The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-13
FARM AND FlRESlDE.


Sheep do better on short pasture,
as they Craze close to the ground.
Tall timothy or clover does not suit
them.
When grain or grass is ready for
the barn, house it at once. Every
day it remains in the field it loses in
value.-Rural New Yorker.
"A poor tool on the farm imposes
tax upon the user every day it is en-
ployed, often greater in a year than
the whole'price of a good tool.
Trail tomato vines on trellises, and
they will not be weighted to the ground
by the fruit. More air and warmth
will reach the tomato, and rot is often
avoided.
Honey is said to be remedy for
insomnia. It should be eaten freely
on bread Immediately before retiring.
The sleepless should be willing to try
so sweet a remedy.
An eminent botanist says that the
best time to prune vines is while the
grapes are ripening, and that the
young shoots should be selected for
this purpose, as they require for their
development a large quantity of sugar,
to the detriment of the ripening fruit.
1T is a fact, confirmed by expert
ence the world over, that clover used
in a rotation where other crops are
we'll manfred will return to the surface
soil, through it's decaying roots, as
much plant food otherwise lost to vege-
tation as is removed when the top is
cured for hay.
There's many a little tough, dried
up, weather-beaten farmer in the back
districts whose only knowledge ola pen
is the one which confined it's swine,
who can give moro hard, sound COM
nonsense hints on practical farm
management in an hours talk than one
of these theorists could by the devo-
tions of a years space in his 'depart-
ment.''
If the cover of a tin can of baking
powder be SO tight as to require much
time and labor in getting it off when
first opened, do not put it on again even
lightly, because the probabilities are
it will always make trouble. Instead,
tie a piece of thick paper over the can;
it will answer the purpose of the tin
cover in keeping out the air and dust
and one is sure it can he quickly re-
moved.
Salt Fish: Boil in plenty of water
a piece of salt fish that has been in
soak for at least twenty-four hours.
When sufficiently boiled to allow of it.,
pick out all the flesh in small flakes,
and put it by. Slice very finely a
couple of onions, fry them in salad oil
till they begin to color; add tomato
sauce, a dash of pepper, and the cod
fish. Let the whole simmer on a very
slow fire for a couple of hours, shak-
ing the saucepan occasionally.
Onions and celery make most ex.
cellent crop combination. The rich
and abundantly-manured soil of the
onion patch is just in the right con-
dition to produce a fine crop of celery
without additional manuring, or with
mo more than a little commercial fer.
tilizer strewn along the rows. Where
onions do not mature early enough to
be followed by celery, every fifth row
may be left vacant until the celery is
planted there at it's proper season.
1t does not appear to be generally
known, even among farmers, ''that the
value of lime as fertilizer depends al
most entirely on condition and COM
position of the soil to which it is ap-
piled. If any injurious acids exist in
the soil it may neutralize them by
forming a new compound which is suit
able for plant food. Again, lime is the
most active agent for rendering the
soil mellow and setting the plant food
free to be assimilated by vegetation,
while it is itself direct plant food. In
fact, there are few kinds of soil which
are not benefited by q coat of lime more
or less heavy, according to the condi-
ton of the sOil.''