Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-10-25

acre than corn. The pork made from
peas i most excellent.
FoR some sort ofyegetables As lettuce,
cress, radishes, and others, the Chinese
system of keeping the soil continu-
ously wet is the best that can be adopt
ed. IL produces crispness in the
vegetables that il obtained only when
there has been no check ia the
growth.
THE greatest pond in America is on
the farm Of James n. Wells, in the
town Of Riverhcad, Mass. 1t covers
five acres, and IL now 50 full of ecls
that they can be raked out with Il gar
den rake. Two years ago Mr.. Wells
put two thousand dozen of cells into
the pond, intending to leave them I'M
disturbed for five years. These have
increased to millions
"lF," says writer you can enter u
lot where there isa vicious dog, be care
full to remove our hat or cap as the an
imal approaches you; hold the same
down between youand the dog. When
you have done this you have secured
perfect immunity from attack The
dog will not bite you if this advice is
followed. Such is my faith III this pol
icy that | will pay all doctors bills from
dog bites and funeral expenses from
deaths from hydrophobia."
THE TURNER'S Gasette, Dublin, Ireland,
in an article on the great agricultural
questions of the day." III which 1t con.
sidcrs agricultural competition by for
eign countries, says: eve thought we
were safe in the matter Of meat, but
that pleasing allusion is being rapidly
dispeled for mighty steam has so bridgeI
the ocean, that aided by chemical sci
encc, foreign meat, alive or dead, may
be said To walk into our markets side
by side with our own supplies
TIE ground for bects, like that for
any other crop should be mellow titled
deeply, and rich The seed should be
sowcd as carly as possible, in rows from
two and Il half 10 three feet apart, 50 as
to allow the use Of the cultiyator be
tween and the seed should be sown Mt
the rate of three TO four pounds TO the
acre, and the plants thinned out, if need
be, transplanted so as to. stand from
twelve to fifteen inches apart; this will
give large roots, and i crop Of twenty
five to thirty-liye tons to the acre.
The Mexican government has con
tracted with capitalist for the coloni-
zation Of government lands by immi-
grants from the Canaries. The govern
mcnt pays eighty dollars for every emf
grant Of twelve years and more, and
forty dollars for children under twelve
years, AS soon us the Immigrants arc
established on the lands assigned them,
the said amounts will De paid by the
Vera Cruz custom house, being the
nearest TO the settlement. Another
contract has been concluded for the
colonization Of European immigrants
on the government lands Of "Mesa dc
CoronceS, fifty dollars being paid for
each immigrant over four years of age,
the contracts TO lust for ten Yeas.
The closing Of the Australian ports
against English stock, says the irish Fa,-
mcr's Gazette Inns been ono Of the prlnci-
pal causes Of the late depression in the
value Of Short-horns and llerefords,
but now that these ports arc again
opened, combined with the triumphant
and satisfactory settlement 10 the east
crn question, and the great safety Of the
cattle disease bill, II great impetus will
be given TO the sale of pure
ly-bred stock III Great Britain and Ire
land. Stock of that description, for
purposes, has for sometime
past brought enormous prices III the
Australian colonies, the high range of
value being due TO the scarcity Of pure
bred stock in the colonies.
PUMPKINS may be put up i'll the old
fashioned mode of cutting thcm into
rings, pairing, and drying upon poles
or they may DC cut UP into small pieces
and dried on plates in the sun and
oven. A better plan, however, is to
pare, stew and strain them, just ms if for
pics; then spread the pulp ON carthon
dishes, and dry quickly i'll the hot sun
OF y partially heated oven. If dried
slowly, there i danger Of souring.
store III IL dry room. Kept il this
manner they retain much of the fresh
ness and flavor of newly gathered fruit.
The dried pulp should he soaked in
milk few hours before using. In
making pies they arc greatly improved
hy stirring tho pumpkin III scading
milk, especially il eggs be not used:
but without eggs they fail far short Of
the true pumpkin pie.