Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-01

as of fanning.m mill, about the stable
has such effect upon the nervous sys-
tenn as to cause perceptible falling off
in the flow of milk. No dog is tolerated
about the place. There must be re.
preston of rampant ways on the part
OF Paddy. The bars are let down and
the butter-makers walk leisurely out.
They are petted and caressed. The
consequence is they yield flowing pals,
and they wear such cheerful and con-
tented faces and such mild expression
of eye as would do the kind heart of
Henry Bergh good to look at.
, One OF the best farmers east of the
Hudson expended ten years ago one
hundred dollars On shed of thirty
feet long by twelve wide, under which
his cart, wagon, sled, moving machine,
pillow, hoes, and chains could be kept
when not in use. His implements are
as good now as they were then, with
the exception Of the inevitable wear
which their use involves, and in the
opinion OF the, owner the building has
saved him at least twenty per cent. of
its cost each year. The same roof can
be many times made to cover q loft
which can be used as granary, or for
some other purpose which the business
done upon tie farm may make desira-
BILE, at the same time that the lower
part is used for the purpose indicated
above.
A CORRESPONDENT gives the following
receipt for making an ink to be used
on zinc labels to be attached to trees.
Take part verdigris, l part salamo-
MAC, ! part lamp-black, and 10 parts
of water Mix we'll, and keep bottle
with glass stopper. Shake the ink he
fore using it. It will keep any length
of time. Write it IN the label with a
steel pen not too fine pointed. It dries
in the course Of a minute or two. In
making zinc labels, whatever be their
size, 1 would. for permanent use and
durability, advise making at least two
folds, if not three, on the end where
the suspending hole is to be, as
have found one, and even two folds
of the metal worn through with
the action of the suspending wire on
the edge of the metal by its almost
continual motion from the effects of
the winds in the course of one veal.
where the trees we're much exposed to
wind.
To BRING into: bearing, trees which
have been neglected for a number of
years, and which are now tall and thin,
with long whip branches, some of these
slender shoots may be bent over and
fastened by the upper extremity to the
base without breaking. 1t kept in this
position for two years the curved part
will by the end of that period have
formed an abundance of fruit spurs.
Once the change from wood to fruit
I bearing there will be no difficulty in
the future. Another method occasion
ally practiced is to make hooples of
some of the small, thin branches. This
can be done in the spring and summer
by taking Il shoot foot or two in
length and then bending it around in
the form of Il RUG, Masking it self.fast-
cning. Such rings can be formed rap
idly, and in any part Of the tree where
there are pliable twigs. A year later
there will be fruit spurs on these
shoots. and they will continue to
form from that time forward. This
years ago this plaa was tested on q
Vicar OF Wakefield tree 10 years. old
that had never borne any fruit. This
year il has a nice and promising crop.
The plan has been tested en- many 9th
err trees. and in 10 case has it failed to
bring about the desired result within
three years. When one has a few trees
in the garden it is interesting to notice
the gradual transition.
MIR. CnAhhEs L. FLINT, the well
known writer on grasses, advocates
their seeding alone, and generally late
in summer or fall, and asserts L
That carly fall seeding without grail,
should be adopted in practice in pre-.
ference to seeding in spring. 2. That,
rs general rule, it is poor economy to
take any grain crop either with or i'm
mediately preceding the seeding down
to grass. That the grass being the nlti-
mate and paying crop, it is bad prac.
ticc to reduce the land Ivy tho draft
whicl, IL grain crop makes upon it. 3.
That wherever, from any local reason,
it becomes desirable to take II crop Of
spring grain, it Is more economical to
SOW the grain alone in tho spring, and
to pillow up the stubble and SOW the