Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-12-04
AGRICULTURAL.

oi May. There is but one answer 10
make; !. The apples must be good
Keepers, free from bruises or blemisb
:. Ihey must be spread out on shelves
or packed in barrels. and kept in an at.
mosphere of from 40 to 81 deg, better
from ~ to 40 deg.-that is a tempera.
ture Ms eauable as possible Some rel.
lars are just the thing, and preserve
them beautifully. Others are too moist.
Where this is the case few bushels of
stone lime should be used. Sliding
shelves, six inches apart, latticed bot.
tom with II single layer of fruit. are ex.
tremely convenient, as they allow Of
constant examination without disturb.
ing the fruit. A friend informed us
that with large stand of these shelves
IN his cellar, with a few inches of lime
on the bottom OF the cellar, he kept his
apples until May in perfect condition
aud good fiavor.-Spirit Of Arkansas
HUMANE AND Rational CURE FOR
HORSE CoILc.-Colic Is one of the most
fatal diseases hoiseilesh is heir to, The
symptoms of colo are readily detected.
The animal scrapes with his forefeet.
kicks at the belly, and shifts about.
turns around, smells the floor, crouches,
puts the nose to the TANKS, lies down,
rolls, remains for time on the back,
and breathes heavily throughout. But
there Is a ready and safe means OF re-
lief and cure in every homestead in the
land-a means and method recently
brought forward ut n meeting of the
London Farmers Club, by Mr.. Frede-
rick Street, a gentleman of great skill
and experience in the training and
management ofhorses. When horse
shows the symptoms of an
attack of colo, apply at once,
says Mr. Street, II horse cloth,
or wooden rug wrung out Of boiling wa
ter, to the belly and up the sides, and
cover with another couple of cloths to
retain the heat. AS they cool, renew
| the cloths as often rs needful. A large
bran poultice, as hot rs can be borne,
is equally effective and retains the heat
longer. Western Agric,hurist.
SENTENTIoUs PARAGRAPHs.-At the
last meeting of the New York Farm
ers' Club DIR. A. S. Heath read the fol-
lowing paper: A successful club must
have short, pithy, pertinent speeches.
A chairman active,-discrimina
and independent; not afraid to suppress
nonsense, garrulity or vulgarity. He
should know that what is gracefully
done is easily and inoffensivey done.
Soils, like silks, are best when fine. A
part of the same field Similarly treat
ed,) when finely pulverized, will yield
fully one-third more Of crop than the
other part cultivated in slovenly way.
An orchard to be made fruitful and
have large, luscious fruit, must be
deeply cultivated between the rows,
but not too near the trees, and receive
liberal supply of barnyard manure
and fertilizer as a top dressing in the
spring, with good mulching in No
vember every year. Economy and
humanity both teaches us that to cook
food for all animals aids mastication,
Fpromotes digestion and saves the raw
material. Deep blowing aids natures
chemical action, 1rates the soil, pro-
notes the absorption of ammonia,
prevents drought, and drains wet
soils.-PhiLadelphia Practical Farmer.
SMALL COMPOST HEAPs.-Now that the
fall clearing of gardens, yards and fence
corners needs attending to, the following
remarks from the Germantown Telegraph
upon easy made compost heaps, is very
appropriate advice: All farmers know
the value Of compost and how to pre-
pare it. Many farmers manufacture
hundreds of loads of the best manure
in this way. They gather together on
the premises forest leaves, cornstalks,
including the roots, weeds, vines, ofial
from fence corners, muck from ponds
and bitches, occasional sprinkling Of
lime through the mass, layers of barn
yard manure, and thus build up oblong
squares and let remain over winter.
When April arrives the mass has gone
through fermentation and combination,
and presents mound Of fertilizng
matter better than a small gold mine
would be to the proprietor Of the farm.
But we want to see these compost heaps
in the garden, and there is no reason
why they should not be there rs well as
upon the farm. There il rubbish enough
in the garden, with the assistance Of
leaves, some mold from the woods if
attainable, if not, from portions of the
premises where it can be spared, scrap
ings from the turnpike, manure from
the stable, and every attainabie sab-
stance that will decay through the win.
ter. A little slaked lime will be a good
assistance. A half dozen loads Of ex-
cellent manure will be manufactured
by the time it is wanted in the spring,
without mourning a cent of actual ex-
pense, and at the same time the garden
viii! be cleared of its vines, stalks, weeds,
and all otherwise worthless trash.
DIVERSIFIED FARMING. - Although
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