The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-05-08
HOUsE. .FARM ANp eARpEN.

HOUSE, FARM AND GARDEN.
WHEN TO PRUNE GRAPE vrNEs.-we
are often asked if the grape vine cannot
be pruned in spring without injury
We say no. The time to do this work
is in the fall, and if not, done tben it
should be left until the next summer
after the vine has put forth it's leaves,
when the vine will not bleed at all if cut.
We do not advise excessive summer
pruning, but if the work has. been who'll
ly neglected in the autumn something
may safely be done in the summer fol-
lowing. Grape vines, if cut or broken
now, will bleed prCfusely, and though
we do not fear such a result as much as
we did once. still we prefer not to allow
the opportunity.
DISEASE OF TIMOTHY GRAss.-A new
disease threatens to impair the useful-
ness of the timothy-grass, the great
favorite of our agriculturists. It.was
first observed in SiIesia, and Prof J.,
Kuhn ascertain its cause TO be a para
sitical fungus. A dense tissue of a
gravish white color forms, usually at
the third Joint above the ground, though
it sometimes appears at the lower nodes.
Propagating organs (gonidia) develop
rapidly and Mr.. de Berry believes the
mycelium of the parasite to be perennial
in the stem its origin is, as yet, I'M
known. Early cutting, and pasturing
by sheep are recommended as means of
preventing its spreading.
NEsT-EGGs are frequently made as
follows: Take an egg and break a small
hole in the round end of it, and remove
the contents next fill up the shell with
plaster of Paris wet up with water to
such a consistency as to admit of its be
ing poured into the shell after 1T ''sets, 8"
paste apiece of white paper smoothly
over the hole; if this is not done the
hens peck at this end of the egg and
soon destroy it. This kind of nest-egg
is cheap and esily made, and they will
also last long time Porcelain eggs
are sometimes hard to find Just when
you want them, and besides, they are
often made so thin as to be easily broken
which is the great objection to their use.
To PRESERVE BooKs.-It is not, per.
haps, so generally known as it deserves
to be, that few drops of any kind
of perfumed oil viii secure books an6
manuscripts from the deteriorating eff
fects of mould and damp. The species
of leather so extensively used by book
binders owes its power of withstandins
the effects of these destructive agents t.
the tar of the birch tree-betulo aloa
The preserving of books written OF
papyrus and parchment, by means o
oils, was known to the ancients Tn,
Romans made use, for this purpose, o
the oil of cedar hence and undOubtedl,
the expression of Horace, f'Digna
meaning any work worthy of being an
ointed with this oil 1t is frequentl
the case that valuable collection of book
4 are greatly damaged by the effects %
damp, and manuscripts to which grea
Importance attaches are often who'll
spoiled. The hint may be worthy G
notice. w. .-.s r-vs. q. 81 s
PLANT OFTEN.-One of the best rule
the farmers or gardeners can follow t
insure success in getting a good stand {
tender crops is to plant often. Take
for example,. melons, squashes. cucun
bers, IiInit beans, and such other pro
E ducts as may be desirable to start early
and which often fail when planted early
: and apply the rule at the head Of thi
article, and success would be certain
Fit your ground early; makc braaE
rich, fiat hills, slightly GROWING, TO il
sure dryness and gain warmth. The
plant early IN the season, and one wee
later put down a few more seeds in th
hills with the thumb and fingers wee
later repeat the planting, and If til
season be particularly cold and bacl
ward, and the FIRST planting do not az
peaI, fourth may be necessary. b
this method success Is rendered certain
but little time is lost, for the later plant
ings VIII grow so fast as to overtake th
first At thu proper time thinning mus
be done, and the crop Is then handsome
/ " started on its arney.-Rlfrnl HOms
How rK WoRHD VIII ESp,-PlaI
cts are continually integrating difuse
materials which they encounter In thei
progress through space, and it has bee
estimated that the earth adds TO itsel
nearly one hundred and fifty billie
such meteoric particles every veal
1 Secondly, IT has been proved that ever