The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-07-03
HOUSE AND FAR MI ].
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There is no reason why green peas
should not be eaten during the entire
summer The majority Of the people,
however, who have gardens content them
selves with one or two paintings of this
wholesome and delicious vegetable
Frequently we. see grape trellises made
wholly of wooden bars, which the vine
tendrils cannot clasp Or climb on. Verti-
cal wires, eight inches apart, are neatest,
and carry the weight OF shoots loaded
with fruit without yielding, but light rods
Or neat twiggv brush answer well for the
vine to climb by, and such support is as.
senhal tor free and perfect growth.
Some sensible writer truthfully says
that most diseases Of cattle are produced
by wrong treatment--too much feed at
one time, too little at another; too rich at
one time, too poor at another, etc. II all
horses and cattle We're fed and watered
and used properly there would be little
disease, and all ailments could be cured
by simple remedies, which every man has
Or may nave at hand S #
Ploaghing green crops into the ground
to act as a manure was long practised by
the ancient Romans, and is done i'll ITALY
and many other countries where the soil
and climate are favorable. This mode of
tertilizing is specially suited TO warm
countries where vegetation is rapid and
luxurious. In the southern countries of
Europe the harvest is early and the crops
removed in time sufficient to allow. the
maturity Of the green plants the same
season. -.s...~., air., .,,0., 50. .-.-. .4 t..r's
The best time to cut wheat, according
to q Missouri farmer, is tswhen it is pass
ing out Of a stiff dough, CT when the ker-
mel is plump yet soft enough to mash
with, the hand; but when so cut it must
not lay many hours in the hot sun to
cure, but should be bound Immediately
and set up in shocks very soon after. If
wheat stands On the haulm until dead
ripe it will make less and inferior -four,
because the bran will be thicker and
harder and will cut up in grinding, thus
giving the. flour darker shade The
sheaf should be made Of medium size
and be laid by the binder either to right
or left as need be, so that four OF five
swaths are thrown together, which will
save much time in shocking. .....
This timely item appears in the South.
e1p Husband9naap. To destroy bugs on
squasbes and cucumber vines dissolve a
tablespoonful Of saltpetre in pailtul of
water, put pint of this around each hill
shaping the earth 50 that it will not
spread much, and the thing is done The
more saltpetre, 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. It
is also good to kill grub in peach trees :
only twice as much, say o quart to each
tree. There was not yellow or blister
ed leaf On twelve or fifteen trees to which
it was applied last season. No danger Of
killing any vegetable with ia concen-
trated solution applied to beans makes
them grow wonderfully. H5's
To Tell a Fully Ripened sxvater-aTelon.
When the melon begins to change
color inside, and its seeds to turn black,
small black speck, scale, or blister,
begins to appear Cd the outer cuticle or
rlud. These are multiplied and enlarged
as the fruit natures. a ripe melon will
show them thickly sown over the surface.
4 partial development only indicates
half-ripened fruit. Afull crop of blisiers
reveals its perfect ripeness. When hun
dreds OF melons are strewn along the
side walk, you will have to look pretty
sharply to find one that exhibits a salts.
factory s. escutcheon,n to borrow a term
from NJ. Guenon. But it is unfailing
when found, and by TO. lowing this guide
you may walk away with your melon
with the most entire confidence. The
blister is only to be seen upon a close in
sspectlon, but is plainly visible when that
IS given. ~ ~ n
sa .sa.-- sl Poultry Notes. ~
Powdered hellebore and sulphur, mix
ed, is good to- sprinkle around the nests
ofsltting hens. sl 81, +g l#,
Arrange for placing chicken coops
among your garden vegetables, for the
chicks will keep in check the insect pest.
Gapes IN chickens or turkeys can be
cured by giving them q mixture Of hen's
oil and camphor-two drops Of camphor
mixed with. three drops of Oil. Open the
chicks mouth and drop the mixture
down its throat then rub oil on the out
side Of the neck. Red pepper mixed
With the food, weekly, will keep the
fowls in healthy condition .s.6 .a..;.
To bring a chilled OF wet chick or
young turky to- renewed life, hold it overa
smudge Or smoke from wood fire. This
remedy will resuscitate a chick when Sc
far gone as to appear lifeless.
Protecting Cnrnields from7 Birds 81
The crow the blackbnd, and the blue
jay. are the only bird to
modest our corndelds, and this for. a
period of about two weeks, starting from
the time the corn is up. TO project The
fields againlt their depredations many
devices are restored to, two Of which at
least are effeetual, the rest doing little Or
nothing in ayerting the mischief. The
frst.is the running of Irvine around the
field, eliyated six to eight feet from the
ground on poles; but this requires time
and somewhat zofexpense. The. other is to
sow corn over the field to feed the
hungry birds. 1T is not necessary to ex.
tend this sowing over more than d small
portion Of the ground at to or three diff ]
sferent places, at the head lands. ,3s
The depredators would soon discover
charitable donation, and be perfectly sat
listed with the arrangement, leaving the
Young plants unframed. In providing
the remedy the time spent would be
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