Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-11
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Brief Farming Notes.

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81 Brief f arrrling Notes.
If you are behind ii your Work, it is
better to- hire additional hands and
rush things through than TO remain be-
hind all summer. d do you prefer to
be behind? ssss Il. Il 5z 81.
Maine has fort nine cheese facto rtes,,
with an average of 1077 cows to each, six
tys being the lowest, 500 the highest
number. The total product Of all these
actories during th, last year was $751;
S34 pounds of cheese, the average price
received being 2 I-2cents per pound.
President u. s. Coffin, Of the Iowa
Improved Stock Breeders. Asso citation,
bears this witness of effect Of con fer
*ence for mutual good n The great strides
made IN the last decade !, especially by
those engaged in the fine and extending
dtiay work Of the west, are to d great ex-
tent due to- discussion and exhibition. z
+ If salt is to be sown on wheat, spring
is the right lime to apply it The usual
application is about five bushels per acre.
The effects usually attributed to salt
sown on wheat are that it stidens the
STRAW, briglitens the berry, tends to pre-
vent rust and increases the yield about
four or FIVE bushels per acre s. =: 4. .S
When the escape Of milk is prevent
ed by an obstruction in the teat the OPP
ening should be freed by the use of a
tube, known as a milking tube, which is
carefully pushed into the teat and forces
IN
tube may be left I'M the duet and closed
by small plug, which is removed at
miIkiDg-time, or the tube itself is re-
moved and the milk drawn in the usual
manner. .2s'.">f 50 = ''"'@,f'
Good water lime or cement will make
as good floor for your milk cellar as
any one could desire, and it will have
no effect upon the milk, as we know
from long experience. Putagood thick
ness of broken stone underneath, in or
der to have a solid foundation upon
which to lay the cement, and you will
have smooth and hard floor that will
last lifetime or longer. %#@S~s,
., " An excellent coop for young chickens
is made as follows: Make a frame or
box of,boards, 2 feet by 8, close on three
sides, and lathed up and down on one
side; put on sloping roof hinged at the
front over the laths, which should be
six inches higher than the hind part.
Hang glazed sash in the front 6 inches
from tho ground to leave room for sthe
chicks to 60 in and out, and to prevent
beating in of rain or cold Winds, and fit
a piece of board inches wide below
this to close up the coop at night and for
a feeding board by day. This coop can
be moved from place to place to furnish
clean ground for the floor; the best floor
is the ground.
To prevent t;>e hair from falling out,
try first wetting the hair at night with
salt and water. Mild sage tea is also ex-
cellent. If these remedies do not effect
O speedy cure, try this: Get little bot
tie of brandy, and put in all the salt that
this two or three times day.
For the common sitting-room a table,
spread made of Canton flannel will be
useful; the border made of the figured
or brocaded Canton flannel, which is a
novelty in the stores Just now; or you
may trim it simply with strip of Gre
tonne.
DR.. Robert H. Blackwell condemns the
common practice of keeping lights in
the bedrooms Of children. He says it
has an injurious effect upon their ner-
yous system. Irstead Of the perfect
rest the optic nerves ought to have, and
which nature provides for by the dark
ness Of the night. these nerves are per-
petually. stimulated, and, of course, the
brain and the rest Of the nervous svs-
tenn suffer. Children thus brought up
are exceedingly tiuid for years after on
going into the dark.
If the arnica with which bruised limbs
are bathed is heated, it's good effects are
perceptible much earlier than if it is ap-
piled while cold. Ifarnica is to be TAX
en as a remedy, as so many physicians
recommend, in cases of severe spralns,
it should be prepared with water IN this
proportion: q teaspoOn'ul Of arnlca In a
goblet two-thirds iull of water; and of
this teaspoontu! is to be taken once an
hour or once in two hours, as the severn
ty of the case determines.
Cooking forms part of the regular edu.
cation of young ladies in Vienna, but
they do not earn the art at cooking
clubs. or at public lectures, as in Eng
land and this country, and they are
rarely taught in their own Kitchens; It
is the custom to go to some great
house-tbat Of princess, or some very
rich banker, where there are famous
chefs, who give lessons in cookery.
When chef engages to. cook for no.
blen.an he usually stipuiates that he is
to have the pri ilege Of teaching GER
tain number of young ladies. These
young ladies need not even. know the
mistress OF the house, and they make
their arrangements with the cook only,
Veterinary Notes.
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