The National tribune., 1882-12-28
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Nurserymen who cut large quantities of
CRAFTS late in autumn keep them in cellars
packed in damp moss: but farmers and others
who wish to preserve few for spring grating
may not have these appliances ut hand. For
such, a simple and perfect mode is to bury
them in dry place out of doors in an inverted
wooded box. Fill the box partly full with
them. nail two or three strips across to keep
them i'll place, and then place the box in a hole
dug for the purpose with the open side down.
and bury them half a foot or so in depth.
/ They do not come in contact with the earth,
and remain perfectly clean, and the moisture
of the earth keeps them plump and fresh, with
out any danger of their becoming water soaked.
| Crafts which have become Shriveled by expo
sure are thus restored and Will grow. Ii is
often advantageous to cut ont CRAFTS in autumn
as there is then no danger of their vitality be
ing lesSened by exposure TO intense cold, and is
often more convenient to cut them or procure
them from 4 distance at this time. In marking
the label with "A lead pencil remember that if
the wood is wet before writing. the names Will
last ten times as long as if written dry.
THE CHEAPEST WAY TO FATTEN HOGS.
l have found hogs to fatten fastcrwhen turned
into field of corn than in any other way. You
should turn in with the large hogs enough pigs
10 eat any corn the large hogs may leave. The
pigs viii not break down the corn stalks, but
will gather up what corn is left by the large
hogs. so that there is really but little if anv
corn lost. Give the hogs plenty of salt and
ashes Plant with your corn plenty of pump
kins and stock peas. The hogs will gather
them to suit themselves. They will eat the
peas first. Plant fields of the proper size TO
fatten your hogs. BY this method all the time
labor, and expense of picking and hauling the
corn and penning your hogs is saved, and pork
can be made cheaper by this method than by
any other.-J c. Dupoyster, IN RardL World.
WARNING CELLARS.
Nearly all underground cellars are sufficiently
frost proof TO keep their contents from freez-
ing, except on one or two of the coldest nights
of winter. The writer before thought that il
would pay to put a small stove in such cellars
to be lighted up on such occasions; and this is
what Mr.. Gregory does: He states that the
temperature in his vegetable cellar sometimes
went few degrees below freezing, making the
air just cold enough to spoil the contents
He procured a Kerosene stove which had six
burners and held two gallons of oil. Whenever
the two thermometers i'll the cellar indicated
danger he lighted the kerosene, by which he
raised the temperature ten degrees when neccs-
sary, proving "A convenient, simple, and cheap
way to prevent any loss.
A JERSEY RECORD.
An official fest has been made of the Weld of
the Jersey cow BOmba, owned by Mr. A. b.
Darling Of New York, by the American jersey
Cattle Club, Of New York. The club detailed
Mr.. Burnett, of SouthborO, Mass, to conduct
the experiment, and he had the cow milked
twice a day for a week under his personal su-
pervision, and sealed the milk up in a room.
etc. The result from seven days milking was
205 pounds and ounces of milk, from which
was churned u pounds IL ounces of butter
This is claimed to be the largest Weld on