The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-11-14
HOUSE AND FARM,

"A COW of average ability will give sixteen
quarts OF milk per day.
-Milkmsn say that calves should be weSn-
Ell when two months old.
Nut crackers and cider mUss are now 10
be brought out and cleaned up-
HE Time for Planting Trees,
This is the month, pre-eIninently, for the
planting of fruit and decicuous tire 5. Don't
mutilate the roots nor set the tree in
cramped hole. Give the roots their natural
position. The great advantage of fall plant
ing, is to save time in spring, when other
work is crowdiug.
The small fruits may al. o be planted in No
vember. Prune out decayed and superfiuous
branches. Mulch the strawberry beds.
Get Out of the Ruts.
Farmers Review
For the good of the country, as well as for
his individual good, il is the duty of the
farmer to be ambitious, TO get out OF the ruts,
and assume all the rights and responsibilities
of his position.
The Proper Time IN Plant CataIPa
Seed.
Plant in the spring about corn planting
time, in rows three feet apart by one incE IN
plants will stand six inches apart each way.
Transplant at one year old.
Tree Pests.
Kansas Spirit,
If our hunters want to do good work for
the farmers of Kansas, let them Kill OF the
thousands of rabbits that have come into ex-
istence this year. Shoot the rabbits ana save
the young orchards and nursery stock.
The Resuir Of Hard Times.
IAN Old Farmer
~ am not 81 certain but that these hard
time, aFt . Il- ALL ~ make realize
the necessity Of hard work; and II We have
10 work for IA small sum 1t Will teach Us one
great lesson which in the OF initiation We for
got-the lesson of economy"
Get Ready for Winter.
Farmers Review
Get in plenty of fuel for winter before the
roads get bad. Patch. roofs wnere necessary.
Help put up the stoves without grumDiing.
nj "a nice place for the house plants when
possible lay in "a good supply of breadstufis
and groceries, instead OF buy ing in a hand To
mouth sort OF way. IL II a great deal OF
money and time saved 10 purchase at whole
sale.
He Good 10 Your stock.
Kansas Spirit,
1t is disgrace TO a farmers yard 20 have an
animal 20 wild as TO be unapproachs a Bile; and
not less so 10 have scrawny, poverty stricken
specimens. II IS good economy To feed gener-
ously, but never surfeit. Keep the stock in
warm stables, well bedd,d and well ventila-
ted, and you will have the satisfaction of
knowing that you have done your best for
the well being OF the dumb cattle under your
charge.
How 20 Cook Prairie Chickens.
lCor. ST. Louis Journal, 81
Dress and clean them put an ounce of but
ter In each, them lay each one, blanketed
with strips of bacon, on a slice of dry toast in
the dripping pan ; as soon as they begin TO
get at all dry, molsten them well with the
dripping in your pan until they a'e cooked,
baste and turn them several times. Serve on
a hot platter garnish with parsley or cress,
cut the toast in points and put II around
them.
Re Careful In Pruning Trees.
Prairie Farmer,9l
Do not use axe or hatchet in pruning fruit
trees, unless you are going To chop down the
trees. sharp pruning knife and good
saw, are the tools for orchard pruning. Hay-
ing these, use them with discretion. Leave
the heads of the trees well finished as pos
siDle, having due regard to equal light 10 be
distributed among the branches and leaves.
There are more orchards ruined by over
pruning than by no pruning at all
Has no Right 60 CRY Hard Times.
[Exchange.I
When we see a moving machine las we
did several on our way to recent agricul-
tural meetingl left in the fields under IA tree,
or some equally exposed situation, we won
der IL the laws of economy are changing, or II
the cry of hard times il not "A vain delusion !;
II would seem as though the man who Will so
leave an important farIn implement exposed
to the sudden and variable changes of the at
mosphere, the effect of which is to hasten its
destruction with great rapidity, has no right
10 lift up the cry oil hard times.
Many Have Good Stoch and Do Not
Know IL.
EXchange.I
There are many farmers who have extra
good butter cows and do not know it. They
have poor pastures in summer, and no shell
ter and indifferent feed in winter In the
house they have no convenien ces for max
ing butter, the milk is set where there are no
arrangements for keeping IL cool in summer,
and in the living room, exposed To the OdOrs
of the kitchen in winter; and neither the
quantity nor the quality are any index of
what a COW can do.
A Remedy for Asthma and Catarrh.
[Cor. Chicago Inter Ocean,9.l
For asthma and bronchitis, crushed cubeb
berries smoked in pipe, swallowiuga "A little
of the smoke, effects great relief. j eat the
uncrushed berries, swallowing the juice; IL
will help bronchitis in one day. smoking
the berries will cure the wort cases of ca %
tarrh. Cure for whOOping-cough: One Ia ble-
spoonful of clean pure tar, one pint Of new
milk; stir well let stand Two hours; pour
of the milk: Let tn child drink IL every
hour; it Will effect a cure in three days.