The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-12

-Dress your lands with fertilizers rath-
er tDan yourself with broadcloth. The one
reimburses the amount expended with in
tereSt, the other returns nothing, but con-
tinually clamors for further disburse-
ments.
\ Double Crop OF Tomatoes.
One or two instances have been noted in
Leavenworth county where two crops OF
tom toes have been grown from the same
vine this year.
A Good Crop Ot Oats.
tCor. Marion County Record, 81
Vim. E. Bozarth's oats yielded 20 bu.
per acre, machine measure. The ground
was measured and figures made by W.Hun-
ter, W. Yates and J. L. Fairbrother. His
turkey wheat also yielded 30 IL bu. for
each hushel sown.
Important 20 Cheese Manufacturers.
Prairie Farmer,7.l
The hot weather of July and August has
spoiled large quantities of cheese in ware
houses. Nothing in the history of cheese
in tha United States has had parallel to
It. Some good men have been entirely
ruined by it.
Anti6Otes for Diseases.
Kansas Spirit
Antidotes against all kinds of fevers are
pure air, we'll ventilated rooms, clean Gel
lars, frequent bathings, regular and frugal
diet. plenty of exercise and a cheerful trust
in Him who does all things well.
Let us PatrOnize Our Own People.
kansas Spirit
There are plenty of good reliable nurser-
les in Kansas, and there is no necessity of
sending abroad for anything in that line.
Patronize our own people and keep the
money at home.
An Old Orchard saved.
[Cor. Washington Paper.l
drought back an old orchard, apparent
ly dying, to fruitfulness BY the generous
use OF wood ashes, l sprinkled liberal
amount around each tree TO the circumfer-
ence of the extent of its branches, first stir
ring the soil well.
Dry sand l1r the Preservation OF
Fruit.
Prairie Farmer,
\ correspondent of the London Garden
claims 10 keep fruit all the year round by
packing in dry sand. He has SO kept
French crabs two years, and catillac pears
one year. There is no doubt Of the efficacy
of sand. and low dry temperature in keep
ing fruit. We have known grapes to be
preserved perfectly until spring.
Every One should Contribute To a
Fair.
kansas Farmer.1
Every farmer as well az every farmers
vile should have something on exhibition
at the fair. Farmers, carry along your
l. i
bors. Ladies bring along your handi work
for the floral hall, and show your skill and
show Your sisters what your skill and in
terested in grand display, and everyone
will be suie 10 witness II.
An Excellent RcIi,h.
philadelphia Record, 81
This PICKLE may be made from those Gu
cumbers which have grown too large for
picking whole. Peel, cut in half, remove
the seeds, and CRATE on a coarse CRATER
drain the water from, the mass, season
highly with pepper, salt and ground cloves,
cover with cold vinegar, bottle and seal.
Cattle Killed by the Remains Of
Glass Balls.
Prairie Farmer,
A dispatch from Tuscola, Ill, says:
"The strange and fatal cattle disease in
this city continues. The deaths among
milch cows in the town average about one
each day. 20 lar not one taken with the
disease has recovered. 1t is now suspected
by some that it is caused by the cows hav-
ing swallowed the broken particles Of glass
from the glass balls scattered over the
shooting ground"
To Relieve q Dog From Fleas.
Philadelphia Record, ST.
Dip the dog into a decoction of penny
royal once week. IT you cannot pr cure
the herb buy the oil oi:pennyroyal. sstura;e
a string with it and tie it around the dogs
neck; the string must be saturated with
the oil once a day for one or two weeks,
when the feas will be driven out
Give the BOys a Little Recreation.
Prairie Farmer, IL
There is no doubt that the boy who is to
grow up and stay on the farm and make a
successful farmer, must like his profession.
er profession in life. Ii the boy be worked
from daylight to dark, week in and week
out, with no recreation except what he gets
at church, very likely he will leave home
at the first opportunity for some more con-
genial occupation. We believe that, as a
rule, farmers work too many hours and
give themselves too little recreation.
A Sopply Of Grass Guaranteed.
dodge City Times,s.
The broad prairies are covered with
green and luxurient growth of grass. This
insures good winter stock range, for the
late rains have infused new life into the
buffalo heritage and guaranteed supply
of grass for the winter. Sometimes at this
season the grass has a deadened appear
ance, hut now the range is covered with a
green and lovely verdure. The summer
rains have been of great profit.
The Yield OF In Grain brown COun.
THiawatha Kansan. 81
The yield OF fall wheat in Brown county
I lis year is greatly superior-in quality
and quantity-to that Of previous years
and in both respects exceeds this years
crop west of us, as Mr.. Gaskill, of the Hia-
waiha elevator, informs Us. Spring wheat
ia not as good as previous years crops.
Corn is average in quality and greater guam
tity than ever before known in this country.
Barley is fair crop but somewhat stained
by vet weaibe-.
ryemty Ou OuT S""s
ICor. Marion County Record, 6.l
The peach crop is being slowed away in
cans and stomachs with great rapidity. and
Old Sol is at work drying up the juices OF
innumerable halves of the peaches on scat
folds and kitchen roofs; 70, some of US are
getting tired of chewing on the wormy,
wind-fall, burnt up refuse of eastern peach
orchards, that our grocers have hitherto
considered good enough for Us prairie |
dogs.
To Pickle String Beans.
philadelphia Record, s..
They should not be mere than half |
growth; put them into strong brine for
three DAYS, stirring occasionally; place |
them in preserving pan, with plenty OF
vine leaves both under and above them (;
cover with the brine in which they were
stepped, put something over them to keep
the steam from escaping, and set them over
q ve-y slow fire until they turn green, but