Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-11
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.



COVERING the floor of henhouse
and yard with six inches or so with tan
bark will effectually keep all hen lice
or other insects from the premises.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Country
Gentleman says that even where land
was too poor to grow clover to amount
to anything, blowing under two crops
of rye brought the land in good con-
dition for clover and this, plowed M
der, put the land in good order for
other crops.
A MASSACHUSETTS doctor claims that
carboIate of lime is fully as destructive
as hellcbore to the currant worm, and
Mt the same time more agreeable, less
costly and perfectly safe. Apply soon
as the pest appears, bringing it we'll in
contact with the leaves (when the dew
is on), and repeat as often as necessa-
ry.
A WRITER in the Poulty Bulletin says
he puts small quantity of carbolic
soap III solution under the wings aud
on the breast Of the hen rs soon as she
comes off with her brood, and repeats
the application once week, aud thus
prevents gapes, which disease, he
claims, is caused by the larger species
of the louise, which lays its young IN
the chickens mouth.
An English farmer had a water
meadow which was overgrown with
rushes. He caused it to be thoroughly
drained and laid down in grass.
Thereafter he was able to cut from it
annually four crops of green fodder of
the best quality. Thousands of fields
in this country are susceptible of SINH
lar improvements.
Ir has been estimated, says <. A.
Willard, that, one year with another,
third more feed is obtained from the
land in Herkimer county by ]udicious
use of gypsum. It is. ut least, certain
that pastures are kept fresher and
greener by the application of plaster,
and failure to apply it for any con.
siderable time is made apparent in the
milk pail and decrease of the cheese
product.
Mr. RUFUS PEET, of Wyoming coun,
ty, N. Y, communicates the following
remedy for bugs upon vegetation: 81
have tried the following prescription
against bugs, which has proved effica.
cicus with me: "Take fine, dry dust
from a common road, sift it through a
fine riddle so as to remove small stones
and lamps, and apply freely with the
hand when the dew is on the plants.
1t was with me perfect success last
year. No bug was seen upon squash,
melon, cucumber or pumpkin"
THE PLowMAN thinks highly of Hun.
garian grass in general, but especially
at time like the present, when IN
consequence of hard winter, followed
by spring dronth, lit is impossible
to form very correct judgment of the
probable yield of hay till rather late in
the season" It may be sown after the
hurry of planting is over, say the mid
die Of June, or even later; its growth
is rapid if helped with little manure
ut the start, it will yield from one to
two tons Of good hay per acre, aud If
pastures are short, it offers one of the
best green forage plants, less exhaus.
tive, it is thought, than fodder corn,
and equally or probably more nutrltive
and milk producing as food for COWS.
1t stands drouth equal to an Egyptian
mummy. If everything else about it
dries up, the growth of Hungarian
grass may be arrested, but it clings to
life, and the first rain revives it almost
as If nothing had happened. A dry,
warm soil of a fair quality, or what
would be called by farmers good corn
land, is just what it needs. Fourteen
quarts of seed to the acre is the guam
tity commonly recommended, and, if
fresh and good, that is enough. Those
who wish to leave some margin for
possible drawbacks may make it half a
bushel.
The Household.
HAM TOAST. Chop some lean ham,
put IN a pan with little pepper, a
lump of butter and two eggs, beaten !;
when beat thoroughly spread it on
buttered toasted, and serve hot.
g. EVERY DAY" PuDD1Na.-Half a LOAF
of stale bread soaked in a quart oil
milk, four eggs, four tablespoonfuls OF
flour; little fruit, dried or fresh, is a
great addition. Steam or boil three.
fourths of an hour.
To BRIGHTEN Co1oRs.-Soda in the
rinsing water will clear up and inten.
sify almost any blue or purple. Vinegar
will do the same for pink or green cali.
Goes. 1t is said that a strong decoction
of common hay will preserve the color
OF French linens and lawns, but I have
never tried the recipe.
WASHING WlNDows.-1n washing win.
dows or other glass, never use soap un
less it can be thoroughly rinsed off
wash of the dirt with clean warm wa.
ter: after the glass is dry, rub with a
little paste of whiting and water, in tue
center of each pane. With another
cloth, rinse over the glass, then rub it
with a dry cloth till it shines like crys.
tai.
A GOOD CEMENT.-The following has
been tested for cementing iron, wood,
leather, glass, paper, and almost all
kinds of household materials: best is
in glass, half IN ounce; rub it between
the hands until it breaks down into q
powder, put it into bottle, and put as
common ascetic acid to it rs will just
wet the mass through; stand the bottle
in some boiling water, and the paste
will dissolve and be fit to use at once.
1t will be solid when cold, bnt is easily
warmed up the same as before. Leave
the cork out when warming, or there is
danger of bursting.
WAY TO TRAIN FUsCHIAs.-When sin
has grown six or eight inches high, nip
out the top down to the last set OF
leaves it will then throw out branches
on each side. Let these grow eight or
ten inches, then nip them out as before =:
the tops of each branch, when grown
the same height as the others, min ont
again then procure stick the size of
your finger, eighteen inches in lenth !;
take hoop skirt wire, Irvine back and
forth alternately, through holes made
IN the stick equal distances apart; place
this firmly in the pot buck of the plant,
tie the branches to it, and you will
have, when in flower, beautiful and
very graceful plant. Having one train
cd in II Mt way last season, it was the
admiration of all who saw it-.yu,ttkI
Fruit Recorder.
KEEPING CREAM.-Next in Importance
to having the milk perfectly pure and
sweet, and freed from all animal otlors.
comes the matter of keeping the cream
after it is taken off the milk. In the
first place, the less milk there is with
the cream at the time it is set in the
Cream jar the better. A great deal OF
carelessness is shown in this matter,
for be it known that milk makes cheese,
while the cream only makes butter, and
the more milk there is in the cream at
churnlng time, the more cheesy flavor
ed will he the butter, and therefore
more likely to spoil afterward uni S.
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