The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-11-09
THE EARN AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Farm.

them dry, cool, anu entirely shielded froI
the external air.
In planting trees or shrubs, be sure t
press firmly in the ground, The heel i
not force enough. We urge good pound
ing. PEOPLE often fear to bruise roots b
this hammering process but there is muci
more danger from too loose soil.
The Western Farmer mentions a MAJ
woo has for years driven away bark lice
moss, etc, by using rs wash for fruit tree
compound Of clay, COW manure and ashes
mixed IN soap suds and applied with
brush 10 the trunk and branches as higl
as can be reached
The Tennessee Agriculturist has an in
talllble remedy for Kidding hogs of lice
simple and easy of pplication-which i
to take buttermilk and pour il along tn,
hogs back and neck, and after two or tire,
applications not louise will be seen. Ill
has tried, and seen it tried, in several cases
with the same success in every instance.
ALL trees transplanted in the fall should
he pruned considerably, The experienc,
of the past winter taught that in all case
such trees wIntered better than those no
shortened in. There may be some cases
where SO much of the root mass has beer
saved that shortening is not absolutel,
necessary; but still there will be found a
benefit to result from it.
ONE of the common faults in tying III
cattle, and cows especially, is, that they
are placed too near each other. Wner
some are lying down, others step abou
and tread upon them. We think the I'D
ders Of cows are more frequently injured
IN tins way, than in all other ways com
blned. 1t is not unusual to find COWS plac
ed three feet apart three and half il
most cases rarely ever four feet.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Ohio Farmer
says: IL the year 1850 an uncle of mine
put up few panels of post and rail fence
winch at that time was rare thing IL
these parts, and previous to setting the
posts he burned the lower ends up TO the
first mortice till they were completely
cha red. They were of white oak, from
IA tree Of rather brash appearance, set il
in clay soil Several Of these posts ar,
yet standing with the appearance of last
ing some years longer.
\ CORRESPONDENT of the Country
Gentleman writes The most profitable
feed Tor cows giving milk during winter
and that used in all the best dairies pro
ducing milk for New York market, is {
good quality of wheat, bran and corn
meal, mixed as follows: Eight pound,
OF bran and two of corn meal for each
COW daily. If the above can be thorough
" cooked with cut hay. it increases Its
value about one-ffth by actual expert
meht.
HERE IS a secular argument in favor .
Sabbath rest for horses at a meeting
of the British Association as Dublin, Mr.
Blanconl said ne could better work {
horse eight miles day for SIX days in thu
week than six miles for seven days. By
not working ON Sunday he effects a saving
OF twelve per cent. His opinion on this
point is of the highest Importance, for he
has over nine hundred horses, working
slxty-seyen conveyanteS, which daily
travel 4,244 miles. 1t is also the result q
ioriy-three years experience.
WRITING of the Torrington Comm Fan
correspondent of the New England
Homestead expresses this plain opinion
II it has come 20 that, that an agricultural
society must take to It's bosom and support
horse-racing, with its attendent betting
and pool selling, whereby the sons anC
daughters of farmers receive lessons in
gambling, thereby corruptIng their morals
and perhaps, preparing them for lives o.
wickedness and shame, then it were fan
better that such society be deaf and
buried
\ SERIES OF experiments instituted tc
test the average loss In weight by drying
show that corn loses une-hfth and whea
one.fouTteenth by the process. From this
statement is made that farmers will make
more by selling unshclled corn in the fal
at seventy-five cents than the following
summer at one dollar bushcl, and tina
wheat ut one dollar and thirty,two cents il
December is equal to one dollar and fit,
cents for the same wheat in juno follow
ing. This estimate Is made On the
the basis of interest at seven per cent, and
takes 10 account of loss from vcrmin
These facts arc worthy Of consideration.
\ coon way 10 clarity honey is to ado
two pounds OF mixture of equal parts o
honoy and water, one drachm of carbonate
of u,dgneSia. After shaking occasionally
during couple OF hours, the residue j
allowed to settle, and the whole filtered
when Il beautiful clear filtrate is obtained
which may be ev&porated in water batl
to the proper consistency. The only
draw back to this method is the length OF
time II takes to filter the solution and thi;
may be much abbreviated by taking the
same amount ofwhte clay instead of mag
nesla, when a nearly equally good article
is obtained IN much less time.
Natural and srtIficia nTaruriu-.