The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-05-30

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A correspondent Of the Gardner's
Monthly ties newspapers around celery.
and bleaches il better, easier and cheap
er than by earthing up.
One of the first rules for making the
finest butter, is to get the cream out Of
the milk as quick as possible, and then
to have the cream In proper condition
for churning in the shortest possible
time after it is skinned. Suppose the
milk is skinned this morning and
evening, that cream ought always to be
ready for churning tomorrow morning
ready for churning means slightly sour
and thick.
Concrete may do very we'll to make q
cistern in stiff clay soil, but I fear it
might not hold firm and might eliable
to crumble in sandy soil. Brick is
preferable, and perfectly reliable. Lay
them with the ends to the sides of the
excavation, and give both the bottom
and sides of the cistern two coats Of wa
ter-lime plaster. Some give only one
coat, but this is not so strong and reli-
able as two coats. Ny cisterns were
made thus fifteen years ago, and have
kept perfectly sound to the present day.
-Sandila.
The following points favor tho set
ting Of small trees;-O Small trees
have larger roots in proportion; (2) they
cost less ;(G exprcsssge Of freight is less
Expressing small trees is usually
cheaper than freighting large ones, and
then 30 much moro speedily; "a less
labor handling, digging holes, etc. (; (5)
less exposed to high winds, which loosen
roots and kill many transplanted trees
(6planters can form heads and train
them to their own liking; () with good
care in say five years they will overtake
the common, large-sized trees. With
out good care, better not plant any size.
Mr.. 7. d. Baird mentions, in the
American Garden, his course in pursuit
of early cabbage. What he says of fire.
quent culture is almost equally true in
respect to ull hoed crops: II cult
vate my cabbage every few days
sometimes until they are nearly
reldy for market. When insects molest,
apply sprinkling Of SCOT, if to be
had; otherwise, ashes are used. The
best remedy against the cabbage worm
ls to induce quick growth, and il the
plants are set out early, they will be
more likely to come through unmolestet1
than if planting is deferred till the sea.
son is more advanced"
An old Pennsylvania farmer says the
simplest and easiest way to prevent
birds, small vermin, &c., from pulling
up the corn crop after it is planted, is
to tar the seed corn. Put the seed into
q vessel, and fill it with solution oi
copperas water, and then stir either gas
or pine tar through, SO that all the seed
is touched. Then drain off the water
and roll the seed in dry plaster, ashes
or superpllospate. Plaster is best te
dry the corn, and render it facile fol
dropping or drilling. This is an OLE
method, and it is said neither squirrels
nor birds will disturb seed corn treated
in that way.
There is considerable difference be.
tween the wild and the cultivated pars
nip, though they have the same botanic
al name (pastinaca sativa), the root O.
the latter being larger, without
branches, softer and more feshy. Th.
wild parsnip has an acrid taste, ani
sometimes malignant consequence.
when eaten; the cultivated assumes til,
same acrid taste as soon Us it begins tt
grow in spring. According to author
tiles on the subject, cultivation makes
| all the difference.