The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-06-14

Tie dawn of woodside melody;
The changing color on the vine,
The fresher hue of mountain pine,
Are things that tell to eye and
That summer days drawing near.
M. CHAToT recommends common salt
as an antidote for mildew on vines. By
sprinkling a handful of salt around the
base of each vine, the effect, he says,
was marvellous and vines hitherto COW
cred With this fungus grew luxuliantly,
and had an abundance of grapes entirely
free rom oidium.-Paris Paper.
WHEN planted in very rich soil, toma-
toes often produce much wood and little
fruit. The best crop of tomatoes ever
saw was furnished by main stems as free
from side growth as walking stick All
growths except the leaves and flowers
attached to the principal stem had been
pinched eff as they appeared. Tile
Garden.
IF you have upon the farm a horse
that is bad TO CATCH" try what virtue
there is in the following treatment You
may club and pelt him before you catch
him, if you will but, after you get him
fully in hand give him a feed of oats,
curry and brush him, and call him good
fellow, and it will have visible impress
sion upon the horses mind Chicago
Tribune.
WE are often recommended not to give
manure water to grapevines until the
fruit is swelling. I always apply it freely
from the time when the young shoots are
one inch or two inches long until the
fruit is coloring, and / find it to do far
more good in Strengthening the shoots
and produce before the punches are in
flower than at any subsequent period
Northern Gardener.
FooD FOR HORSES. An English exr
change says: "This past winter per-
son of large experience introduced a MKT
ure of food for horses of tramway
company, which has been used for several
months with great success. The fol-
lowing is the mixture for one horse, and
its cost is Is. Cd. (37 cents) day for each
horse 2 lbs. of oats; 12a lbs. maize,
bruised lbs. hay chaff; lbs. straw
chaff 2 lbs. bran; ID. pea meal !; lb.
oatmeal-28 lbs
BRAN FOR PIGs.-Professor Samson,
of the Gregnon College of Agriculture,
France, has tested the comparative nutri-
tive value of bran versus barley meal, in
the feeding of pigs the animals selected
were Berkshires, under three months
old allowing them fortnight to be ac-
customed to their special cribs-a point
never to be lost sight of when expert
menting with live stock-the result was
found to be that, scientifically and pecttl-
iarly, bran was not only better, butmuch
cheaper, than barley meal.
GREEN FooD FOR PoULTRY.-The
green food is essential to the well being
of poultry at all seasons of the year.
When fowls are limited to confined quar-
ters this must be supplied to them artifi-
cially to keep them in good health. In
winter time we can give them cabbages
or chopped turnips and onions from time
to time; short, late dried, hay (or rowen)
is very good for change; cornstalk leaves
chopped fine they will eat with relish.
In early spring time, when the ground
first softens from the frost, pasture sods
thrown into their pens will be ravenous-
ly eaten by them; and as soon as the new
grass starts (unless they can have free
access to the fields or lawn) they should
be supplied with this excellent succulent
daily. For the young chickens nothing
is so beneficial and so grateful as run
upon the newly-mown grass, and next to
this indulgence they should have an
ample supply of cut or pulled grass
every day. It should never be forgotten
that one of the most important things to
be observed toward keeping our fowls
in good heart is the regular supply we
should furnish them of green food
Duchess Farmer.