The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-02-27
FOR FARMERS LEISURE MO-
MENTS.
Spring is near at hand.

EOA EAhM6hS LEISURE Mo
MENTS.
Spring is near at hand.
Be prepared to till the land.
With good spirits enter Natures
field of industry"
Present growing crops are gener-
| ally reported as healthy and prom
ising.
Mulching winter wheat is strongly
recommended. Mulching with straw
has a good effect, but with oats it is
both better and cheaper
In selecting fruit trees, the high
est authorities recommend very low
headed trees, and consider that the
only pruning necessary may be per
formed with the finger and thumb.
Muscatine, Iowa, has the boss po-
tato. It is twenty-one inches long,
thirteen. inches in circumference,
about four pounds in weight, and is
said to have more eyes than Argus.
A horse in England, which is much
petted, is said to come to the house
daily, opens the door, and having
received a lump of sugar, eats it with
a relish and then returns to the barn
contented.
To keep worms from young plants
and particularly those kept in the
house, one ounce of carbonate amo-
MIA in one gallon of water makes an
excellent eradicator, and need only
be used once a week.
One John Keller, residing near
Mansfield, o., while grubbing a
piece of land the other day, unearth-
ed thousands of potato bugs in a.
cluster-fat and lively-ready for
the summer campaign.
To keep sweet potatoes through
the winter, treat them as ladies do
their dahlia bulbs. Pack them in
dry sand, which has been thorough
ly heated to drive out the moisture,
and then set them in warm dry
place. Instances have been known
where they have been kept two years
Keep them away from moisture. IN
like Irish potatoes, which require
moisture to keep well, the.sWeet po-
tato needs to be kept warm and dry. |
An Indianian says he has cured al
horse of Sweeny in this way: Take
an old stocking, make a small bag
out of any part of it four or five in |
ches long, fill it with salt ; SOW the
end up take a bucket with some |
water in it, dip in the bag and rub
the sunken part for fifteen or twenty |
minutes. Rub freely, occasionally |
pulling the skin so as to loosen it !
after rubbing. Grease it fresh but |
ter is best, but other grease will do.
Rub it in, also. By doing this sue
cessively for several mornings, mol
doubt the mare will get well. It win |
take two or three months for the
sunken part to grow out even with |
the other parts. Ifthe hair rubs off
it will grow again,
Every season hams are destroyed |
more or less by insects, or rendered
unpalatable to be eaten by decent |
people By following this method
the insect can be entirely kept at a
distance it is simple, and within |
the reach of almost every farmer in
the country. After the meat has
been well cured by pickle and smoke,
take some clean ashes, free from
bits of coal, moisten them with
little water so that they will form a
paste, or else just wet the hama
little, and rub on the dry ashes.
Rubbed in thoroughly, they act as
capital insect protector, and the hams
can be hung up in the smoke house
or wood chamber without danger.
Why Clover Impt oyes the Soil.-
Prof. Tockler thus explains the ac-
tion Of clover increasing the fertility
of the soil Gall who are pefectly
acquainted with the subject must
have seen that the best crops of
wheat are produced by being preced-
ed by crops of clover grown for seed.
have come to the conclusion that
the very best preparation, the best
manure, is a good crop of clover.
A vast amount of mineral manure is
brought within reach of the corn
crop, which would otherwise remain
in a lookup condition in all the soil.
The clover plants take nitrogen from
the atmosphere, and manufacture it
into their own substance, which, on
decomposition of the clover, roots
and leaves, produces abundance of
In reality, the growing
Of clover is equivalent, to a great ex-
tent, to manuring with Peruvian
guano."
HOUSEHOLD HELPS.
Tepid tea cleans grained wood.
Watery Potatoes.-Ift the potatoes
prove watery, put piece of lime in
to the pot about the size of hens
egg and when the. water is poured
off they will be dry and mealy.
To Boil Meat.-While the meat is
boiling, add for every three pounds
two spoonfuls of brandy. Even
tough meat may be made tender in
this way, without its retaining any
taste ofbrandy.
Tomato Custard.-This is said to
be a beneficial diet for consumptiYes. |
1t is made by straining finely stewed,
tomatoes through a coarse sieve