River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-02-23
FOR FARMERS.

land in the spring, especially if used on
light soils.
A double saucepan prevents danger
of burning, and liquid boils quicker on
account of heat on all sides.
Hens, as rule, lay about am equal
number of eggs in their first and second
seasons, after which the produce rapid
ly decreases.
Granite rocks, sand and dust contain
large amounts of potash. On some of
our sandy lands an application of pot
ash has but little effect.
1t is said that fully nine-tenths Of the
diseases from which fowls suffer are
produced by vermin. The comb is the
health indicator. Examine this at once.
and see il it is in a healthy condition.
Pliny mentioned turnip among the
Romans in this time that weighed
about twenty-eight pounds, and the
largest in modern times was produced
in England, weighing thirty-six pounds.
An experienced swine raiser says
pig pen should not be fioored-that pigs
do best on the ground; but the pen
ought to be high and dry or well drain
ed.
1t is said that piece of zinc placed
on the live Goals will effectually clean
out a stove pipe, the vapor thus pro-
duced carrying of the SCOT by ehemi-
cal decomposition.
To utilize the feathers ofducks, chick
ems and turkeys, generally thrown aside
as refuge, trim the plums from the
stump, enclose them in q tight bag, rub
the whole as ifwashing clothes, aud you
will secure a perfectly uniform and
light down, excellent for quilting cover
lets. and not few other purposes.
A sensible contemporary says, "Let
the frost help YOU" He means that
you shall pillow up the soil, and let the
freeze ''set at liberty the plant food
locked up in it." Frost or freeze, you
know, is the very best of pulverizers,
and thorough pulverizing is next to
thorough fertilizing.
One hundred pounds of dried Goldfish
is said to supply as much nutriment as
three hundred and forty-one-pounds of
beef, and costs from one-third to one
ninth less than beef. Beans come next
to Goldfish in cheapness and value of
of labor sustaining nutriment.
Orchards are said to be as necessary
to the farmer as COWS or sheep or hogs,
and we ale very much inclined to be-
lieve it. In fact, we don't see how his
wife and children are to be kept at
home and made happy without the
pleasure of healthgiving fruits.
Always save the best stock to raise
from, whether poultry or animals. If
you sell the best because they bring the
highest price, you will soon have DO
good stock to SELL But what is the use
to tell this? None but a blockhead
can need such advice, and, of course,
there are no blockheads nowadays.
Avoid over-eating. To rise from the
table able to eat a little more is pro-
verbally good rule for every one.
There is nothing more idiotic than
forcing down few mouthfuls, because
they happen to remain on ones plate,
after hunger is satisfied, and because
they may be wasted" if left 1t is the
most serious waste to overtax the sto-
mach with even half an ounce more
than it can take care of.
Never go out TO work in early morn
ing in any locality subject to damps,
fogs and miasm, with an empty sto-
mach. If there is no time to wait for
cup of coffee, pour two-thirds of cup
of boiling water on two teaspoonsful of
cream, or beaten egg, season it with
salt and pepper, drink it while hot be-
fore going out. This will stimulate and
comfort the stomach, and aid the sys-
tenn in resisting poisonous or debili-
Eating atmosphere.
When you gel chilly all over and
away in your bones, and begin to sniffie
and almost struggle for your breath,
Just begin in time, and your tribulation
need not last very long. Get some pow
dered borax and snuff the dry powder
up your nostrils. Get your camphor
bottle, and smell it frequently, pour
some ON your handkerchief and wipe
your nose with it whenever needed.
Your nose will not get sore. and you
will soon wonder what's become of
your cold. Begin this treatment in the
forenoon and keep on at intervals until
you go to bed, and you will sleep as
well as you ever did.
The Kansas Farmer says: ''The cul-
ture of sorghum bids fair to become one
of our leading agricultural industries.
Some farmers are experimenting with it
as feed purely. When young it makes
excellent feed for COWS in dairy barns.
BY sowing the seed soil very heavy
crop can be raised in a short time. Its
qualities will be treated next season for
ensilage. These facts, in connection
with its syrup and sugar-making quail
ties and the value of the ripe seed and
blades for winter feed, place the plant
near the head of the list in point Of
value to the farmer"
In small families where the dairy is
small, good plan to have butter cool
and firm without ice is by the process
of evaporation, as practiced in India
and other warm countries. A cheap
plan is to get very large-sized porous,
earthen flower pot with large saucer.
half fill the saucer with water, set it in
trivet or light stand-such as is used
for holding hot irons, will do; upon this
put your butter; over the whole invert
the flower pot, letting the top rim of it
rest in and be covered by the water;
then close the hole in the bottom of
the flower pot with cork; then dash
water over the flower pot, and repeat
the process several times a day, or
whenever it looks very dry. If set in
a cool place or where the wind can
blow on it, it will readily evaporate the
water from the pot and the butter will
be as firm and cool as if from an ice
house
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