Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-05-30
Farm, Garden and Household.

Qulreu 10 perform. Ii man has neaV
load to push or draw, he lowers his hea
by bending forward, and throws tn
weight of his body against it, SO as t.
propel the load-so does the horse, I'm
der similar circumstances, if permitted
If the mans head were tied to bel
around his body so that he could no
bend forward, he would lose the advan
tage of his weight, and could only pusl
with his muscles, so also with tn
horse. If the mans head were thus KEEP
in perpendicular position, he coul(
not so ready see where to step, anC
would be more apt stumble, so alsC
with the horse. No one in the saddle
would thus tie up the head of his horse
and no one would expect horse thu
tied up to win race.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FARMERS CLUB.
w. r. REED, Hastings, Michigan, re-
lated his experience in conveying water
as follows: He makes q level trench.
mixes cement as for cistern, takes q
straight round stick three feet long, puts
down cement for bottom, on which the
stick is laId; places cement all around it,
waits until it is set; then draws the stick
forward two and a half feet, and pro-
ceeds as before. In this way serviceable
pipes may be laid very cheaply.
SHEARING SHEEP. L. A. Morrel read
paper on Washing, shearing, and 9th
erwise caring for sheep at this period of
the year, which, however, contained
nothing but what has been repeated very
often.
MANURE FOR POTATOES. 81. Smith,
Shortsvile, n Y, wrote to ask whether
the skimmings of salt kettles, which can
be purchased at Syracuse at $3.50 per
ton, are worth their cost as manure for
potatoes, and if so, how should they be
applied. Prof. H. E. Cotton said pota-
toes contained potash, hence barn-yard
manure alone would not produce crop.
Fifty bushels of ashes per acre, however,
would make it all right. If Mr.. S NTH
finds an answer to his question in this,
we hope he will profit by it.
POTATOES WITHOUT FLOWING. A. B.
Fink, Holden, Mo-, asked if they could
grow potatoes by covering the sets with
straw, as he had read in the reports of
the Club, and how it would answer on
the prairie. DR.. Trimble said he had
seen potatoes grown on an unplowed
corn-stubble by merely covering the seed
with foot of straw. The crop was
heavier than from those planted in the
ordinary way Prof. Nash had grown
potatoes in this manner some twenty
years ago quite successfully. H. Stew
art said the probability was that on the
prairie where the winds sometimes blew
very fercely, the straw could not be kept
on the potatoes, and the plan would con-
sequently fail.
LANYARD REFUsE.-P. NJ Bare, Mt.
Union, Pa, asked howhe should use the
refuse of tannery, as lime, hair, flesh
ings, and ashes, as manure. Prof. H.
e. Cotton said he would compost it
with earth, with a load of barn-yard ma
nure added to every load of tannery re-
fuse.
RooTs IN DRAIN TILES Sweezy,
Orange County, N. Y, had laid some
round tiles with collars at the joints,
which had become choked; on examina-
ton, he found they were choked with
turnip roots; now, he asked, if | put
that field to grass, will the grass roots
enter and choke the tiles? Not even echo
answered this question.
PEAcH-TREE BoRERs,-W. A. Wells,
Middlesex County, N. j., asked if be
could destroy borers in his peach trees
by uncovering the roots and heaping
lime upon them. DR.. Trimble said it
would afford protection to them rather
than inconvenience them; even gas
lime was of use. Mr.. Crane had found
gas-lime to keep away the borers, al
though it did not prevent the depreda-
tons of those already to work. A. S.
Fuller said that was just the true state
of the case; gas-llme was a protective,
but not cure; first get rid OF the Dor
ers in the tree, then pile lime or ashes
around it to prevent further damage.
SWIMMING MILK FOR CHEESE. -Wm.
Blanding says: "Does the English
cheese contain more butter than ours?
On the contrary, our cheese, by analyses,
shows richer in butter than theirs.
When the American cheese reaches the
other side of the water, if poor in
manufacture, ever so porous and spongy,
or ever so poor in flavor, it is not poor
in butter, but is richer in that quality
than the goods we are striving to initiate s
or excel. This would seem to indicate
that the excess of butter might be saved,
and the quality secured by good milk,
careful manufacture and curing. 1t is
a question with some, whether all the {
cream will work into the cheese if it ]
once becomes separated from the milk t
I have had opportunity for some ohser- ]
walton, by working up the milk twice {
a day, as compared with once, and have
had as good results in both quality and 5
quantity in the latter case rs the former, ]
and in both cases had, as far as [ could
see, an equal amount of cream rise on {
the whey vats."
To PREVENT Grows PULLING Conn., :
Take, to each peck of corn wet with '
warm water, one tablespoonful of gas q
tar; stir until it is well blackened; then {
roll in plaster to dry. L have tried it for q
years, and never knew it to be disturbed
by anything. 1t is also good way to :
prepare corn to SOW near barn where n
fowls are apt to scratch it out. They z
will not eat more than one kernel. n