Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-01-13
FIELD AND FARM.
Farming MISCELLANY.

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tional agricultural Convention of Chica-
go, and isreported as follows: "The Hon.
J. B. Grinnell, OF. Iowa, followed with a
paper entitled, what Agriculturists Owe
to Posterity." They should leave their
children, he said. legacy of improved
farms, horses, cattle, trees, fruits, flow
ers, higher education, library which
would stimulate their boys and cause
them to make laws; a policy of devel-
opment; a cultivated repose, trust in their
avocations; and clothing made from
home wool. Then they would be full of
and beautiful"
A German naturalist has recently at
tempted to decide how many eggs hen
will ordinarily produce in the course of
her laying life, and after careful investi-
CATION, he has fixed the number at 600.
About twenty of these are produced the
first year, 100 the second. 1872 the third
year, and IA the fourth, after which
time there is regular annual decrease.
Observers can attest, however, that there
are many exceptions to this rule.
think the only good turkeys are
dead ones well cooked. One of my
troubles to raise them is, they will lay
all SUI INNER, and every time you break
one nest up they will 60 further and
make new one, when j do not wish
them to lay at ali, but to take care ofthe
young ones they have. Then i'll the
fall they will pick half an acre of wheat
bare next the barn, pick growing grapes,
cabbage and turnips, and you may fix
nice rOosc in an open shed and they will
90 and sit IN tree top right in the worst
blizzard.-D. A. B., Genesee Co., n. Y.
Even TIE humble humble bee that has
come down to us from former genera
ton as the embodiment of honest indus
try, turns out to be as lazy as the rest Of
us, and will only work when he is
obliged to. This has been discovered
by Prof Riley who found that a swarm
Of northern bees located in Florida in
1880, made the usual quantity OF honey
and had a surplus at the opening OF lS8l.
They did but little in that year, while in
1882, having found out that they could
get honey at any time for the gathering,
laid up not single ounce of store. They
made Just enough to last them from day
to-day, and at once settled comfortably
down into the hand-to-moUth custom OF
the sunny south.
The In Wrinkles in House Deco
ration.
From the Art Amateur tor January.
For rooms fitted in chintz or cretonne,
and for country house use. have been
revive those delightful old curtains of
tambo ured muslin; with this difference,
hat VIII ere monstrous flowers, and vines
with grapes, once formed the design, we
have now small conventional patterns
powdered over the curtains, and bor-
der to match, to finish them.
Curtains ought to be hung so that they
can be constantly taken down to be
brushed, and, if necessary. cleaned with
bread crumb or. bran. tits great econ.
omy to have second best set ofcurtains
to put up during the dark days of win
ter; beside, the change is pleasant to the
eye which gets Wearied at always seeing
exactly the same color and pattern
framing the outside view.
An east-side cabinet-maker has made
4 lucky hit by the production of small
mahogany tea~tables made after an Eng
iish model, with two drop-leaves and a
steady set of supports below, which en-
dear them to the hearts of all tea-drink-
ing housekeepers. These dainty tables
are just of height to reach the elbow OF
the lady while sitting, and at ordinary
times they occupy some quiet corner I'M
observed.
In common with tambourines, guitars
and spinets, ancient harps are being
unearthed in the auction rooms, and
brought home to decorate the much
crowded modern interior. There is not
much hope that proficiency in execution
on this graceful old instrument will be
generally attained in the present ,gener;,
alton, but then, as pretty girl who had
mst ACQUIRED harp for her MUSHROOM
observed: "What difference does that
make? It's such capital thing to pose
against"
Brown paper is very useful in house
hold decoration. Pretty screens of
coarse grecer's paper, painted in oils, are
often used. An old wooden mantelpiece
may be covered with this coarse paper
and painted roughly, but most effective
" with pink and white foxgloves and
leaves, or with red peoples. Paper can
be only temporary decoration, but in
country villages occasions often arrive
such as impromptu festivities, church
sociables, and weddings--when speedy
decoration is most valuable.
When young couple commence fur
nishing they should content themselves
with the mere necessaries of life until
they have acquired the knowledge of
what they wanted and discovered the
best means of procuring it. A few cot
tage chairs and kitchen tables can, by
means of cushions and covers, be made
to do for year or SO, and will save a
great deal more than they cost in pre-
venting money being thrown away in a
hurry on unsuitable purchases. In cit
les furniture can be hired and returned
as it il replaced at leisure.
The simplest method of staining a
floor is to get from dealer in paints halt
gallon of oak stain ready mixed, pour
it into basin, and cover the floor with
it, using an ordinary hogs hair paint
brush. Do not tread more than you can
help on the part you have stained; of
course YOU would do the floor near the
door last. If one wash of the stain does
not make as dark tint as you wish, wait
till it is quite dry and give it second.
When it is quite dry the housemaid can
rub it up with beeswax and turpentine,
or she may make mixture of these two
ingredients with little resir, warmed
until it is all liquid, and then when it
is cool rubbed on with cloth and pol
ished up with brush.
In papering the upper part of wall
above stencilled dado, the following
shades will be found to go we'll together:
Paper, a light shade of gray; dado,
darker shade of gray, relieved by few
narrow lines and touches of pure vermil-
lion. Paper, cream color; dado, shades
of Vandyke brown. Paper, fawn color;
dado, flowers with tints of salmon and
orange shaded with lake, leaves and
stems of shades of grays and browns.
Paper, pale terra Gotta; dado, deepshade
of terra Gotta, with Egyptian designs out
lined with black. -.----~
1t is strongly advised that all pictures
not in themselves worthy ola place on
the walls in our homes should be taken
down and all worth looking at placed