The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-08-29
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

The Department Of Agriculture has
ordered 400 bushels of wheat from France
and an equal quantity from Chill, en-
bracing all varieties Of winter wheat. The
cargoes are expected to arrive about the
LIST of September, and will be distributed
In season for fall sowing.
The Gardeners MonthIy, in speaking
OF the "black knot" on plum and cherry
trees, says: at should be cut as fast AS
Ii appears, not as the black knot, but as a
mere sappy abrasure, green and spongy,
above the bark. liz is no use to cut IL out
after month old. This delay is probably
the secret of many failures in removing
the black knot"
How To Cook Corned Beef-The Bos-
ton Journal Of Chemistry says 1.-The
rule has a Hibernian sound: Don't boil it.
for corned beef should never be boiled.
Ii should only simmer, being placed in a
part of the range or stove where this pro-
cess may go on uninterruptedly from four
to six hours, according To the size OF the
piece. IL IL is to be served cold. let the
meat remain in the liquor until cold.
Tough meat can be made tender by letting
1t remain In the liquor until the next day.
and then bringing it to the boiling point
Just before serving.
Horses Feet Swelling.-On this sub
ject the Prairie Farmer says: ''If swell
ing is accompanied by heat and tension OF
the parts, and more particularly by
cracked heels, then mild aperients and
fermentation is a good beginning; but
where any flaccidity exists, stimulants
and tonics we have found the sovereign
remedy. Take of powdered sulphate of
iron, one ounce and half; powdered gen.
ttop uyn nj af
one ounce; mix and divide into twelve
powders, and give one night and morning
mixed in cut or soft feed, with no more
water in the teed than will keep the par
ticles together. Feed the animal gener-
ously and well, and give a little exercise
daily"
"A fresh enemy to the cotton-plant, an
entirely new and original bug. has APP
peared in Georgia. As a bug IL cuts into
the shapes and deposits its eggs. This
so wounds the tender form that il dries
up, dies and falls off. The egg matches i'm
a few days, and then in its larva or worm
stage. the creature feeds upon the leaves
and forms three or four days. Then il
goes into the chrysalis stage, and in few
days another bug is reproduced. The
numbers of this insect increase so rapidly
that the destruction of the crop is threat
ened. Old planters declare with tears In
their eyes that they have never seen any
thing like this worm before. We have
noticed that very frequently there is
new worm every year.-N. y. Tribune.
Lives are frequently lost by noxious
gases in wells. This may be prevented
by the adoption of the following very
simple means: Take some pieces of car
pets, or common sacks, and make them
UP into loose bundle, nearlyas large as
the area Of the wall. Inclose in IL brick
to give weight; and attach to the bundle
rope of sufficient length to reach the
bottom of the well. Throw this bundle
down the well. and haul it up again as
quick as possible. Repeat this operation
rapidly for ten minutes, and the atmos-
phere ofthe well will become quite innocu-
Gus, as will be proved by letting down
a lighted candle. The bundle, as is easily
understood, carries before il quantity of
fresh air from the surface, and this. OF
course, displaces the foul and dangerous
air from the bottom.