The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-27

aeh to supply themselves with good agri-
ultural papers for the remainder OF their
ives.
Hay should in all Cases be Gathered
when it and NOs the Farmer h
Ready.
TCor. Colmans Rural Worid.l
Ii l were large buyer of hay, would
.ndeavor to secure better article than is
low the rule. Nice, sweet, bright and fra
rant hay is an exceptionable article, when
I should be the rule, as might be if the
,reat mass Of farmers were not 50 inveter-
'tely welded to old habits. Our argument
With them Is that grass cut in blossom is
more difficult to cure At later period.
Properly considered, this Is no argument at
I'll. As well might hired man urge that
I is more agreeable TO begin days work
n the winter at nine o'clock than seven.
Hay should made at that period OF time
when il L. worth the most for stock feeding
not when farmer has nothing else TO
10, and can't sleep" But if such hay costs
him more than what turns to woody rub
Dish before il is cut, let him charge more,
IF course and no buyer whose judgment Is
worth a cent will object.
About Canning Frait.
[Cor. Inter-Ocean, -
/ heat the most of nav fruit in the jars,
Using quarts. / prepare the fruit, fill the
Jar, set IN kettle of cold or warm water,
with plate underneath. 1 have q kettle
that Just holds four Jars. Then make
syrup by putting some sugar and warm
water in pitcher; fill the jars within an
inch of the top; screw The lids down with
out the ruobers until the sirup is so warm
that you cannot bare your finger il it.
Then take out. Take off the lid, Lave
some hot sirup in a cup, fill the jars, put
on the rubbers, and screw on the lids. l
" ish you could see my gOoseberries put up
in this way. L have taken the premium
several times on them at different fairs
Cherries, too, are as solid, when opened
year after, as when fresh gathered from the
trees. Fruit that makes Its own juice does
not need as much sirup. II there Is enough
juice, add sugar alone.
The Hest Plants for Hanging Bas-
kcts.
The following are some OF the best Ora
bpnas, centaureas, ferns and oxalis, for up
right growth. For dropping vines, the
yincas, maurandia, Iolelia, othona, Indian
saxifran; ia and wandering jew.
The best vines for the shade are the En-
glish and German ivie lygodium, Scan
dens and Chinese climbing fern. The fol
lowing, which will answer for the basket, Is
cheap: Take a fruit can that has been
thrown aside. Remove the top rim and cut
in strips three-quarters OF an inch wide
down to within two inches OF the bottom.
Then bend the strip outward in any tlaring
shape fancy may dictate; rim the outside
edge with stiff wire to keep it in place, by
bending the ends OF the strips over the
wire Line with green moss from the
woods, and -Ou will have a nice, lasting
hanging basket.
Farmer Can Increase the Price OF
Their Land.
lColman's Rural World, 2O.I
: The prudent farmer will not permit the
manure that is made through the winter
season to go TO waste; and If he is very
wise, he will not be content with simply
hauling out a half dozen loads, when, if it
is carefully saved, he might have twenty
loads or more to put on his land.
Simple as the above may seem, it con-
taius enough 10 make poor man rich.
Manure is what every farmer wants to
make his land produce without it, in some
form, he may labor in vain TO get ahead !;
with it, he can build fine houses and barns,
keep his fences in good repair, his land in
the best cultivation, every acre producing
TO its utmost capacity, yielding profit
THAT enables the owner 10 enjoy the COM
forts and .uxuries so necessary 10 ones
highest enjoyment and great good.
The Kinds of Food For Fat and
Lean Persons.
Cor, st. Louis Journal
Ii you are lean, cold, restless, and ner-
vous, the body needs carbon for the lungs,
heat for the system and fat for the flesh
only, however in such quantity as will be
digestible, or, in other words
only so much a IS easily and fully adapt
ed TO i, and designed for its Use through
the blood, bone and muscle. These car
foods are lat meats, good but
ter, sugar molasses, corn diet, rice ppta-
toes.
II, on the cOntr,ry, you are becoming,
ileshy, iistleSs, deficient III mental power
and desirable energy, then less carbonifer-
Gus and more nitrogenous food Is called
for; such as lean beef, southern corn,
beans, peas, oatmeal, pearl barley, tish,
cheese and milk. w hen the system Is over
charged with alkaline impurities ii calls
Tor acids, which are useful in eliminating
the useless, and therefore, harmless cle-
ments. They are TO be found in the juices
Of all fruits and some vegetables. OxalIc
acid is obtainabe from garden rhubarh,
citron, shaddOCk AMI, in connection with
malic acid, in the currant, straw berry,
raspberry, cherry, bilberry and
tam:Ti,d.
How 80 Remove hugs From Vines.
Osborne County Farmerl
To Destroy bugs on squash or cucumber
vines, dissolve i tablespoonful OF saltpetre
in pailfUl Of water; put one pint of this
around each hill, shaping the earth so that
it will not spread much, and the thing is
done. Use more saitpetre II you can afford
il; il is good for vegetables, but death TO
animal lie. The bugs burrow in the earth
at night and fail to rise in the morning.
II is algo good TO kill the ''grubs' in peach
trees-only use twice as much, say quart,
to each tree. There was not a yellow or
blistered leaf on twelve or fifteen trees to
which it was applied last season. No dan
ger of killing any vegetables with it;
solution applied TO beans
makes them grow wonderfully.
Directions for Budding Orchard
Trees
TP.T. Quinn in ScIibner's.l
The proper time for budding extends from
The middle of July until the first of Septem-
Der. Whenever the bark separates easily
from the wood, the buds may be set with 4
fair chance of success. The outfit for bud
ling consists Of some narrow strips of bass
mating, such as comes on the inside OF cof-
lee bags, and pocket-knife with 4 single
blade, and small piece of ivory is used to
raise the bark up on either side, so the bud
nay be pressed into place. The buds TO be
inserted should be cut from young, healthy
rees, and always of the present years
growth, those that are most natural being
elected. The leave may then be clipped
,fi the branch OF but :, leaving, say half an
nch of the leaf stalk attached to the bud
Then, with keen edged knife, cut off each
Dud separately, from i half to three quar-
ers OF an inch in length, leaving thin
'lice of wood back of the eye or bud. These
hould be moist and protected from fhe sun
)r air until set; exposure, even for a short |
line, may prove fatal.
When the whole top or any part of it is |
o be budded over, select the spot for each |
,ud in smooth part of the limb, not too
arge, say from one to two inches in diam
ter On this part make an incision
through the bark in the form of the capital |
eiter +, and raise or separate the bark |
rom the wood with the ivory on the handle |
# the knife. The bud may then be pressed
nto place. Cut off square the portion that
,oes above the cross incision. Then. with |
strip of the bass mating, wrap firmly |
round the branch, above and below the
ye, fastening the end of the strip by slip
mot.