The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-10-04

Lawn. Garden and Orchard-Blood liz
MiIk-Tal and Dwarf Peas-Rice
Mufdns-Prune Pudding,

Lawn Garden and Orchard.-The prac
tice of scattering trees, shrubs and flow
ers promiscuously over the lawn an,
door yard may have been jrstitiable
generation or two ago, but in this ag
those who incline to the beautiful, use
ful and progressive, group ornamental
vegetation go as to give prominence Il
the Landscape and 80 that taste and or
der may prevail, writes contributor t.
the Indiana Farmer. When trees, shrubs
ETC., are distributed without design owe
the lawn, then we have confusion of tht
whole. The center of the lawn needs t.
be given absolutely to grass. Groups o.
shrubbery apd ornamental trees will find
their places on the corners, curves anC
edges OF the lawn while clumps of shade
trees and vines occupy locations to sui
the grade If the ground. Flowers we
would collect together in masses by them
selves. By this arrangement we have
perfect lawn, effective shade and flower
garden all complete in themselves and al
combining interesting features in the
landscape. We would not stop here but
would carry order right into the veget.
able garden and do away with the an
cient system of having fruit trees, grapes
berry bushes, flowers, herbs, small beds
and borders disseminated through the
vegetable garden. Such tangled masses
of varied vegetation not only indicates
disorder, butreduces production with an
immense amount of labor. Let lis have
the vegetable ground 80 the plow and
cultivatOr can pass uninterruptedly from
end to end, and if we must have straw,
berries, trees and berry bushes therein,
let them be in straight rows 80 that the
horse can walk between. When making
the garden let us see to it that those veg
etables that take the entire summer to
mature be sown side by side, those that
occupy the gronnd only the first half OF
the summer, by themselves. When
those last mentioned vacate the ground
they will leave a compact clearing for a
second crop of celery, sugar corn, turnips,
beans, cabbage, etc.
Blood in Milk. The presence of blood
or red blood corpuscles in the milk is in
dicative of disorder of the granular sub
stance of the udder, which may be OF
various kinds. The globules or small
divisions of the milk glands consist of
vesicles which contain the globules of fat
that are found in the milk or cellular sub
stance, among which the capillary or ex-
ceedingly fine blood vessels ramify very
closely. AS these vesicles break down
and decompose to form the milk, carry
ing with them the fat globules, and are
quickly replaced by new structure, it is
readily perceived that it is very easy for
the capillary vessels. which contribute
through the blood both the albuminous
matter and the fat globules to form these
vesicles, to discharge blood under un-
favorable circumstances by which any
injury may be done or any excitement OF
the circulation or infamatory or conges-
tive condition may be produced. Many
in the milk, and it is difficult to state, or
even guess, what the causes may be.
The remedy is to soothe and allay the
excited circulation by cooling, laxative
medicine, and emollient and cooling ap-
plication to the udder. A pound of Ep-
som solts is generally useful, and warm
fermentation of the udder, with a follow
ing application of some gentle stimulant,
as camphorated soap liniment.
Don't Stint the Calves.-A calf is worth
nearly as much as COW. Not that it
will bring as much money, but at very
small outlay it will be brought to COW,
and if well fed and cared for it will make
a good COW. The best of all grain foods
for calf is bran, and although the stand
ard feeding tables give rye bran higher
value than wheat bran, the latter is con-
siderably the better food. Wheat bran
contains more than three per cent. of
sugar, and rye bran less than one per
cent. Sugar being wholly digestible and
easily changed into vital heat, wheat bran
is good food for young animals in the
winter. At the same price per pound as
corn it is worth twice as much, not only
for it's nitrogen, but for the phosphates it
contains and which 20 to make up bone.
This is the reason of it's high value for
feeding young stock, colts and pigs as
we'll as calves. 1t is safe food. No one
ever hurt his animals by giving them
too much bran. 1t has every element OF
hay and corn combined, but while it is
good food it should be used judiciously.
A calf six or eight months old will do
we'll on two pounds daily of it, which,
costing cents, is very cheap feeding.
The very best Of the hay should be re-
served for the calves, and with bran it
will cause the young things to grow
steadily.
Tall and Dwarf Peas.-There are those
with round and those with wrinkled
seeds. The round seeded are the earliest
and hardest. A popular variety is Dan
iel O'Rourke, known also as early Ken
tish, and by as many other names as
there are seedsmen, each one OF which
has his Earliest of ALI, most of which are
essentially the same. Of the wrinkled
kinds Champion of England is the best
known, the standard with which all
others will be compared. The Telephone
is very large and fine. Laxton's Alpha
is the earliest of wrinkled peas, and very
satisfactory for miner crops. ALI of these
need sticks or some kind of trellis fol
support, as they grow three feet or more
in height. In view of the trouble of pro.
curing brush and stalking the taller
kinds, dwarf kinds are very papular
The vines are from 10 to 18 inches high
and require no stalking. The best o.
these is the American Wonder, and there
are numbers of others. Some of these
yield their whole crop at one picking
and the ground may then be cleared Of
for a small garden.
Geese on the Farm.-Any farmer who
lives on farm situated one-quarter of 8
mile or more from neighbors, may keeI
flock of geese with profit. If blessed
with too near neighbors, the geese might
trespass on their gardens or get into theil
bean patches or fields OF grain when leas
expected. Geeee are taught with little
trouble where they must stay, and they
viii run in a pasture where there il
plenty Of water and grass, growing rapidly
without other food. The goslings will d.
better if fed little corn meal, mixed il
dough and salted, every night and morn
ing until fully feathered. After thi
they will get their own living. Gees