The National tribune., 1883-11-15

Germans. use apples extensively There ia no
fruit which can be cooked and prepared in 50
many different ways as apples, nor is there any
fruit whose value Is an article of nourishment
is so great and yet so little appreciated-Col-
mans Rural HorLd.
PLANTING TREES AROUND DWELLINGS,
Although shade is exceedingly agreeable
near house, yet it Is not advisable 10 have
trees so near it as to form shade on the house
itself 1t is better that the sun should shine
on the walls than that they should always be
shaded. The worst disposition OF trees - 70
set eyergreens near the south side of house.
They obscure the view. arrest eO0lins bFeezes,
and even IN summer impart a gloomy effect.
But when these are placed in their posi- lion GA
the n0rtherly sides Of house they have de-
ciaed influence upon the temperature during
the cold winter months. house nesting on
the sunny side Of a dense plantation Of ever
green trees suggests comfort and cheerfulneSs
in the coolest and most ineiement weather.
Such thickets should be az least one hundred
feet from the building and may be composed
of Norway spruce. white pine, and AUSTRIAN
and Scotch frs, bortered with hemlOek spruce
and arborvitse. Such trees as the sugar. NOr-
way, red and silver naples the linden, elm,
and white ash NAV be planted for shade, the
largest growers 100 feet frem the house
SAVE THE POULTRY MxxURE
From actual experiment, it is stated that the
/ dr0ppings from four large Brahma chickens
for one night weighed. in one ease. exactly one
pound, and, in another, more than three quar-
tiers, an average Of nearly four ounces TO each
bird. By drying this was reduced 70 not quite
one and half ounces Other breeds make
less. but allowing only one ounce per bird daily
OF dry manure, fifty fowls win make in their
roosting- house alone abcu5 ten hundred pounds
yearly OF as good manure as can be purchased.
# FFrx-
than enough manure for an acre Of land. seven
/ hundred pounds Of gnaHo being considered q
good liberal application Cor one acre, and p0ul-
try manure being even richer than guano in
ammonia aud feTtiIizing salts No other stock
+ VIII give an equal return in this way for the
I food consumed, and these figures should %
carefully poGdered by those who take but little
/ heed Of this kind Of manure.
STARCH FROM POTATOES.
There are said 70 be twenty-eight factories In
I AFOostOOk for manufacturing starch from pota-
I toes, and the estimate is given that these made
last year in all 1000 tons Of starch. The pOts-
/ toes fetch twenty-five cents per bushel at the
/ factory, and farmers seem to consider it profit
able crop 20 grow at that price. A bushel Of
/ potatoes yields from seven to ten pounds of
starch, SO that 100000 bushels CT potatoes are
/ required t0 supply the demand fer the factories
above mentioned. Bat there are many other
! mills at work IN various parts Of the country,
SO that many millions Of bushels Of potatoes ara
used IN this industry.
NoTELETs
1t has been said truly in regard 70 agrieuI-
tursl fairs that farmers work hard and take
stock, products and machinery to display and
come home with diplomas and hye-eent prizes,
while the trotting gentry retire with their
| capacious wallets stuffed.
/ The Improvement IN the general health
of the Western hog is said 70 be due to the
Eut4s
ON clover and grass.
/ 1t is said that the stems and leaves Of the
potato, boiled till the juice is extracted gives
liquid which, when spFinkIed over infested
plants. destroys caFterPiliars, the green ay, and
other insects.
"A stable that viii keep cattle comfortably
warm IN winter viii save ali Of the food
that usually goes toward keeping Up the ami
NAL heat The food needed TO keep a cow alive
on the outside IN winter VIII fa5ten one that IS
stabbed.
"A Kentucky editor writing upon the sheep
and dog question, says that niEety-nine out Of
hundred people make great mistake, when
they cut of dogs tail, in throwing away Ehs
wrong end.
Experiments IN thick and thin seeding Of
wheat at the Ohio Station show that if there
Is any difference In the earliuess of ripening it
was IN favor Of the thick seeding. But little
difference was apparent In the quality OF the
dent that thin seeding produced the largest
kernels. The winter killed wheat was uni
fOTnlly less IN the case OF thin and more IN the
case OF thick seeding.
-Eat0uologists state that the Hessian fly
turks in wheat stubbie. and that the stubbIs
should be burned over to exteTminate the fly,
or plow 1t under deeply.
From French sOurceit isstated that pure
phosphate of line is very beneficial IN the rear
ing Of colts. The phosphate half an ouneel is
given In the form Of a NASH thus. over 9 quart
of oats IS poured boiling water, then one pint
! of bran To absorb the latter; allow the mass 20
swell, and when cool add the phosphate.
When packages Of trees for planting come
to hand during frosty weather, it is best not to
open them cut until they are perfectly thawed-
They should be kept in cool cellar or other
place where there Is no frost, but not roo warm
If too late for planting IN the field the bun
dies should be opened and the trees placed IN
trenches covering the stems well up and
corn stalks or q sprinkling Of straw may be
thrown over the tops, which VIII prevent them
from shrivelling during dry, frosty weather.
1t IS found that the food OF healthy oxen
of whatever size IS nearly one-6fth Of their
, own weight OF hay. straw OF other dried food.
German carp should not be placed in pond
; where there are other kinds Of fish. as they are
slow and sluggish, and sall an easy prey TO
) more gamey kinds. Eels and catfish are spe-
cially destructive in carp ponds.
. We see that the value of carp as a table
! fish is undergoing much criticism One writer
says: = When you have caught him he is moo
! worth eating, being q muddy bOny beast, on
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