Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-09-10
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Plants set against walls and piazzas
frequently suffer from want OF water al
this season, when even ground near by
them is quite wet Draw away the SOIL
around each plant so as to form basin;
fill it with water, allowing it time to
soak gradually away, and when the sur
face has dried little draw in loosely
the soil over it, and it will do without
water for some weeks. This applies to
all plants wanting water through the
season. If water is merely poured on
the surface, it is made more compact by
the weight of water, and the harder the
soil becomes, the easier it dries; and the
result is, the more water you give the
more is wanted --Gdrdener's Monthly.
An excellent and innocent cosmetic
used by the Orientals is made OF jasmine
pomade and benZoin. This looks like
thick white cream, and brings lovely
but transient bloom to the cheeks. For
simple and harmless cosmetic one can
recommend tincture of benzoin added TO
water until it assumes milky hue and
consistence. This is fragrant wash and
infuses life into sluggish blood Another
is medicated soap melted and made into
balls with Underground oatmeal. Cat
meal and buttermilk together possess
wonderfully identifying qualities, and
oatmeal by itself now occupies place
on many washstands, stepped in water In
small quantities. Its balsamic quail
ties and glutinbus oiliness make the flesh
beautifully soft and white. A little
lemon juice may be added advantageous
wallpapers Bazar.
The Gardeners Monthly states that
the evil effects of severe pruning on fruit
trees are clearly recognized. All prun-
ing, winter or summer, is an injury TO
vitality. Freqently the injury is SO
slight that the tree soon RECEIVERS, and,
some other advantage being gained,
pruning, on the whole, may be benefit.
1t is well, however, to always keep in
view the principle that pruning always
weakens in order to do as little Of 1T as
possible consistently with what we wish
to accomplish. At this season we may
do some good in saving the necessity for
winter pruning by pinching out shoots
we do not want while they are in young
and immature state. 1t should be a
main object to make all transplanted
trees not merely have leaves but have
new shoots at the earliest possible mo-
ment. If they are growing very we'll
they may be allowed to perfect few
fruits. Over-bearing on a newly-planted
tree is, however, one of the best ways OF
making it stunted for years.
This matter of the science of cattle
feeding and the study of the laws of nu-
triton is receiving great deal of atten-
ton at present in the experiment stations
in Germany. AS the investigation pro
crosses the methods become more and
more refined. The experimenters have
found that if they will learn how food
shall best be economical they must first
learn not only what are the different
constituents of the food as albuminoids,
fats, carbohydrates, etc, and what pro-
portion of these are digested by the an
imal, but also what are the functions of
these substances in the animal body. 1t
is of course impossible to watch the
food as it is doing its work inside the
body of the animal. So these questions
must be solved by learning the amount
and composition of the food and of the
products of its transformation which are
given off by the animal. In other words,
not only the solid and liquid excrements
but also the gaseous products of respira-
ton through the lungs and skin have TO
be measured and analyzed.-Neao En-
gland Farmer.