The Redwood gazette., 1877-05-10
USEFUL AND, SUGGESTIVE.

I II HSuppesed By many slhAt earthen.
.ware,b better asd cooler for butter In
summer than wooden vessels. This is .
mistake. Earthenware b TOO great con.
ductof Of heat for butter. Hence, all but.
tar dairies adopt the wooden vessels
losea STATE Register. ~
FuRNIruRE that has lost its polish,
floors and leather articles impaired in ap.
peaFance by use, can be much improved
by rubbing them we'll with q woolen rag
covered with avery small quantity Of
paste made by stirring fifty lone parts of
hnely-shaved stearin into seventy-tw
parts OF previously warmed oil Of turpen-
tine, and allowing the mass to cool. The
article should be finally rubbed of very
thoroughly with clean, dry cloth.-Nsst-
an Rxral.
ANYONE who has fifty or more old fence
posts to take up need not dig them out,
which is . toilsome Job and . slow one.
PrOvide . light strong lever and fulcrum
for it and light chain to slip around the
post and he is ready for business. For
the fulcrum take ! piece Of two-inch
plank foot wide and twenty inches long;
mortice through for . stout standard two
feet high; brace each way firmly. A man
will carry the whole apparatus and with
it he will draw posts rapidly. It is acap-
ital help In taking out stumps. With the
chain under . root Q man can raise an
enormous weight. Detroit Tribune.
ASHES are good for an old garden soil.
and 80 Is lime, and some fertilizer Of this
sort Is better than 70 keep stufilng in the
barnyard manure till the soil is sick Of it.
Many an old garden has been treated with
more than Its fair share Of coarse manure
every year for . whole generation, and If
lis surface was skinned of three or four
inches and put as top dressing upon grass
land It would take barnyard manures still
with advantage, but unless this Is done
why not lay out new and larger garden
on more generous scale near the house,
and make 1t far more important adjunct
to the farm than it has ever been A large
garden well filled with vegetables like
lettuce, celery, beets, cauliflower, rhubarb,
asparagus, peas, beans and small fruits
Ike currants, strawberries, raspberries
and similar fruits, makes farmer quite
independent of the butcher. The nearer
we can bring all the farm to the high cul-
tivation of the garden, the better the re-
sults.-AassGchWsetts Pl0somGn.
A WRITER In the Cassatry GsntlsssG,
maintains the doctrine we have always
adhered to, that the sprouted potatoes are
quite as good for planting - any other,
and generally better in producing earlier
crops. The old plan of cutting the pota-
to and allowing it TO dry upon a floor,
sprinkled over with gypsum, until sprout-
ed, can scarcely be improved on. The
writer above referred to makes this state
ment, and We do not question its accuracy
II have taken the sprouts from the early
rose potatoes, that were barreled through
the winter for seed, broken them of, and
planted in drills at the same time Ibid the
potato, and have invariably got good
sized potatoes about ten days or two weeks
earlier from the sprouts than from the
potato seed. In fact, last season, those
from the sprouts (white sprouts) were
ahead of the potato-b while the mex,
were covered with them. This I have
done several years in succession, with the
same result. Gvmasatoson Telegraph.