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FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Salt for Trees and Vegetables.


will give you sketch of my expert
ence with the use of salt in the orchard
and garden. Young fruit trees can be
made to grow and do well in places
where old trees have died, by sowing
pint of salt on the earth where they are
to stand. After trees are set continue
to SOW a pint of salt around each every
year. I set twenty-five trees in. sandy
soil for each one of seven years and
only succeeded in getting one to live,
and that only produced twigs few
inches long in nine years. :,
Last spring sowed pint of salt
around it and limbs grew from three to
three and a half feet long. In the
spring of 1877 I set out twenty five
trees, putting pint of salt in the dirt
used for filling, and then sowod a pint
more on the surface, after each tree was
set. All grew as if they had never been
taken from the nursery. Last spring l
set thirty more, treating them in the
same way, and they have grown very
finely. The salt keeps saway insects
that injure the roots, and renders the
soil more capable of sustaining plant
growth.
In 1877 my wife had garden forty
feet square It was necessary to water
it nearly every day, and still the plants
and flowers were inferior in all respects.
In 1878 I put half a barrel and half a
bushel of salt on the ground and turned
it under. The consequence was that
the plants were of extraordinary large
size and the flowers of great beauty. It
was not necessary to water the garden,
which was greatly admired by all who
saw it. The flowers were 80 large that
they appeared to be OF different varie-
ties from those grown on land that was
not salted.
I had some potatoes growing from
seed that had wilted down as soon as
the weather became very hot. applied
salt to the surface of the soil till it was
white. The vines took vigorous start,
grew to the length of three feet, bios
somed and produced tubers from the
size of hens eggs to that Of goose eggs.
My soil is chiefly sand. but I believe that
salt is as highly beneficial to clay as to
common prairie land.-J. d., in Chicago
Times.
"Do tomatoes cause tumors and can
ce1s?" No; nobody will have either
from eating any fruit or vegetable. In
herited tendencies, with whatever
lowers the standard of health, produces
both. The acid of the tomatoes does
not agree equally with all persons. To
some it answers the same purpose as the
apple OK pear, without more irritation
Of stomach or bowels, while it acts
gently upon the liver and kidneys. for
others the acid is too harsh, and the
action upon the system such as requires
them to be eaten temporarily, If at oil.
It is thought cancers and tumors are
more common than formerly. 1t may
be true. There are many changed habits
of living to account for this. Many per-
sons have suffered from cancer who
never eat tomatoes. If delicate persons
who wish to eat them strain the seeds
from them, they will find them much
less liable to irritate the stcmach.-
Cukiuator.
Some OF Miss Corson's Teachings.
Potatoes, any time of the year, can be
made mealy if hoilcd in salt and water
and drained and then covered with a
thick towel and left in back OF the
range five minutes.
To retain the color of any vegetable
plunge it into cold water after boiling.
Cooks make the mistake of boiling
things too much. After reaching the
boiling point meats should simmer. The
toughest meats CAN be made tender by so
doing.
1t is always best to under-season
rather than to over.season food.
When anything is accidentally made
too salt it can be counteracted by adding
a tablespoonful of vinegar and a table
spoonful of sugar.
Meats of any kind should not be
washed, but wiped with a towel to pre-
serve the Juices and quality.