The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-08-28
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


cultivate half dozen flowers each, how
much brighter the country would be.
In Connecticut worn-out field was
fifty years ago planted in timber. The
field has yielded ten cords per year and
fencing for the farm for twenty years
past, and last year, when cleared, pro-
duced fifty cords per acre.
THERE is good authority for saying
that beets will do well if transplantcd
when the roots are of size ranging
from half an inch to an inch in diameter.
IL IS not safe to transplant if the roots
are smaller. -ROcheste Democrat.
A MASSACHUSETTS cultivator says, in
Secretary Flints report, that he has
noticed in his garden that that por-
ton which is hoed or cultivated with
the dew upon the ground produces bet
ter crops than when hoed in the heat of
the day."
ACCORDING to French veterinary
surgeon, if the inside of the ears and
other exposed parts of horses are painted
with few drops of the empyreumatic
oil of juniper, flies will not annoy them,
the odor being uncomfortable to these
tormentors
g ARE you gong to make a flower
bed here ?" asked young lady of her
fathers gardener. "Yes, miss Ithem's
the orders" "Why it'll spoil our GRO
quet ground !" Cant help it miss !;
your papa says he is bound to have this
plot laid out for horticulture, not hus-
bandry."
For stumbling horses, shoe the foot
as fiat as possible, not having calks on
the shoe except in slippery going, and
then as low and short as possible and
yet prevent the horse from slipping.
The opposite foot should be shod like
the lame one. Never letthe smith pare
the frog of the foot, whether sound or
otherwise.
ACCORDING to Endemann, meat cut in
slices and placed in room the air of
which is heated to 140 degrees, and only
allowed to enter and escape through
cotton filters, becomes so dry in three
hours that it can be ground, and, since
the albumen and fibrin are not coagu-
lated. it loses none of its nutritive
properties.
AN observing farmer much prefers
short-legged, broad boned, full-bodied
COW that will keep in good condition on
| good pasture to large, loose-built COW
| that gives more milk in the season, but
will not yield so much taking the sea-
son altogether. He finds that the lar
gest mixer is by no means the most
profitable COW to own.
| IN case of looseness of the bowels
in horses we would give half an ounce of
| Il. l. Liz Z
ground ginger in the feed once day.
AS indigestion is probably the cause,
the feed should be carefully selected,
and what grain is given should be
ground. An ounce of salt should also
be given in the feed daily.
To CURE sleeplessness let the full
meal come in the middle of the day.
Two hours after it has been taken walk
three or four miles, or ride twice that
number. Eat light, easily digested
! supper, and pass the succeeding hours
till bedtime III way agreeable, but not
exciting. Avoid causes of worry, and
| sleep in fresh bed and well-ventilated
apartment.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Country
! Gentleman, after having experimental
80 his hearts content with several kinds
of grease, tobacco water, kerosene,
ashes, unguentum, etc., for killing lice
on cattle, has arrived at the conclusion
that sulphur sprinkled on the animals,
and well rubbed into the hair, and a
tablespoonful given in meal daily for a
week, is the simplest, safest, and surest
remedy he has ever tried.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Ne,U York
Tribune says: Hungarian grass or
millet may be sown for fodder crop as
late as the first of July. 1t should be
cut before the frostcuts it, and be cured
as hay, or Graded or raked up and put
in bundles, like oats. These will prob
ably be the best fodder crop to raise for
horses. No grain is necessary when
horses are not worked, if they have
plenty of this feed, which is nutritious,
if cut early.
For paste for wall paper take gal
lon of water, and bring to boil III
kettle, one quart of flour stirred mp in
cold water, and strain through a sieve,
so as to have no Jumps in it stir well
into the boiling water, then add one
teacupful of West India molasses. Let
it boil up once, and remove from the
fire, stirring it up occasionally till cool.
This makes very adhesive paste, and
moisture in the room will not dampen
the paper through.
In making softsoap, first put in the
hopper about one bushel of ashes and
pound them down then sprinkle on
little lime, and put on more ashes and
lime and pound down and so until the
hopper is full. Then pour boiling water
on until the strong lye is all run off,
and then pour on cold water to get some
weak lye. Then put two gallons of
grease in a ten-gallon kettle and let it
fry brown. Then put in pint of strong
lye at each time, until you get two
gallons in-keep boiling all the time.
Then add one gallon, and the next time
two gallons, and when the kettle is two
thirds full, fill up with weak I've and
when the kettle is full your soap is done.
On is the simplest and safest remedy
against lice on cattle. When mixed
with sulphur, its effectiveness is in
creased. Any of the following mixtures
may be used: /. Three parts of fresh
lard ground up smoothly with one part
sulphur. 2. Three parts of lard with