The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-12-06

trees and castor oil for iron hubs Just crease
enough should be applied 10 the spindle Of
wagon to give il q slight coating. This is bee-
ter than more. for the surplus put on win work
out at the ends, and be forced by the shoulder
band and nut-washer into the hub around tks
boxes. To oil an iron axle-tree first wipe ths
spindle clean, wet with spirits of turpentina.
and then apply few drops of castor oil near
the shoulder and end One teaspoonful is SUM-
eient for the whole.
INFLUENCE OF SOIL ON THE KEEPING oUALE-
TIES OF FRUIT.
A rural paper says that the great object being
70 keep fruit as long possible and at the leaas
cost, it IS worth while to inquire, not only how
keeping qualities may be retained and increased
after the fruit Is grown, but into the known
and probable conditions in which these quail
ties originate, and ho~ they ara impaired to
the fruit during It's growth According 70 the
experience Of producer and consumer, clay
loan or strong soil. with dry or porous sub
soil, is the most favorable to good quality In
both the pear and the apple Fruit grown ON
stiff soils generally keeps better than that pro-
dueed on light sandy soils, and the trees on
these latter class OF soils though they may bear
well, cannot as a rule mature a full crop Of
AAAAer oCtAS poSAAg SNPptAEa Win EtOt1, OF II
they possess plenty Of roots, there is bat listIs
substance or solidity 10 the soil able 20 furnish
durable supply of nutriment or from which
the tree can derive that support and frm con-
nection CHARACTERISTIC of those growing in the
stronger soils.
NEW CATALOGUES.
Illustrated Descriptive CatGlogue0f Anaeriega Grape
Viaes, ard Grape GrOEsrs' Manual, 5y B1sh and
Som and Asissssr, B'tsaderg, J.esTson county,
Missouri.
We make no hesitation in giving our opinion
on the above. viz, that we consider it the moss
valuable catalogue ever gotten I'D on American
grapes. More than this, it is. in souae essential
respects, By far the best manual which has yea
appeared on this subject The different species
OF American grapes forms letter from De.
Engleman, of st. Louis. whe IS the highest au-
thorIty IN tins country. Then, the reiatiys
merits of varieties which have originated froEa
the different species are clearly distinguished.
The best wine varieties are noted, as well an
those most fitted for table use. Insects which
attack the grape vine are treated upon and
illustrated, with the most approved methods of
their destruction; this chapter is also from ths
highest authority, Professor Riley of the o. 8
Agricultural Department. The chapter on cul-
ture is equally lGcid and to the point
Twenty-Five cents is charged for copy Of
this catalogue, and it is by far the cheapess
work that we know Of on everything latinz
TO American grape vines
CHICKEN CHOLERA
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Being constant reader OF your paper saw
the inquiry of Mrs. A. III. H.. of Dakota about
chickens. would advise her to try my remedy,
which never fails. / have tried Is when the
head was cold and the chicken nearly dead,
with cholera run by remedy IS this: I keep
bottle of Railways Sarsaparillian ReseIvens
l. II -.
ing around / give it from Oue-half 20 a tsa-
spoonful; then a little cold water after t.
have never lost one treated in this way, while
my neighbors thought u too much trouble, and,
consequently, lost from four to ten a day.
will eheerfuily answer all letters addressed 70
me in regard to these pets.
Mrs. ELLEN MYERS.
New AIbin, Allamakee Co, Iowa
NoTELETs.
Good honey, nicely put I'D, viii sell well
anywhere, but the good Old-fashiOned way Of
cutting out Of the brood chamber honey, pollen
and brood, and casting the whole mess into A
pot, jar, or pan, and taking the stuff 70 market,
was not well calculated to get up q boom in ths
honey trade.
"A Nebraska man says hay IS good for hogs.
Cut the hay short and mix with bran, shorts,
or middlings. and feed as other feed. Hogs
soon learn 90 ike it, and if soaked IN swilI OK
on flesh as rapidly as anything that can Do
given them
1t always pays TO protect strawberry plants
/ where the winters are severe, no matter what
reputation they may have for hardness. Few
/ people grow Strawberries simply 10 End Qua
/ how much frost they viii stand without kill
! ing; they grow them for the sake Of their frufS
/ and protection during winter increases the crop.
| This has often been proved.
/ Not the least Of the advantages gained By
| blowing IN the faH IS the destruction Of insects
and their Iarya- When these are turned up TO
/ the frost many viii die from exposure. Large
/ quantities OF insect eggs are deposited upon
small plants near the surface of the earth. where
they hatch, and the grubs and .cut-worms entsr
/ the soil and eat the roots of plants As cold
/ weather approaches the worms become insctivs
or go deeper 10 spend the winter. Exposure 70
the cold, and the breaking up Of their wintsx
/ quarters, destroys many of them.
I'm Germany butter is washed IN censri-
/ fUgal machine. As soon as the butter gathers
| in the churn in small particles il Is collected
and placed in this machine, which Is then SEQ
! IN rapid motion. throwing the butter milk oas
/ through the persorat sd drum Of the centrifugal
1t is cleared Of sll foreign matter by directing
| spray OF water upon is it revolvss. This
| being continued until the water comes away
clean few revolutions afterwards renders Il
| dry and fb for being moulded sud packed.
| 1t has often been suggested that tho valus
| Of sorghum . sugar producing plant would
be increased oy topping IL, 50 as 70 prevent tina
growth Of seed. Some experiments recently
made indicate that topped stalks viii yisl4
considerably moro sugar than those not topped.
1t is stated that the best results from wood
ashes, when applied to ths soil, are secured By
adding small portion of common salt Ashea
contain ali the mineral elements Of the plsns,
and they exert good influence Ia increasing
! fertility. In burning anything the chlcrins
it contains is carried off with the smoke and
salt, chloride OF sodium, supplies the deficiency.
The japanese regard piece Of ground -
| nothing mora than certain area on which 70
operate with mshures. They expect ths
manure 10 do the work, and the ground TO
merely furnish tbs space.
/ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
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