Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1885-01-23
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Peter Henderson, in illustrating how
little the graft IS influenced by the stock
says that if we take a graft from the
sourest crab apple, and inserted in a
branch Of the sweetest apple tree we
can find, the shoots which grow from
crab graft will ever remain crab, IN
no way affected by the sweet apple
stock on which 1t is growing. The re-
suit will be the same if the operation
is reversed, with the sweet apple
grated on the sour; the individuality
will not be changed. Or, you may
take young seeding apple tree. graft
another into it, and then another into |
the last growth. and so on with many |
successive gratis rubbing off all the |
shoots that stats below, the last graft
will h,ld its identity unchanged Or. |
you may set hundred kinds of roses
into bush which has a hundred
branches, of all different colors, FORMS
and odors Each will hold its own
character for color, form and fragrance
be it crimson, white, pink, or yellow,
double or single, or OF tea or other
odor.
A lady VINO displayed cut flowers a
week old and nearly as fresh as when
first gathered gave reporter of the
Milwaukee Wisconsin the triple secret
OF her success-plenty of moisture.
GOODNESS and immunity from draughts:
IF you set vase of flowers in cur
rent of air they will lose their freshness
in very little time. They will also
vii: quickly in hot-room. ! always
keep well spriLkled with cold water
during the day, and set them in the
coolest part of the room, and away
from open windows. In the night l
put them into the cellar and turn an
air light vessel over them, after first
covering them with thin cloth well
moistened. Often when they begun
to hang their heads during the day
this treatment during the night revives
them. Flowers keep longest in a
temperature of fiom 40 to so degrees
above zero"
That grass is the most profitable
! farm crop, taking one year with anoth-
i er, is evident to those who have inves-
tigated the subject. The value of a
three-acre field of oats last year, was
about seventy FIVE dollars. Tire land
was seeded to grass, and the hay tax
en- from the field this year was worth
as much. The cost of growing and
marketing the oats was mere than
three times that of hay, saying nothing
about the value eff the fertilizers used,
and allowing that each crop received
an equal benefit from them. But in
order to grow the best grasses we be.
lieve that land should be worked over
and reseeded ever few years. By
ploughing more and culrlvating thor
ougaly more grass will be raised as
well as an abundance of other
crops.
The best way to rid horses ears of
warts is to rub them we'll with coarse
cloth and then touch them well with
little nitric acid every alternate day
until you have administered three ap-
plications. A single drop of the acid
will be quite sufficient for the smaller
ones.
"Yes, SIR" said the Kentuckian, as
they sat by the stove, on whose top
gracefully reposed the pedals of that
individual, "you kin tell mans rank
in this state thusly: II you see man
with his feet on the top of the stove.
he's gineral; but, if his feetis on that
rail about half way up, he's a kernel
and ifhe keeps them on the floor, he's
a major" ''Ah. yes," said his COM
panron, "that's good as far as 1t goes j;
but how are you gong to distinguish a
captain or a lieutenant 2" stranger.
we don't go no lower than major In
Kentucky
Professor ."Why does duck put
his head under water" Pupil: "For
divers reasons" Professor "Why
does he go on land ?' 'Pupll: For
sundry reasons" Professor: "Next.
you may tellus why duck puts his
| cad under water" Second Pupil To
liquldate his BILL" Pro essor: "And
why does he go on land?n Second
Pupil: "To make run on the
bank"
Herr Kreu'zhber is member of
the secret police. Beng on his wav
home after midnight. he observed on
the street lamp placard. Ha these
scoundrels of Socialists have posted
placard denouncrng his Majesty"
said Kreutzhuber to hlself Being de.
termined to destroy the placard, he
ne painfully climbs up the lamp-post,
and haying secured the reasonable
document, he reads: "Fresh Paint"
"I'ni aware that the commentators
do not agree with me-" said the Rev
DR.. Foos:erer, in his sermon. Next
day, old Farmer Turniptaps drove up
to the rectory with halt a CARLOAD of
fine pink-eye potatoes. "Mornin',
parson," said he. "Ye told US yistd'y
that the common taturs didn't agree
ye; SO | brought ye trlfe o. the
finest pink-eyes ever ye laid yer eye on.
Balls % four-that's what they are :"