The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-16
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

the general driving. In the morning
his first feed is quart Of oats, after
which he has six pounds of cut hay and
is watered; at noon he is first watered
and fed eight pounds of cut hay and is
watered, at night he is watered, given
one quart of oats, and six pounds of cut
hay. This makes a daily allowance of
twenty younds of hay and two quarts Of
oats, which, with hay $40 and oats at
70cts., will cost 24scts. He has salt in
his crib and is given dose of salt and
ashes once week, also he has quart of
finely cut carrots. If the horse works, |
the quantity of the oats is doubled Our
correspondent says, show us your better
or cheaper method of feeding.
How TO BUILD HoUsE.-A writer
in the Country Gentleman remarks: I'VE
will suppose a frame inclosed with clap
boards or siding ready for the mason.
Have strips of an inch or an inch and q
quarter wide, sawed from any common
boards and nailed in the center, up and
down, of the studding, upon which nail
course of lathing. Let your mason APP
ply what they call scratch coat of
strong coarse hair mortar from the cell
ing to the floor, without a skip. When
this is done, let him commence the lath-
ing upon the face of the studs i'm the
usual way for the side walls. 1t will be
preceived that this plan is upon the
principle of an icecloset, giving two air
chambers, cutting off all air currents,
constituting your room cooler In the
summer and warmer in the winter. 1t
is cheaper than filling with brick and
very much better"
MAP YOUR FARM. -The Farmers
Union suggests that every farmer should
have complete map of his farm, with
each field, pasture and wood lot, together
with all the fences, roads and bitches,
plainly drawn, and either numbered or
named, SO they can be readily designated.
Few farmers can appreciate the real
value of one until they have tried the
experiment, for with map of the farm
before you, you can direct your workmen
to any part of it without the possibil-
ity of their making mistake. You
can plan improvements and estimate
their cost at your leisure, instead of
spending half day of your valuable
time in surveying the land ITSELF Any
patience, can draw map of his farm. 1t
Dt dUVut tWO iCCt VI
larger if desired, and drawn upon thick
cardboard, to prevent its being torn or
defacedV Let our farmers try the ex-
pertinent, and they will soon learn its
value.
MANAGING SMALL FRUITs.-If the
currants are more than year old, cut
the tops off close to the roots. With
grapes, if the top is of the previous years
growth, and has buds near the roots,
leave one or two. If not Of last years
growth, cut it all away. The top of
raspberries should be all removed. Then,
when the roots get their machinery at
work, they will send up canes that will
fruit well the next season. But if the
top is left on, it will require all the energy
of the roots to support it, and if the
plant does not die the first winter twill
be feeble and sickly next Skinner, and
saf1Hr- year after year, until the
planters condemns the variety and
throws them away i'm disgust. Last spring
| filled an order from Boston for rasp-
berries, and before sending them, ! cut
the tops back to two feet, and came near
having them returned for doing so. l
told the dealer that they should be all
knew that very well, but his customers
did not; they would have plants that
would bear the first year, and it was the
tops that sold them, not the roots. But
my advice is see that you get good roots
without any regard to tops.
THE GARDRN.-The arrangement of
the garden must be a matter of individ-
ual taste. In general, tall plants should
occupy the background; or, if the bed is
to be seen from both sides, the center
and the low-growing species should be in
the front. Fine effects may be produced
by arrangement of plants with reference
to their habit of growth, their color or
shade of foliage and flower; and it is
often in this that the beauty of garden
consists. The choicest flowers will often
look badly if ill-arranged, while the COM
monest-if planted with an eye to con-
trast and color-will produce charming
effect. The planting should also be done
with an eye to continuance, or, rather,
succession of bloom. We often see a
garden glorious in June and bare all the
rest of the year, when by a little care in
selection of flowers a display can be kept
up from May to November. Many plants,
and all ANIMALS, have their season of
bloom greatly prolonged by removing
the flowers as soon as they fade, thus not
allowing them to ripen seed. AS plants
going to seed are not generally sighted,
it is good plan to have a reserve bed,
where few plants of each variety can
be grown for seed. Get SCOT from stove
or chimney where wood is used for fuel,
put it in an old pitcher, and pour hot
xyofar nyny, vVban onn1 rtaa ~ to
water your plants every few days When
with hot water. The effect upon plants,
especially upon roses that have almost
hopelessly deteriorated, is wonderful in
producing a rapid growth of thrifty
shoots, with large thick leaves, and
Never despair of decayed rose till this
has been tried. Cuttings of many plants
can be readily started in water; and in
the early spring if you have not a green
house or hot-bed, it is the safest plan.
Fill small bottles or vials with warmish
water, remove the lower leaves of the
cuttings (be sure you have bud at the
base, y and put them in the water hang
up the vial to the window-sash, tying
string about the mouth for this purpose.
If cotton wool is put around the mouth
of the vial, it will prevent the evapora-
ton of the water and make the roots
sprout, more quickly by keeping up a
more even temperature. Oleanders can
be rooted in this manner; also heliotropes,
verbenas, roses, fuchsias and all kinds of
bedding-out plants. The process is so
simple that a mere child can succeed
with it. As soon as the roots are an inch
long, the cutting should be transplanted,
taking care to spread out the tiny root
lets as they grow in the water. Some
fill ND the Bottle with rich earth, let it
dry of. for two or three days and then
break the glass, and plant or pot out the
cutting without disturbing its root in the
least degree. This is the most certain
way of obtaining plants from cuttings.
HouseheId Helps.