The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-06-27
FARM AND GARDEN.

The nan who pays no interest is always
in clover. 1t is interest winch eats the
profits up, and few farms are prof table
enough 10 stand heavy mortgages.
iE Eou are n Farmer be a Good One.
tPioughman.l
If you are a farmer be good one. Farm
well have a good orchard, good garden,
good stock and an intelligent family. Be
intelligent yourself and thus secure the re-
spect Of all who know YOU.
We Must Learn what is New, and
Profit by II.
lExchange.l
When shall We learn that to pursue any
vocation in life we must keep pace with the
times? We must learn what is new. Read.
Digest! and apply the experience OF prac-
tical minds to the business in hand.
The Amount Of Plaster 10 be Used On
ON Ground.
prairie Farmer, ~
Sow broadcast on fresh plowed ground
preferably in the spring, and at the rate OF
800 TO 400 pounds per acre.
70 Make Cherry sauce for 1Inm edia ate
Use.
Kansas Farmerl
Take thoroughly ripe and stoned cherries,
pour over them a boiling hot syrup made
in the r-oportion OF hall a pound to
pound of fruit, set away until quite cold,
on ice, ii possible.
The Farmer Independent Even in
Hard Times.
lOhio Farmer.l
II his income is small! no man is better
prepared to meet hard times or to practice
economy than is the farmer, and when
providence awards him with bountiiul
crops he can feel that the blessings which
enrich him have made no one else poorer.
~.ay 10 Keep Birds from Cherries.
The Massachusetts, Ploughmon recon-
nends tying hen or well grown chicken
- brick and put it into an open willow
| basket and raise it up into the tree, where
it may be fastened among the branches.
Not bird will touch a cherry, and you
may have the pleasure of gathering this
delicious fruit yourself.
Care of Hands During Harvest,
lCor. Inter-Ocesn.l
noticed an inquiry in your paper for
receipt to keep the hands IRON getting sore
during harvest. | used camphOr dissolved
IN alcohol last harvest, and found it to be
he best preparation had ever used. Rub
| it on the hands morning, noon- and night
directly after washing them. got this re-
ceipt IRON neighbor who has used it with
success for many years.
When 80 sus s'imO,hy Grass.
Prairie Farmer, -.
Timothy grass should be cut as soon as it
is entirely out of blossom. At this time the
new bulbs, which form Just at the top OF
the ground, are in sufficient state OF for
wardness SO the bottom growth will not be
checked. When clover is mixed with the
timothy, the hay should be cut when the
| timothy is in proper condition. Timothy
| should not be cut so close as any of the
other grasses, since hot, dry weather sue
ceeding is apt 10 iniure the bulbs at the
base OF the stalk, upon which the succeed
ing years crop depends.
To Keep Furs in Summer.
[Cor. Chicago journal, d.
Furs or woolens may be kept safely from
moths during the summer by brushing
thoroughly, 80 as eradicate all the moth
eggs; then wrap them up in newspaper so
that every part is covered entirely. This
is unfailing if the clothes or furs be well
brushed before hand Some think gum
camphor put with them is desirable, but
have used only The newspaper, and never
had any trouble unless the moths were
there when wrapped up in it.
Blue Jeans and BrSgnns do not I'm.
dicate n piebIln Origin.
IExchan.el
No true farmer will be ashamed of his
vocation.
1t Is God-ordained and cutranks al 9th
ers point OF antiquity. BrOadclO:h and
| fine i,weiry do not make nobility, nor do
Jeans ant brogans indicate aplebesn origin.
All conditions and classes are dependent
upon the farmer for their daily bread. lie
feeds the world. Why then should he
not be proul to te known a. 4 tiller OF the
soil?
Get Ri1 OF year Poor stock.
kansas Farmer, lgl
There are great many poor COWS and
miserable bulls kept in the country, which
should be got rid of as soon as possible; but
there are also great many good COWS,
nearly or quite equal to some OF the pure
bred ones and these ought to e carefully
preserved for perpetuating me race. Every
iarmer should preserve ais best breeding
animals. Ii he must sell some let 1t be the
poorest, even if he cannot get half as much
for them.
size Tir,e 10 Set Out Strawberry
pianis-About Sage Planning.
Prairie Farmer, -.
Set out rooted plants as soon as formed
on the runners Never use old plants, and
spring is always preferable 10 summer plan
ting. Young plants only. =. Sow the seed
in the spring and transplant IN rows two
feet apart by twelve inches in the row.
' II. .,,,l h. k.fn hlsS-
souing time and dry in the shade. If
pulched in winter to prevent heaving 1t
will be better.
sweet Potato Vines as Food.
ATLANTA tGa.) Constitution.l
Our experience is TO cut sweet potato
vines when they cover the ground, leaving
about twelve inches near the root. They
are very hard to cure, but with patience it
may be done. But the very best tha; can
be done with them il to feed green, when
they make the very best feed for horses,
mules, cows or hogs. They are, thus fed,
especially fine for mich cows. After they
have been frost-bilien We think it will not
pay to save them. They may be piled up
on fence or any other place, where they
will ventila,e, and they will cure in from a
week 10 ten days, but generally with the
loss al the leaves. But the best time 10
feed them is when they are green.
= Cool Proceeding on the PART OF n
MuIe Thief.
Jewell City Mo-Di., %.
Last Thursday morning, two men in
Rocks county, took by force of arms, a span
OF mules from a man by the name Of L.
Tindall, ..and started for Missouri, where
they recently came from. 1t seems that the
youngest OF the guilty party, named l.. +.
kiucaid, wanted TO return 10 Missouri Tor
his family, and having no mode OF convey
anoe, asked his neighbor Tindali, for the
loan OF a!mule team. This, Tindall refused;
in consequence OF which Kinciid said,
drawing a revolver, "Sgueal, and | will
blow your brains out" He then mounted
one OF the mules and rode away, leading the
other one. The older party, Kincaid's
father-in-law, was caught and placed in
custody in Bethany, Mo.
Experience In the Culture of Corn.
tCor. Colman's Rural world.I
Firs. broke the land deep with a stout
shoyel-plow and two horses, and, as a long
wet spell prevented my planting right
away, the weeds and grass began to take
possession OF the land. | then took my
turning -plow and listed" it, throwing two
burrows together in the form of a ridge for
each row, but planting between the ridges
My first plowing of the corn was across the
ridges, and the next was along them. This
is as far as have got yet, and the soil is
still little higher where the ridges were.
But never saw a cleaner or prettier piece
of corn in my life, or one that grew faster.
OF course such plan would not do on wet,
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