The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-17
FArM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

II seems that the horse wins kept in
one end of the cattle tie-up, and AT night
the COW got loose and attacked the horse
and uored him b. death. This should
be- a warning 10 all farmers 10 keep both
horses aud cattle in separate and distinct
apartments. and 20 Lave them 10 con
structed that they viii feel safe about
their horses aud cattle night OF day. --
Maine farmer.
The usual plan 10 prevent trees split
ting Is t0 put an iron bolt through,
fastening il with nuts. Another plan,
and an ingenious one, can sometimes be
used. Select a small limb from each
fork and clean them of leaves aud
branches, Then bring the split mp 10
gether. tWine the two small limbs tG-
gether and secure them. The limbs Will
grow together In time, and keep the split
fiom opening
In transplAnting forest trees, head
th6m back b within about eight feet of
their base, leaving. as il often does, sim
ply "A bare pole above the roots. They
viii soon make "A good head. They
mulch heavily with straw mr. soon ar
planted. Trees ret in this manner sell
dom fail 10 thrive, and II desirest, quite
Large trees may be selected, say those
measuring one and half inches through.
We have found all old broom cut of
up near the tying excellent for
grooming COWS while not harsh enough
20 be painful. il will scratch nicely and
reach where the card VIII not. About
m much solid comfort as usually falls 30
the lot Of mortals IN this wicked world
may be taken by the man who loves ami
mails in seeing them stretch themselves
under his brush, on follow him about
and poke their noses under his arm, or
hold down their heads 10 be scratched. -
Groea Mountain Freeman
Mr.. Hitler remarked that ar d rule be
would not plant potatoes early. Farm
ers, he maintained, should not rest con-
tent with less than 100 20 500 bushels
per acre be himself had raised as high
as 700 believes IN plowing IN the fall,
plowing oyer again IA spring, the land
to be well manuned- BY this process,
500 bushels would be a sure result Re
CARDS Peerless rs most productive, and
always plants early The principal OBJ
lection 10 small potatoes for seed is the
number Of sprouts. Era5a-
i5icr.
When Te Prime Fruir-Trees.
Long experience shows that when it il
desirable 10 produce a free growth Of
shoots and leaves, pruning shonld be
done when the trees are dormant, as in
the winter season. or early in the spring,
before the saps begins to how. When
fruit-trees appear 10 grow too rapidly.
and 10 produce too much wool, they
may be pTuned moderately in the
summer season, cutting away q portion
of the wood by degrees; but shoot
growing IN an improper place may be
cut away at any time. An experiment
made by pruning apple trees every
month in the year, for two seasons,
showed that the wounds Of the branches
cut in February and March, at the end
Of five years, when all had healed over,
were found 10 be the least decayei under
the healed surface. When trees are
pruned in winter, or ] NAV say nj any
time, IL is best 10 cover the wounds
with a hot mixture Of tar and pulverized
brick dust or fine sand. A solution of
shellac in alcohol AS thick as can be easily
applied with a brush. is considered hy
many as the best preparation that can be
applied. During the mild dave of
Rinter orchards NAV be pruned, while
little elee can he done; but good
Judgment should Ice exercised m regard
to selecting the branches 20 be cut away.
It is ruinous 10 an orchard 80 cut and
slash away one-thIrd 10 one-haf the
limbs. All that should be done is 10
give the trees a good shape and only cut
away such limbs rs are plainly in excess
of the natural requirements 81 the tree,
10 conform 10 the extent of It's roots III
We take away too much of the top Of a
tree, IL is like taking blood from a man
the more that is taken, the less vitality
remains in him; therefore in pruning.
only a few unsightly branches, and those
improperly situsted, should be cut away.
--Rurdl Nc,r Yorker.
Hsw 10 utilize Peer Land.
Those farmers who have fields OF worn
ont land-and who have not ?-and have
no means Of adequately manuring them.
can make at lesst one profitable crop on
the same by adopting this course
Tomatoes are most admirably adapted ~
be grown ON worn out land. For field
or garden crop, the plants should not be
set nearer than six feet apart. Put
half-bushel of well rotted manure, thor
oughly mixed with the poor soil. in the
spets where the tomato plants are 10 be
set (the surface of these prepared spots
being about two and half feet in diam
teri W i -ure Just that healthy growth
w,.>h cultivator is always 50 glad 10
see. At first the roots of the plants will
luxuriate IN the fertilized soil, but after
ward they will have Travelled 10 the outer
limits of the rich earth and begin 90
penetrate the thoroughly poor soil This
viii check the luxuriant growth, and
tend 10 induce fruitfulness IN the plant,
and afford large and profitable CROP
Besides that, the plants, put ont in this
way, viii completely cover the soil.
which also has highly beneficial effect,
so much SO that the field may be plowed
shallow the succeeding fall and thor
oughly narrowed, and them very early
in the spring, clover seed can be scat
tered over il with an almost positive GER
tainty that a good set Of clover viii be
the result. Besides, manuring n poor
field in spots six feet apart each
way is n much easier task than thor
oughly manuring the entire surface Of
such n field. An acre set six feet apart
each way will contain l,2l0 tomato
plants; they viii be set in rich earth, and
il will not be difficult 20 estimate the
yield that may be reasonably expected
from an acre thus presented.
Farmer.
Domestic Recipes.
CALVES FEET JELLY CHEAP.-Get
package Of gelatine and follow the direc-
tons given. You viii find the Jelly
easy to make and delicious in quality
FISH AND MEAT SAUCE.-Six table
spoonfuls water, four of vinegar; put
into a saucepan and warm; thicken with
yolks of two eggs; do not boil il; add
juice of one lemon.
PEPPERMINT DRoPs. Mix one pound
of powdered and sifted loaf sugar with
the whites Of three or four eggs; add
ten or twelve drops oil of peppermint;
beat well; drop on writing paper
CONDENSED Fees. One teaspoonful
of condensed eggs is equal to one fresh
egg. No salt is needed in using these
eggs. They must be thinned with a lit
tie hot water and beaten mp with the
batter and sugar.
PLAIN FRUIT TCARR.-One cupful brown
sugar, one cupful butter, one cupful
molasses, one cupful milk, three cupfuls
-four, four eggs, one and one-half tea
gpOOnfulg cram tartar one tnaSDOOnful