Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-10
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

Law some thin slices of sour apple
around the plants that are troubled with
white worms, and the worms will Work
ND on to the apple and they can be easily
removed.
Speaking of sunfowers, the Maryland
Farmer saws: For absorbing malaria, and
nreventine diseases caused by nalarial
Influences, fer prime food for fowls, for a
home remedy, sure and safe, for founder
in your horses, and for market as profit
able seed to be seld for making oils, be
sure TO SOW sunflowcr seed.
Fine cheese is always close grained,
cuts smooth, but has slight, regular
roughness of surface, yields to the pres
sure of the finger, breaks easily, but does
not crumble, has a smooth elastic rind,
breaks down mellow and rich, but with
no harsh feeling between the thumb and
finger, dissolves readily in the mouth, but
has no strong or rank flavor, and leaves a
relishable taste. Most people like such
cheese. but seldom getting it., they fancy
that cheese has for them no special relish.
"A good wash tor roosts, to be applied
once or twice a week during the coming
warm season, will be found in kerosene
or crude petroleum. This should belap-
piled with coarse sponge or common
paint brush, in the early day time, so that
it will soak into the perches, or dry of,
comparatively, before the fowls go to
roost This eftectually destroys the lice
upon the perches, and the strong fumes
that remain after application for time,
aid in driving vermin from the bodies OF
the fowls during the night Care should
be taken in not using this powerful agent
too generously. But if judiciously APP
piled to roosts, and to the insides and
bottoms of laying boxes, its advantages
will quickly be realized by those who
have never tried this experiment to rid
their fowls of the annoyance Of this hen
house pest, which so rapidly generates in
the interior of poultry buildings, especial
ly in our warmer months. -Poultry World.
Care should be taken in packing and
shipping roll butter for market Country
dealers and shippers are in the habit of
sending roll butter to this market in every
conceivable package, including barrels,
pine boxes, etc. The abovensmed pack
ages should be entirely avoided, as pine
will have a tendency to affect and flavor
the butter, while barrels are too large and
not easily handled; besides, the weight
brushes the roll. New tubs or hard wood
boxes are the most desirable, while half
barrels or kegs will do equally well, and
these only should be used Care should
be taken, before putting the butter in
packages, that all the sides and ends of
the packages should be lined with new.
muslin, thus keeping the butter from de-
Placement by touching the wood. Another
bad practice is putting the butter up in
paper This should not be done, as the
paper sticks to the butter and damages
the appearance. Each roll should be
separately placed in piece Of new mus
lin cloth, washed in warm water TO take
out the starch, and thoroughly wet in
good brine. The rolls should also be of
uniform size and not too large. Then,
again, the rolls should be of uniform col
or, not packing the light one fresh made
with the other that has been colored -
Western Rural.