The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-03-26
Farm GardeS and Household.
Care OF Manure.

VI manure IL could use straw as freely
as many of our farmers do. NV two
principal objects are TO save all tbe
liquid and to keep the manure slowly
termenting in heap all winter. The
horse stall is of course cleaned ont tw;ce
every day, but instead of throwing tbe
manure out of doors to be wet with rain
or snow we throw it into an emptv stall
by the door. Here it remains until we
nave load of it. We then take this
dariy horse manure and use it for bed
ding the pigs. The dry manure from
the sheep sheds is used in the same
way. In the centre of the barn-yard is
q large basin with an old oil barrel sunl
In the ground for the tank. In the fall
tell my men to start hot-bed " in the
basin. This is an important point. If
tney had their own way they would
scatter the manure all over the basin,
where it would be exposed to the rains
and be frozen in winter. When put in
q compact heap, and the manure leveled
down every day as it is wheeled to the
neap, an active fermentation is kept ND
al winter. The sides and top freezs a
little, but the centre is mass of steam
1ng-hot manure. There is no loss of
ammonia. We put planks from tie
Darn doors on to the heap and wheel
the manure on top and spread if. If
you do not spread il at once IL will
freeze. 1t looks now as though this
heap OF manure would be in splendid
condition for root crops next spring
"lthout turning. L propose to show IA
acres OF mangel-wurzels where [ had
corn last year, and shall use this ma
hure Tor them. L shall spread the ma
nure on the surface, harrow thoroughly
SO as to mix it with the soil, then blow
II under and drill in the mangles on the
fiat.
Orchard and Nursery.
Nurserymen will soon commence to
send out stock, and all who have to pro-
cure their trees from distance ought
to send their orders at once. If DELAYED
until the trees are wanted, the stock of
many OF the best varieties will often be
exhausted. When the trees arrive un-
pack at once, and if the ground is not
prepared for planting out, heel in in a
dry spot until needed. When ready to
plant the tops should be cut back at
least one-third, and the branches short
ened, to compensate for the loss of
roots IN removing from the nursery. IF
any shrlveled trees are found to bury
the whole tree in the ground for few
days, and the the bark will usually as
sumo its plump condition.
Glrdled trees should be treated as
recommended last month.
Cherry and plum trees should be graft
ed earlier than apple and pear trees.
mr. yr1 1,,ln
is dormant, taking care to cover all
large cuts with melted graftinp-wax
sheliac, varnish or paint. A good mix
ture for grafting-wax is with three parts
peeswax, three parts rosin, and
two parts tallow; melt and mix the
whole well together.
Gut cions as long as the sap continues
dormant, and preserve as before direc-
ted.
Safe Cattle Tie.
A tie that is as safe as probably any
tie can be made is one that we have
used for cattle, both oxen and COWS, for
several years without any accident or
mlshap whatever. A ring or eye-bolt is
securely fastened in the side of the
stall above the level of the feed trough.
Through this ring the rope is passed.
One end of the rope is passed through
block of wood and knotted SO that it
can not be drawn out. The end HANGS
down below the ring. The other end
is also knotted IN such way that the
Knot can not slip. This end of the rope
Is passed around the horns of the cattle
so as not to be too tight, aid the knot
at this end is put through a loop made
IN the rope at such a distance from the
end as to leave sufficient length to 90
around the horns. When the cattle are
up the slack of the tie is drawn down
by the weight of the wooden block,
making it impossible for the animal to
get its foot over it. When they are
lying down the block is drawn up-
wards, but still keeps the rope safely
out of the way. We have found this
tie equally useful for horses.
Permanent Nvhitewasb,
With the return of spring comes the
usual inquiries for good whitewash.
We have only to repeat the following
directions given below, as follows: Take
half bushel of unslacked lime. slake
1T with boiling water, covering it during
the process to keep in the steam: strain
the liquid through a fine sieve or
strainer, and add to it q peck of salt
previously well dissolved in water
three pounds ground rice boiled to a
thin paste, and stirred in boiling hot
half pound Spanish whiting, and q
pound of clean glue which has been
dissolved by soaking it first,
and then hanging over slow fire in a
small Kettle inside a large one filed
with water; add five gallons of hot
water to the mixture, stir it we'll, and
let 1t stand few days covered from the
DIRT. 1t should be put on quite hot
Tor this purpose it can be kept in ket-
tie on furnace. A pint of this mix
ture Will cover yard square of the
outside OF house, if applied with a
large paint-brush.
Grease Spots.
In the removal of grease from cloth
ing with benzol and turpentine, people
most generally make the mistake of
wetting the cloth with the turpentine
and then rubbing it with a sponge or
cloth. In this way the fat gets dis
solved, but spreads over greater space,
and not removed the benzol or tur,
pentine evaporates, and the fat covers
now greater surface than before. The
only way to radically remove grease
spots is to place soft blotting- paper be-
heath and on top of the grease spot,
which spot has first been thoroughly
saturated with the benzol, and then to
press it well. The fat gets now dissolved
md absorbed by the paper, and entirely
'emoved from the clothing.