The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-13
AGRICULTURAL.

Iti well that COWS 90 dry about three
mopths before calving, as 1t enables them
to gain much needed flesh.
A lady writes: Some imagine "farm-
er's wife" need Fnow little besides how
to perform her daily labor; but If we're
to picture country home for me, 1T
should be home where taste for the
ornamental, as we'll as the useful, has
been displayed, and where the days
proved long enough for the farmers wife
to cultivate the mind as we'll as the gar
den. l really can not imagine why a.
farmer and farmers wife can not have
as lofty aspirations, as noble minds and
as much refinement and education as a
city mans wife. 1 firmly believe that
more happinessand more ENJOYMENT can
be found out in the country than in the
city, if sought for.-EGermantown Tele-
graph.
COAL ASHES FOR PEAR TREES.
Coal ashes have wonderful vitalizingi
effect Hpon pear trees, especially those
growing in light soil. Our ashes Of last
winter were used around these trees in
liberal quantities., and those thus treated
have Uutgrown, ything in the orchard.
Some that were even sickly, and appa-
rently ready to give up their hold ON
life, have been restored to perfect health
by this remedy.-[Peninsular News.
HOW TO GET RID OF sTUMPs.
General Colquitt, of Georgia, in. re-
cent address, said: To, remove stumps
from field, all that is. necessary is to
have one or more sheet-iron chimneys,
some. four or five feet high. Set fire to
the stump and place the chimney over it,
so as to give the requisite draft at the
bottom. 1t will draw like stove. The
stump will soon be consumed. With
several such chimneys,of different sizes,
the removal of stumps may be accom-
plished at merely nominal labor ana ex-
pense.
FOWLS FOR THE FAMILY.
What folly it is to give away the ma
terial and then buy the manufactured
article at the highest pricel Yet this is
one of the commonest instances OF the
want of economy. Many families, partic-
ularly in the smallest cities, throw all the
scraps from the table into the swill-bar-
rel, for the benefit of some lucky Celia
then pay an extravagant price for stale
eggs. The sensible plan is to keep few
fowls. and give your scraps to these, thus
turning your refuse into money. Fowls
can be kept in this way at q little or no
cost, supplying the family with break
fast eggs, and giving their keepers de-
lightlul occupation, for there Is great
satisfaction in caring for thrifty flock
of handsome fowls, not merely for the
grown folks, but also for the children,
who will enter into the pursuit with the
greatest Zeal, and delight in watching
all the various processes in the hen
house, the laying, the setting, the growth
of the little chickens, and the interest
/ M nf
fresh-laid eggs.
SPRING LOSS OF STOCK.
Farmers should not compel their stock
to run to pasture as long as they car
get a mouthful to eat, and make them
selves believe that they are doing justice
| to their stock, and saving an honest
penny. They are saving their hay stacks,
cribs of corn, aud bins of oats, but
March winds and storms viii convince
them Of their mistake, ii5uet beginning
to iced in the fall and early winter, and
feeding up their stock instead
of letting it run down and getting
almost too weak to get up
alone before they try to feed the stock
so it will thrive. Two bushels OF corn
| fed before the holidays to keep the stock
thriving is better than five bushels led
when IL is already reduced to skin and
bones. OVerIeeuluS poor SJOck VIII gen.
orally scour and weaken it. Stock,
| when 1t Is found to be very weak, Is gen
eral.y crowded and overted. An ounce
of prevention is worth pound of cure,
| Thousands of heads of cattle are annu.
ally lost in the United States for the
| want of proper Iced and shelter iron
our severe storms in the fail and early
winter.
MAXIMs FOR FARMERS
1t is worth while for all farmers ev
erywhere to remember that thorough
culture is better than three mortgages
on their farm.
That an offensive war against weeds
is FIVE times less expensive than de-
| ienslve one.
That good fences always pay bettel
than lawsuits win neighbors.
| Yhat hay is great deal cheaper made
in summer than purchased in winter.
That more stock perish from famine
than founder.
That horse who lays his ears back
and looks lightning when any one ap
proaches him, is vicious. DON'T you buy
| MIN.
The scrimping the feed OF fatting hog
is a waste OF grain.
That overied lowls won't lay eggs.
That educating children properly II
money lent at 10 per cent.
That one evening spent at home il