Connecticut western news., 1875-05-21
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
From a Farmers Note Book,

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 T. B. Miner, Linden, N. J., writes to the World as follows It does not pay in anyS case to purchase salt, at the regular, prices to apply to lands, \. Some, times . refuse article can be bought at packing establishments at a very low price, and fl. such cases, it q may not be money thrown away to obtain it at fifteen to twenty cents per bnshel, to be transported but a shor tgd distance. Salt IS of no value at all as fertilizer within five to ten miles, of the sea coast, and in other locations ib would be very difficult to find a farm where any real profit has accrued by it's 11se Tn brief, after. many trials in it's use, and careful readings of the reportsof farmerson its use, in every leading agricultural paper for thirty years, Il am compelled to say that in no case can it be used by farmers to ad- vantage, unless procured at q mere nominal price. e,s, IT, ,,s,r7. .ge.sr. ..-,5.
 The great ma majority of farmers must rely on barn yard sman9res to keep their lands in good condition. I know of no commercial ilixer, as ground or dis solved bones, called phosphate, pou- drette, guano, etc. that Q farmer may apply to :, his lands year after year, in place of barnyard manure, and make any money by the operation. The price of ground bone is from $40, to $45 a tun guano Is worth more, or rather sells for more, andsother ferti ilzers in New York sell at various prices, but as a general rule analyses of all show that the original articles of which they are compounded can be bought at about half the prices asked at the naanufact tories, while some of these fertilizers are not worth one quarter the prices gt which they are sold. My advice is, keep all the live stock you can and have no dealings with -manufac- turers of ze6mnnerciap fertilizers, if you can possibly avoid 1t. | 'e-- @S'--S
 The droppings ofgeyery3 hen, if they roost where their manure can all be saved, is worth twenty-five cents a.year at least if mixed with four times it's bulk ofseilsaaa allowed to remain exposed to the rains month or two before it is used. It is especially good for corn, a gill of the mixture in a hill.
 Reasonable Hints.
 The New York Sun, in it's notices to correspondents, gives the following
 No specific against what is termed black or dry rot in apples is known. As some varieties are more likely to be affected than others, the orchardist should make his selections accordingly. Keeping the trees in vigorous and healthy condition will, in 8 measure, prevent this kind of rot; but when they are old and feeble, it is quite likely to be disastrous, especially in warm eli mates. .si-.i ''-'-..-...
 It may be rather difficult to believe that the food of COWS has very little in fiuence on the quality of their milk, but you have only to make careful experi- ments to prove. that it is a fact, never theless.4 A COW will give just as rich milk on straw and water as upon corn meal, carrots, and the best of hay, but there will not be much of it.. Of course very slight variations may be ob- served at different st asons in the quality of the milk of a COW, but this property of milk is a fixed characteristic of the animal as much as size or color; hence the importance of selection in breeding animals for the dairy. v|
 We prune. our apple trees in early spring, some time before the buds be- gin to swell, or wait until after the leaves are fully expanded The Northern Spy may be pruned at the same season as other sorts, but as it is rather tall growing tree, the branches may need shortening in more severely than some of the more stocky varieties.
 ,z--1s ,ss+9Ss4a4 Farm Hints.
 The wise farmer feeds his stock little better during these spring days, and ternpts the appetite by change of diet. Sheep, in particular, are apt to be dain- ty, and they require judicious feeding.
 No cattle should be allowed to roam through the pastures until they can find enough to satisfy them. A taste of the grass spells the appetite, and tramping over the ground when it is wet does the meadow or pasture irreparable injury.
 Two years ago there was great waste of labor from planting poor seed-corn. This may be entirely obviated by simply testing the seedbeforehand in box by the stove. It is not difficult matter tc manage, and there is money in it. -'--- --
 Don't allow the essence of your barn yard manure to run off into the road river or, hollow, but save it either bJ casting on the fields, or by the use of puddled depression at the lower side O. the yard. Drainage is good in its place but a wet hhrnyard is not the worst thing in the world. .7ssa. j .1i s.st5
 A cat in gloves may catch no mice, bu a too literal interpretation of this ole motto is not always best. During th' prevalence of these cutting spring winds it is advisable to keep the hands protect ed as far as convenient, thus saving great deal of unpleasant feeling iron chaps and cracks. A bottle of glycerint should always be handy to use upon tht hands every night. : .. os +
 2BOne-Manufactured Superphosphate.
 The Maine Farmer says: Mir. A. c Emery purchased one hundred pound of ground bone, placed it in half-hogs head tub and applied forty pounds o sulPhuric acid, adding water as desired In five days time the whole mass wa reduced to consistency of thick jelly Water was then added, and three hun dred pounds of plaster used as dryer the whole being worked and shoyele, over until it could be readily handled The phosphate so made was applied t. one acre of corn and one of potatoes both being manured sufficiently, and
 small quantity was left which was ap pliedto his wheat field and to plat o grass ground just to see what it wout The, result of this manure in tn two latter instances was most marked while the corn was. heavy-the rgrowt being dark eolored and stout, and tn potatoes good. The entire .cost of th phosphate was seven dollars and hal1 and MT Emery thinks it the best exper diture in the way of purchased manure he ever made. ..
 -asc9 al, A Cure for Diphtheria.
 The following recipe for diphtheria from medical paper: Apply pounde ice in cloths to the swollen neck an jaws, feed crumbs of the ice to the ps tient unceasingly, and sustain the patier entirely upon new milk. The swellin of the 'glands of the neck ard under ia