The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-25
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

fine horse and also a colt nearly ruined
last week from getting stuck in barb
fence Colts ought not to be pastured
where there are barb fences TheV do
well enough for cattle. Belrilere
Standard.
TO"milk pOtato-hill dig down where
the earth is cracked open over a potato
hill, and take out the large potato With
a little experience you can soon learn to
Ind one or two large potatoes in Hill,
and leave the balance Of the hill undis-
turbed, to mature, Practical Farmer.
The list of middLng strawberries is
already 50 large that no strawberry man
will desire TO extend it. New varieties
OF fruit.flike new developinents'o of lrt1-.
man genius, are expected to push them
selves into notice. \ wise world takes
cogniZance of them when tcan no longer
help it.-COailecticut COurdRt.
BUILD board fence in sections ofabout
100 feet, that is, set two posts in one
hole every 100 feet to nail TO from each
way, and YOU will never. be troubled
with the nails breaking, and one end Of
the boards hanging loose. The posts
can give with the changes of the wealth
er.-UeSteT1I R1tTdt. ..r
DEEP-PLANTING OF RAsPBERRIEs.-
n. Dinner, who has had extensive ex-
perience, states in the OHIO Farmer that
he plants his black raspberries three or
four inches deep, and that he never had
finer plants, which produced ga big
crop of magnificent fruit {" He pinches
back the canes when not over two feet
high, causing them to throw out strong
laterals, and no stalking is ever needed.
For the past q years he has tried various
modes, and now finds his present man
agement much the best.
CURING BEEF BY INJECTING BRINE.
The infiltratiOn system of sailing beef,
by filling the blood-vessels with brine, is
attracting considerable attention in Aus
tralia. In some recent experiments ut
Brisbane, bullOeks were treated rs fol-
lows: At the instant of killing the ami
malls heart was laid bare, and missions
were made in both ventricles. Into the
orifice of the left yentricle u pipe was
inserted, and stream of weak brine
was forced through the blood-vessels,
washing out all the blood. Pressure was
obtained by having the brine in an ele-
waited tank. After the expulsion of the
blood the right ventIicle was closed by
a clamp, and stronger brine was forced
IN until all the blOOd-veSSels were fun.
In this way the distribution Of the brine
through every part of the meat is said
to be complete and the curing perfect
1t is proposed to send to the sydney
Exhibition u whole bullock thus pre-
served. .......f. ...,,..,...r ...........
VIRGINIA MINED CKLEs.-One-half
peck green tomatoes, twenty-five medi-
um-sized cucumber, fifteen large white
onions, One-haf peck small onions, two
large heads cabbage, one pint grated
horse-radish, one-half teacup ground
black pepper, one-half pound ground
mustard, two ounces turmeric, two
ounces cinnamon, two ounces celery
seed. Slice the large onions, cut cab
bage as for coarse slaw, quarter cueum-
bers lengthwise and cut in pieces an inch
long. Mix together and salt (add the
little onions whOle) with two quarts of
salt; mix thoroughly and let stand
twenty-four hours. Strain off the juice,
put them in vinegar and water, half and
half. Let stand . day or two. Strain
again as dry as possible; add the spices,
pour over it one and half gallons fresh
apple vinegar boiling hot; do this three
mornings in succession, using the same
vinegar each time. The third mnrning
add one pound of sugar to the vinegar,
and boil. This is excellent and makes
four gallons. ..-. ............
RAISING RYE WITH Corn Although
the practice of sewing rye among corn
for the purpose of affOrding winter pas
turage has increased during the past
few years, it is by no means as general
as it should be. One-half bushel of rye
sown at this season of the year to an
acre of land on which crop of corn is
growing, will produee a very large
amount of feed of the most excellent
quality. 1t may be covered with har-
row or a common euItivator Besides
covering the seed the harrow or eultiva
tor will destroy many weeds that would
otherwise mature seed. If stock have
the run of the field for the purpose of
eating up the COrnstalks, they will find
Il very desirable change of food in the
green rye. If the season is favorable
for its growth, the rye will be of great
value to turn under in the spring for
manure. Being of recent growth, it
will decay almost rs quickly as stable
manure after it is turned under by the
GLASS MILLsToNEs. The new Ger
man method of combining pieces of glass
in the same way as the French buhr, and
similarly groOved on their surfaces
which, it is claimed, grind better than
the buhr millStOnes--is regarded by the
Manufacturer and Builder as an impor-
tant discovery, in view Of the fact that
they work more easily, and do not heat
the flour as much AS is the case with the
French buhr stone. The present mode
of producing these stones, which will
doubtless be improved, is to cast blocks
of glass, of from six to twelve inches
wide, in a shape similar to the French
buhrs, but more regular and uniform.
They are connected with cement in the
same way, and dressed and furrow-cut
with picks and pointed hammers, though
it is believed that diamond-dressing ma
chimes might be advaltageously applied.
The statement is that these millstOnes,
made thus of Jumps of hard glass, do
IlOI MchI away AdctSA fIiltsA biO OhhA
stones; the grist is drier, and lOOser,
and the hull more thoroughly separated
from the kernel, than is the ease with
other stones.
STUFFED TOslAToEs.--Takea dozen
firm, well filled tomatoes. Have a
pound Of cold roast beef, or the same Of
cold steak, or if you use raw meat it Is
just as good; chop an onion with a ta-
blespoOnful of parsley; add two tea