Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-05-01
THE FARM.
10 A COW.

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| why, COW. how canst thou be eatisnedi
so wen content with all things here below.
90 unootrustve aud 90 sleepy.eyed
no 90 meek .l 90 lazy, and 10 awful slow!
Inat nsught 10 ~ 1t should be on this earth,
Anmt grievoueiy the world needs 10 bc hxed-
m, nn.t nothing we can give has any worth,
sin a. s,s n.ra that NE is full OF care
Anst love 10 iolly friendship but snares
Prit! COW. this is no time for laxincss!
me cud thou chewest 10 not what It seems!
| yet up ana moo! Tear round and quit thy
LOSSES by failures recorded during a
few weeks past among the stock-breed-
ers of the famous bluegrass regions of
kentucky, aggregate more than 81 600, :
| FROM a chemical standpoint the roots
of an acre Of clover contain lS5 pounds
OF nitrogen, 24O pounds of lime, IS
magnesia, IS potash, 10 pounds of soda,
~ sulphur, and 20 pounds of phosphor.
ic acid.
LAST year 1O,OOS horses, 5S3 asses,
and % mules were slaughtered at "6l
horse butchers" establishments in Paris.
France. An establishment of the kind
is soon to be opened in London.
SECRETARY OF STATE EvARTs is famous
tor raising large cattle. He has lust
sold from his Windsor (Vt.) farm, yoxes
Of oxen that weighed $3.50 and 4 1851
pounds, and two cows that weighed
400 pounds each.
To WASH GREASY WooL.-Dissolve a
large tablespoonful of borax in pint of
boiling water. Mix one quarter of il in
the water III which the wool is to be
washed. Put in one piece of goods at
a time, using soap if needed, and if
necessary add more of the borax water.
Wash well and rinse in cold water, or in
water only slightly warmed. Shake
well, and hang where the goods will dry
quickly. For twenty-six years l have
used for washing my white flannels water
about rs hot as would be used for cot.
ton clothing. My fiannels are beautiful
ly soft rs well rs white. I never have
any shrink.
The statistician of the Department of
Agriculture, at Washington, says that
half the counties of the United States
show that the number of hogs rails ed
annually is nearly 10000, 600. OF this
number nearly 100000 are annually
affected by disease, and of the hogs 40
affected. about one-half die, represent
ing a money loss of about $4,000, 900
annually. Reports from forty-nine
counties in Indiana show that 1884 ,OS2
hogs are raised annually. At the same
proportion ~ before we should have
about $4,000 hogs affected with the
cholera in the forty-nine counties, or
SAC, 500 in the state.
| PRESERVING FENCE POsTs. The Amer
ican Chemist says: wood can be made
to last longer than iron in the ground.
Posts can be prepared for less than two
cents piece. This is the recipe: Take
boiled linseed oil and stir it in pulver.
lied charcoal to the consistency of paint
Put a coat of this over the timber, and
there is not a man who will live to see
it rot" Like many other sayings and
recipes, this statement is made by q
man who evidently has never had proofs
of what he says; yet l am sure that two
or three good coats of this mixture, ON
the parts of the posts that go into the
ground, will prove good preserver for
them; but single coat will not suffice.
The charcoal should be finely pulver
lied, and the first coat should not con-
tain much charcoal, as the oil should
be free to FIJI up the outer pores OF the
wood, when the charcoal may be freely
applied. But let no one expect this to
preserve posts made of wood that soon
decay naturally, but use oak, chestnut,
Or cedar, and apply three coats OF this
paint; and your children probably will
see them in a state Of decay-not YOU,
unless you live TO be very old.
PROPAGATION OF CONIFEROUs TRKEs.-
An English writer remarks that "there
are two golden rules to be observed in
propagating coniferous trees. and they
are easily remembered: l. Cuttings
should be made when the growth is only
partially ripened, as they will then root
quickly, and (2) seeds should be sown
as soon rs they are obtained, especially
when imported" Practically, cuttings
of many conifers may be grown ut any
season, especially arbor vitgs, expresses
ETC., but the above plan is almost imper.
alive with some species that are increas.
ed with difficulty. Cuttings should always
be small and carefully prepared; re.
move few Of the lowest leaves, then
dibble closely in a pot half filed with
crooks, and the rest clipped moss OF
peat, with two inches of silver-sand or
the top. Shut up close and keep mod
erately moist till rooted. Too much
moisture will cause them to rot, and toe
little will make them shrivel. Seeds
freshly removed from cones are much
more likely to grow than those which
have been separated for some time
Sow in pots Of loan well-drained, ant
place in q cold frame.--N Y Tribune
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