Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-07-04
HOUSE AND FARM.
Favna - 4 0srA~n N6ses.

To maintain q herd of cows successful
ly it is as we'll to have one-sixth OF them
two years old, one sixth three. and the
same numbtr of the ages OF four, five,
six and seven years. ..y ...
There is no reason Why green peas
should not b" eaten during the entire
+ summer. The majority Of the people,
however, who have gardens content them
selves with one or two plantings Of this
wholesome and delicious vegetable.
." Frequently we see grape tre'lises made
wholly Of wooden bars, which the vine
tendriIs cannot clasp or climb on. Verti-
cal wires, eight inches apart. are neatest.
and carry tho, weight ot shoots loaded
!; with fruit without yielding, but light rods
or neat twjggy brush answer we'll for the
vine to climb by, and such support is es-
sential for free and perfect growth.
Some sensible, writer truthful" says
that 'smost diseases Of cattle are produced
by wrong treatment-too much feed at
one time, too little at another; tor rich at
one time, TOO poor at another. etc. II all
horses and cattle were fed and watercd
and Used properly there would be little
disease, and all silments could be cured
by simple remedies, which every man has
or may have at hand
Poughing green crops into the ground
to act as a manure was long practised by
The ancient Romans. and is done in Italy
and mary other, countries where the soil
and climate are favorable. This mode of
1ertiiizing is specially suited TO warm
countries where vegetation is rapid and
]uxurious: In the southern countries of
Europe the harvest is early and the crops
removed in tins sufficient to allow the
maturity of the green plants the same
season.
The best time to cut wheat according
to Missouri 1armer, is 'when it is pass
Ing out of stiff dough, or when the ker-
mel is plump yet soft enough to mash
with the hand; but when 10 cut It must
not lay many hours in the hot sun to
cure, but should be bou,vd Immediately
and set up in shocks very soon after. II
wheat stands on the .haulm until dead
ripe it will make less and interi.r -four,
because the bran Will be thicker and
harder and win cut up. IN grinding, thus
giving the -four a'sdarker sbade. The
and I've laid by TIE binder either to right
or left as need ~be, SO that. four or five
.swaths are thrown together, which will
save much time in shocking.
This timely item appears in the South.
ern Husbondnsa's .--4e~~dsetEoy Iugs on
ssquashes and cucumber tviEes dissolve
tablespoonful of saltpetre In . pailtui of
water, put pint Of is4arouad each hill
shaping the earth So. tina: it will not
spread much, and the thing is done. The
more sa1tpetre, if you can afford tit is
good to vegetable but death to animal
life.. The bugs burrow in the earth at
night and fail to rise in the morning. 1t
is also good to kill grub in peach trees
only twice as much, say q quart to each
tree. There was not a yellow or blister
ed leaf on twelve or fifteen trees to which
it was applied last season. No: danger Of
killing aDv vegetable with it-a concen-
trated solution applied tc beans makes
them, grow wonderfully.
To Tell A Fatty RtDened water.Aelon.
= When the melon begins; to change
color inside, and its seeds. to turn, black,
small. black speck, scale, or bliste-,
begins to appear On the outer cuticle Or
rind. These are multiplied and enlarged
as the fruit natures. A ripe melon will
show them thickly sown over the surface.
A. partial developments. only indicates
talf-ripened fruit. "A full crop of blisiers
reveals its perfect ripeness:. When hum
dreds OF melons are strewn, along the
side walk, you will have to look pretty
sharply to find one that exhibits a sat,s-
factory ' escutcheon," to borrow: term
from NJ, .Guenon. But it is unfailing
when found, and by fo. lowing this guide
you may walk awav with your melon
with the most entire COZ fdence. TIE
blister is only to be seen upon close in
spection, but is plainly visible when that
is given: .s.~.~: -. i -:..,
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