The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-03-18
Farm, Garden and Household.

GRAPTNa PEARs on 0AKs,.-W. @.
Burke, Glen Mills, Pa, grated a cion OF
pear on the root Of an oak, and it grew
vigorously, and bore fruit very early.
Did the root sustain the cion until II
formed roots OF its own, or did it unite
with it? A. S. Fuller said very likely
the cion threw ont roots Of its own; he
doubted II any union was formed be.
tween the oak root md the cion.
BoxE, MEAL For Cows. Hon. Harris
Lewis Of the Farmers Club to whom was
referred the inquiry mRd2 a few weeks
ago about cows eating rubbish, replied
by letter, saying that bone.meal was
needed. It might be fed to them in small
quantities, like salt, or il two hundred
pounds per acre should be spread on the
pasture, it would furnish the cows with
bone material Tor n lifetime. On sandy
land, gypsum wuuld have q similar effect /;
one hundred pounds per acre was tue
right quantity.
TN.MMKIS0 PALs.-The old wooden
milk.pail is very properly being alto.
together discarded by wise dairymen.
Tin pals are easily kept perfectly clean,
and this is now recognized as the chief
requisite TO success in making good
cheese or butter, As soon ms the milk is
poured from the pail thorough scalding
and washing should be given 10 il, and
sweet and airy place should be set apart,
not only for milk.pails, hut for all uten.
ais used in the dairy. Any foul odor or
mold will affect, TO n certain extent, even
tin, while wood will very readily absorb
il.
How TO PRESERVE MEADows.-D. F.
Elston asked tho Club IL bone dust,
ashes, lime, and gllano would keep a
meadow fertile without barn.yard man
ure. Ex-senator Geddes said ifmeadows
were dressed occasionally with bone
dust, and eAch alternate crop allowed to
grow without cutting, and fall down and
rot on the ground, they will remain in
good order for many years when they
became sod.bound they should be well
narrowed in the spring and some fresh
seed sOwn, j. Crnue recommended ashes
and plaster or lime occasionally with the
bone dust. Mr.. Smith had seen meadows
IN England which had been said to have
been mown for centuries, which had no
manure, but Of late years dressing Of
guano was applied.
The FARMERS CLUp.-MoIos, accord.
ing to Mr.. Smith, might be destroyed by
placing pieces Of apples in their holes,
on which arsenic had been sprnkled.
Hams had been kept from flies, by
the Ch'ifman, by packing them in bar.
rels with pine shavings between them.
Mr.. Geddes kept hams from tho flies in
dark smoke house, in which the fire was
PLACED beneath M arch Of brick perform.
ted with holes for the smoke to pass
through. - Essay on bees the Chair.
man announced that the Secretary, MIR.
Chambers, had been preparing paper
on bee culture for two years. and II was
not yet nearly ready. Pumpkin seeds
were declared, by Mr.. ]. Crane, to be
bad for everything but hogs they caus-
cd poultry to be weak in the legs, the
hens could moi become roOsters, and
ducks could not even waddle il allowed
to eat them. - Water.pipes, according
to Thomas Hogue, Of Pa, should not he
less than m inch and half in diameter.
TRAVELLING Boxes Fon FowLs.-Ship.
ping poultry in coops, is dangerous 10
the health, limbs, aud life OF the in
mates To avoid this danger, the
American Agrieuitpist gives an excellent
plan for box or cage, from which We
gather the following The box should I've
Of light lumber, pllncd on the inside,
and well put together. Size Is to 20
inches each way. Instead Of lattice ON
one side, cut hole in the box five or
six inches square, cover this with woven
wire nailed on the outside. The whole
side may be used MS u door, and fastened
to tho box by nails, screws, hinges mud
hasp, rs the shipper may think best.
On one side Of the window, inside, ias.
ten the feed.cup, and on the other, the
water.cnp. A hRnd.hole should be made
in the center Of the top Of the box suili.
ciently large to admit the fingers OF
large hand; grain may be dropped
through this hole, in case the package
should be delayed along the route. The
water holder may be common Junk
bottle, inverted in small tin cup and
securely fastened, the bottle with wire,
and the cup with nails, TO the side OF
the door. Fowls thus shipped, it is
said, will go from one part Of the coun.
try to another with but little risk Of in.
jury.