Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-07-05
AGRICULTURE.
TO REMOVE CINDERs FROM THE Eye

water ana passed over inc Dall OI TIC
eve on raising the lid. The operation
requires no skill, takes but moment,
and instantly removes any cinder or
particle Of dust or dirt without inilam-
ing the eye.
TO RESTORE CoLoR.-Whcn color Oh
fabric has been accidentally or other
wise destroyed by acid, ammonia is APP
piled to neutralizc the acid, after which
an application Of chloroform WILL in al
most all cases restore the natural color.
The application Of ammonia is common,
but that Of chloroform is little known.
INK STAINS ASD GREASE SPoTs IF our
readers desire good recipe for taking
ink stains and grease spots out Of goods
of any description, the following simple
application will be found effective:
Rub the stained goods with light bread
few minutes, and the ink or grease
will disappear by absorption.
LIGHT BREAD. Two quarts of flour,
one teaspoonfnl Of sugar, one teaspoon
full Of salt, half u tea cup Of yeast, one
egg, well beaten, one pint Of water.
Sift the flour and divide it into three
parts. Mix one third in the batter, one
third in the iar to rise IN, and pour the
other third over the batter Let it stand
two hours and then work il well, adding
small piece Of lard before baking.
JERSEY MILK.-The Jersey milk has
the largest globulcs, il will consequent
y make lirmcr butter, winter and sum
mer; the cream will rise quicker,
hence il will retain more Of it'll fine
flavor and be less exposed to tnints.
But then Jersey butter is also yellowish,
and the reason is, according to Dir.
Sturtcvnnt, that the fats Of the Jersey,
MS u race, are colored with IN orange
pigment which remains in the butter--
G0ia,ans RtDui
FHuNDITY or THE QUEEN BEE.-Thc
Baron OF l'crlcpscil, IN several different
experiments, found that she had hid
1,G04 eggs in twenty-four hours, as the
result of the first. In the second, she
deposited nn average Of 1913 daily for
the space Of twenty days. In the third
one, m average Of 1000 daily was
found for the same length Of time. In
the fourth, she deposited 3021 in TWEEN.
ty-four hours She was seen by him to
w I'o''N' ''N 'EHp III viz iIlIIllIlt.
TlIE C0uni,y Gcuthman gives the fol-
lowing method Of raising calves without
milk: Boil ~ much clover hay as can
be crowded into the kettle used, for
hall nh hour. Strain the tea and while
hot add II large handful of lnsced meal
to what Is to be fed to each calf. Give
about ns much IN quantity of the ten MS
would be given if milk were fod. After
4 few days tho quantity Of oil meal
may be doubled. Also feed the calf all
the green grass, freshly cut, TINT it will
eat, twice II day.
THOROUGHBRED SHEEP. - A farmer
W no has only kept the common sheep
ofthe country cnn scarcely be convinced
81 the loss he sustains from wear to
year. lilo will tell you that they do not
average much above two and II half
pounds Of wool per hond; whereas the
MernoS and COstwOlds, either separate
" or by crossing, will produce IN aver
hge ol rom seven to nine pounds of
much superior wool, and sell for much
higher price. They are more beautiful
than the common, 1t costs no more to
keep them, their Carcnses for the mar
ket are even moro valuable, and they
are NJ prolific or more SO thnn the com
mon kind. Hence they are three times
the profit Of the ordinary sheep, and in
almost every respect to be preferred;
yel We sec the general farmer continue
from year to year to- rear the animals
which are of SO little profit. 1t is true
that the first cost of the thoroughbred
II much grontcr but il is not recon-.
nended that beginning be made on II
large scale. Three Of each or thc Meri-
nos ANA Cotswolds would bc enough Il
start with, us in few years thcy would
multiply To n considerable flock, and al
low OF sales that would soon cover the
original expense.
SlPERMuoUs FENCES 1t il snid that
the fences in this country cost more
than MI tho houses; whether this il
strictly true or not, il is beyond cues
ton that their first cost is immense, and
that vast expense is yearly incurred
10 Keep them in repair: and what
makes bad matter great deal worse,
: the fact that y large part uf tins OK
pense might hc avoided. Farmers have
butt too many fences some Of these
are not merely useless, but are Il posi.
tive disadvantage. They take up con-
siderable land which ought To be under
cultivation, but from which nothing of
value is obtained, and they arc in the
way about cultivating and harvesting
The crops. IN some places these evils
are SO strongly manifested as to lead to
a marked destruction III the number Of
fences. In some parts of Massachu-
sets tins IS true to u great extent, n
great number Of roadside fences hay.
my hecn removed and many inside
fences have been taken away Where