The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-07-12
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


winters food is O necessity. and when
mere, as there, nearly every farmer grows
bushels Of them in proportion TO the
number OF cattle he keeps, we shall have
made great advance. At present moi
one farmer in twenty raises beets for his
cattle, not because of doubt as TO their
value, but on account of The great
erouble supposed to attend their cultiva-
ton, storing and feeding. The writer
mas grown them at the rate of 1000
Susheia TO the acre, and thinks, with or
oy the use of the Stockbridge manure
anu irrigation, he could grow them sf
the same rate on the same piece ef land
Tor several years. His way with them is
TO plant one acre of beets for every dozen
COWS, Lanes imperial sugar beet, OF vel
sow glcbe mangold. Preference is given
70 TINS beet because it yields more and
rs OF better quality, but the difference is
small. A gravelly clay or sandy loan
Will do, If rich and level and within n
good natural Under drainage. The
largest crops, without manure, and the
least trouble from weeds, have been
grown, when the beets have followed
vines, potatoes or cabbage which were
planted on rich meadow turf the wear be-
fore. In this way they have rich soil
with few weeds. In the fall. if conven-
sent the ground is thrown into ridges
with the pillow, and cross-plowed and
thoroughly pulverized in The eprine as
soon as dry enough to work. The roller
follows and then the marker corn
marker drawn by a horse will do setting
Che teeth from thirty to thirtv-six inches
apart, letting the first row be nerfeotlv
straight with line. If one has no seed.
t nl!ll the seed can be quickly dropped by
n'ha. FIRST walk the length of and In
tne burrows made by the marker, step
ping only the length of ones foot. The
heel-m9rk OF the boot shows where to
drop the seed; one cluster, called q
eeea, Will Ce all that need be dropped in
place If good, it will produce from
Two to four plants. The seed should be
soaked from twenty-four 10 forty-eight
hours IL warm water, then mixed in
plaster enough to take up the moisture.
never allowing the plaster to dry on the
seeds, and be sure to put them into. or
cover with, moist earth when planted.
IN this way the sprouts are forced ont Of
the ground III about foftyseight hours.
and thus good start ahead of the weeds
rs obtained. AS soon as the weeds an.
pear, the horse cultivator, set to run
Sha'iow, should be run once each wav
between the rows, followed immediately
py the hoe, cleaning out the weeds be-
tween the plants in the rows. In ten or
twelve days the cultivatcr should be
USED as before, at which time the plants
should be thinned, leaving but one in n
place and setting plants in spaces where
tne seed tailed to come. Deep cultiva.
tlon and earthing up should be avoided
IN oeet culture, as it produces d scrappv.
hbrous growth. The two cultivations'
as above, will do for all the requirements
OF the beets. The leaves of the beets
now shade and smother the weeds in the
Fow' But one does not like to see any
weeds left on such plot of ground as
ms peets should grow on, and hence
gong over the ground, pulling weeds by
nand, or very shallow cultivation, may
oe necessary. After few frosts. but
Detofe the ground freezes hard, pull
Shem, beginning with the outside row.
laying the tops toward the other rows
ana even; pull the second and third rows
and place them with and the same as the
hrst row. Now pull the fourth. fifth
and sixth rows, placing them the same
as the first rows, and so on through the
plot. A boy now can cut off the ton as
fast as man, going between the rows
with horse and cart, can load them
american CultivotOr.
A Few Good Remedies.
SCARLET FEvER.-It is said that warm
lemonade, with gum arabic in it, is
good. 1t is also recommended to applv
clothes wrung out of hot water to the
stomach.
CURE FOR CoRNs.--A certain cure for
ctorns', or sore toes of any kind is Wrap
the toe IN soft cotton batting, draw on
the stocking and shoe, and you will have
no more trouble from that source.
fooD DURING FEvER.-It has been
found to be successful method to freeze
beef tea, and to administer it in Jumps
to children Or patients to suck; they will
take itin this form rather than any other
kind of food.
AGUE BITTERs. Stake of boneset, wild
cherry and poplar bark; make an infusion
iby adding one quart OF warm water: let
1T cool and drink when thirsty. This is
certain cure for fever ague. This is
an Indian remedy, and is the master of |
ague.
WASH FOR SORE EYEs.-Five cents
worth of white vitriol and the same of
sweet nltre, added to one pint of rain
water, is the best wash for sore OF in
Hamed eyes that has ever been tried. 1t |
can be used with perfect safety. Should |
be used on going to bed.
WoUNDs.-The leaves of geraniums
are an excellent application for cuts.
when the skin is rubbed off, and other
wounds OF the same kind. One or two |
leaves must be bruised and applied on
linen to the part, and the wound will |
become cicatrized in very short time.
10 PREVENT A Bone FE1oN.-When
you find that you have a bone felon
coming, apply a fly blister to the affected
part immediately, and let it draw to it's
fullest extent. An early application of
this kind will seldom fail to put back a
felon. OF course the remedy is some
what severe, but it does not compare in
this respect to the disease.
BUNIoNs.-The treatment consists in
removing all pressure from the part.
The formation of the bunion may in the
beginning be prevented, but only in the
beginning; for when once actually form
ed, it is scarcely possible ever to be got
rid OF, and it remains an everlasting
plague. To prevent the formation of a
bunion, 1T is necessary, whenever OF
wherever shoe or boot pinches, to have
II eased at once, and SO long as that part
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