The People's vindicator., 1878-02-02
AMONG the FARMERS

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Tobacco leaves are fatal to cows, as
a Kentucky crlearned a few days
400 by losing three valuable animals
wich ate some of the weed with their
hay.
p3tato-balls rs seed: Plant the
balls in good rich earth, and keep
them free from weeds. The first crop
Of potatoes will be marvelously small,
many no larger than peas; the sec""a
c,op will be better, and the third OF
full size. You will probably have lots
Of varieties of potatoes, and very IKE,
" none like those from which the seco
was taken.
The following Is said to be goo"
process for keeping fruit fresh thro"S"
the winter: Mix r"sin two pounds,
t,|low two ounces, heeswax tw" onn'
crs. 81 ,wly over fire in an iron pot,
Lut do not boil. Rub each frnit sepa.
rately with pulvelizcd chalk ana d'p
If in the mixture. Hold it up for a
moment to permit the coating to set:
and pack away carefully III " coo'
place.
Incoming cows, more especially
those thst arc hiSh-bred, and have
been we'll fed, should be jnd;cIo"us'y
starved for two or three weeks prevl'
nos to calving. and for a week after IT,
Feed such cows only on dry hay, or
partly hay and partly cut straw with
a little bran and u handful OF salt
The milking of an incoming COW, just
previous to her calving, should De
avoided, as tending to unduly st'mn-
late the organs and produce the very
trouble that is sought to be prevent
ed.
Fec OISrMESr.-Thc oil obtained
from the yolks ofcgss is credited with
wonderful healing properties in cases
of cuts, bruises and the like by some
Of the Eastern nations. The eggs are
first boiled hard, when the yolk is ca
sily removed. Crushed and carefully
stirred over u hot fire, tho oil scpar-
ates. when it is ready for use. The
rgcs of water-fowls have the most oil !,
but bu that obtained from the eggs of the
common and guinea hen is scons'dereu
best, 50 says the Druggist Circular.
PRESERVING BEEF BY FREEZlSG.-
For keeping beef perfectly sweet for
using fresh, the following method is
recommended by u New York State
farmer: "Cut the beef in pieces ia
, suit your convenience, expose it where
it will freeze very solid, wrap eacI
piece in separate piece of paper, Sc
\ curing it with twine, and bury in q
bin Of wheat. If you have no wheat
!, peas, barley or any other heavy VIII
e answer a good purpose. | have kept
>. beef fresh and sweet in this way from
: the lst of January to the lst of April
! I have had some beef kept in this way
= which was better and more tender OF
Q the lst of April than on the week il
g was killed"
n In order to keep fruit, several con
ditions are important Iu the frs
place, the atmosphere ola fruit-roon
should be dry; there shold be no MOI
f. dampness than exists in the cold out
Q side air. The room should be suscep
= tible of ventilation in proper weather
q not BY direct currents of air, but D.
It air modified before it reaches the fruit
j. 4 fruit.room must be frost.proof;
e must be clearly and accessible. A
% regards location, it may be placed .
l. side hill, the excavation opening t
J. the south; or it may he placed nnde
VI barn or stable, or other outbuildin!
!. 1t is not we'll to store large quantitie
III Of fruit in rooms under dwellings, eve
if they are adapted to the keeping G
the fruit. The hygiene of familie
must not be jeopardized BY the poss
or bility of evil results arising from til
ID decay or fermentation of vegetable
Le in rooms under family apartments
Lo Journal of Chemistry.
"e Working horses twenty-five yea
pr old are very rare, and yet at this az
'er a horse may be vigorous, and usefr
he The duration of a horses life is thir
ry years, if he is we'll cared for, and
We Ills old age moderate work may
re- expected from him. A large propo
he tion of horses are ruined before tn
&C. are five years old by ove1work, il
pr- proper feeding, neglect and abuse.
a Neglect and improper feeding fl
ers more victims than overwork, for if
len horse in his prime is properly fed a
ort cared for lie can scarcely be hurt
lld steady work. Food should BE- Civ
regularly as to time and quantity.
horse has a comparatively small sto
ach. Five pounds of cut hay and
quarts of ground feed should make
inc full feed for a large horse. Hor
w that are worked on the road at M
~ than a walking gait should have
hay reduced to three pounds and h;
ear four quarts of the feed. If the feeC
ary molsteDed with water give no drl
ble until an hour after feeding, and NJ
tbs Immediately Observation-Disclosures
ble
liza, Fowls in Winter.
Its Farmers are, perhaps, more net
i '"S 10 gent of their poultry in winter Il
of any other department of their fa
tbe This should not he 50. If prope
ON cared tor the profits arising from t
will source are quite as great, in prop
4m ton to expense, as that from any Il
N er department. First a warm no
Dsr should be provided, which can be-