Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-07-18


state, and the grape sugar had begun to
with whole vines and with branches.
Two missions were make through the
bark and cambium layers from one
quarter to one-eighth Of an inch IN
width, and the substance between re-
moved. The fruit on the gird!ed vines
matured fully two weeks in advance of
the ungirdled vines. Professor Goess-
man picked fully matured fruit from
q girdled vine Mt his residence fully
three weeks in advance OF fruit on I'M
girdled branches ofthe some vine. The
vines that were girdled a year ago were
in fine condition this season, and al
though in most instances fully healed
over, the girdlings seemed to produce
the same effect in the fruit as the first
year. Western Farmer and Stock Jour
nal
TASTE IN THE FLOWER GARDEN. A few
simple rules in the arrangement of
flower-beds will materially enhance the
effect produced. Among these are:
/. Avoid placing rose-colored next to
scarlet, orange, or violet.
2. Do not place orange next to yellow,
nor blue next to violet.
2. White relieves any colol, but do
not place it next to yellow.
4. Orange goes well with blue, and
yellow with violet.
3. Rose color and purple always go
well together.
OF all domestic fowls the German
town Telegraph says the goose is the
longest lived. One died a few days ago
near Baltimore that was Matched in
1894, on the day that Lafayette visited
that city, and during the tifty-three
years of its life, its owner, now living at
an advanced age, believes that she has
realized, from feathers and goslings,
between FIVE and six hundred dollars.
Although this specimen was not the
fowl that laid the golden egg, she pro-
duced for her owner Il pecuniary re-
ward nearly equal to her weight in gold.
Now PRuNE TIE RosEs.--If every one
does not know, every one ought to
know, that now is the time to cut back
the hardy roses which have just done
blooming. Perhaps, also, it is not
known to every one that only III this
way can second series OF flowers be
obtained of any value on the so-called
hybrid perpetual roses. Early summer
should be u busy time on the lawn i'll
more ways than cutting grass and hoe
ing weeds. Summer pinching and
pruning must be followed up continU-
ally, and decayed flowers removed from
even rhododendrons and azaleas, al
though otherwise such plants require
little pruning.
CREAM CHEESE The London Dairy
man gives the following directions for
making cream cheese, q variety very
popular in England. On the plans given,
any villager or farmers wife can make
the very finest OF cheese for table use,
whenever so inclined Those not hay
ing the cream can buy ii Take n
quart of cream, and if not desired 10
be very rich, add thereto one pint OF
new milk, warm ii in hot water till it is
about the heat of milk from the COW.
add II tablespoonful ofrennet, let it stand
till thick; then break slightly with II
spoon, and place it in the frame III
which you have previously pu. a fine
canvas cloth; press it lightly with "
weight: Let it stand few hours, then
put finer cloth in the frame, and shift
the cheese into it. Sprinkle little salt
over the cloth. II will be fit for use in
II day or two. To make II rich cream
cheese without rennet, take any guam
tity ct cream and put 1t into wet cloth,
tic it up and hang it III a cool place for
seven or eight days. Then take it from
the cloth, and put il into mold in an
other cloth, with weight upon it, for
two or three days longer. Turn twice n
day, and it will be lit for use
WAS IT INsTINCr?-A farmer in Ohio
was annoyed by his sheep getting into
u field of grain each time he drove
them out lie was unsuccessful in finding
an opening through which they got in,
the fence being too high, me thought,
for them tojump over; sohe concluded
to watcn them, and to his astonlshment,
he saw large buck leave the flock
and place himself by the side of
the fence, then one after another of his
companions run up to him, leap upon
his back, aud over the fence into the
field; the buck was the only one in the
flock who could get over without
the assistance of footstool.' Is this
not more than instinct? Have not
animals a language Of their own?
PURIFYING RANCID BuTTER.-The Sci.
euhfc american says: calvin Peck
some ten years ago obtained patent
for restoring and preserving butter; his
invention relates to u new process OF
purifying butter, having especial refer
enco to arrcsting fermentation and re-
storing rancid butter. His process con-
sists in melting the butter in clean
vessel under slow and regular heat,
and while it is melting he adds two
ounces Of pulveriaed alum to every five
pounds Of butter, the butter being
stirred gently while melting. When
thoroughly melted il is strained through
a Ene strainer into cold water. The
butter will rise to the surface quite
pure and transparent. The alum coag.
ulates the albumen, the caseine, and
other foreign matter, all of which are
retained i'll the strainer, leaving the