The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-10-15
FfRlE NOTES.

hang a pound of mustard seed. put in
n bag, into the bung hole. OF course
this must be done before fermentation
The barrel should be full and bungod
tight.
In Germany a species OF vegetable
is found which j. popularity known rs
..veg1 able beefsteak' 1t is very
Juicy and tender and resembles beet III
appearance. When sliced and eaten
with salad it IS highly esteemed rs a
nutriOus food.
The French government is consld-
ering y project of constructing a canal
ny which the vineyards Of the Rhone
may be flooded rs a remedy Tor the
phvlloxera The canal will cost
twenty million dollars. but IL will bring
into fruitfulness 60. 600 acres Of vine
lands. which will yield forty million
dollars annually.
To clean cider barrels, pour in lime
water. and then insert q trace-cian
through the bung hole; remember to
fasten strong cord on the chain SO
rs to pull it out again. Shake the
barrel until all the mold is rubbed of.
Rinse with water and finally pour III a
little whiskey.
A cheap fertilizer consists Of sulo
phate Of ammonia, 60 lbs; nitrate OF
soda. 40 lbs ground bone, 250 lbs !;
plaster. $50 lbs ; salt, bali hushcl
wood ashes, bushels; stable manure,
90 bushels. Apply the above amount
to about six acres. Labor in preFar-
ING included it costs about $l5. 1t is
said to give as good results as most OF
the commercial fertilizers costing 500
per ton.
Trees of all kinds can be transplant
ed in autumn as soon aS they are done
growing. indicated by the change in
the leaf up to- hand freezing. The
earlier this is attended to, especially
with Large trees, the more certainly are
they to grow. Bv tiansplanting carly
the roots have time before the season
closes Of setting well i'll their new
homes and taking Il good hold, which
will sustain them through tie winter,
prepared to take an, early start i'll the
spring.
A correspondent says: "One of my
neigh bors last season raised over 4GG
bushels Of fine potatoes per acre under
straw, while the rest of us in open
ground hardly cot our seed back, the
summer being extremely hot and dry.
His plan is to plant very shallow Zone
or two inches deep, in rows IS inches
apart, and when the potatoes are be-
gin ming to come up 90 cover with straw
to the depth of eight or ten inches
This straw is of most advantage in dry
seasons. showing but little if any
benefit, and sometimes positive ds m
age, in wet"
Apples keep well in good, new, clear
flour barrels, headed up and placed IN
Il cool, dry cellar, or better still II
some upper room if not allowed t.
freeze Barrel as above, and lay down
in an outhouse or she'd about three
inches apart, on sawdust some three OF
four inches thick, and then cover. bar
rels and all, with slw'lu-t deep enough
to prevent freezing, being careful no
to put on or between the barrels enough
to heat They c9n be easily taken on
as wanted, n barrel at a time, an,
even fall apples keep crisp and nic
till March or April
III Is ilON t4stil8lC'l Ni-dI SDtktlI0 StGt
wheat in brine before sowing is pro
lection against the chine bug. Whea
fields side bv side, one treated in tin
old way and another with the use G
salt and soaking shows the great efiec
OF the latter While the one was no
worth cutting, the other was as goo
as could be desired Again anothe
farmer, whose spring wheat was
good height, and the hugs were de
strOving it, sowed salt broadcast owe
the ground. and in few DAYS not
bug could be seen. So aflirns q co
respondent of the Rurdi Nelo Iortcg
SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS. suspend
poker bv two strings, and il sert th
extremities into tue ears. A bio,
given to the poker will now produc,
through the medium Of the strings,
sound equal to that Of n great bell.
This shows that the vibrations give
to the metallic mass of the poker b
the blow are much more readily com
fnunicated to the ear 10y the string
than through the air. Thus, ON tn
same principle, the boiling of kettl,
inaudibie in the air, nay he distinct
heard. even from the beginning, b
resting one end OF the poker or til
vessel. and applying the other to til
ear. So also the heating OF a watc
placed at one extremity Of long beaI
of timber may he beard through I'll
timber at the other end of the beal
by person who holds his ear to til
wood, although it is totally inaudibl
in the air.
yALu : BILE REMEDY.-Every famil
writes q correspondent. should keep