The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-07-04
HOUSE AND FARM.

nopds IN a coronet.
The no5lest men on earth are those
Whose hands are brown with toll.
The economy OF waste m after is what
tells in all things. 1t tells Oh the farm par
The California peach crop will be small
and the fruit inferior this year, says the
San Francisco Bulletin.
Over 1000 farmers in Main have taken
hold of the best sugar enterprise aud are
raising this root for the factory in that
State.
1t is dangerous thing, from ahyRenic
point, to dig a cellar in a wet soil. Better
not have cellar if you can't be certain
that it will be dry.
Sorghum syrup is being extensively
used for curing fresh meat. One packing
firm in ST. Louis uses five hundred barrels
OF it every season.
There is paragraph going the rounds
of the press which saws: 'If you will plant
seed of the castor bean where moles are
most troublesome it will drive them away"
GIyccrine in Group.
Glycerine is being used abroad to prevent
the further formation Of false membrane in
Group after the operation of tracheotomy
has been performed.
60 slow On the New Varieties.
Go slow on the new varieties, is Mr.. j.
NJ Smiths advice, and his long experience
as one OF the most successful market gar
deners and fruit growers in the great West
should give him privilege OF speech.
Give Your Animals Plenty Of Food.
Prairie Farmer, 20
No animals unless fed well at all times,
can give a constant return Tor the food con-
sumed, and no pasture is safe from injury
by over feeding ii over run in dry weather
by heard OF poor, hungry animals.
Succession Crops Must nOs be Oyer
looked.
Succession Crops will not be overlooked
by those who would make the most OF their
gardens Corn, Bush-beans, Beels and
Cucumbers may be sown.
When 20 use Lime or Ashes.
IAmericsn Agriculturist.l
They may be spread at any time in the
fall or winter Lime dissolves slowly, but
most readily, in the coldest water. The
potash of the ashes that NAV be dissolved
cut will be retained in the soil.
Di.ense Among Horses.
Prairie Farmer, -
II is reported that fatal epizootic has
broken out among the horses at kenosha,
Wis, and there are reports Of the death of
valuable stock in other localities.
Do not let sweet Potato Vines Take
Root.
Sweet potatoes need to he kept clear Of
weeds until they cover the ground. In
northerh climates the vines should be pre-
vented from taking root at the joints, which
is easily done by running Il rake or smooth
pole under, and lifting them.
Keep Good Poultry and Feed Well.
Prairie Farmer, 29.l
Civ full grown fowls Just as much as
they " III readily eat, and no more.
The smaller you can get bantam, the
more desirable it is, providing it be perfect
in poi..is.
Work Bces thc Same Du,ing July
n.iH June.
Cooks Manual of the Apiary.l
The work in the apiary in July is about
the same as that OF June. Supercede all
poor and feeble queens. Keep the bass
wood honey by itself, and remove boxes or
frames as soon as full. Be sure that queens
and workers have plenty of room TO do their
best, and do not suffer the hot sun to strike
the hives.
soda RS q Relief for Burns.
Common baking soda-the bicarbonate-
has been found to cure burns or scalds, al
10 saf, tl.-
applied. For dry burn the soda should
be made into paste with water. For a scald
or wet burned surface the powdered soda
Tor borax will DO as welll should be busted
on.
What Mr. Beecher says About Trans
planting IresS.
kansas Spirit.l
The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, who is as
good authority in the matter OF tree plant
ing as in the mysteries OF theology, says
that he does not lose one per cent of the
hundreds OF evergreens he annually moves,
and he had as lief transplant in July as in
May, in November as in June; and he adds
that mulching, summer and winter, is su-
preme safety for ornamental trees and for
fruit trees.
In Cuba, instead of the milkraan making
his daily rounds with wagon, beq, and cans
filled with milk, or a substitute, as the case
may be, he drives COW or cows from door
TO door of his customers and milks the pre-
ci-e quantity wanted. OF course, under
this system the milk is milk, but little
must be made to go long way and it
ought to bring long price.
To Treat a Puffy T0mOr on n COIt's
Leg.
Prairie Farmer, 2a1
Clip the hairs short over the surface of
the tumor, and apply portion OF the fol-
lowing liniment; Take one drachm of
biniodide of mercury and ten drachms Of
hogs lard; mix. A portion may be applied
on four successive mornings, without BAN
daging, tying the colt the first day so that
he cannot reach to interfere with the blis
ter. On tie fifth day wash the parts clean,
and apply a coat OF lard to the place dur
ing a week or ten days thereafter. The
treatment NAV be repeated after fourteen
days if necessary. Then give long liberty
on pasture.
Rye SONn Among Corn 20 Enrich the
Soil.
lExchange.l
Rye among corn, sown at the last hoeing,
for plowing under the next spring, is a
practice often adopted for the purpose OF
the soil, and is a cheap end
means to desirable end One
and half bushels of seed per acre are
used.
a Heifcr May be Made 20 Give MIX
Without Calying.
TAmerican Agriculturist, July.l
1t is not only possible, but easy, to bring
4 heiier, that has not yet had a calf or that
has not even been bred TO a bull, into milk.
All that is necessary is to excite the lac
teal organs by permitting a calf to suck, or
by the action Of milking with the hands or
fingers. We have seen two virgin heifers
taking their place among The cows in a
dairy, 10 be MIXED twice day, and one of
them gave quarts day at II months OF
age.
Why Chickens Lose Their Feather.
IAmerican Agriculturist, July:l
Poultry will frequently drop their feath-
ers when over-ied upon corn, buckwheat, or
,ther heating food. The remedy is to feed |
1nly chopped cabb age or turnips, or turn |
hem into a grass field for a few days. A |
ew pills of CASTLE soap, or half a tea
poonful of castor oil, will be OF benefit.
bout the Care of Ornamental Plants
aud Flowers.
fAmerican Agriculturist, JulyI
Only few plants will bloom continuous
v, winter and summer, and carnations,
oses, and others that are expected to flow
II in the window or greenhouse next win
er, should have their buds removed as they
appear House plants that have been
urned out of ,heir pots and set in the gar
len, will often grow during the season to a
ize that units them for their former use,