The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-07
FARM AND HOUSE.
Farmers Brev,t,o.

Farmers' Brevitios.
Those who have small rows of rasp-
berry or blackberry bushes should clean
out all grass and loosen the soil without
disturbing the roots, then deeOly mulch
In Doth cases the bush which produce
g ne fruit is making its final effort of
lie. anu 1t requires moist soil about the
roots to perpetuate its vitality until the
fruit Is ripened.
1t is as grea: mistake for farmer to
throw out under the caves of his barn
the manure and refuse to waste and de-
cay and then buy fertilizers, as it would
De for the owner of steam saw mill to
throw out his saw dust and refuse to
waste and decay and then buy coal to
as they accumulate, by conveying one to
the land and the other to the fire.
We can honestly say to the farmers
sons, when of suitable age, that the
grandest earthly treasure it is possible
for man to have Is good wife. And
the worst condition either poor dog
or devil can possibly get into is to have
worthless wife. So while we are in.
STRUGGLING important farm matters, we
would make most prominent the fact that
counting is the most important duty of
of farm life.
Mr.. Henry Willineford, Bonaparte,
Iowa, tells Governor Cues Homestead
mat oats to COWS last winter caused a
now OF milk as flush as in June. and the
butter was, if possible, better than from
corn.
The grert improvement in the last few
years in raising corn without the use of
hoe, or marking out, planting it with a
horse, cultivating before the corn comes
up, and cutting with a reaper, so lessons
the labor and increases the product.
that the corn crop may justly be con.
sidered the most profitable one farm
or can raise, II fed upon the farm, to
lfyou have any sandy loan upon
which manure pile has rested, that is
the best to use for melons. Dig ycur
holes where the melon patch is to he.
and fill them with this soil. Plant q
dozen seeds in each, and when there is
no longer fear of the striped bug, cut of
all but three plants with pair of scis.
sors, Then the roots of those to remain
Will not DC disturbed or they may be
Rinched oh; but don't pull them ont
The same advice applies as we'll to plants
OF cucnmbers: cabbages, etc.
Convenient Clothes Bag.
A most convenient arrangement for
holding soi!ed linen is made in the fol.
lowing way: Three lengths of calico
yard long are required, one to be used
for lining between the outer pieces
Cut slit three-eighths of a yard lone
lengthwise of each outside piece. COM
menclng an eighth ofa yard from the
top half way across. Bind these OPEN
ings with fancy colored braid, then Law
these pieces Of calico together: and baste
around the edges. Two inches from the
top run row Of stitching and an inch
below another. Between these slin a
piece ofcurtain stick about three. eivhths
OF YARD long, fasten the ends ccuDle
OF inches frcm each side. To do this it
VIII be necessary to have small hole
through each end OF the stick. The bae
shlrred on the stick and fastened: next
blnd the edges together all around and
sew on loops Of braid to hang it up by:
one long loop fastened at each end Of
the stick answers for the purpose. A
clothes-bag made in this way ia much
more convenient then the old-fashioned
KIND. with string run in at the ton; Il
IS much easier to put the clothes into it:
u divided into two separate parts. one
OF which may be used for small articles
ana can De hung better against the wall
VI CioscS uOor. CretOnne makes verv
pretty ones when bound With bright red