The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-04-25
MISCELLANEOUS.
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A few iron mails p aced in vase with
flowers will keep the water sweet and tie
fawers fresh This arises from The SUI.
nhur eliminated from the plants combin
ng with the iron.
One pound of pots toes carefully cut
,eill m ke one hundred sets. These will
pant Il hundred hills that should raise
ir,m two 10 three bushels.
Drop few Tomato seeds with peas,
when the peas are removed, three or tour
feet apart they will come on rapidly
and make excellent late tomatoes
In pruning apple or pear trees be care
tnl TO cut away all shoots Of last year.
growth that appear shr.vellel or have not
really and pert city ripened their wood
Tomato plants when set. if over three
inches high. should be laid down and
covered except few inches Of top; they
give better results Keep the groun'
rich.
Ii ght and loamy soils will be benefit
"a hy the application Of fifty to QUE hun
bred bu hels Of air saked lime per acre
Busting the trees is also said to be a
remedy against irsect depredators
High cultivation means deep and thnr
,ngh working of the soil, thorough pull
rerzaticn. liberal manuring, clean cul-
tire and bountiful crops of all kinds.
high cultivation, coupled with good
Judgment, Sc dom disappoints tho ex-
pee atoms Of the farmer
A writer in the Pra'tical Farmer says
that he finds the sugar beet very good to
'atten hogs with. He begins with the
Gets and finishes of with the corn. AS
The result of bis experience, he found
hat his hogs fattenrd earlier, with a ma
'er1al saving of corn.
A recipe for making grating wax,
from practical nuIsprymsn is : Resin
six pounds; beeswax one pound talloH
ore pound melt and work until cod
his is to be used warm, when working
IN the house. For out door work, Mr.. J
! Thomas recommends The same formula,
xcept using linseed oil, one pint, in the
,,ace of the taIlow. For out door work.
. good wax is made by using one or two
pGunds less of resin, one-half to one
BOUND more Of bceswax, and one and
one half pints of iinseed OIL f; to be melt
81, made in a mass and applied by hand.
In Country Gentleman, February 90
= an inquiry as to the relative value OF
milk to make into cheese, or used for
',utter and the sour milk for making
,ork Hree is the result of single ex .
,.rimen.. On the first Of November I
nrChased two grade Suffolk pigs, so
lays ole One weighed 81 lbs. the other
q lbs They were fed exclusively on
-our milk, warmed, and had warm pen
convenient to the kitchen. For the
,Aonth Of November their feed averaged
ur quarts per day each-were weighed
weekly on Fairbanks scales, and gained
ne pound per day. The amount Of
milk required increased as they grew
older, and in February they consumed
eight quarts each per day. One week
IF nice warm weather they gained ten
pounds each.
SPEEDY GROWTH OF RAD1sREs The
3cclimation Society of Palermo teaches
hat radisbes may be Obtained at any
season, and very quickly, in the follow
ing manner: The seed is to be first soak.
81 for tWenty-four hours, andthen placed
n bags and exposed to the sun. They
will begin to terminate in about twenty
NfuFS anu are Luen To Dc DlaC6Q III Dt'1
flied with we'll manured earth, and
mostened from time TO time with luke
warm water In five or six days the rad
lshes Will attain the size Of small onion
To grow radishes in the winter the box
is to be placed in warm cellar, covered
with top, and the earth moistened FROM
day to day with lukewarm water.
THE EARLY B1RD.-The farmer shonld
get started at his spring work as early as
possible. late start will keep you be-
hiRd hand all the year Get everything
ready that you can. Have your brus
AMI poles for beans ready; put your tools
in order; send for any seeds or tool
that you intend to buy, so as there will
be no delay when they are wanted An,
roots lett in the ground over winter may
DO dug as soon as the ground thaws. A
few potatoes may be started for earl
planting by allowing the sprouts to star
il warm room, then planting in warn
spot. When only few plants are wan
ed for early Yeget abies, these may b.
started in the house, in box filed wit
rich earth. A little oil or paint may b
advantageously applied TO wood worl
now. to nreypuE decay