The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-04-13

Standing mid the glory rare;
Wonder at my heart for asking
Ever, "Here, or thereY'
Jennie Harrison.
Around the Farm.
Mr.. VIcK says in his Floral Guide
that ten drops Of carbolic acid, to be OBJ
tanned from any of our druggists, put in
q pint of water and poured on the earth
in flower pots, will destroy all earth
worms, which do so much damage to the
plants. A trial will satisfy all of its ben
eficial effects.
The fact of the Duchess family of
short horns changing owners 80 often,
and the sellers not being enriched by
the thousands obtained sufficient to ena-
BILE or induce them to keep on breeding,
looks suspicious. Why did Messrs.
Thorne, Sheldon, Campbell and Morris
all sell out after such short ownership9
-MOore'sRuraI.
CREAM should not be kept over two
days or forty-eight hours. If kept
longer it's flavor will be hurt. Three
days will show it and the fourth it will
be spoiled. After that good butter can
not be made from the cream, however
carefully it may have been kept, and
however pure the air and the milk from
which it is made.
The nest-boxes of hens should be
movable, so that after Matching, and oc-
casionally when used only for laying,
they may be conveniently cleaned. One
way of cleansing is to whitewash them,
but another, preferred by some, is to
kindle a fire inside and char them.
This practice will effectually destroy
vermin and their larvae, and will thor
oughly purify the nests by leaving q
coating of charcoal inside.
IT is not well to prune vines or trees
just at the time the sap begins to flow
the most rapidly in spring, because it is
likely to issue from the wounds, discol-
oring the bark below, and making the
plants look unsightly, even if no further
injury follows. But If trees or vines
are pruned early enough to ensure a
good frosting of the wounds for few
nights before the sap begins to flow,
there will be little danger of what is
usually termed bleeding.
A VETERINARY surgeon writes to the
Country Gentleman that his experience
with sawdust is that it is the best bed
ding to be had for horses or cattle. 1t
is superior to straw in many respects. It
is much better absorbent than straw
and is much cleaner. For paving
horse, it is much better, inasmuch as he
displaces the bedding only where the
foot touches the floor of the stall, while
stray, being long, is displaced generally
by the act of paving.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Inter- Ocean
says that to destroy rats set Indian meal
on plate for three nights; the fourth
night sprinkle strychnine over the meal.
1t may be placed under floors or boxes,
putting blocks under the sides of the
boxes, that the rats may have access to
the meal remove the plate and poison
in the morning. If the poison is set the
first night only one or two will get it,
and others will take the alarm and leave.
If the meal is set without the poison for
several nights great many will become
accustomed to using it.
MEAT FOR EURoPE.-It is of interest
to the farmers in the West to know that
fresh meat can be successfully
shipped from this country to English
markets. We noted short time ago
that cargo, as an experiment, had been
shipped. We are now informed by cable,
that it arrived in good condition. The
shipments from Philadelphia will con-
tinue. This new trade bids fair to open
up new and profitable industry to this
country, and as emigration has fallen off
and they do not come here to eat our meat,
we will furnish John Bull with his steaks
on his native soil providing, however,
that he will encourage the industry by
giving us good prices.
REPAIRING OLD Tools AND MAKING
New ONEs.-When the winds howl and
the snow flies or the rain pours it is an
excellent time to look over the tools that
will be needed next summer; to put new
teeth into the rakes and new knives into
the machines; and also to look over the
harness, and wash and oil them until
they seem as good as new. But be sure
and examine if they are rotten and liable
to break If an extra strain comes upon
them. A doctors bill for caring for
broken leg, arm or head, to say nothing
of the severe physical pain, the sleepless
nights and long confinement would cost
you more than several pairs of new har-
ness. And, when all these things arc
attended to, new tools can be made, seed
planters, drills, hotbed sashes and
frames, besides little conveniences for
the kitchen which will tighten the work
of the housewife, whose labors are never
ended.
REPAIRING RURAL RoADs.-Every OBJ
server of our highway management must
have seen that we have heavy guns-so
to speak-in the care of our roads, but
lack light artillery. Repairs are made
deep, hollows filed, and knobs leveled,
but il seems no ones duty to fill ruts and
poke stones out of the tow-path. To
timber up two yoke of oxen for such
small services is expensive. We need
for this work light, spry teams. A big
boy with cheap horse and diagonal
road scraper could do the business nicely
and often, with some person OF mature
Judgment to set him on. Scrnpings be-
tween scrapings are required to keep
earth roads in shape. Somebody to run
out after every muddy spell all summer
long. A big boy-old enough to pay
some regard to the footing of the school
ma'am-would make nothing of rubbing
out eight or ten miles of ruts in day,
both ways, Kicking now and then stone
out of the track, at cost, say, OF ten or
twenty cents per mile.-Hartford Co,tr-
ant.
Coop "HELP" DEscRBED.-I have
hired good deal Of "help" during the
last eight years, and I find IL very diff
cult to get good farm hands. Some are
lazy, some are careless, some arc good |
for nothing alone, and of all the hands |
have hired have only had two that I |
called first-class, good hands. Now, I |
will tell you what kind of men these two |
were. In the first place, they were
honest, and willing to give full days
work for q full days pay. Next, they |
got up early in the morning, never hav-
ing TO be called, and proceeded about |
their work. They were faithful when |
left alone, doing good days work and
taking care of everything. They saw