The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-06-08
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

says the Farmers Home journal. be Sc
contracted IN his views as to suppose
that the chief end of his existence is to
make money. With family around
HIM, secured against want or embar-
rassment, he should give his attention
TO Identifying his grounds, to rem.
derlng his home more cheerful, and the
cultivation of an aesthetic taste which
Will bring to himself, his wife and
children a rich contentment that will
endear the spot called home to the
hearts of each one, ahd bind them to-
gether III fonder and more endearinc
union.
A CORRESPONDENT Informs the Tech
nologlst that he has now in his posses
sion stakes for flowers and shrubs
which have been in constant use for
over nine ears, and their points are vet
perfectly sound. Il take. . he saws.
common coal tar and bring it to the
boiling point in kettle some ten to
twelve inches deep; | then place the
lower part of the stake in the boiling
tar, Immerslng 1t as deeply as the pot
viii allow. After remaining therein
about ten minutes, [ take them out. al
lowing the surplus tar to drain of, and
roll the tarred portion in sharp sand,
covering every part of the tar After
they have become perfectly dry | give
them another coat of tar, completely
covering the sanded part. He keeps
the upper part we'll painted
FARMERS will find the following pro
titable for house or fence painting
Skim milk, two quarts fresh slaked
lime, eight ounce hnseed oil, six
ounces; white Burgundy pitch. two
ounces; Spanish white, three pounds.
The lime Is to be slaked in water, ex-
posed to the air, and then mixed with
one-fourth milk; the oil, IN which the
pitch is dissolved, to be added a little
alta time; then the rest of the milk
and afterwards the Spanish white. This
was sufficient for twenty-seven yards,
two coats. This is for a white paint.
Ii desirable, any other color may be
produced thus, if a cream color is
desired, IN place of part of the Spanish
white, use the ochre alone.
WRITER in an English Journal in
forms us that a small piece of non
reslnous wood can be seasoned perfect
~ by boiling four or five hours-the
process taking thesap out of the wood.
which shrinks nearly one-tenth in the
operation. The same writer states that
trees felled in full leaf III June or July.
and allowed to lie until every leaf has
fallen, will then be nearly dry. as the
leaves will not drop off themselves I'M
til they have drawn up and exhausted
nearly all the sap Of the tree. The
time required. is from month to six
weeks, according to the drvness or wet
ness OF the weather. The floor of a
mill laid with poplar SO treated and
cut up and put up in place in less than
month after the leaves I'LL. has new
CT shown the slightest shrlnk1ga.
Az exchange says 1T IS very an
moving, after having set out nice
lot OF sweet potatoes or cabbage plants.
to see them cut down one by one by
cut worms. We have tried ashes, lime,
SCOT and In fact everything We have
ever heard of, but never found any
thing etfectual until, by accident. we
found three or four of the worms gath
cred one morning under a small board
which had been left by some children
on a sweet potato hill. Acting upon
this hint, we placed small pieces Eof
board, large chips, &C., all through the
patch, and we trapped them by hun
dreds. The board must be lifted early
IN the morning, and on very warm days
VIII clear these pests out Of the garden
One trial will satisfy any person of the
merits of this plan :
To raise flax for the seed about a
bushel and half should be sown on
rich ground early III the spring. If the
fiber Is not wanted, it may he mown or
Graded and threshed in an ordinary
threshlng machine, or with a fail.
The seed Will bring about SD per
bushel at the mill, according to its 10
callty One bushel of seed makes from
two to three gallons of oil; oil is now
worth 20 cents per gallon, wholesale, !
and oilcakes $40 per ton. If the fiber
Is to be preserved, the flax must be
pulled by the hand, tied in bundles,
and the seed stripped by means of a
machine shaped like carpenters tres
tie or horse, with row of sharp iron
spikes set closely IN the top the seed
end of the flax is stuck on these spikes
and drawn through them, by which the
seed Is stripped of. Flax is considered
an exhaustinG crop, and net very profit
able, except To farmers who are pecUl /
larly well situated in regard to rich |
soil and proximity to flax or oil mills !
Dr. HExANIER, of New York, in a |
result of an experiment of planting
the potato IN seventeen different ways, |
found that the best results were given /
from one large potato, whole, III each /
hill; the next best from two large half /
potatoes cut lengthwise; next the seed |
end OF large potato; next from medI- /
UNI sized potato planted whole: the |
smallest from small half potatoes. A /,
medium potato he plants whole: large 1
ones he cuts in half, and the largest IN !
four pieces, each lengthwise, always |
taking care to select his best and sound /
est potatoes for seed. ]. A. Warden, /
of Ohio, in an experiment with Harri- /
sons, found that large seed cut in /
halves gives the most salable potatoes. /
He says: This experiment. in CON /
nection with one made last year. would /
induce me to cut good salable sized /
potatoes for seed IN preference to I
planting them whole and in years of I
scarcity to use small potatoes, with /
care and not to plant them too closely /
together. Prof. Daniels, of the Wis /
consin Agricultural College, IN an ex-
pertinent, found that cut seed gave
more from the same weight of seed. /
except where small potatoes was used, !
than whole ones did. The whole pota-
toes produced the most vigorous
plants those cut the least