The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-08-23
rant bushes in partial shade. The crop

will last longer, and the currants are
apt to grow very large and fine in the
shade, which, however, must not be
dense,
Cisterns which have acquired foul
odor may be deoderized by pouring
two quarts of Labarraque's chlorinated
soda into the bottom of the cstcrn,
using for this purpose pipe reaching
to the bottom. Two bottles cost ID
cents, and will clean an ordinary els
tern
The Massachusetts, Ploughman saws:
'Whcn tree becomes covered with
moss it should be scraped off, because,
if left to any extent, it sucks the life of
the tree, and thus checks its growth.
After the tree that has moss on it is
scraped, it should be we'll washed with
a solution of soap and water strong
enough to XIII the moss"
A correspondent of the COuntrY GEN.
I Aemuu says that though he has seen
many ditchero in his day, running up
/ in price from ten to several hundred
/ dollars, the cheap and simple ones
/ have invariably proved the most valu-
/ able. the complicated and costly ma
chimes lasting short time, some of
their many parts becoming bent and
useless.
Chestnut, walnut, hickorynut, and
Dutternut trees are all nearly rs fine in
/ appearance rs horSc-chestnut or maple,
and, aside from the source of revenue
which will in time accrue to their own
ers from the fruit, the timber of such
trees is always in demand, and the tree
itself may become profitable should it
become desirable at any time to re-
move it.
Dr. Kcdzie, of the Michigan Agricul-
tural College, says: While science has
aided those engaged III every other
pursuit and calling the farmer, the
most important of all, and the one
without whom no other could exist,
has been allowed to grovel in the
blackncss of ignorance, and what little
he has learned has been by sad expert
ence. We want more science in agri-
culture; we want to know more of the
relations OF the soils to plant-growth.
a writer says that a years expert
ence with broad wagon wheels is con-
elusive As to their value. a four-inch
tire will carry two tons over soft ground
with greater ease to the team than
two and half inch tire will carry one
ton. The wheels are not 50 much
strained by the stone and rough tracks
on the road, and the road is not cut up, I
but, on the contrary, is packed down /
and keeps smooth. The prevalent idea /.
that the draught is Increased by widen |.
ING the tire is altogether basclcsS; on
the contrary, wide tire reduces the .
draught. The extra cost of the tire is .
repaid many times over every year in .
the extra work that can be done by .
team.
The bill which lately received the .
approval of Gov. Cleveland, of New .
York, and became Il law, prohibiting
the manufacture and sale of olGomar-
garine, contains the following clause:
"No person shall manufacture out of
any oleaginous substances, or any COM
pound of the same, other than that pro-
duccd from unadultcrated milk or OF
cream Of the same, any article design
ed TO take the place of butter or cheese
produced from pure, unauthorized
milk or cream of the same, or shall !
sell or offer for sale the same as an ar
ticle of food A like enactment should |
be found in every state in the union,
and will, if stockmen and farmers can
be induced to work together for that .
end.
Analyses Of artichokes show them to
contain more fattening p pertics than
potatoes. They cannot be kept out of
the ground over winter, but should be .
left undsturbcd till the ground thaws
in the spring. Hogs, after living all
winter n dry feed, can be turned on
them to dig for themselves till after
corn planting, Then turn the hogs off;
harrow down smooth and mellow, and
the plants will come up thick. Guilt
vato in rows as before, and the same
ground can be kept in artichokes for
years with no replanting Cultivate
the same as potatoes. A common yield
is 500 to 1000 bushels per acre. One
writer CLAIMS to have had 1000 bushels.
They are excellent for brood sows in
spring, as also for poor rundown
shotes, to give them a start in grow
ing.
In an address before the Michigan
Horticultural Society DIR. r. c. Kedze
said that some writers seemed to re-
gard the manure as the crude material
to be manufactured into crops by the
agency OF the plant. They regard the
soil as passive agent in this process,
useful merely AS receptacle to hold
the manurial materials until called for
by the plant. The soil is something
more than the platter to hold the
plants dinner-it is the roast beef
itself the principal dish of the meal
while the manures we use with profit
are merely the salt and mustard, to
make the beef palatable and digestible.
Ii we buy all the potash, phosphoric
acid, and ammonia, to make a ton of
clover hay at commercial rates, we
will have expended $l2. %; and for
twenty-five bushels of wheat $40, to
say nothing about the labor in raising
and securing the crop, the rent OF land,
ntp.