The Columbus journal., 1878-11-27
FARM NOTES.

AhMiNc deh pays cdNe tfS thdu
who spends his time at the CROP
shop.
FARMERS should mediate on
what they read, and read that
they may have food for medita-
tion.
A SuEEP-CoLLAR with sharp
points projecting has been invented
as protection against dogs, which
seize their victims by the throat.
THIS is an Indiana correspondents
way of utilizing apple juice: "Place
a strong iron-bound cask in a warm
place and put into il i'm the first
place few gallons of the best vine
gar. Then add once a week an
average of a pint of cider TO each
gallon of vinegar till the barrel is
full. This will give the very best
vinegar"
COTTAGE CHEEsE.-Take thick
milk, slice il each way with knife,
set il in a warm place, so that the
whey will leave the milk, but do not
let il get warm enough TO harden 1t
then put il in a cloth, and after il has
well drained hang it up; with the
hands rub il to a smooth paste; add
a very little fine salt; mix well I;
serve with thick cream, sweetened
and favored with vanilla.
EGGs hatch much better, if the
nests are made by placing G cut of
turf and a shovel of mold, sand or
ashes i'm q box or basket, and on
this little short straw, than if straw
only is used. In this way conve-
nient hollow is obtained that pre-
vents the eggs rolling out from un-
der the setting hen. In cool weather
the eggs are kept of much more
equal temperature than in nests
made simply of loose straw.
To PREVENT cholera among poul-
try, a supply of good, clean sand and
gravel should always be accessible
TO them. The water they drink
should be in'an iron vessel, or a
quantity Of rusty nails should be
Kept constantly i'm IL. Of course the
water should be pure and renewed
every day. Before adopting this
course, so-called cholera took one
half the flock, but now it never
makes an attack, even under circum-
stances more unlavcrable than form
erly.
PERSONS who have been dilatory
in taking into the house their tender
plants and now find them occasion
ally frost-bitten, may be glad tO
know that English gardners ihaw
them out successfully (when not toe
severely nipped) by sprinkling them
copiously with cold water. Ii j;
useless, however, to apply the cold
water before the temperature rise:
above the freezing point, for ther
the cure will be worse than the dis
ease. The disastrous effects of late
spring frosts may be rcmedied in /;
simi ar manner.
MANY farmers throw away the
old brine in beef and pork barrel,
and fish packages. Sometimes they
throw il on a grass patch or under ;
lItC dBu tlC Il
they desire to kill vegetation with i
they should pour il on patches o
burdocks or thistles, or around tree:
that are worthless. Ii is better
however, TO use IL for manure, il
which case il should &c applied
with judgment. 1t may be applied
10 asparagus beds or ounce tree
literally, but to other things spar
ingly. Ordinarily the best DISPOSE
tion 10 make of it is to pour il on |
manure or compost heap and allow
it TO be absorbed.-ErchGnge.
We have just been reading an &C
count of experiments made in Eng
land in dibbling wheat aud cult
waiting il like corn with the hoe
The seed was planted in drills, on,
foot apart, and four inches apart il
the rows. The spaces between tn
drill rows were carefully cultivated
until the plants had attained suffi
cient growth 10 interfere with tn,
work. The result was eigbty-fou
bushels per acre. Another expert
ment, with rows six inches apart AM
four inches apart in the rows, re
suited in yield of sixty mine bush
els per acre. Other cases might b.
given in which even greater success
attended this method of CROWN,
wheat. We would suggest that ou
readers test this method on a small
patch of ground-a square rod o
more. Have it accurately measured
put il into the best condition, anC
see what your land is capable O
producing. If it will pay we ough
to know il, and we will never fin
out without trying. You may b
compelled TO cultivate the squar
rod with the hand hoe; but, if il j
found to increase tie crop to an ex
tent that will justify the work, i'm
plements for cultivating by hors
power will speedily be Forthcoming
Ohio Farmer.