Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-20

| AN unuppauy short crop Of maple
sugar Is predicted.
ABOUT 125,OOO bushels Of clover seed
are annually cent from this country to
Europe.
PENNSYLVANIA supplies one-fifth ofthe
rye produced in this country, or 3,577,-
GAL bushels out of 16 61S,795.
If wheat appears poor IN spots, 1t
will pay to go over it now with fine
manure or good fertilizer.
GET READY.-All the spare hours
should now be employed in repairing,
painting, and getting tools, implements,
ETC., ready for active work in the spring,
that no time may be lost when time is
of the most value.
COMFORT in cows promotes secretion
Of milk, hence groups of trees in a
pasture are invaluable during hot
weather, and entire lack of trees should
be supplemented by artificial shelter Of
some kind.
SALT cannot be used largely as a
fertilizer, but it helps to kill lice on
cabbages, helps to induce curling in "
or heading, and on onions and cab
bages a moderate use of it induces
moisture and promotes thrift.
A LESSON IN Cow MII.KING.-A market
gardener had a very fine COW that was
MIXED week after week by hired men.
He observed that the amount of butter
he carried to market weighed about
pound more on each alternate week.
He watched the men, and tried the
COW after they had finished milking,
but always found that there was no
milk left in the teats He finally asked
the Scotch girl who took care of the
milk if she could account for the diff
ference. why, yes, she says. when
Jim milks he says to the old cow, So
my pretty muley, SOP But when Sam
milks he hits her on the hip with the
edge of the pail and says, Hist, you
old brutep"
PORTABLE FooD FOR HoRsEs.-The
Journal de ST. PetersboWy furnishes the
following details regarding the preserv-
ed food for horses, prepared in the
event of scarcity of oats, or in case the
transport of the food as used at present
should prove too difficult. This food is
composed of pounded oats and gray
pea flour, mixed with hempseed oil
and salt. The paste obtained by this
mixture is then cut up into thick cakes
of about four inches III diameter, pier
ced with small holes to assist the
soaking in water. On being taken from
the oven these cakes are strung upon
wires, so that each wire holds the daily
or \,
weight of four pounds, is equal in nutri-
ment to ten pounds of oats. 1t is stated
that the horses are extremely fond of
these cakes, whether soaked in water
or quite dry; and although, when fed
exclusively on these cakes, they become
thinner in appearance, they do not
lose any of their strength; though hard
worked Medical Record
PRUNING FRUIT TREEs-Among the
successful fruit growers in Western New
York, the heads Of peach trees are
kept so low that fully one-half the fruit
can be picked by one standing on the
ground, and the balance can be reached
from fourfoot stepladder. They say
it renders it difficult to cultivate among
the trees, but that the advantages
compensate. In regard to the trimming
of fruit trees, there is but one opinion,
and that was in favor of liberal trim
ming. 1t is not the pulp and flesh of a
peach or apple that draws on the soil,
but the stone and seeds. The way to
obtain large and fair fruit is by rigid
trimming. Pruning apple trees should
not be done in such manner as to
produce low, saucer-shaped trees. They
should be allowed to grow as high as
they will. In this way only can they
strike their roots deeply into the soil.
Superfluous roots may be removed at
any time, but a bottle of shellac should
always be ready with which to varnish
the stump to protect it.
To PICKLE PORK. For picking pork
the pieces should be cut that they will
be fiat in the tub, and each layer should
be pounded down closely. But before
the sides are cut zap it is a good plan
to rub them over with mixture Of
white sugar and salt, one third G much
sugar rs salt. Then place the pieces
in n tub, rind downward, and sprinkle
each layer with the sugar and salt.
When the tub is filled, put layer of
salt over it so thick as to exclude the
air, and cover 1t closely for ten days;
then look Mt it, and if the brine is not
| formed enough to cover it, sprinkle in a
very little cold water. In three months
the pork will be ready to cook, and it
will keep good for two years at least
and the sugar will give it finer flavor