The Newtown bee., 1879-10-01
AGRICULTURAL MATTERS.
Facts for ramcrs.


hen had neither food nor drink.
Great pains should be taken in har-
vesting hops. Uneven hops should be
picked very clean without leaves or
stems, dried longer and slower than "
perfect crop. and should not be left in
sacks to heat. Spread your kiln eight to
fourteen inches deep. and do not disturb
1T until cured. No cold air should touch
the hops until dried for should il, the
steam will he condensed and the hops
moistened.
odd farmers favor the autumn seed
Ing OF grass lands as against spring seed
ing 1t Is usually injurious to both crops
to SOW grain and grass together. The
former chokes out the latter and the cut
ting of the grain leaves the grass exposed
To the heat and drought of summer.
Over four and Il half million bushels
of wheat were shipped to Europe last
week from our principal Atlantic ports,
aud during the six weeks ending last Sat
urday our exports of wheat exceeded
those for the corresponding period OF
1873 by the enormous amount OF 9, 97O, 900
bushels.
1t n bad economy to crowd grape
vines. We do not hear" says an au-
thorlty, "vineyardists as formerly, boast
OF the many tons of grapes they have
raised to an acre, as they have learned
that the fruit is better, and the vines less
exhausted, when the thinning has been
properly done"
The Poultry Monthly thinks it docs
not cost any more, pound for pound, to
raise turkey than hen. In summer
they require to be less fed, though in
winter they need more stimulus. When
IN good condition they need not lie so
carefully housed, and when at length they
are brought to market their fle sh is wor h
much more than that of hen.
No fowl over two years old should be
kept in poultry-yard except from some
special reason. At the end Of the second
season ordinary hers and cocks should
be fattonod for market.
The Macon TetcWuph announced that
for the first time in the history of Georgia
the local mills find wheat in sufficient
abundance 10 ruu them wtho;H drawing
supplies of wheat from the North.
Milk and butter are very sensitive to
odors. DR.. Nichols mentions the ease Of
IL pan OF nice butter which was spoiled by
the odor from the boots of n man who
came into tho milll-roon with some of
the manure of the stable on them.
Copper saucepans are better than any
others, because the superior conducting
power OF the metal prevents the heat
from concentrating in any particular
part to such an extent as TO produce burn
ing. The Interiors OF copper saucepans
should be kept timed.
To preserve cider sweet and make if
sparkling, bottle it in wine bottles, and n
teaspoonful of white sugar to each bot
tie. cork tightly and tie down the corks
firmly.
-- Bees rarely make honey after the 10th
OF September, and should be gotten ready
for winter as soon after that as conyen-
lent. Not less than twenty-five pounds
should be allowed for each hive. Often
more is needed.
Tho Wdiertorn Times says that
cheese factory in that vicinity sold all its
cheese to sharp buyer at two cents
pound less than the market price. The
superintendent did not take IL paper SO
was not posted in the recent rise IN
cheese.
Corn which ripcns earliest i'm the
field, other things being favorable, is the
p"9t Tor seed. Choose from stalks that
have two or three well-developed cars,
taking the lowest. An ear with n large
cob is good keeper, for the reason that
the cob contains SO much sap.
The money paid to American shin
pers OF butter in the course of the past
weeks business cannot fall short of
$500, 900. This butter is bought by
agents for dealers in England and ON the
Continent. AS consequence, the price
OF butter has advanced from two to two
and half cents pound.
For lemon and raisin pic, take two
small lemons, one cofree-cup OF sugar,
one egg, a small piece of butter, three
large tablespoons of Hour two and one
half coffee-cups boiling water, one coffee
cup raislns, u little salt. Stir the flour in
cold water, and stir the beaten egg in
after tho mixture is cool enough not to
scald 1t. This makes three pies.
Two Englishmen, named Frewen.
propose to occupy tract of land in the
Big Horn mountains about seven miles
square for grazing purposes. Their
nearest railroad point is Cheyenne, $50
miles south. Other Englishmen OF wealth
are on the ground prospecting with.
similar object it being the design to es-
tablish post-offlce, store and perhaps a
village neal. these ranches.
The Brussels Medical Journal gives.
on the authority OF Or. Ehrard, OF Mines.
this method OF curing sciatica and neu-
ralgic pains. Heat flatiron sufficiently
hot to vaporize vinegar, wrap it in wool
on cloth moistened with vinegar, and APP
ply as warm as can be borne to the pain
full spot, two or three times day. AS a
rule, the pain disappears within twenty
Tour hours, and recovery is rapid.
"A successful dairyman feeds his cows
night and morning the year round. and
in each feed puts a teaspoonful of salt.
lie considers this method of sailing cows
preferable to the usual one OF giving an
imals salt once or twice week, and
thinks his method adds largely to the
amount of milk given.
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