River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-08-26
NOTES AND QUERIES

-'A+' -'+'' . INNS
Insure the farm buildings.
In stacking keep the center high.
Summer-cut timber lasts the best
Every girl should learn u ride horse back
There are white backberries
apple trees average 40 years Of life
The value Of manure depends chiefly on the
Save the best patches OF timothy meadowsf
seed
Young orchards should always be kept cult
waited.
Turned under strawberry beds suit fall spin
ach.
Turnips aud radishes may follow early 1ota-
.Oes and peas.
= Georgia farmer has threshed IS bushels Of
wheat a. the acre from his new crop
common cold may be broken up In a horse
BY giving six drops Of aconite every three
hours
Nebraska sets good example in having near
y 250,OOO acres OF planted forests in good con
dition
one important result Of tillage is that the soil
i beue1cialy exposed to the air each time IL Is
stirred
swine in pens will turn vast quantity Of weeds
into manure, II given the chance. besides thriy-
Ing on them as food
High farming implies the giving to the soil as
much or more than is taken from Il and thus
steadily increasing the fertility
Vow when hard work IL the rule. take sleep
enough, plenty OF wholesome food and a mid
day rest then your labor viii tell and be far from
drudgery.
should mirror show defects apply
tniol on which YOU have previously pour
ed quicksilver rubbed on with huckskin.
putting on Il u weight. In few hours il viii
adhere.
When pasturage runs low is the time 10
measure the great value OF corn or other soiliug
crops. Cows take most kindly 70 the succulent
food, and With three or four quarts Of meal daily
VIII increase the milk yield greatly, both az TO
quantity and quality.
After the bearing season Il over cut out the
old canes Of raspberries, and later on thin the
new shoots 10 four IN number
An advantage that GENES from training tomatoes
TO trellise j. that the fruit il exposed 20 air
and sun greatly 10 the improvement Of quality
The secret Of preparing Vienna coffee consists
in roasting aud grinding fresh coffee every time
it il used, then in making il in a Vienna coffee
machine, in the regular way, and lastly. in
heating up with II fresh, rich cream already
whipped light.
II is stated on the authority Of DR.. William
Trelease that II dose Of half q pint of liuseed
oil and two ounces Of ammonia be Immediately
administered 70 the horse after be has puraken OF
q good meal Of loco weed, and he is kept iu the
stable and fed on grain aud hay fer week or
ten days be Twill never again return 70 the per
uci0us loco weed
la selecting a SOW for breeding, choose one
that If quiet and mild in disposition. Size may
be one that will lay on fat most easily aud !
viii therefore be necessary 10 feed sparingiv.
but she VIII be all the better breeGet
A large photograph % the pet cat Of the house
hold il the proper thing % hang in the fashion
able hallway now, and the frame il often worth
more than the cat
Embroidered Eastern fabrics are very fashion
able for bed spread-; the pillows are not put on
the bed in the daytime, bat the spread il drawn
over the bolster
Where brass bedsteads are used tables and
/ bureaus with borders OF cut open work iu same
metal are introduced.
Beautiful fire screens are made by pressing gar
lands OF benches Of grasses leaves or bowers be
tween two sheets of glass which are then framed
and sei up legs 20 form the scree1. II Is trans
parent, and while ID reyeas the fire ana shows
the natural picture iu the glass. wards OF all
heat also. The glass being double r. yer,
strong and viii stand good deal Of rude ussee
Remove the harness from the horses in the
/ hot day whenever you desire 90 give them
fan, free rest and during the day, ptefera-
/ bly, at night thorough cUrryiHg and grooming
viii not only give rest. but viii do about as
much towards improving the animals condition
as will the oats.
Provide shade. How iustiuctivcly we seek
+ the shadow when the sun + pouring it, rays OF
the dry and parchiug earth II the pasture IL
not provided with shade trees, ia convenient
locality set four, six or eight supports across
+ which place straw or grass, and thus, in brief
/ time aud with little labor make a shade in which
animals rest from the heat of the sun, TO
f the great comfort Of themselves and benefit to
+ their owners.