The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-05-27
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


For picking the white SPINE IL
considered one Of the best cucumbers.
The caterpillar Of the silk worm.
when fully developed. is 10000 times
heavier than when it came from the cor.
Never hem n braize or tissue veil
with sewing silk; take some of the raw
eiings of the material. thread coarse
needle with it and hem the veil The
stitches will not show at all if small ones
are taken. boston Transcript
"A fat calf is sixty-five per cent.
water and fifteen per cent fat, while
an extra fat sheep is thirty-seven per
cent water and forty-eight per cent.
fat, and fat pig is forty-three per cent
water and forty-four per cent. fat,
George r. Rice, living near Farmer
Village, n Y, has pear tree two feet
in diameter, and forty high. 1t bears
from ten to twenty bushels of fine fruit
every year, and is remarkably hardy
and sure. 1t is a Seeding and sixty-two
years old.
There is no wisdom in working a
thirty-acre field year after year to get
five bushels of wheat or ten of corn TO
for fertilizers. YOU could raise fifteen
bushels of wheat or thirty of corn to the
acre. --DenUer Tribune.
The Canadian Government has re-
moved the daty of twenty per cent. i'm
posed Epon poultry imported into the
Dominion, provided a certificate accom-
panies the birds stating that they are
thoroughbreds The action is taken TO
aid in the Improvement of the breeds Of
fowls in Canada. 81. L0uiS Globe.
There is notwithstanding de-
mand for American trotting-bred horses
in all parts of the world, and scarcely a
week passes that some are not sent to
foreign countries. Mr. b. j. Treacy.
of Kentucky, lately sold and shipped
eight head of choicely-bred animals of
the above class to parties in New Yea
land. i Chicago Times.
Captain j. B. Moore. Concord.
Mass, is authority for the statement
that gentleman in Salem, with
plenty of manure and water" raises the
asparagus. pease, corn and other vege-
tables needed in family of seven, also
the summer keep of two cows, and hay
and mangel wurzels enough to winter
them-all on one acre of land
Cranberry jelly, that is pleasing to
the eve rs well as to the taste, is made
in this way: Dissolve one ounce of gel
atine in very little water and to this
add one pint and half of cranberry
juice, strained so that it is perfectly
clear. While YOU are straining it let
the gelatine and water boil until it is
thick, then stir in the juice ana half a
pound of sugar; let this come to boil
have jelly boards at hand and strain the
jelly through muslin cloth into them.
N. Y. Post
"A glass of milk suddenly swallowed
says an English paper, will form in the
stomach a lump of dense, cheesy curd.
Under the action of the stomach this
will turn over and over like a heavy
weight, and as the gastric juice attacks
only its surface, it digests very slowly.
The same milk taken with biscuit, a
slice of toast, or other solid food, forms
porous, friable clot, which breaks up
every time the stomach turns it over,
and through which the gastric juice can
easily pass.
ANY good garden soil will grow
roses A rich loan well enriched with
well decomposed manure is to be pre-
ferred. Do not use fresh stable manure
Pruning may be done during the grow.
ing season, to get the. plants into fine
form. This for heavy sorts is desirable;
their shape can be easily controlled by
pinching off the young growth after the
plant has attained the height desired.
When protection is removed in the
spring, all the dead branches should be
cut out. -I11dianapOliS Joatg71aIl q.