The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-21

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liquid ammonia, and it is said that the
poison and sting may be forced out by
pressing the barrel of small key firmly
for minute over the wound. No pain
or swelling will result.
The Dublin Farmer claims that full
feed CT hay TO horses, to follow con-
centrated food, is wasteful, and crowds
the latter out of the stomach before
proper digestion occurs. This authority
claims that the hay should be fed first
to avoid the aforementioned trouble.
A hearty drink OF water upon O full
stomach also operates to push it's con
tents into the intestines before there is
proper digestion.
PRoF. ARNOLD states that the presence
of the pure oxygen at a moderate tenn
perature retards the souring of milk and
has beneficial effect upon the flavor
and keeping of butter. In free current
Of air oxygen consumes what is called
" milk odor, but in confinement has a
very deietarious effect. In the manufac-
ture OF cheese experiments had shown
that warm air ripens the cheese more
quickly than cold air, and produces a
more intense odor.
ALMOST as much care is taken to dry
hay in Norway as fish; for the weather
has Its vlcissitudes, and the winter is
long and wearisome to man and beast.
Hay is hung up to dry. Stakes are set
about three feet high, and pins inserted,
upon which slender poles are laid. The
poles are so arranged that when grass is
placed upon them they shed rain. The
sun and wind soon do the making, aided
by stalwart females, employed in turn
ing and handling the hay.
An Iowa farmer gives his method for
raising potatoes as follows: ''Plant
them Ill good rich soil, close to the house
or barnyard where the chickens run, the
more chickens the better; hoe tnom as
soon as they are out Of the ground, then
plow them at least once q week till they
are in bloom. The chickens will keen
she bugs off If the latter are not too
numerous. IL there are more bugs than
the chickens can consume knock them
Off the vines just before the pillow and
plow them under every day till they dis
appear. In this way 1 have raised
plenty, while my neighbours crops were
all destroyed"
The value Of q bulky food, as hay OF
straw, is far greater when given to a
ruminant animal than when consumed
BY a horse or pig, Concentrated, easily
digested foods, as grain and oilcake.
have clearly a value above their com
position when added to a poor ard bulky
food, as straw chaff, or to watery food
Like turnips, because they are the means
OF raising the diet to point at which
the animal will thrive. On the other
hand, roots and green fodder, even when
Gatery and poor in composition, may
have q considerable effect when added in
moderate proportion to dry food.
In PARTS Of Norway and Sweden,
where during the summer there is al
nost continuous daylight, crops of bar
ley are grown with only from six to
eight weeks intervening from seed time
to harvest. After acclimatization many
garden flowers increase in size and depth
of color, there is a prevailing tinge of
red in the plants Of the fields, the aroma
of fruits is increased and their color well
developed, but they are deficient in
sweetness. The development of essen
tial oils in certain plants is greater than
in the same plants grown in other lati-
tudes. It is an established fact that
light bears the same relation to aroma
as heat does to sweetness.
A PRACTICAL gardener makes the fol-
lowing important statement: Last
year as test of frequent practice
among growers OF melons ana SqasneS,
I pinched the ends of the long main
shoots Of the melons, squashes and GU
cumbers, and left some to run at their
own will. One squash plant sent out q
single stem reaching more than forty
feet, but did not bear any fruit. An
other plant was pinched until it formed
compact mass Of intermingling side
shoots and main branches eight feet
square, and it bore sixteen squashes
The present year musk-melon plant
thus pinched In covers the space allot-
ted to it, and it has set twenty-three
specimens of fruit, the most of which
have been pinchad off. The pinching
carses many lateral branches. which
latter produce the female or fertile
blossoms, while the main vines produce
only the male blossoms. The difference
in favor of the yield Of an acre of melons
treated by this pinehing process may
easily amount to 100 barrels"
OvERwoRKED FARMERS. - We once
heard good farmer say that when he
got behind with his work so that it
seemed as though he could not catch up
again. he made it @ practice to leave
for couple of days and
take recreation. When he returned
again, he said, work seemed less per-
picking. AZ it progx.a@raa seemingly
much faster than before. The plan
would perhaps seem ridiculous to many,
and certain to occasion loss if not entire
failure, yet from experience we are in
elined to credit the plan with favor.
What is true of farmers in respect to
is also true of persons in other
fields Of labor. Nearly all Of us remem-
Der with what renewed energy and
strength we began our work on Monday
morning after our Sabbath's rest, which
proves the value of needed recreation.
We would advise farmers who can pos
sibly do so to devote day or two to
recreation OF some sort before beginning
the heavy work of spring, summer and
fall. Take a iaunt to some relatives or
friends in another locality, or make
short tour of observation to some large
city, or some thriving farming district
and thereby learn some valuable lessons
and experiences. El0ais'a Free Press.
The FARM KITCHEN. farm kitch-
en- should be the pivotal part of the
house. The farmer desiring a conyen-
lent dwelling should first plan out the
kitchen and then add the rest Of the
house to it. IT should be roomY the
ceiling should be high /; the windows
long and narrow rather than short and
broad, because the high window is the
best ventiIator and will furnish an es-
cape for the heated air and the doors
Erora the cooking stove Or range, while