The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-07-11

yard Not very Weli-the brOad-bills
viii fish every bit of the crumbs and
green stems out of the slop trough and
leave nothing but the liquor for the Shang-
hais. But aside from this, noisy ubiqui-
tous families do not get along well to-
gether anyhow. Fence separately if you
are in earnest about success.
A New KETTLE-You have new ket-
tie but it rusts, and SO you don't know
what to do with it. Well, impatient, in
experienced little housekeeper, just take
the new kettle and fill it with potato
peelings, boil them an hour or go, wash
out the kettle clean, rub it good with
a sanded rag, and grease with lard. Re
peat the greasing two or three times after
using and your kettle will behave better.
FALL PoTAToEs.-Sprout your Irish po-
tatOes and he ready to plant them about
the 2sth of August. Don't depend on
the little shriveled up ones for seed. If
robust and we'll sprouted, all right, but
trust the larger ones for best results
Some have sprouted them by burying in
the soil and pouring water over them,
just enough to keep damp. Shade the
place from the mondays sun and watch
that they are not wet enough to rot. If
they will sprout they will come up.
LIGHTwOOD On--Fat pine or lightwOod
is said to yield so gallons per cord of oil
worth 25 cents per gallon, and machinery
has been invented TO express it. The pine
regions of South Georgia and Florida
ought now to get rich
THE RosE-Who does not paw court
to the queens of Floral beauty? If any,
let him be called a barbarian. Is any
home or garden without the lovely rose {?
If SO, it is home of sloth and imbecility
:" garden of weeds " and not of deeds.
1t will grow in almost any soil, and bloom
beautifully in spite of neglect.
CKossING SHEEP COtswold for its
long wool is crossed with the Merino for
its fine wool, hence we have medium, long
and fine wool, as an improvement upon
the common. But the CotswOld is large
and the Merino small, hence we have
medium-sized sheep for mutton, another
important gain.
FAIRS are important promoters of in
dustry. Nobody with spirit likes to be
outdOne at anything praisworthy, hence
all go to work, each to slrpass the other.
Men never get over being children. The
boy who swells with pride at outstripping
his rival in foot race will exhaust all
his resources to take the premium at the
fair. That is natural and right. 1t is
ambition given to man for the develop
ment and glory of the earth.
PETUNIAs.-If you wish beautiful green
clumps in the front yard during the bleak
winter months, SOW petunia seeds in July,
on rich pulverized beds and set out like
cabbage plants. The petunia in bloom
has rich spicy smell, is beautiful in every
stage, and of easy growth. Fowls are
fond of its foliage and Shanghais will de-
vOur large quantities.
Why DO PLANKs WARP ?-Because one
side dries faster than the other, whether
green or wet. On the ground the moist
earth keeps the centre cool while the air
and sunshine warp the edges and We have
hollow plank, difficult to dress or do
anything decent with. To save trouble,
annoyance and money, therefore, always
pile your lumber with sticks between,
that all parts may have air and dry or
season more evenly together.
CORN cObs are said to contain three
times as much potash as the average wood
ashes. Farmers should make a note of
this.
IT requires an average of % pounds of
milk at the creamries to make one pound
of butter. Missouri prohibits the manu-
facture of any imitation of butter.
TURNIPs.-Sow from now to the lst of
September, the earlier the better. Have
rich ground well pulverized and plant
thin and shallow. Many farmers do not
appreciate the great advantage of prepa-
ration of soil. PIow deep, pulverize thor
oughly, and level if seed to be broadcast,
otherwise beds or rows, smoothly covered
and clean.
GOAT DAIRY.-In Mexico they have
goat dairies. Why not in this country ?
Hundreds of Irish families in Savannah
have goats for their milk, and no doubt,
hundreds in other of our cities Now if
SO many goats can thrive and be valuable
in cities, where they have to live on bread
crums and waste broom paper, what
would they do in the countryP
Hoes AND HAY.-We have before men
toned a growing advocacy Of feeding
hogs on hay as other cattle. New advo-
Gates appear as the test is made. Mr.
James, of Kansas, now declares that they
need rough feed as well as horses, cattle
or the human race. He mentions green
hay as the best, cut very short and mix
with bran or swiIl at first to get them to
eating it.
DUCKS may be bred in small pen,
where there is merely tank of water
four feet by two, and two feet deep.
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