The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-03-08
Farm and Garden.

Lettuce.-Sow in a hot.bed in latte
part OF February or fore part of March
Make the soil very rich, SOW thickl,
and transplant as soon as the youni
plants are large enough TO handle con
veniently. Water, cultivate thoroughly
and make tho plants grow rapidly is
the only plan to secure good crop OF
crisp, tender lettuce.
Phinneys Early Watermelon.-Th is,
without doubt, the most valuable addi-
ton to our list of melons The flesh is
of dark crimson color, very compact.
1t has a. thin rind, of mottled appear
ance, and is of most delicious flavor.
It is very cary, productive and keeps
well. being particularly valuable for
market ar9eners.-Praiie Farmer.
WIZ B,ns Ley Half the Year s-Ordi.
narily they will not. In some instances
they will lay eight or nine months of
the twelve. There Is much variation,
depending on breed and management.
1t is not wise to base calculations on the
remarkable yield of an occasional flock,
published far and wide, for the very
reason that it is remarkable. Some
1S" Su m ser ay doa "R'G IS sf fair
yield.
Ringoe,s pon HorSes.-Wash the parts
Awitb z kong infusion of bayberry bark
" Try, and smear the denuded spots
eh mixture composed of four ounces
pyroligneous acid and one ounce of
fpentine.
TO Care ScratcheS.-Take one pint of a
Nf hor Ill
bne-half pint animal glycerine, two
, drachms chloride of zinc; wash clean
with CASTLE soap, rub dry and apply the
wash. Once week give the animal a
ball of the following; Saltpetre, resin,
ginger and CASTLE soap, equal parts,
mixed with turpentine. Give good
sized ball; keep the bowels open with
bran mash.
TO Remove Warts on HorSeS.-Procure
an ounce of concentrated muriatic acid
Esprit of SALT and apply to the top of
the wart with thin, pine stick, morn
ing and night. The acid forms a crust
which is easily taken off each day until
the wart is gone. 1t causes no pain, and
in due time the hair will appear on the
spot Keep the acid well corked and
OUT Oh reach OF CUc
Winter Food for BseS.-Use strip
made of good brown sugar, the proper
ton of two pounds of sugar to little
more than a pint of hot water boil it
and skim off the impurities; the addi-
ton of half an ounce of glycerine will
prevent it from crystalizing. But good
sugar candy, placed between the combs,
iS tho ohaanaSt Uintar food
Ss0eet Pork-It is beyond doubt that
cleanliness has much to do with the
flavor of pork. The filthy state in
which many fattening hogs are kept has
tendency not only to give rank taste
to the meat but to render it positively
unwholesome. A very common mode
of penning hogs at tnis season is in
rail pen. without protection from the
weather. The consequence is that such
pens are not fit to keep a living animal
in; wet and filthy, cold and uncom-
Portable as they are, hogs will not take
on fat, and great proportion of the
food is wasted, while the filth, con-
siderable amount of which the hogs
will consume, must be detrimental to
their health and to the health of those
who eat their flesh. 1t is not only safer
but more economical to give fattening
animals good shelter and dry beds and
litter and keep them quite clean. The
labor will be well repaid.
Mutton Hams.-Mutton hams are a
very desirable addition to the farmer S
table, in fact to any table. The meat
should be fat. TO cure them, take two
ounces of raw sugar to one ounce of
common salt, and half teaspoonful of
saltpeter. Rub the meat with this mix
ture and place it in deep dish. Beat
it, and turn it twice daily for three
daye. Wipe it, and rub it again with
the mixture. Next day beat it again,
and turn and beat and rub it alternately
for ten days. Then smoke for ten days.
The meat should be eaten cold. Cure
venison hams in the same manner.
Hint to Sugar.makers.-Mr. w. /. Cham
berlain, of Hudson, Ohio, in a commu.
nication to the american AgricultwiSt
says: Last spring, in painting lot
Of new covers for sap-buckets, it &C.
Cured to me to make one side red and
the other white. The object is this
In gathering sap where the trees are
close together, and of course not in
rows, it often puzzles man to tell which
trees he has visited. 1t is harder still
if two or three men gather to one team
or when you have to go and empty the
barrels, or when night suspends the
work unfinished until the next morning
The best local memory needs some help
Now, if when tapping you place all the
covers red side up, for instance, and al
Ae first gathering turn each cover ,ohitC
vide ur when you take the sap from its
Abucket, there never will be any uncer
Dtainty. You never will need run to q
tree the second time, nor miss one
You can tell ten rods off, by the color
of the cover, whether there is sap in the
pail. Each gathering will change the
color of all the covers. If one does not
wish the expense of planning and paint
ing both sides, simple dab of red
paint one side will answer the purpose