The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-11-22
AGRICULTURAL.
salt Tor Cnbb8g &C

A New Jersey farmer considers salt
necessary to the development Of cabbage,
especially in places far from the coast.
He finds them more crisp, Of better fla
vor, aud to keep better when salt IS used
than without. He uses it as follows
A few days after setting out the plants,
and when ;hey are damp, either after
rain or when the dew is OH, / take a small
dish Of fine salt and, walking among the
rows, sprinkle little pinch of salt on
the center Of each plant When the /
leaves begin 10 grow ! repeat the sailing, /
and when the center of the leaves begins |
TO form the head | apply salt again, scat
tering it over the leaves. After this / /
look them over occasionally, and if find
plants that do not head well or appear
diseased, | sprinkle the salt over freely
This will save all such plants. A quart
of salt is sufficient for 500 plants in q
season, although more can be used with
safety. Recorder.
SALT RISING FOR Bread do rot
believe in unleavened bread, but | can
give the receipt asked for, and know it IS
good. Take two-quart dish (earthen Is
best, as it does not heat through so quick
ly). Put into one pint of new milk and
one pint of scalding hot water, two table
spoonsfuls of salt; stir in -four till 1t Is
thin batter set it where it will keep
warm but not scald stir it occasionally,
till the air bubbles begin to rise; then
let it stand still till it comes up to the top
of the dish have your -four ready to
pour it into; have two quarts Of warm
milk or water at hand, and pour it into
II f-raol stti1i- ltr avH "a
too hard when il rises, knead the dough
again and put into the baking tins. Ihis
quantity will make four two-quart loaves
Let them stand in warm place and rise
a little, then bake with a quick fire. 1t
makes very sweet bread, and some fancy
it much. When person has not milk,
water can be used alone, but it needs a
little lard or butter, to be melted into the
water it is mixed with, after the salt RS
ing is ready to be used it Is important
80 keep it warm, and not let the air strike
it during the process.-Farmer's Wife
CULTURE IN BASKETS OR VASES. =
There are some very elegant designs III
vases, window-box and stable-stands
admirably adapted for the growth and
showing off Of the beauty of the hyacInth
or general collection of spring bulbs
combined, such as tulips, (the dwarf dou
bic varieties being the besD, polyanthus
narcissus, jonquils, crocus, etc Nothing
can make more desirable and agreeable
sight on entering a nice, comfortable
warm room, than to see before you some
tastefully arranged groups OF these flow
ers in full bloom, being transferred, as II
were, from all the rigors of winter into
the balmy atmosphere of May. Design;
can be procured of various forms ano
materials to suit the most fastiduou'
tastes For cultivation, the same in
structions apply equally well for basket;
or vases as those given for pot-culture.
Keep them dark and cool till started.
good plan is to grow the plants, in pot;
and transfer into the baskets by so do
ing the plants rs they begin to fade car
be replaced by others, thereby continuing
the season Of bloom.
SHEEP PAY BEsr.-In "Some Sheer
Talk in the National Live Stock Jour
nal, an experienced stock keeper says
81 have been feeding some 300 head o
cattle, and am satisfied that even will
the most favorable conditions for selling
when the time comes, ! shall make grea
deal more money, dollar for dollar, OF
the money have invested in sheep than
shall make on the capital | have invested
in cattle. / have about 500 sheep, rur
ming without any particular attention o
care, and have sold 81, 400 worth of WOO
of this years clip and haze 80 lamb
besides. | do not think it possible 70 have
done so we'll on any equal amount of cap
ital invested in cattle. One great ad
vantage sheep have over other stock is
they never die of the contagious disease.
which they contract They get the seal
or foot-rot or something else, and if un
checked it gets them in bad condition
and would ultimately, perhaps, kill them
But the very worst contagious disease:
to which they are subjected give tbs
owner ample time to treat the affected
animal, and the diseases are generally
of a character which yield readily t.
treatment"
CoRN AND HoGs-From carefully
conducted experiments by different per
sons, it has been ascertained that ont
bushel of corn viii make little NOR
than ten bounds of pork, gross. Takin:
the result as a basis, the following de
auctions are made. which all our farmer
do well to lay by for convenient refer
ence that:
when corn sells at ~ cents per bushe
pork costs l s cents per pound
When corn costs II cents per bushel
pork costs ? eents per pound.
When corn costs 70 GENTS per bushel
pork costs cents per pound.
When corn costs SO cents per bUshel
pork costs cents per pound.
When corn costs 90 cents per bushel
pork costs cents per pound.
The following statements show wha
thesfarmer realizes on his corn when solC
in the terms of pork:
When pork sells at ; cents per pound
it brings % cents per bushel in corn.
When pork sells at cents pes pound
it brings 81 cents per bushel in corn.
When pork sells at 5 cents per pound
it brings 45 cents per bushel in corn.
Scientific Agriculture.
The report on commercial fertilizers