The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-03
HOUSE AND FARM.
Farming Paragraphs.

l Ts"r 1~AAAsuS = 0E0kSEAp A0s e.
mo, we can't sell on credit" to the
, man who has no time to read. He may
be honest enough, but his ability to meet
his obligations are seriously crippled by
his own faults. Being nnprogressive, UNI
informed, consequently unprotected,
business men will take no risks in his
ability to pay. ... -
There is no excuse whatever for the
slovenly appearance of many yards or
lawns about the farmers home. 1: is not
the sign of good farming, since careless
ness in one place denotes very clearly
carelessness in the other.
"After ALL" remarks the Atlanta Con-
sti1ution, "the money made by farming
is the cleanest, best money in the world.
It is made in accorda ce with Gods first
law, under honest and genial Influences,
away from the faint of trade or the fierce
heat of speculation. 1t fills the pockets
Of the farmer at the expense OF no other
man. His gain is no mans loss: but the
more he makes the better for the world
at large. Prosperous farmers make a
prosperous people. Whatever benefits
our agriculture benefits the common
wealth."
The Gardeners Monthly Gays that Gin
planting fruit trees aim to have them
that the hot, dry sun will not have full
The great heat in this way Injuries the
trees. Many who have trees in gardens
plant raspberries under them. The par
tial shade seems to be good for the rasp-
berries, and helps the trees. Blackber.
ries would no doubt do we'll in the same
situation; and strawberries it il we'll
known, do not do badly grown in this
way.
The custom of planting potatoes early
is much more prevalent than formerly;
this change has been caused probably
by the desire to get them harvested be-
fore the third crop of beetles comes. On
warm, dry land there is but little danger
of planting too soon, after thu frost is we'll
out of the ground, but on moist or low
land there is danger of planting so early
that the cold, wet weather may continue
50 long that the seed will rot before
sproutipg; whole fields are sometimes
lost in this way. The better way is not
to attempt to grow early potatoes on
moist or wet land. but to plant them on
welldrained land that is high enough to
NO VOL Ia III C'tO SpI4uSS l1Au yct 1lOL ulSA
enough to dry the crop up in July.
Miscellaneous Recipes.
LIQUID GlUE.-The following directions
are said to make a durable, slightly
tinted, but clear liquid glue: 100 parts
Of ordinary gelatine are dissolved in 400
parts of water containing six to seven
parts of oxalic acid. The solution is
kept for five or six hours on the water
bath, in porcelain infusion pot, which
it is neutralized with carbonate Of cal
cum, the insoluhle precipitate filtered
off. and the clear tiltrate evaporated at a
moderate temperature, until about 200
parts are obtained.
WARTS TO CURE.-Burn piece of linen
or cotton on any piece of Steel and rub
the moisture left on the metal by the
burning on the wart three or four sue
cessive times. (2) Rub the wart with a
strong solution Of potash till it disap-
pears. (3J Wet gum ammoniac and rub
it on the wart at night just before going
to bed. ~ Cover a few sprigs of arbor
vitae with hot water; when the tea is
quite strong, pour off, and battle the
warts with this, or crush the juice Of the
leaf directly on the wart three or tour
times a week till it disappears. (5) Take
cents worth muriate of ammonia, wet
a crystal in water, and apply several
times during the day.(6) Cover the warts
with baking soda, wet with water and tie
them up. A :ow applications will re-
move them.
To Dye SHEHpsK1N MArs.-Have shall
low vessel as large as the skin, in which
to prepare the dye, 80 that the skin can
be laid wool side down smoothly into
the vessel that all parts may be equally
immersed in the dye. This should be
not more than an incl,deep, other
wise the skin might be injured by the
hot dye. After coloring, stretch the
skin again to dry, and then comb with
a wool or cotton card.
LINING FOR Stoves OR FlREpLAcEs.-To
common potter's clay add one.sixth of
it's bulk Of plaster of Paris, about the same
quantity of wood ashes; mix all together
with water until a thick cement is made;
then plaster it thickly and smoothly in
the place where the lining is needed,
and let it dry. Fire may be made in
few hours. In a day or two, if tn ere are
cracks, fill them up with little cement
made in tie same way, and YOU will
have perfectly hard and durable fire.
brick lining to your steve or fireplace.
How to Treat the Asparagus Bed.
1t is very easy to raise asparagus.
Truckers grow it with the same facility
that they do patch of potatoes, or cab