Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-04-03
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
= Hints to the Farmer and his Family.

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
s. Hints to the Farmer and his Family.
During some of the comparatively idle
days of Winter, the farmes may combine
pleasure with profit by hitching up, tax
ing his family, and driving to some of his
successful farm neighbOrs for friendly
visit. Such an act may be looked upon
by the man-of-tOn as a poor excuse to
get out of doing a days work, but we
venture that he who tries the expert
ment once will be very apt to repeat it
as often as time or opportunity will justi-
fy. In our neighborhood, and we pre-
sumo the same condition of affairs exists
in nearly every locality, there are farm
ers who have lived within mile or two
of each other for years, who hardly know
their neighbors from a stranger when
they meet upon the public highway or
at town meeting, and as for going to the
house, nothing short of death in the
family or some event of great Importance
will ever bring them into the friendly
relations which should exist between
neighboring farmers.
A New Jersey correspondent of the
Rural Ne1U Yorker writes: My clear water
carp pond covers an area of about three
fourths of an acre, and is located about
eighty feet below springs in the hillside,
which furnish a never-failing supply of
pure, clear water The normal tempera-
ture of these springs. where they empty
into the pond, varies but little according
to season, but maintains an average Of
fifty degrees Fab. Several times through
the Summer I found the water in the
pond indicated an average Of eighty de-
grees Fab. The pond is so constructed
that the water is constantly drawn from
the bottom, thus keeping the surface at
this high temperature. About One-halt
the pond is covered with mud to the
depth of two feet or mOre-an essential
in all carp ponds for alternating. A linn
tied supply of pure German carp finger
lings to place in the pond was sent me by
Prof. S. F. Baird, United States Commits
sioner ofFish and Fisheries, Washington,
D. O., and placed therein on April 9Th
last No food was given besides that
which grew in the pond. / saw them at
rare intervals during the Summer, and
was agreeably surprised, when I drew
the pond November 10Th last past, to find
that they had grown to be sixteen inches
in length, and pair weighed eight
pounds.
Water freezes quickly at this season,
and the supply for the stock should re-
ceiVe attention.
Paint applied to the surface of a cut
where large limb is removed prevents
injury and decay. s.z1z1
One advantage of ounce orchard is
that it will last for fifty years and bear
fruit every year.
Horse nettles may be destroyed by
pouring kerosene on the stalks and let
ting it run down the stems into the
roots.
Seeding old pastures does not always
thicken the sod, as the old roots do not
allow the younger grasses an opportunity
to take hold.
Remarkable results are reported by
Riebeau Schwartz from the use of iodide
potassium internally and ice externally
in acute pneumonia.
CASTLE soap, to which carbolic acid is
added, is said to be an excellent remedy
for mango. Wash the animal in the suds,
the warmer the better.
The Husbandman reports that gas-lime,
after lying two years, has given proof of
value as fertilizer, though the first year
it appeared to injure the wheat.
n uSW IRE pIOOuIlS UlO - d DdSIS
silicate of alumnia, and it is said to be
far better than tungstate of soda, because
the cyanite does not scale off or evapo-
rate, while the soda requires reapplica-
! ton every week.
No farm should be without its ice
house. Not only is ice indispensable in
the absence of a cool spring house in
Summer for having nice milk and butter
but for keeping all kinds Of fresh meats,
fish, etc. But in cutting ice during the
Winter, remember that water in freezing
does not free itself from impurities. Bet
ter gather no ice than store impure ice.
The Country Gentleman says that Lom-
bard is the reproductive plum known
to cultivators, for all localities Two
twigs of that variety sent to that Office,
which were sixteen and seventeen inch
es long, bore an even pick of well grown
and we'll ripened fruit.