The National tribune., 1883-11-08

HOW TO CURE BACON.
The Rural Ne,c Yorker SAYS: ssThe Quickest
way TO cure bacon is to rub the salt into the
fieshy side, and then pile the pieces on TOP of
each other for the absorption to be completed
As soon as the surface of the meat begins to dry,
1t may be smoked. This period depends upon
the thoroughness of the rubbing mostly, aud
somewhat upon the condition of the curing
room, a dry room being preferable to damp
place. For 100 pounds of meat make the follow
ing mixture: Six pounds fine salt, one ounce
saitpeter, two quarts of molasses, or its equiv
alent in sugar. For long keeping, use one pound
more of salt"
FEEDING POULTRY.
Corn alone will not keep fowls in the best
condition, especially if they are kept in confne-
ment. 1t is earbonaceous or fat producing,
which is an objection for laying hens, as over
fat fowls will not lay, and they are very liable
to disease if kept upon an exclusively corn diet.
Variety of food is the proper plan to pursue in
feeding, not only as sanitary precautiOn. but
also because variety affords all the elements
that enter into the composition Of an egg At
the season when the fowls are shedding feath-
ers they should also have a little bone meal.
Ground oyster shells, gravel and charcoal, if
placed within reach of poultry, will be found
able assistants in promoting health.
CORN FODDER INSTEAD OF Hay.
It is stated that Mr. Lord, of Elgin, Illinois,
keeps one hundred cows on three hundred
acres OF land. and has not raised pound of hay
for years. He sows corn in drills three and q
half feet apart, and about the time it blossoms
it is cut and thrown in bundles to dry. When
sufficiently wilted it is bound and set in large
stacks and allowed to cure standing on the
ground until winter sets in, when it is hauled
to the barn. He secures yield of about seven
tons of cured fodder to the acre, worth as much
as the best hay-at least he thinks so-sar his
purposes.
FLOWING BY STEAM
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
notice in your paper of October 25 the
inquiry of your Dakota correspondent in
regard to plowing with traction engines / am
glad to inform him that have seen, in sue
cessful operation for the last year, gang Of
seven plow5 drawn by traction engine piowing
from twenty to thirty acres per day, on Kim
mel Bros farm, near Cambridge City, Ind
Yours, respectfully,
CAMBRIDGE Cry, IND. SUBSCRIBER
[Remarks.-We are thankful for the above
information. It would seem that if blowing
where it would be in the expansive fields of
the Western States
NOTELETs.
Poultry requires certain amount of green
vegetable food TO keep them free from consti-
patton, and cabbage is undoubtedly the cheap
est green food that can be had. In most
cabbage patches there are TO be found soft
unmaTketable heads which can be pTofitabiy
utilized when chopped up and fed to fowls.
If kept warm and properly fed, Brahma
hens will lay more eggs during the winter
season than any other breed.
The excremeuts of birds sick from cholera
are the principal means Of spreading the conta-
gion, and the first step in stamping out the
disease Is consequently, to kill of all birds
which are voiding yellow urates
In some parts butter is preserved by pack
ing it In cylindrical bags of muslin, which are
put in mould for the purpose These bags
hold about two pounds, and when filed are
tied tightly and packed away in brine in tubs,
pals, or casks, and are headed up just as
picked pork is.
Sulphur is sometimes mentioned as if it
was specific for all diseases and TO be applied
TO the soil in the case of sickly plants For
the destruction of mycellium as seen on mil
dewed leaves it is effective when heated by
the sun; as soil application it Is of no value
whatever.
The chemical effect of lime in the soil is
four-fold: 1t induces the formation of humus
from the organic matters of the soil it is an
important constituent of plant food; it neu-
tralizes some forms of alkali, and renders
other noxious ingredients harmless and it
renders available plant food that would other
WISE Inert ana EnaSSffnl1&Dte-
Apples taken from the tree, placed IN bar
rels and at once headed up viii. in few DAYS,
be found to be quite moist on the outside, on
account of the moisture which has escaped
from them. This moisture, if retained in the
barrel, will promote decay The heads should
be left ont of the barrels until this moisture
has escaped; then they may be headed up.
Those who intend to plant trees Of any kind
next spring should secure their trees from the
MI faiz fall ouI Irla -
covering them wei up with soil. The advantage
of this is that the trees are on hand and can
be planted at the first favorable opportunity
instead of waiting for them IN spring. perhaps
for weeks after everything is IN readiness
This is particularly important if the trees are
to be received from nurseries where the season
is later than your own. 1t often happens that
the best planting period is lost by having 10
wait for trees which cannot be lifted On account
of the ground being frozen.
1t IS stated that the best thing 10 color
butter is pailful of corn meal mush, fed
warm once day, the corn to be Of the yellow
variety; this will also increase the milk and
butter as well as giving good color.
Those who fancy that they need alcoholic
stimulants via find that tumbler of milk
heated as hot as it can be sipped will promptly
exert cordial influence, and they viii, in this
simple drausht find an equivalent that viii be
abundantly satisfying as we'll as enduring in its
effects; so says the MeliicG! Record
Cows and horses can well be fed on the
same pasture but no other animal should be
allowed in the same field pigs and poultry
spoil and faint the feed.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Our Agricultural Editor's Weekly Chat With His
Readers.
I understand that teosinte Is q fine grass for
stock; what is its worth and where can get the
seed ?-J. r.. Conn.
Ans We do not know where the seed Of this
grass can be found it has not seeded in this
country so far as we know. 1t is q strong
growing plant, native of Central America.
1t is somewhat like pearl millet in growth
we do not consider it equal in value with the
latter as fodder or forage plant.
see notices TO the effect that the Mccartney rose
makes g gnod hefisa Do Won kn.,sx W k,ars I can