The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-05
HOUSE AND FARM.

crowded the well -developed and quickly |
grown root is better than two or three starv- |
ed ones.
Thought the Old Way the Best
kansas Spirit, as-l
A Colorado dealer recently loaded forty
teams with wool, in preference TO shipping
by rail, claiming that he could rave money
by thus returning TO first principles.
SunHoWers for Fuel.
/, has been discovered by Minnesota
farmers that two acres of suntiowers will
supply family with fuel through a long
of the seed make roaring and cheerful
fires.
Spiced Grapes.
Seven pounds of grapes; four pounds OF
sugar; one pint OF vinegar; one tablespoon
of cinnamon, and one of spice; two table
spoons cloves. Seal tight.
To Cure n GOitre.
[Cor. Chicago Tribune.l
To cure the goitre use colorless Iodine,
by applying externally to the parts affect
ed two or three times day.
DO Not NEEDLE too Much With Fancy
Poultry.
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1t is not we'll for the farmer OF ordinary
circumstances TO NEEDLE much with fancy
poultry, not because poultry is an unimPor-
tant item on the farm, but because II will
not pay him to breed for fancy alone.
Should he do so, he will come 10 grief
thereby.
Care Of Verbcna Cuttings.
Cor. Chicago Tribune
IL
ing verbena cuttings. Take good soil, to
which add two-thirds sand, and make up
little bed three inches deep with 1t In
shady part of the garden. In this bed
place your cuttings; keep them just reas-
onably wet then, when rooted, put off in
small pots, shade day or two, and take
into the house for winter before fires are
made watch green-fy and mildew.
A Good Winter Climber.
Prairie Farmer, 81
This fine climber may be started from
seed in the latter part of the summer, and,
if potted and kept in in the house during
the winter, will be pretty climber, and
may be turned out in the garden in June
| for summer blooming. The seed requires a
strong heat to make it terminate promptly.
| Before planting pour hot water on the seed,
| SOW in a seed pan or pot, cover with light
of glass and expose to the hot sun or keep
them otherwise warm until they sprout
When two or three inches high pot, singly,
and as they run, let the tendrils cling TO a
frame or Irvine. A varig.ted variety is
sold by florists.
The Difference.
Kansas Spirit, Isl
The New England Agricultural Society
offers a premium Of 81 200 Tor horse trots,
and So as the sum total for prizes on but
ter and cheese. This parallels in absurdity
some of the prizes offered by our kaw al
lev fair managers. No wonder some OF our
old staid farmers feel "disgruntled' about
the manner Of conducting fairs. But we
must live and learn.
Green Corn ~ Good for Hogs.
kansas Spirit, 2s
When green corn is in the milk it can be
fed to hogs with the best fattening results.
An acre of green corn may not be 40 profit
bic in feeding swine az an acre OF ripe corn,
but when it Is desirable To put on TAT quick
| ly for market, or for exhibition at fairs,
nothing will do the work quicker than corn
in the milk.
COIlOdiOn for Sores.
A Brunswick journal recommends the
application OF collodion as the best pro-
lection OF threatening or actual sores on
horses from the friction or pressure OF the
saddle or the harness. The collection
dries instan;aneously, forming thin film
over the tender place, which is thus pro-
| tected from dirt and air, and placed under
the most favorable conditions for rapidly
healing, and the horse can be worked as
usual without hindering the cure.
po Not Siarve YOur stock.
fCor Turf, Field and FARM
An OK requires two per cent. day OF
his live weight Of hay that is if the OK
weighs two thousand pounds, he requires
forty pounds of hay; il he is working, two
and a half per cent A mich COW should
have three per cent. of her weight, as she
is proportionately lighter than the OK, and
part OF the substance of her food
goes to form milk. In fattenipg an OK he
may be fed five per cent. All good grow
ing sheep take four per cent, and growing
animals require more food, and 1t is very
poor economy to starve them. Loss OF
flesh and health is the result with them
all, and often part die OF disease.
butter should be Well salted And
Worked.
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When the butter comes from the churn /
work it enough to extract all the milk
can without injury to the gram, then salt,
using almost twice the quantity necessary
to prepare it for the table, of the very best
dairy salt, working it in well. Let 1t stand
twelve hours in cool place; then work
again, and you will be surprised at the
H. ,fIlyr- MI
II you taste, you will find very bitter.
Make into rolls, and when it comes to the
table, you will see no streaks, but only solid
gold.
A subject that should Interest Every
kansas Farmer, rs
The subject of home buildings is one of
the most important questions to be consid-
cred by the farmers in their meetings, ag-
ricultural associations and oranges, and
plans for laying out grounds into fields,
lawns, orchards, groves and yards should
be discussed by speakers and essayists who
have made the subject of landscape gar
dening and branches connected with 1t
study.
An ornamented and comfortable home
has many strong ties of interest for the
family, while the uncouth, unsightly habi-
tation is repulsive. offending the finer tastes
and failing in one of the chief elements of
home which is to create love for the spot
where the family is growing up to man
and womauhoed.
To Boys.
Early Devil
Boys often think it does not make any
difference how they live when they are
young that when they come to settle down
as men they can leave all their wild ways
and begin again. Whenever they sop do |
ing wrong, they think they will be Just the |
same as if they had always done right |
But this il great mistake Every thing |
a boy or man does helps to make him.
Every boy should be careful not to fall in
to any habits he does not want to carry
with him after he grows up, for he will |
find it very hard work for to throw them
of. Whatever he would like to be when |
he becomes a man, he should try to be |
while he is boy.
What . Man Thinks About Eating |
ICor. Inter-Ocean, 3d.
Considerable has been said about tidy |
ironing, etc. i am a man |
and have had to put up with many thing |
that did not please me, but | had rather |
wear my clothes without ironing than have
ate meals. II a man ever feels like put
ling in few cuss word-, it is when he
comes in at II o'clock and sees piles of nice,
lean, well-ironed clothes and no signs OF |
Inner. i like to see everything done in
Ipple-pie order; but if there is not help
nOugh to do it all, women should study
which is most necessary and for the great
st benefit to the family, and do the most