Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-07-24

Best OF all corn bread you meet,
It will make your boys eyes chine,
II hes like that boy Of mine;
II You have dozen boys,
To increase your household joys,
Double then, this rule. l should,
Ana your have two corn cakes good,
When you've nothing nice for tea,
This the very thing will be;
All the men that have seen
Say 1t Is OF cakes the queen;
Good enough for any king
That husband and home can bring
Warming up the human stove,
Cheering up the hearts you love:
And only Tyndall can explain
The links between corn bread and BRAIN
Get n husband what he likes.
And save u hundred household strikes.
Lydia ". Miiiard.
THE American agricultural imple-
ments at the Paris Exposition are pro-
nounced by French journals unrivaled
in Europe. Oregon and California
wheat attracts great attention, also the
mineral products from the Pacific coast.
The number Of articles sent for exhi-
bi.:cn is double that sent to Paris in
1867, or to Vienna in 1873.
If farmers think they have any rights,
and deem them worthy of preservation,
they must devise some plan for acting
in concert, for individually they are
helpless against organized bodies whose
interests conflict. Farmers clubs are
excellent institul lions, so far as they go;
but these are necessarily limited in
their action, as there is no bond of union
to cement them into formidable or
efficient working body Exchange.
SALT FOR PEAR BLIGHT. "A correspon-
dent of the Detroit Post and Tribune saws
salt sown around the roots of pear trees
is sure cure for the blight. 1t Will
prevent blight without fail, and cure it
unless the tree is too far gone. The
cure will be gradual, but in TWO or three
years a blighted tree will regain perfect
health. have been trying this treat
ment for upwards of twelve years upon
my trees, and each year strengthens
my conviction that salt Is the long
sought remedy. | was led to try it by
seeing 1t stated that the pear tree origin
ated in some of the salt marshes of Eu-
rope. Brine, especially old meat brine,
will not do. Bury dry salt near the
trunk, a few inches below the surface.
The moment you see the pear leaves
looking as if sprinkied or hastily dipped
in ink, you may be sure that it is blight,
and the tree will surely die unless the
disease is arrested by the use of salt.
HINTS ON WORKING BUTTER.--Do not
work too much nor too fast. Work
slowly until all is thoroughly and even
ly absorbed, otherwise the butter will not
be of uniform color. Working it too
fast will destroy the grain, and the but
ter becomes salvy and lard-like in its
texture. Let it stand or put it away on
the tray for twenty-four hours. Then
work it enough to remove all the but
termilk or surplus brine, so that the
butter may become dry or like piece
of cheese. Mold into rolls and set these
away for twenty-four hours, or until
they become hard and firm. The cloth
should now be put on, so as to cover
one end, while the other is left open for
the stamp. The cloth should be cut in
pieces of exact size and dipped in brine,
and the butter rolled when the cloth is
dripping wet. Butter should never
come in contact with the bare hand.
When in bulk it can be easily handled
with ladle and flat paddle.-Journdl
of Chemistry.
WEEDs.-Weeds are like Banquo's
ghost. They will not "down at your
bidding" No matter how much you
mutiate them, and disturb the soil un.
der them, if you leave them on the sur
face in rainy day they will persist in
growing They cling to life like cats
and some other animals, which, strange
as it may seem, prefer to live rather than
die. But no tender hearted sentimental.
ism mustbe allowedto come in andwean-
EN- the efforts ofthe agricultural army in
its war Of determination against the
weeds. No looping off here and there q
leaf or sprout viii amount to anything
No halfway work will answer the pur-
pose; the evil must be removed root
and branch, prohibited, suppressed OBJ
liberated. you adopt the false theory
that mild measures are best, and mere
ly cut off the tops while the roots are
left in the ground, you will soon
find them springing up with more vigor
and power for mischief than before.
Radical mearures and no other are in
order among June weeds. 1t is not
necessary for the legislature to proclaim
a prohibitory law against them. The
law of nature and self preservation
demands that they be exercised, ban
ished put down, and this law must be
enforced, or they will get the advantage
of the corn and potatoes. and when
harvest time comes there will be moth
ing but weeds to Vermont Re
cord and Farmer.