Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-08-14
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

WE do advise painting the single
roofs of buildings as a matter of economy
We have ample evidence that it pays to
dc so just as surely as it pays to paint the
balance of the exterior of any building
n. 7. Herdld
FUMIGATING poultry houses with sui
phur, thrown on glowing Goals in an
earthen vessel, and keeping the house
closed tor several hours, is said to be a
perfect remedy for insects of all kinds.
The poultry must be removed before the
experiment.
ONE of the great points in keeping
horses in good health and condition is
regular feeding and good care, being care
| ful, after a sharp, hard drive, especially if
| there has been exposure to wet and cold,
10 blanket Neutrality-suspicious. and look
tor chill or being off of food.
ACCORDING to the theory of vegetable
physiology, verified by practice, a tree is
most checked in growth when the leaf
bearing branches are Topped while in
| most rapid state of growth, and the growth
of sprouts favored when the tree or its
branches are cut while it is in dormant
condition, and especially towards spring.
Fowls can be fattened well in fort
| night if they are cooped up where they
can obtain gravel and lime and are fed on
scalded corn meal, given three times
| day, while ears of corn are always at
hand. For drink, skinned milk is very
| desirable, and if warmed little will be
| drank with eagerness. PulveriZed char
coal, kept either in their boxes or mixed
with their feed, will materially assist the
fattening process.
SoILING, as now practised by the best
dairy farmers, really means stall-feet,ing
in summer, wholly or in part, according
| to the condition of the pastures, or the
circumstances of the farmer. The old
definition of the word soil" according
| to Webster, is to feed cattle or horses, in
| the barn or an inclosure with fresh grass
or green food cut for them, instead Of
sending them out to pasture: such food
having the effect 10 purge them, hence to
purge by feeding upon green food; as to
soil horse
THE clothing of the horse in the stable
should be neither too hot nor too cold.
But if kept too warm he will be more
likely to take cold when he goes out to
exercise on a cold or chilly day. The
stable should be well ventilated with pure
air at all times, and all poisonous air and
gases, particularly the ammonia which is
formed from the urine, should be allowed
free egress from the stable, as the animal
cannot be expected to keep in good health
while compelled to inhale such malaria
To BROIL TOMATOES. -Broiled tomatoes
make a delicious dish; select those that
are not oVer-ripe, and cut them in halves
crosswise; dip the cut side into beaten
egg and then into wheat -four and place
them upon gridiron, whose bars have
been creased previously When they
have become we'll Drowned, turn them
over, and cook the skin side until thor
oughly done. Then put butter, salt and
pepper upon the egg side, and serve upon
a platter.
The effect Of understanding is to pull
verize the soil by natural means to nearly
or quite the depth of the drains, and by
this deep pulverization the soil is enabled
successfully to Withstand droughts so Sc
we're as to ruin crops upon similar lands
undrained, while the drains beneath the
surface form a ready means of escape for
the surplus water Of wet seasons In the
adoption of thorough system of under
draining upon all heavy soils will be found
the most effectual remedy, and the one
most general in its application against
such extremes as those of the past three
seasons.
TIE Journal Of tie Farm offers a few
good suggestions upon kitchens. 1t rec
ommends that the housewife, instead of
wearing out her muscle and her temper
scrubbing floors, should resort to the sim
pie eXpedient Of painting All that is
necessary is two quarts of oil, three
pounds of OChre, and one pint of Japan,
which will paint floor twelve by eight
cen feet The time taken to clean a paint
Ell floor, and the labor saved, are equal to
ten times the cost. The writer also sug-
gests another convenience, viz, a good
sized sink, five Or six feet long by two and
a half wide, at the back: at the top of
this sink should be q shelf for lamps,
vases, ETC.; under it place for ironware,
and at the ends two pumps-One for hard
and the other for soft water
AN Ohio correspondent of the Country
Gentleman says: | am using a remedy for
driving away insects and bugs that works to
a charm, and if any of your readers have
not tried it, | advise them to waste no
time with SCOT, ashes, etc, but ask their
druggist to order for them a pound of car
bolic acid, No. ), which will cost IS cents
If air slaked lime is to be had, use tea
spoonful of acid to a quart of lime; mix
well, and dust over the plants. One APP
plicatiOn is frequently sufficient. The
cabbage flea dumping jack threatened to
destroy my plants Of cabbage and ruta-
bagas, but one dose was sufficient to clear
the garden Of them. If the lime is not
slaked, take one teaspoonful of acid to a
pint of hot water, and Stake the lime with
the mixture.