Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-06-18

when arrived at the age of months,
they get three and one.third ounces
per day, augmenting to ten ounces
when months. Adult stock, thin
from an@mia, or i'm the case of horses
lean from hard work, three to five
ounces of dried blood given with morn
ing and evening feeds, have produced
extraordinary beneficial effects on
ponies the quantity for large
horses.
Peter Henderson, in abiding to a
market gardener near Rochester who
obtains 5000 an acre from his fifteen
acre cabbage patch, says that New
York market-gardeners would by no
means be satisfied with so small an
amount on their high-priced land. He
mentions another instance in Maryland
where an owner has cultivated over a
hundred acres with Cantaloupe mel
ons, which are sold in New York at
prices which give him over So, ZOO
year ago in profit. At Kalamazoo,
what twelve years was swamp is
now vast celery field, from which
fifty tons day are sent out, and the
crop in 1884 was about five thousand
tons, worth $150,000.
The farmers of Greene and a few
other towns in Maine, are settling the
''middle-men" question in a measure,
by quietly shipping their apples to
England on their own account. On
reaching Liverpool the apples are sold
by public auction. and, of course we'll
known brands bring whatever they are
worth. Maine Baldwins, put up by
responsible and reputable farmers,
have been selling in Liverpool lately
at from So. go to So. 80 per barrel, while
brands not so well known, or lots evil
IDENTIFY poorly put up here, sold at
about a dollar barrel less.
Instead of oil, which thickens and
smears milestone, a mixture of
glycerine and spirit is recommended.
The proportions of the composition
vary according to the class of tool to
be sharpened. One with relatively
large surface is best sharpened with a
clear fluid, three parts of glycerine
being mixed with one part of spirit.
A graver having small cutting sur
face only requires small pressure on
the stone, and in such cases the glycer-
inc should be mixed with only two or
three drops of spirit.
A solution of oxalc acid has been
used for removing ink stains from cot
ton, linen, or the fingers, but it is at
tended with the danger of injuring
textiles and the skin. A much safer
and better treatment of ink or rust
stains consists in the application of
two parts of powdered cream of tartar
and one part of finely powdered
oxalic acid. Shake up the ingredients
we'll together and apply the powder
with a dry rag to the dampened stain.
When the spot has disappeared the
part should be very well washed.
Very few Americans have yet learn
ed how little land is required for fur
nishing food to a human being a year,
provided that little is well cultivated;
and the crops well chosen. A woman
in the Hudson river valley, who cult
Yates only six acres, supplies her
| family with all that garden will
| yield, keeps a COW and horse and sells
| beside some 5000 to 500 worth of
fruit and garden truck each year. 1t
is needless to add that she raises more
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no waste places.
A well-known cotton planter in
Mississippi has grown tea for years,
and is as enthusiastic in his praises
and confidence of success as practical
in his support. This gentleman pos
sesses large tract of land, whose soil,
conditions, and advantages pre-em
inently fit it as most desirable loca
tion for the site of any commercial un
dertaking, having for an object the
growth, production, and manufacture
of tea upon an extensive scale.
A great international poultry show
will be held at Copenhagen, Denmark
from the Sd to the 9th of July. The
government has appropriated a large
sum to insure the success of the enter
prise. The time of entry for American
exhibitors expires May /. Pro
grammes of the exhibition may be OBJ
tanned from the Danish consul for Chi
cago, Mr.. Emil Direr, whose address:
is No. 254 Milwaukee avenue.
A French veterinary surgeon think
that we carry the grooming of horse
to excess, and so make them delicate
He does not advocate neglect of clean
illness, but he considers too much ex
citation of the skin makes the hors
susceptible of catching diseases, by de
stroying the equilibrium which ough
to reign between the functions.
They have a summary way of deal
ing with negligent stockmen in Eng
land. A short time since, Mr.. Mar
tin, of Canterbury, was arranged TO
neglecting sheep that were Athlete,
with scab, and, although he pleade,
ignorance, he was informed he hat
made himself liable to a fine of ESQ
He was admonished and fined EGO.
A train-load of draft-horses, consist
ing of ten cars, left Walla Walla Marcl
% for Chicago. This is the first ship
ment of the sort ever made across tn
continent. Arrangements are beinI
made for the shipment of twenty car
loads of cattle. as an experiment, fror
the Walla Walla country to Chicago
Coffee made with distilled water
said to possess delicacy of taste, i'm
i proved aroma, and is IN short, agrcea
bic and acceptable In every way
Possibly this Is because the distille
water does not take up any of tn
tannin from the berries, which ord
narily is rendered soluble by the earth
carbOnates.
A consignment of lis bulls of Gal
loway breed, one of which has takel
prize at every place at which 1t ha
been exhibited in England and Scoi
land, arrived at Boston by steamer
March 26. These bulls were IMPORTS
by President Hill, of the st. Paul
Minnea polls, and Manitoba Railroa