The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-06-04
FARM and Sch
Farm RdHiHgs.

in round numbers, $50 acres of land Will
be SO thoroughly MANFRED in II year as
to produce one bale OF cotton to the acre.
THE trimming Of box-edging should
now be attended to if it has not already
been. 1t should be trimmed to n point,
and not he cut below last years growth,
but rs nearly to it as possible. No Il
who thus trims box-edging will e.er go
back to the square cutoff, which almost
invariably results in a dead center the
whole season.
DISAPPOINTMENT often results from
sowing or planting garden seeds that are
too old to terminate. Whenever seeds
are gathered they should be labelled and
dated. If properly gathered and pre-
served, beans will retain vitality , years;
beets, 7 cabbage, t carrot, .; sweet
corn, .; cucumber, 10; lettuce, 3;
melon, 10; onion, l ; parsnip, L; peas,
2 ; radish, 3; squash, 10 tomato, 7;
turnip, 4.
FoREsT-GROwING, it is satisfactory to
know, is taking Il pretty firm foothold III
the old States, the necessity of which We
can no longer ignore. The most recent
instance is the purchase by Messrs. David
Landreth & Son, OF several thousand
acres of land III Virginia, which is now
being planted with the seeds of the black
and white walnut, hickory, chestnut, To-
Gust, catalpa and other valuable woods.
In sections where much grain is raised
and but little stock kept, soiling becomes
practical ut once for the following reasons,
which are admitted by all who have tried
the system 1t saves much land, about
three-fourths, while some claim a still
greater area is saved. This is being de-
monstrated continually in the older parts
OF our country. Lands pastured do not
yield near as much feed per acre, and
much of what is produced is destroyed
by the tramping of hoofs and fouling of
the stock.
The New York Butter and Cheese Ex-
change have made Il careful and scientific
experiment MS to the best salt for pre-
serving butter. Ten different qualities
were tried, among them the imported
salts. They finally decided that the Ash
ton was no better than the Syracuse, and
that it did not depend or the kind of salt,
but the quality. The pure chloride Of
sodium, no matter where from, was
equally good in preserving butter. With
/ this decision, however, it will not do to
use impure salt, containing chlOrides OF
calcium and magnesium, which is i'll most
of the salt of commerce..
THE country gentleman says of ''the
best and safest plan of feeding both for
heifer and calf, Just before the heifer
drops her calf -: eff there is no danger
of undue distention of the udder from
the secretion of too much milk previous
to calving, a feed of Il half peek OF roots,
two quarts of wheat bran, and Il OF two
quarts of corn meal per diem, III add
ton to all the good, early cut hay she
will eat, will be a safe and proper feed
for a few days previous to her dropping
the calf. The bran and roots will keep
the digestive organs i'll a healthy cOndi-
ton, and the hay and meal will keep up
the animals strength and flesh. After
the calf is Il week old the corn meal
should be increased, and if the COW is to
be kept Tor milk as we'll rs breeding, the
bran and roots should also be increased.
\ pound or two per diem of oil meal is
also excellent. The cow should have, at
all times, all the healthy, suitable food
she can be made to eat"
Domestic E"onomY.
To EACH bowl of starch, before boil
ing, add It teaspoonful OF EPSON salts.
Articles prepared with this will be sitter,
and in Il measure tire-proOf.
WHEN an iron poker becomes softened
by long usage, it can be hardened 10y
heating it to a redncss and plunging it
several times into a pail OF cold water.
GINGER CRACKERs.-One pint Of mo-
~lasses, Il half pound of butter, IL table
SpoOufuI Of cinnamon. one OF cloves,