF which
attract grasshoppers at once, and when
eaten is certain death to them, and
that thousands of grasshoppers have
been thus seen lying dead
ELI SrINsoN, president of the wool
growers association, has proved to IA
demonstration that his flock of |, 800
sheep has enabled HIM to produce eight
or ten bushels more of wheat to the acre
than is grown on the average lands OF
Wisconsin, where sheep industry is not
auxiliary to wheat farming.
The Hearth end Home objects to the
very common practice OF dumping ma
nure in heaps on the farm, leaving 1t to
be spread ut leisure afterward and de-
tails single case of injury to wheat
and oats from lodging, rust, etc, on
the spots where the heaps had been
made. We have Often noted much the
same result both on grain aud grass
land Even when not allowed to re-
main long enough to lnflict actual dam
age to future crops, 1t always results in
unequal fertility; the site of the heaps
Will exhibit three or four time the pro-
ductiveness of the adjoining land
The best way is to spread Immediately.
The Country Gentleman gives the
following as IL cure tor quinsy III hogs
|. Take an ear of corn, and besmenr
genuine pine tar upon it, and give 1t TO
the hog. No other food must be given
until it is eaten. You can repeat the
same until the cure is effected. 3 Take
hog manure and lard, equal parts, say
four ounces of each heat the lard
then add the manure, stir until cool
and NIX the whole with one ounce of
spirits camphor. Drench the hog with
et1e ctual, repeat as often as necessary.
These two receipts have been used for
twenty years, and proved TO be good.
UNDOUBTEDLY the very best way to
keep eggs Is to pack them in salt Zine
and dry,) little end down. Arrange
them in 1t baTel-frst layer Of salt
then layer Of eggs, alternately All
kinds OF fat, grease, or OIL are well adj
apted to keeping eggs for long time.
/ One method is to dip the egg into melt
ed pork lard, rubbing it into the shell
with the finger, setting every egg mp
right. A French method is to rub the
egg with fresh butter until every pore
is filled In order to have eggs keep
fresh from spring until the end of win
ter, it is only necessary to deprive the
hens of all communication with the
cocks for at least month before the
eggs are put away. The secret of the
whole matter is to keep the eggs from
the air.
S. Nj. WELLS, Of Weathersfeld, Ct,
has found great advantage in being
very considerate Of The welfare of his
score or more of COWS. He has even
ascertained that any continuous noise,
as of Il fanning-mill, about the stable
has such effect upon the nervous sys-
TEN as TO cause perceptible falling off
in the flow of milk. No dog is tolerated
about the place. There must be re-
preston of rampant ways on the part
! Of Paddy. The bars are let down and
the butter makers walk leisurely out
They are petted and caressed. The
consequence is they yield flowing pals
and they wear such cheerful and con
tented faces and such mild expression
of eye as would do the kind heart of
Henry Bergh good to look at.
ONE of the best farmers east of the
Hudson expended ten years ago one
hundred dollars on shed of thirty
feet long by twelve wide, under which
his cart, wagon, sled, moving machine,
pillow, hoes, and chains could be kept
when not in use His implements are
us good now as they were then, with
the exception of the inevitable wear
which their use involves, and in the
opinion of the owner the building has
saved him at least twenty per cent Of
its cost each year. The same roof can
be many times made to cover loft
which can be used as granary, or for
some other purpose which the business
done upon the farm may make desira-
bic, Mt the same time that the lower
part is used for the purpose indicated
above.
A CORRESPONDENT gives the following
receipt for making an ink to be used
on zIDc labels 10 be attached to trees.
Take part verdigris, part salamo-
MAC, part lamp-slack, and 10 parts
of water Nix well, and keep bottle
with glass stopper. Shake the ink be-