The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-08-28
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
"A good remedy against the scale
insect is to use a suds made of carbolic
soap. and brush the affected parts with
it thoroughly, leaving it dry thereon.
The skin of a boiled egg is the
most efficacious remedy that can be ap-
piled TO q boil. Peel it carefully, wet
and apply it to the part affected. It
will draw off the matter and relieve the
soreness in few hours. Simple, but
MISUNDERSTANDING. s-s. IN
"A flower garden before the door is
indeed . thing of beauty; but, verify,
unless the face showeth signs of occa-
sional additions the Sunday collar
availeth nothing. Paul may plant and
Apollos may water the joys in front of
the mansion, but if the back yard is full
OF rubbish and cead cats, and the barn
yards and out-buildings are reeking
with uncleanliness, what reward have
ye?-I0scd State Register.
The american Cult;vator gives this
satisfactory experience with sweet
corn as stock feed: During the past
two seasons have had an acre or more
to cut up when suitable for roasting
ears, besides what I have fed in its
green state direct to the COWS, and l
think it is the best feed that l have
ever used for feeding dairy cows or
fattening animals. In either case it
seems feed nearly perfect. The ears
furnish material for fattening or milk,
as the farmer wishes, and the stalks,
if cut when green and well cured, will
be eaten very clean and serve the pur-
pose of hay, especially for working
oxen; and while they are so supplied
they feel the effects Of good feeding as
readily as on any feed I have ever
given to working oxen"
"A Minnesota farmer says the best
farmers of Minnesota are beginning to
renovate their land by blowing in clo-
yer. They SOW the seed in the spring,
with spring wheat; the next spring it
makes q heavy growth that is plowed
in when in blossom; the land fallowed
the rest of the season and wheat sown
the next spring. Practice has shown
that one crop of clover manures for
three crops of wheat; thus by growing
one year in four, the land can be kept
in good condition for growing wheat.
He also states that it is the custom of
market gardeners in the vicinity of the
Western cities to use large quantities
of manure, as it can be had for the
carriage; but as it is very strawy-straw
being so abundant at the West-they
draw it home, pile it and let it rot for
one season before using it; but one en-
terprising gardener said that he had
proved, by experience, that he could
keep his vegetable land in good condi-
ton by growing clover and blowing it
in, cheaper than he could by drawing
and handling manure, which cost moth
ing at the stable. A crop of clover one
year in three, followed by fallow for
the rest of the season, which helps to
clear the land from weeds, is the most
economical way he has found to fertil-
ize for and to cultivate market garden
vegetables.-M. Y. Herald.
AT this season of the year the ex-
IRENE heat and severe labor tax the
energies of every working man. To
enable him to keep healthy and per-
form his allotted share of work, he must
be regular in his habits, and supplied
with plenty of food and water, and also
have plenty of sleep. During the day
he must have a lunch between meals to
keep up his tagging spirits, and during
the twelve or fourteen hours that he is
required to work he probably takes as
many or mere drinks of water. So
much for the men; now let us consider
for moment the treatment many
horses get. They are kept all night in
a hot stable, where the flies worry them
from early dusk until late at night
They are taken into the field at six
o'clock, and from that hour until noon,
although their energies may be taxed
to the utmost, not q bite to eat or q
drink of water is given them. They
may be considered fortunate if their
owner drives them under a tree while
he eats his lunch; they are, however,
most likely to be left standing in the
sun. 1t is no wonder that the team
grows rapidly poor under this treat
ment. A team at work ought to be
watered at least every two hours, and
oftener if it will drink. Another cause
for poor horses is in permitting them
to be driven long distances after the
work of the day is over, or in letting
the boys race them on Sunday. A
great many men appear not to have
heard the saying: "a merciful man is
merciful to his beast. Chicago Trib-
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