The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-04-12
FARM and HOME.
Farm RdEifl0S.

about his cows teats if this is done
Many cows that are Eickers would de-
light to be MIXED if little inseed oil
were used on the teats. =
SHELTER FOR YOUNG Fowls.
should be provided for growing chickens,
both from the excessive heat of midday,
and sudden or pfotfacted storms /; you
will be well repaid for the time aid
money spent. If you cannot do better,
lean sutHe poles against afeiice aid cover
with straw or hay until you can provide
some permanent shelter
CARE OF VEHICLES. when billing an
axletree the spindle should be. &iped
clean with q cloth wet with spirits of tur-
pentlne, and then apply few drops of
When greasing an axletree, just enough
grease should be applied to give it a
light coating; more does more harm than
good, by working out and damaging the
hub.
POSITION OF A DWELLING HoUsE.-A
house should be so placed that the direct
rays of the sun shall have free admission
into the living apartments; because the
suns rays impart healthy and invigor-
ating quality to the air, and stimulate
the vitality of human beings as they do
those of plants, and, without sunlight,
human beings, as well as plants, would
sicken and die. The aspect, therefore,
shoule be stutheast. 81 -E'gch6nys.
PLANTING Corn IN DRILLS. in
crease of crop in planting corn in rows
instead OF in squares is 25 per centum.
With the best farmers in the East this
method lis general. Our own fields,
planted in this manner, have been freel
from Weeds thai iilainj Of oiir neighboTs'
who planted in check rows The rows
are generally three feet apart, and the
seed may be SO dropped as to give one stalk
every foot or two stalks every eighteen
inches in the row.-Anerican Ag1'jcuH
arist.
HINTS ON BREEDING.-For clean breed
ing, it is understood that few hens only
say six 10 ten in number, shotild ofd1nat
| lily be bred to one cock. Two males III
the same run will do we'll enough fol
common purposes, Ii dozen to twenty
hens are bred, for one of the cocks Etl1e
| stroHgeat, Oldest a,td spdnRiestJ viii geia
orally be master of the walk. Two-year
old hens will give us the best eggs fo1
Matching, on the average. And choice
birds may be kept as breeders three OF
four years to advantage, if not previously
| forced or r-fattened. d.-Poultly World
An IDEA IN RneARp To BUTrtsR MAE
ING.-I do not believe that sweet butter
can be made from milk taken from cows
in the stables. There is no liquid witt
which am acquainted that will Absorb
smells and taints equal to milk; ant
where the cows are MIXED in the stable:
any one who has the faculty OF taste o.
smell will detect disagreeable smell O
the stable in the milk even if it is a day
old. Of course the butter is Favored
with it. I clean my COWS in the stable
and then take them to milking room ad
| joining to milk. Here can feed each Gov
as may be necessary, and there is moth
| ing Fb disturb her or take her attention
Detroit 1rjtttne.
To Nix CoLoRs The following re
cipes will enable the amateur painter tx
mix many shades of color that he ma,
require Cream color-This is o mix
ture of chrome yellow, the best Venetian
red and white lead Pearl gray-Whit
lead, with equal parts of Prussian blu
and lamp black The blue must be uset
very cautiously, as it is powerful color
Fawn color-Burnt sienna, ground yer,
fine, mixed with white lead. Buff
This is mixture of pale chrome yellow
and white lead, tinged with little Ven
etian red Straw-A mixture of pal
chrome yellow and white lead. Drab-
Raw or burnt umber and white lead, witt
little Venetian red. Exchange.