Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
FARM NOTES.

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The grease which has become hard
ened by dust on the axles Of machinery
can all be cleaned off by the use Of
kerosene.
BCNcHEs of grapes we're kept three
months by an Austrian grower who
dipped the ends of the stems in wax and
packed the fruit in kiln-dried ground
bark.
PROFESSOR RILEY says that kerosene
or oil Of any kind is sure death TO insects
IN all stages and the only substance with
which we may hope TO destroy the eggs.
Oils viii not mix directly with water,
pnt will mix with milk, fresh or sour,
and then may be diluted 10 any desired
extent.
WEAK Eyes IN HORSES. A good
authority gives the following as remedy
for horses eyes that are weak, winking
aud inflamed: Take an egg aud break
the large end enough to admit the handle
OF a teaspoon; pour out the albumen or
white; mix i'll ah the salt you can until
1t is quite stiff, then set il IN the center
OF heap OF red Goals and let it bnrn nm
til done baking; then when cool grind
and blow piece Of it into the eyes once
a day.
PuRFYISG RANCID BUTTER. One of
our foreign contemporaries gives the fol-
lowing mode of clarifying rancid and
tainted butter: Let the butter be melted
and skinned as for clarifying; then put
into 1t a piece of bread well toasted all
over but not burnt. In few minutes
the butter will lose its offensive taste and
SMELL but the bread will become per
fectly fetid, We have serious doubts
with regard to the above process pro-
ducing the result claimed. Still it Is SO
simple that any one can try it.
KEEPING Milk Milk will absorb bad
odors from the air quicker than almost
any other liquid, therefore great care
should be taken that it is not exposed to
any condition where it will be likely to
be damaged in that way. In manufact-
uring cream into butter. great care is
necessary MS TO the quality Of salt used.
as great loss may be entailed bv this
alone. The salt is q very small item in
itself. nevertheless it has cost many dol
lars in the course OF a year through the
damage done by the use of nm il farior
article. Always use the best known
brands and keep close watch uDon them
at that. The use of firkins, pals or tubs
made of any kind of wood that imparts
an unpleasant flavor must be avoided. as
after packing, butter is very susceptible
in coming in contact with any favols of
this kind.
PRESERVING PASTURES. Among many
propositions tarehovate the pasture. one
has been overlooked-manarem It
is the cheapestand most practical manure
on the farm. The common plan is TO
have but one pasture, upon which the
cattle must Craze at all times. If it
comes to the hare sod during the seasons
of extreme drought the stock must con
tlnue to grub Mt the sod ( r want of bet
ter. This exposes the roots If the grass
TO the sun or Injuries or DESTROYS the
plant Suppose we use our trees and
shrubs in that way, the detriment to
growth would be at once apparent A
good top on grass for growth is as nee
essary as upon trees.
That one hundred acres of land in two
pastures will keep one third more stock
than the same number of acres in one
pasture has long been known TO the prac-
teal farmer. The reason is that the
stock can be removed before it has
grazed the pasture too closely, before the
roots of the grass are uncovered. A
plan that will rcnovate hundreds Of pas
lures In Iowa is this: Let the grass
have good start in the spring, say four
inches, before turning on the stock, and
change pastures as often as the pasture
appears to he closely grazed. Prot
Knapp. Ia Homestead
FEEpNG BEES IN WrSTrR. After an
mpropitions season bees are apt to go
into winter quarters lily provided with
stores. WelI-informed and cautious
apiarists, aware Of this lack. feed weak
colonies during the fall sufficiently 70
supply the need. 1t is never desirable
to feed liquid stores, either honey or
syrup, III winter, and not well to feed nj
all unless positively demanded. The
best way to feed, if we must, is to put
candy made from graduated sugar on
the frames, just above the cluster. This
Will he kept warm, aud can he taken.
md will disturb the bees so little that.
If it must be done, it will generally s,lc-
ceed. II the bees can pass the winter
until March--and the stores needed dur.
ing the cold winter are very light com
pared with those consumed later after
iirood-rearlng commences-then we may
feed either honey or syrup. Then the bees
can fly occasionally and will re ,eive no
harm from liquid food. This food, too, will
stimulate brood-rearing, and thus work a
double benefit. The feeder W II need to
be so constructed as to keep tho foctl
near the cluster or the bees will not APP
propria's it, because of the cold No one
should fail 10 use a diyision-board in WIN
to- and spring. Keep the bees crowded
on - SO few frames that ali will be COW
cred, and spring dwindling will do little
harm. -. y Cool, agricultural Cot
tcge, lansing, Mich.
OxE HUNDRED BUSHELS OF SHIELDED
Cogy TO THE ACRE MIR. Nathan G.
Pierce tells the An erican @ tftiUdtor
how he raises one hundred bushels of
sheliel corn t. the acre. He used for
seed an eight-rowed corn which he has
improved by careful selection, and be-
heyfs it to be n good variety to raise,
anywhere between Virginia and the
Canada line. The ground selected for
planting was a good pie Of gravelly
loan. 1t was well plowed about the
first OF May, harrowe |. treated to o
broadcast application Of nine hundred
pounds fertilizer to the acre; again har-
rowed faithfully. rendering the land fine
and mellow: rows marked three feet
apart, small amount of fertilizer scat
tered to each row. May 10th. three
kernels of corn planted in each hill, two
feet apart in the rows; cultivated and
hoed four times, allowing no weels to
grow; passed through the entire piece,
cutting each hill down to two stalks:
every sucker in each hin cut throughout
the field. During the entire d rio 4 Of
growth through the season the field was
closely watched, every weed pulled and
every ear OF smut cut out. At the proper
time, after the corn had become hard, it
was cut. bound in bundles, and stocked.
When dry it was drawn into the barn.
where, with the assistance of hired
man. the corn was husked, weighed as
hnsked, and found to yield one hundred
and ten bushels of slelled corn to the
acre. allowing seventv-fise pounds OF ears
to equal one bushel of shelled corn.
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