The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-04-11
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been highly recommended to farmers, "a
tending to keep them in good condition
and help their geperal improvement.
Salt acts heal'hily on the blood. Char
coal strengthens and heals the mucous
membranes throughout the alimentary
canal, and increases the power of the d.
gestive organs, healing any unhealthy
condition there. 1t prevents worms
| generating in the stomach, etc., it alb
serbs the putrescent gases by which worms
are generated. and they consequently die
| The free use of salt and charcoal will con-
tribute to protect cattle from epedernics,
and will counteract the effects of putres-
cent or sci tic water.
EARLY CUCUMBERS.
There are several modes of growing
early cucumbers. Our one is to plant
the seed early in hot-beds. Soon after
the plants begin to show their second
pair of leaves, push trowel or knife un-
der them so as to sever the tap roots; in
day or two. trans plans them in the hot
bed do this without divesting the plants
of earth. A week later push knife down
around them so as to cut lateral roots
within an inch of the main root then lift
the ball and transplant it.
Once every eight days or so. shorten
the roots, each time going little further
out, and after each pruning transplant.
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in the field transplant into cold frames,
or admit cold air freely to harden. Moth
ing can be gained by trasplanting Into
cold frames or into the garden until tho
soil in either place first becomes warm.
Small frames covered with glass may
be advAntageously used in the open field
on cold nights, as a protection against
frost or cold winds; but at other times
the glass ought to be left off, In this
way, if plants are properly hardened and
balls of earth containing them are carried
to the field and set without disturbing
the roots, cucumbers can be had six
weeks earlier than by planting seeds ear
| ~ in the open ground.-Proirie Farmer.
HORTICULTURAL HINTS.
We pick up our knowledge as the fowl
picks up the corn-a grain at the time:
One pound of potatoes carefully cut
will make one hundred sets. These will
plant hundred hills that should raise
from two to three bushels.
Soak beet and carrot seed from twelve
to twenty -fonr hours before sowing. This
forwards termination and helps them to
come up as quickly as weeds
Weeds should be collected and remov-
ed from the ground after being pulled
or hoed up, they often root and grow.
The best way is to burn them root and
branch.
Tomato plants when set if over three
inches tall should be laid down and COW
cred except a few inches of top, they will
give better results. Keep the ground
rich.
Topdress the ground which pumpkins
and squash run over.
Thin plants and vegetables sufficiently;
they must have room according to size.
Peas and corn may be forwarded by
soaking the seed. Keep damp and warm.
/! Do not plant peas twice on the same
ground the same or following season.
Spinach should be topdressed with GU
ano or composted droppings of fowls.
Cut above the crown, it will produce sue
| cessve crops.
Rheubarb needs rich soil and plenty Of
manure around it's roots: removed TO
dark cellar in autumn, covered with good
moist soil, produces good stalks of nice
! flavor. s
Squash, cucumber, melon and pump
kin seed put in hills and covered will be
forwarded by carefully pouring on boiling
water and turning oyer them a box or
vessel to keep the heat in. 1t is especi-
ally good in late planting.
Eternal vigilance is the price Of vege-
tables
This thumb and finger is the best
squash bug" trap yet known. Dust Of
ten with sulphur, air Stacked lime or
plaster use on cabbage and turnip to
protect from feas.
Begin in season to make your garden
and be seasonable about all your opera
tons.
Dwarf popcorn planted in drills eish-
teen inches apart and thin will produce
abundantly. When Skiing SOW early pur
ple-top strop leaf turnip between the
rows.
Plants do not eat manure they drink
the essence oft.
Drop few tomato seed with peas,
| when the peas are removed, three to four
feet apart, they will come on rapidly and
make excellent late tomatoes.
Plant beets rather thickly those taken
out when timing make excellent greens.
In culIivating with fork or rake work
backward to avoid showing footprints.
One large, strong eye left on potato
sets throws up on strong stalk and gives
large potatoes. Several stalks give many
small ones.
Four or six hills of cucumbers will SUP
ply family. Plant for pickles in July:
| TO PICKLE MEAT IN ONE DAY.
Get tub nearly full of rain or river
water and put two pieces of thin wood
across it, and set the beef on them at
about the distance of an inch from the
water. Heap as much salt as will stand
on the beef and let it remain twenty-four
hours. then take the meat off and boil it,