Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-09-12
Farmers Short Rows.

TO remove lice from hen houses. and
also from tn fowls, the following meth
Cd is recommended as one of the best
that has been tried; Take flowers Of
sulphur five pounds, liquid carbolic
acid, one dram. Rub the acid in the
sulphur thoroughly with small pad
pie, and apply through the pluff and
feathers of the hen with the hand, and
it will not only prove Oh etfectual APP
plication but also a safe one, as it will
not interfere with the Matching of eggs
or endanger the life of the chicks.
An AGRICULTURAL writer gives the fol
lowing periods to which various trees
have been known to reach in particular
cases: Elm, 335 years; maple, 416;
larch, SIG; orange. $50; cypress, 500;
walnut, 900; oriental plane, 1000;
lime, LOO; spruce, 1900: oak, 1900;
cedar, 2, 900; yew, 5000.
The editor of the Iowa Homestead
says that last Fall he fed out q lot of
second crop clover on a rough piece of
raw prairie He first burned off the
prairie grass. The cattle ate part of it,
tlamped some in the ground and the
wind blew the rest back and forth The
result is the prairie is nicely seeded to
clover. He considers this a desirable
way to seed bare spots in pastures.
There are only few countries where
the grape will in favorable seasons grow
TO perfection. and there is no country
in the world where all kinds OF grapes
would succeed. Species found in the
lower latitudes will not flourish If re-
moved further north. The natives of
higher latitl1des will not endure the
southern heats. The fox grape of the
north will scarcely grow in the lower
regions of Carolina and Georgia, and
the scuppernong seems confined to a
limited region. A vine which produces
delicious grapes in one place may be-
come very inferior in the most appar-
emily favored localities of other sections.
In many of the older portions of the
country sheep, for one reason or an
other, have been crowded off of the
farms. There are indications of re-
turn to the wise practices Of the faith
ers, where every farm had its flock.
Says Col. Curtis, of the Rural New
Yorker :-" Sheep fit in SO nicely upon
the farm that they can hardly be dis
pensed with. They have an advantage
over other stock, inasmuch as they can
be made to furnish an income twice in
the year---first the wool and then the
lambs. They may be made to do more
than this, and really do afford another
income In the autumn or winter, by the
fattening and sale of the old sheep or
the sale of the surplus stock"
Quick Way Of Preparing Watermelon
Rind.
Scrape young and tender rinds on
both sides. To one pound of rind
add one ounce Of alum; let them
boil together slowly, with water enough
to cover them, until they become yell
low; put them into a vessel of cold
water, where they must remain a short
while; then put them on the fire again
with weak Vinegar and water mixed
sufficient to cover. them. After they
become green pour them into cold wat
er again, letting them stand ten or IF
teen minutes. To every pound Of rind
put two pounds of loaf-sugar (some
persons put one pound and half and
one pint Of water, IF there is not wat
Ell enough to cover with syrup and keep
the rInd from burning, add more.
When the syrup IS rich and clear, the
sweetmeats will be beautifully green
and transparent. For f1avoring, put in
white ginger, with The strained juice Of
one lemon and its thinly pared rind, to
each pound Of preserve, or, if you pre-
fer, use two blades Of mace and a tea
spoonful Of pure extract Of lemon in
stead Mary Stuart Smiths Virginia
Cookery Cook.
,ss5s Moulded Macarou1.
Boil half q pound Of macaroni in salt.