The Red Cloud chief., 1877-09-13

* NICK paper to keep them from the air
lhen with a barrel header press the
~ Ieaos IN, and keep them out Of the
10y @iiar as late as you can without having
SH.'r eeze. Put them in the dryest
Nest part "f The cellar, and raise
rom the ground three feet or
~ bids, and do not open or dis
IT hNhdh until they are wanted for
S'fEposed to tie air by opening
FRI to pick them over, some Of
WIpts will rot and others will
Tts ,centIicitiss of W heat.
Mr. roe N. c. Enqupr says:
packs,o inchester received a small
al Dem, heat from the Agricultur-
ed. W. 1t last fall, which he SOW
that fua Was growing he noticed
kind of :, ms produced a different
rpe bo Iom the rest, and when
these gated eleven heads from
y for plant. Sias and has saved them
Of the Lns agtI. The size and shape
ssA II. the curiosity. They
uie one and half inches in lencth
III ABOUT one-fOIrth of an inch wide
"nu 0ht-third of al iEch thick. the
F'"-h' Icing in two almost SEPARATE
clusters the whole mead having 4 good
uV"l Tie appearance of an ear of com
Win ABOUT three rows she,Ied ont ON
90 !" opposite sides. The heads ,y4rag-
- dnou eighty grains each. He wishes
10 ma out the name o. the wheat f
@s one las any knowledge of it.
Tight Barns for Hay.
HE general opinion AMONG farmers
probably Is that barns with air spaces
hetWeen the boarding are better adapt.
ego cure and preserve hav than barns
with very tight boarding and a tight
lotion. But this opinion is founded
upon HE supposed fact that free ac-
cess OF air Will assist in carry ING off
hnplus moisture, and prevent heat and
fermentation, which supposed fact is
hh a fact at all. when applied to BODY
OF UncuTed hay. When this uncured
- grass Is spread in thin layers on the
heid ana exposed 20 the air. the mois-
IS carried uf SO rapidly as not TO
-SanIt any heating or fermentation.
when placed in a thick BODY in a
Ow, the heat. with access If air,
caiSes rapid fermentation. The oxygen |
oI he ar feeds the fermentation. and
ms becomes the active cause of lis
~Sructlon. This principle is familiar
Ia Tie good housewife who prest ryes
f13Dfuit in an alright lar. We tried
experiment some years ago. which
~applled this principle 10 keeping green
clcAr We took a large linseed oil-cask.
IMMUNITY Wiz tit, iiitu IL WIFI green /
clover Just in blossom. containing all
lis sap, rammed in solid. replaced the
head Grove'm-Ioc and then stopped
IT ~air-spaces with white lead and paint.
On opening,ten months after. the clover
blossoms were found almost as bright
as when put in.
. ARTIFICIAL Co -orinc for Butter.
We have tried various preparations
for coloring butter. including the ordi-
nary annatto. as kept in the drug stores.
and several OF the liquids put up ready
for US. 10y different manufacturers.
While. customers insist on a high color. !
III is necessary for dairymen To use arti-
hcial cSoTing. and the butter Of some
cows is SO devoid of tint. that il is I'M
saabls without coloring. although the
favor flay be faultless. Some people
taste with the eye. and for them appear
ance must be considered. While arti- |
hclally colored butter brings > or 10 cts. |
er pound more in the market. than
NNMIo,rrOm the cow. coloring mat
will te Used. CIrrOt Juice is ohiec-
bnahle; most of the preparations of
hnattO are made with potash. and the
lnprepared paste is difficult to manage
properly, although we have procured
Re finest tints by IFS use. We have re-
Gently tried a preparation made in oil,
10y Mrs. Smith, of Arch street, Plilade,-
phia. an experienced dairy manager.
which 1sves an unexceptionatle tint,
and being free from alkali. Will the bet
ter please these who object TO the alkali
Rtions. 1t is Well to avoid too
GlOr, and in practice We have
one half the quantity recon-
"a TO be used by the makers of b
fnarations is 81 fc There never
reSbutter. and an excess Of color
ing produces this shade. y fine lemon
tint is the proper one, and in using col
oring. i is lest TO err on the side of
ecQnd rather than excess--AmericQn
Agria~yrfst
Hou.e Plants.
The time is fast approaching WREN
amateur florists begin TO think of their |
winter window gardens. than which
nothing can afford more pleasure 10 the
be lows of flowers. Even if you
we not much sunshine you need not
Give up Towering plants and
ate vines, depending on leaf foil |
effect There is that graceful
the Madeira vine. Start a plot
each corner of the window-siIl. |
~ UpnD~srings meeting
yle frame above. You
/-s of a pyramid that
V.tily. Suspend
a variety nct