The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-03-31
THE HOUSE AND FARM.

To PRESERVE woolens from moths
Give them to the poor.
a MARES nest would be valuable
adjunct to a stock farm.
ONE THOUSAND laths will cover sew
enty yards of surface, and eleven pounds
OF nails will put them on. s.
VARIOUS plants affect milk. Horse
radish has q tendency to prevent coag-
nlation, and wood sorrel will hasten &.
WITH all the pretensions Of the COW
to sobriety she generally insists on
having horn or two before breakfast.
EXPERIMENTS. prove that there is no
feed for cows SO well calculated to pro-
duce gilt-edged butter as red clover in
bloom.
ONE-F1FTH more siding and flooring
is needed than the number of square
feet of surface to be covered, because
of the lap in the siding and matching
of the floor.
TURNRs are healthful for horses.
They should be cut in slices, or what is
1 better, pulped finely and mixed with
little meal and salt. Rutabagas are bet
ter than white turnips.
A CELLAR that is cool, dry and dark.
and yet well ventilated, is the best place
for preserving potatoes in large quanti-
ties. When smaller quantities are to
be preserved there is nothing like dry
sand. The same may be said of fruits
and roots of all sorts.
Mr.. J. Ct. EDWARDS, of England, re.
marks: "Any man who has seen a
turnip deems himself qualified to ad-
wise the farmer, and though each man
sings to different tune the burden of
the song is the same-that the farmer
is in fault and needs setting right"
| PLANT tansy at the roots of your
plum trees, or hang branches of the
plant on the limbs Of the trees, and you
will not be annoyed with curculio. An
old and successful fruit-grower fur
nishes the above, and says it is the most
successful curculio preventive he ever
tried. ~. .... FIX.
A CONTEMPORARY thinks if farmers
would avoid suddenly cooling the body
after great exertions, be careful not to
go with wet clothing and wet feet, not
to over-eat when in an exhausted con-
dition, and would bathe daily, using
much friction, they would have little or
no rheumatism. =.
Group PREVENTIVE. - First get a
piece of channels skin, make it like a
little bib, cut the neck, and sew on
tapes to tie it on; then melt together
some tallow and pine tar; rub some of
this in the chamois, and let the child
wear it all the time. Renew with the
tar occasionally.
E. NJ. WAsHBURNE, in speaking of the
care of dairy cattle, says: "In the best
diaries of North Holland there is but a
very small amount of grain fed to the
COWS or young stock, and of all have
imported I have never had one that
would eat grain without teaching, by
mixing with hay or roots, or some root
they were accustomed to eat"
The first year sleeps front teeth
are eight in number, and all of equal
size. The second year the two middle
shed out, and are replaced by two much
larger than the others. The third year
two very small teeth appear on either
side of the eighth. At the end of the
fourth year there are six large teeth.
/ The fifth year all the front teeth are
large. The sixth year all begin to
show signs of wear.
| VERM1N.-The poultry house, if close
! " examined, may be found to swarm
with lice. A gray, mealy powder may
be seen on the roosts; in crevices, and
in the corners and joints of the build
ing. Take common squirt can filed
with kerosene oil and inject the oil into
every crevice in the house. Repeat
this process if it is found necessary,
and very soon the fowls will be free
from these insect pests.
| CHLDREN's D1ET.-The London
Medical Gazette says that children
should never be allowed to eat anything
between meals excepting dry bread.
# they cannot eat that they are not
hungry. Indulgent mothers ruin the
digestions of their children by allowing
them to eat dainties. An old writer
says: "A good digestion is to the
body what a good conscience is to the
mind-the great cause of happiness"
! KEEP THE Coop CALvEs.-As the
COWS come in the best of the heifers
may be selected for raising. There can
be no better way to improve the stock
OF COWS than to use good bull and
keep the best calves, well feeding and
caring for them until matured. After
they become COWS selection can again
be made for breeding, and only the
best retained. In few years the value
of dairy COWS may be doubled by this
careful practice of selection.
/ GRASS in the North is not made as
available as it might. An opinion pre-
walls that grass lands can not be kept in
permanently good condition. Yet there
are in many localities plots and tracts OF
grass that are very old and show no
signs of failure. What has been done
once in this way can be done again. A
permanent pasture or meadow is inval-
liable. Why can not we try to make
and keep them? This is subject
worthy the most careful study.
/ CHEAP INDEL1BLE INK.-Braconnot
recommends the following: Twenty
/ parts Of potassa are dissolved in boil
ing water, ten parts of fine-cut leather
chips and five parts of flowers of sui
phur are added, and the whole heated
in an iron kettle until it is evaporated