Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-10-10
INDUSTRIAL BREVITIES.

the Pennsylvania Horticultural asso-
citation of the mode of blanching celery
with charcoal, which he had found bet
ter than dry earth. sand, sawdust, tam
bark, or leaves. 1t drains perfectly;
no insect or slug will harbor in it; it
retains solar warmth without over
heating, absorbs enriching gases, does
rot rust the stalks, is easily washed
off, and may be used many times over.
The celery being planted on level
ground, wide boards are set on edge
and held by upright stakes so as to
form box around the plants, and the
whole space in the box and around
the plant. filled in with coarsely pull
verized charcoal. Cinders from the
smoke-stack of wood burning locomo-
tives are just the thing. The boards
will keep longer if coated with gas tar
or soaked with crude petroleum. If not
nigh enough to reach the tops of the
plants, additional ones may be added.
Those who have tried both kinds of
forks for digging popatoes prefer those
which have flat tines. They are less
liable to lnjure or bruise the tubers
than the round ones, and, while flat in
form, they should be slightly rounded
at the corners. In their operation
they act intermediately between the
common fork and the spade. Four
tines made of good steel, ten inches
long, three -fourths of an inch wide, with
about twice the space between them,
will be light and efficient, and made
in the form of a hook or hoe, instead
of in the spade form, will become quite
efficient.
The Hudson river peach crop for the
present season is disastrous failure
all through the valley. Where in
former years the total yield was reck-
oned among the million baskets, not
over thirty thousand will now be gath
cred. 1t is, perhaps, safe to say that
the river peach growers will thus loose
over $5OU,000, and the loss will fall
heavily upon large number who
have devoted a large share of their
land to peaches. In many cases on
borrowed capital. But the grape pros
pect is different. This now promises
one of the largest, if not the largest.
products ever grown on the river.
Turkeys do not require as warm
quarters in winter as do other fowls.
However cold the weather, they should
be allowed to run out of doors every
day, except perhaps in very stormy
weather. If confined in warm quar-
ters and not allowed to run out of
doors they usually show signs of in
disposition, lose their appetite, become
dumpish and inactive, and not un-
frequently die. They are very hardy
birds ana easily wintered. About all
they require IL a place to roost al
night where they will be out of the
wind, plenty to eat and drink, and
their liberty during the day.
OF the care of potatoes in fall and
winter an experienced grower says:
Potatoes should be dug nearly as soon
as the tops have dried down. no matter
whether they are intended for market
ing at once or to be put in the cellar.
If the cellar is cool, dry and dark, they
will keep better there than in the
ground, and will not be liable TO be
spoiled by too much wet weather,
as they would be in the field; if the
cellar is not of the right sort it will be
better to sell the potatoes at once with.
out regard to the prospect of better
prices at later date.
Great care is exercised in producing
the famous Cotentin butter of Nor
mandy, which sells in Paris at 1925
per pound. The COWS are brushed
and kept very clean, the udders washed
and dried, and the attendants and
mixers keep themselves clean. The
milk is doubly Stra ned, and the churn-
ING is conducted on the best principles.
No 0rIurs are allowed 10 come in CON
tac' with the milk at nnV .'..o, and