The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-11-14
USEFUL INFORMATION.

Ice-Houses on the Farm.-An agricultural
paper, speaking on this subject, says at is hard
to understand why more farmers have not ice
houses. 1t is significant fact that wherever a
farmer has built an ice house, he has not allowed
it to be unused or to fall into decay. After a
man has once had his harvest drink-water, tea
and milk-cooled, he is not apt to subject himself
to warm drinks again. Ice-water is to be con-
demned but water cooled by ice is as much more
wholesome than warm water as it is more paata-
ble The GOODNESS impaired by ice adds as much
to the palatableness and wholesomeness of food
as it does to drink. Ice not only preserves and
increases the paatabeness of butter, but loss OF
sweetness certainly indicates loss of wholesome
ness; and so with meats and fruits. Ice keeps
meat from tainting, thereby keeping it wholesome
as well as toothsome. The farmer cannot 60 to
the market every morning and purchase fresh
meat and he cannot keep meat in summer with
out ice therefore the farmer without an Toulouse
must eat salt pork during hot weather, and that
is just what large majority of us do. Ice will
often save meats, vegetables and fruits from spoil
ing outright. An ice house robs the swill-barrel,
but how much it saves for the table is hard to be
realized without the aid of practical experience"
Fall Pruning of Grape Vines.-Vines may
be pruned in the fall soon as the leaves have
dropped The pruning of q vine consists in cut
ting away all the unnecessary bearing wood,
on the main shoots to produce fruit next year.
The number of canes left to grow depends on
the system of training. If the alternate arm sys-
tenn is folIowed-one upright with as many lat
erals there wires or bars on the trellls, are
left if the single stake plan is chosen two canes
are grown, one to make wood for bearing next
year and one to bear fruit. If the fan-shaped
method of training is desired, three, four or five
main stems may be grown and lateral spurs left
ON those to produce fruit for next year. The wood
cut away should be the whole of this years
growth, excepting so much as will carry three
eyes.
Beware of Cunning Accidents.-The
cunning season is now in full blast, and we may
expect to hear of the usual number of accidents
caused by thecareless handling of firearms. The
skilled sportsman never risks his own life or that
of others by holding or carrying his gun IN such
position to endanger any one by Its discharge.
He appreciates the dangerous character of his
weapon, and is, therefore, careful in handling It,
Now that ch-loading arms are so generally
used, there is no excuse for keeping them loaded;
whether loaded or not, the muzzle should at all
times be kept away from the body. 1t IS just as
EASY to acquire careful habits in handling guns
as to get other habits that place one in constant
danger of being selfwounded and perhaps killed.
Good Advice to Farmers.-The following
timely advice to farmers is copied from we'll
posted exchange: "This is the time of the year
for farmers to push their fattening stock of all
kinds Owing to the low price of grain, it will
pay farmers better to feed the corn to their stock
and sell it in that way than to sell the grain at
the present price. Sell your corn in the way of
poultry, hogs and cattle, and you will accomplish
a double obect-get as good price for it, and
enrich your land at the same time. Watch the
land of your neghbor, who pursues this course,
and see the steady Improvement not only in the
land but in his purse as well"