Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-12-05
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.


whom no comes into the stable wet with
nersniration. Wash and rub him dry the
ihe. first thing. It's the only safe way.
Ten bushels of boiled potatoes,
mas he'd and mixed with three bushels OF
finely ground corn meal, viii make as
much pork as double the quantity fed in
q raw state.
1T ia the custom of poultry keepers
in Fra nee TO cook their grain for fowls
which ,hey intended TO fatten, boiling 1t
In water till ii is soft enough to be easily
bruised between the thumb and fingers.
While all other domestic animals are
regularly supplied with salt, the hog is
generally neglected He requires, how
ever. to be as constantly supplied as the
OK, the horse or the sheep, and suffers as
much from privation as either OF the
above named animals do.
Many years ago there was scarcity
of cider barrels in Vermont, and linseed
oil barrels we're made use of TO supply the
deficiency. with no other cleansing than
to rinse them ont thoroughly with cold
water. In the following spriag ii was
found that cider THUS stored was better
for drinking purposes than that kept in
other packages, the reasons assigned
beinr that the oil tended to preserve
the cider mainly by forming thin film
| on its surface, excluding the air. Linseed
| oil, being vegetable production from
| flaxseed, cannot, in small quantities, be
| very unwholesome If pure Cor, hHFd9
Neio YORKER,
Care of Hogs.--A practical breeder
gives the following advice which, in the
main. we think sound for those whose
herds are not too large, and who are EN-
gagged in mixed husbandry: "To handle
hors 70 the best advantage, a pasture is
needed Of green Erasses---clovers blue grass
and timothy-and 1t is best If there
is no running water or stock pond in
the lot. Hogs do better whore there are
no stock ponds or branches to waliow in.
In place thereof, have good well water
pumped for Them Have troughs made,
and nail strips across eight inches apart,
to keep the hogs from lying down in tae
water, and let these hogs be put on floors
to keep them from digging up wallowing
holes. If any feed be given, 1t should be
soaked in swill barrels for twelve hours
before feeding no longer~-and fed to
them as drink"
-Firc. proof Paint for Woodwork. -
Owing to the. fact that waterglsss Is
4 gradually dissolved ont Of the wood
while chloride Of zinc Is volatile Mt tho
temperature where wood ignites, the an
thor, F. Sieburger, proposes the follow
ing, Two coats Of a hot saturated solu
ton of three parts alum and one par
ferrous sulpkate are first applied and al
lowed to dry. The third coat Is a dl'ut'
solution OF ferrous sulphate into which
white potters clay is stirred until 1t ha
the consistency of good water colors
Another method is to apply hot glu,
water as long as 1t is absorbed into thu
pores of the wood. A thick coat o
boiled glue is then applied, and Will
; fresh, is busted over with powder com
posed of one part sulphur, one part oche
of clay, and six parts ferrous sniphate'-
Scientific Amertcar.
Fresh Grapes at all Seasons. tn
/, Stockton (Del) Republican says; w
i once knew gentleman who supplied HI
table with grapes from one season to al
!, other. His plan was to gather, whe
;, quite ripe, the largest and finest bnnch'
y Of grapes, and pack them in sawdus
d using, in place of boxes, common ma
kegs, which he purchased for tritle
V hardware stores After carefully packit
:, the desired number of kegs, he buried
!, lot in trench, dug in high, dry groun
re beneath shed, where the water cou
neither fall nor soak in. Before usi'
the sawdust he carefully dried it, eth
= in the sun or in an oven, until II was
81 tirely free from moisture. We new
re Witnessed his packing process, but
knew he always had the grapes, and
q. this way, he told us, he preserved the
n. After being buried for months the graz
10 are as sweet and finely favored as II j
NJ gathered from the vines. The process
"a cheap and may be easily tested. II II v
" preserve the grape, a new and profitai
business may be built up"