Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-03-04
SAVE THE MANURE.-Even by. far

SAVE THE MANURE.-Even bys far
mers, who should be the ones who would
realize the value there is in it, there
seems to be but an Indifferent effort
made to save the hen manure, for much
of its value Is wasted by not taking care
of it properly or in time, while it Is Of
ten used on such crops as are not capa-
BILE of utilizing it to the greatest advan-
tage or profit. Good hen manure, from
fowls which have been literally fed, is
worth as much as guanO, for all kinds
of crops for which guano is used, and if
farmers and those who have small gar
den patches would only realize this fact
they would pay more attention to col
Letting gan and saw saving the droPRings from
think there is much necessity for clean
ing the fowl house every day, as some
do, but clean it out every week, giving
it good sanding every time it is cleaned
so as to keep the floor clean from drop
pings and make it easier to clean out
when necessary. Some sprinkle ashes,
sawdust, chips, ETC., on the floors, but
we consider sand preferable, for it seems
to separate, to disintegrate the drop
pings better, soon making it by a little
care in working over, almost as fine and
as easily applied as guanO or any of our
superphosphates. Wealways put 1t in
to barrels as soon as it is taken up from
the chicken house floor, and convey it
to some dry airy place where we let it
remain until wanted for use, when we
empty it on heap and work it over
well before applying it to the crops.
DIRECTIONS FOR PRUNINe.-M. Du
Boreuil, in work on pruning and train
ing fruit trees published in France lays
down the following rules based on the
fundamental principles underlying the
whole method The permanency of
form in trained trees is dependent on
the equal diffusion of sap. Prune the
strong branches short but allow the
strong parts of the tree, and elevate the
weak branches. Suppress the useless
buds on the strong parts as soon as pos
sib,e, and as late as possible on the weak
parts. Nail up the strong parts very
early, and very closesto the wall. Delay
mailing the weak parts as long as possi-
BILE. Suppress number of leaves on the
strong side, and leave them ON the weak
side. Allow as large quantity of fruit
as possible on tha strong side, and sup
press all upon the weak side. Bring
forward the weak side from the wall,
and keep the strong side close to it. The
sap dey elops the branches much more
vigorously upon branch cut short
than upon one left long. The more the
sap is retarded i'm its circulation, the less
wood and the more fruit-buds will de-
velop. Keep the fruits as far as possible
vertical, and their stems lowermost.-
Let the leaves lap over the fruit till
nearly ripe, when the light as we'll as
heat must be allowed to bear on the
fruit.
To PREVENT SKIPPERs.-The time
has come for hanging our homemade
meat TO smoke it, The first thing to do
is to have some water and a rag and a
tub; take the joints out and wash the
flesh part, leaving it tolerably moist;
then have some black pepper, ground,
and sprinkle on until it won't stick !;
hang carefully, and smoke for fifteen
days with small pieces of hickory wood.
This has been my custom for twenty
years, and have never been troubled
with bugs or worms in nay meat. The
pepper gives it a good flavor. All meat
houses should have good floors, clear Of
all grease and dirt.
I To judge cow for butter, her hide
should be thin, soft, and mellow, and
under the hair of deep yellow color !;
her udder should be soft and yellow
skinned, well covered with zigzag veins,
large and broad; her tail at the end rich
yellow the inside of her ears and around
the eyelids yellow.
Infiammatory rheumatism, it is said,
can be cured in a short time by the fol.
lowing simple method, which we ex-
tract from q medical publication Hall
an ounce of pulverized saltpetre put in
half pint of sweet oil. Bathe the parts
affected, and sound cure will speedily
follow.
} ICING.-The white of one egg moi
beaten, one teaspoonful of cold water,
and pint of powdered sugar, stirred to-
= npthQr will rnaka ioinr for ono Ho