Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-03-30

| mllk paIi IS very properly beng alto
gether discarded t,y wise darymcn. Tit
pails are easily kept perfectly clean, and
this is now recognized rs the chief re
quisitc to success in making good cheese
or butter As soon as the milk is
poured from the pail thorough scald-
in@ and washing should be given to it,
and sweet and airy place should be
set apart, not only for milk pals, but
for all utensils used in the dairy. Any
foul odor or mold will affect, to u certain
extent, even tin, while wood will very
readily absorb it.
Ho,0 to Manage Small Manure P,Lc.-We
are asked for directions how to manage
the accumulation of manure from Il
stable of two horses, a COW, and the re
| fuse of house. 70 make this material
ready for the garden or the field in the
spring, it must be kept from freezing
| To do this, it is necessary.to turn 1t two
or thico times, and mix the rough mat
ter or litter equally with the finer mate
rial from the horsc-stablc. a square
pile is the best shape in which to keep
| it. The refuse from the house should
| be cast on the top, which should be
made hollow, to retain the liquid, which
| will prevent fInging or the dry rot.
| When the heat is reduced, commence
at one end and turn the heap, and in
tcrmiX the unrotted outside material
| with the center.-Hearth aad Home.
Hoe to Cure BLoat ia CaNlc-A core
spondent Of the Rural New Yorkcr says:
As our cattle were turned to pasture
| last spriny, Il nice ycarling heiter was
affected with bloat, which did not abate,
| but increased for more than two weeks.
| We did not see her chew her cud, al
| though she was not within observa-
| ton except at milking time. We gave
| her Il slice of salt, fat pork, sprinkled
on both sides with ground, black pep
per. She ate it readily, and soon made
q spdsmodic effort, as if to raise some
! thing into her mouth. Another slice of
pork, well peppereo, was given her, ana
| she went to pasture with the other cat
| tie rs usual. When she was next oh
served, she was chewing her cud as
| leisurely as the other cattle, but the
bloat had not all gone down. A teacup
full of salt was moistened and rubbed
upon her bloated side, and the next day
the bloat was all gone, and did not APP
pear again. She grew nicely through
the season, and was lively and well.
| Planting Forest Tces-Atthe late session
of the National Agricultural Convention
at Washington the following resolution
was adopted "That we earnestly adj
wise and entreat the farmers of our
whole country, who are Iavor&bly located
for the purpose, to plant forest trees,
not merely for shade and ornament, but
10y the acre and hundreds OF acres, in
order to reproduce forests, to take the
place OF those that are being so rapidly
and teartully demolished i'll every dircc,
ton, thereby not only providing for the
| actual necessities of those who are to
come after us, but also to avert caami-
ties that can neither be imagined or
described, that must eventually cnsuc
whenever our broad land shall be
stripped Of its forests, and consequently
deprived of the numerous bcnvlicent
influences they are known TO impart.
,NraOGcricS.-M Mr.. Josiah Hooper, Pres
ident OF the old and ilourishing Penn,
sylvania Fruit Growers Society, aludes,
in his annual report OF 1871, to grower
of strawberries who sent his crop to the
West Chester market He set 1880
plants Of Tromphe de Grand on ground
previously in potatoes, slightly manurcd,
worked by u horse, aud all runners k pt
off. The plants were set Il foot 10y two
and a half apart, and occupied little
over a quarter of AN acre. The next
year he sold from il IT'S quarts, which
sold for STA. The year following, with
clean culture, it yielded 437 quarts,
which sold for $l6l. Since that time
he has sold this variety 1T forty cents
per quart. The iir,t crop sold at a little
over twenty cents, and yielded at the
rate of $3.50 quarts, or eighty eight
bushels per acre. This extreme case
seems to show that the best culture, and
The selection Of II variety, which, when
we'll grown, will sell far above some
other roots, are the true means to reach
the best profits. President Hooper
mentions mother instance where - cul-
tivator for the Philadelphia markets
realized annually from 81 600 to $1,000
from about three acres ol Strawberries,
which proved very profitable, although
he expended freely IN cultivation, fer
ti!izing and best management.
Uave u Bed Of Herbs.-No family
should be without Il well selected store
of herbs at all seasons of the year, and
| no garden is complete without Il bed OF
herbs. Herbs are Indispensable both i'll
culinary affairs and sickness. A simple
dish of herb tea administered at the
| right time wall often save Il long fit o.
| sickness, and consequently physician's
bill. Some herbs are perennial, and re
quire rcplantin% only once in several
years. The seed can all be found at
agricultural and horticultural stores. A
good list is as follows: Sweet majoram,
marigold, thyme, winter and summer
sayory, sage, coriander, amiSsecd, rose
mary, lavender, sweet basil, caraway and
iennel. Thyme, winter savory, tennel,
lavender and sage are perennial the
others require the seed TO be sown
annually.
Five Weeks without Food.
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