River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-18
FARM NOTES.

It Is said that every ton of dried tobac-
co leaves carried off exhausts from the
soil In mineral matter, as much us is con
tanned in IA tons of the gIalr Of Wheat
Only three things eat the tobacco
plant, the Angora goat, the tobacco worm,
and-man.- .Amerc1n CiitipGtor. How
about horses, deer, etc.1 The fact is, a
number, both of insects and animals, e.
tobacco.
French feeders, 1t Is said, find that
feeding the fowls with boiled or steamed
carrots, chopped into small pieces, rapid
ly fatteps them and imparts an agreeable
flavor to the flesh, greatly reliehed by
epicures, and the fowls thus fed sell more
rayidly than others.
Tfat clover should be cut during the
early Towering OF the plant will be seen
by the following quotations from Wolf,
the well-known German chemist, who
says: "Red clover cut when it begins to
flower, contains 55.43 per cent. of multi
tive food; if cut in full flower it contains
1907 per cent.
Wheat growing on a large scale has
only been carried on in the Argentine
Republic for two or three years, and yet,
at last accounts, forty vessels were IN the
river La Plata loaded with wheat for
Europe. Immigrants from Italy, France
and Germany are fast filing up the coun-
try, and their grain shipments may yet
rival those Of the United States.-Neg
England Farmer. Those who know Tire
capability OF the West will smile at the
tropical and hilly Argentine Republic
rivaling the United States in growing
grain.
Imitation meerschaum pipes are now
manufactured from potatoes in France
A peeled potato is placed in sulphuric
acid and water, in the proportion OF
eight parts of the former to 100 of the
latter 1t remains in this liquid thirty.
six hours to backeD, is dried with blot
ting paper, and submitted to certain
pressure, when il becomes material that
can be readily carved. The counterfeit
is said to be excellent An imitation
ivory sufficiently bard for billiard balls
can be made by still greater pressure. A
resemblance of coral is obtained by treat
| ing carrots in the same manner.
Sometime since we. stated that DR.
Manly Miles, late professor of Agricul.
iure at the Michigan Agricultural col.
lege, was TO take charge of Houghton
Farm, Mountainville, Orange county, n
Y. We now understand that the owner
Mr.. Lawson Valentine, intends TO insti-
tute and carry ON scientific experiments
there, somewhat on the plan of those al
Rothamstead, England. The director.
ship has been given to DR.. Miles, whose
previous labors in this direction, and
many valuable contributions to scientific
agriculture, most excellently quahfy him
for the position
Tongue Soup.-Put small tongue
into a ste pan, with trimmings OF any
bones of fowl or veal, and stew for -four
hours. removing the scum; take out the
tongue, skin and clean it, and leave it to
cool put back the trimmings and the root
with a carrot, turnip, head Of celery
and an onion, alf tcaspoonful OF
cayenne, and stew one hour more; then
strain the soup, and when cool remove
the fat, and set il on TO heat, with a tur-
nip and carrot cut in squares, and two Ia
blespoontuls of grated tongue; let it sim
MGR slowly for an hour and serve with
boiled rice. A useful and cheap soup.