Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-11-27
FARM HINTS,

/ CHOPPED onions, with little ginger
mixed in, is said to be sure cure for
chicken cholera.
Both in chemical and mechanical
properties the soil from old pastures ia
best for potting plants.
AMERICAN honey in the comb has
become a popular article of diet in
England, and very large shipments are
made.
Mr.. WILLIAM AFRICA, of Hunting.
don, Penn, has in his garden a vine
that has produced 700 pounds of pump
kins.
A RADIsH two feet in circumference
and thirty inches in length has been
raised by MIR. Ferrell, at Exton, Chester
Valley, Penn.
BLACKBERRY and raspberry bushes
should be planted in the fall as they
make such an early start in the spring
that the shoots may get broken.
The quickest way to expel foul air
from we'll is to heat bar of iron red
hot and lower down it into the water
The sudden formation of steam is effect
ual.
A correspondent of the Ploughn,an, in
writing from Watertown, Mass, states
that he has been successful in curing
warts on the teats of COWS by simply
bathing with water in which beans have
been boiled.
MILK cans not kept clean are liable to
impart to the milk dangerous fermen-
tive poison. Several cases of sickness
have been traced to this cause. Skim
milk or watered milk is virtue com
pared to putting it in dirty cans.
There is one matter that most farmers
neglect, viz: to have large quantity of
coarse pure sand in their cellars or out
houses where roots, etc, are wintered
There is not root or fruit that we know
of that will not keep better in sand than
out of it.
Mr.. DANIEL WEISS, of Heidelberg,
Penn, had hen disappear some time
ago, and when she returned FIVE weeks
later she. had under her care six young
chicks and twenty diminutive auails
The whole flock seem to appreciate her
protection and follow wherever she
goes"
MANY farmers are now purchasing
cattle for winter feeding. There are
few farmers who do not find this profita-
BILE. The stock brings remunerative
prices in the spring and summer, and
rich manure for the land has also accu.
mulated.
a. CORRESPONDENT of the american
Cutiuator says that pear trees need a
great deal of water. He has watered
some of the pear trees in his garden with
liquid manure every day this summer
and fall, and it is surprising to see how
the fruit has increased in size and
quality.
The best way TO winter geraniums is
10 cut of every leaf and bud and set the
plants into box of sand, or sandy loan
in the cellar. If put into pure sand an
occasional watering sfterward may be
needed. If loan is used the watering
given when first put in will do for the
winter.
WICK says in his Monthly, that the
trailing arbatus will grow almost any
where if tlansplanted at the proper time,
which is from October to the beginning
of December, when the flower buds are
formed. In the greenhouse or fernery
it will bloom, of course, earlier than out
of doors.
THE first year sleeps front teeth are
eight in number, and are all of equal
size. The second year the two middle
shed out and are replaced by two much
larger than tho others. The third year
two very small teeth appear, one either
side of the eight. At the end of the
fourth yesr chere are six large teeth.
The fifth year all the front teeth are
large. The sixth year all begin to show
signs of wear
THE Hartford (Ky.,) Nears says that
in the garden or Mrs. Caleb Crow, at
that place, peach tree is bearing s full.
grown pumpkin. The paper says
" This tree bore none of its natural fruit
this season; but, nevertheless, there
hangs the healthy growing pumpkin,
lust as it had grown from the blossom to
its present size, which is considerably
larger than mans head"
WHEN once you have determined to
fstten an animal for beef, let the process
be as quick as possible. ANY stint in
feeding at such times will tend to make
the meat tough and dry. Stalled
animals will fatten more readily than
others, and young animals require richer |
food than older ones. In winter fatten-
ing do not forget that much depends up
on the warmth of the stable. The warm
er the cattle are kept the less food will
be needed.
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