Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-04-04

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Fail sown spinach shonld begin To sta1t
Ii the bed has heen MANFRED rake il over
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Cut ont all of the old wood from currants
and gooseberries and put good shovel full
of manure around the roots of each bush.
Cut back the rose hushes. The roses are
borne ON the new wood Give plenty Of
manure, and make the soil around the
bushes rich.
If the ground is not frozen yon may put
in your onion sets "a early rs you wish.
Onions thrive best in the spring, before the
warm dry weather comes
sow the first crop of peas early il you
want them before the medium varieties
come in. The dwaris are the earliest. The
standard runners, which require sticking,
are the highest favored.
Stiff clay soils are benefited by the
application Of lime and potash every year
Such land shoIld be turned over late in the
fall OF early in the spring; So as To allow
the frost to pulverise it. Z Thorough drain
ing is also beneficial
DR.. Collier, of the New York Experiment
Station, il authority for the statement that
a saving Of one cent day upon the dairy
cows of New York is over Sc, 900, 600 a
year. This shows the importance of
economy in feeding. The waste on farms
is the heaviest loss in agriculture.
Millet is an important crop, and should
be grown more extensively. AS coon al
the warm days come on is the time for
seeding. The ground may be plowed
early i'll the season aud well manarei, al
the millet thrives best on rich soil. 1t
grows very rapidly and yields large crop
of hay in a short time
The rapid growth Of an animal when it is
young will be an advantage to it later on
in life. The greatest proportionate gain
with animals is during the first year. If
the young stock is kept in thrifty, growing
condition the first two years the greater
proportion of work required to secure
profit will have been performed.
A SUNFLowER HEDGE-A willow hedge
across the garden or on the north side of it,
is great protection, but while waiting for
this to grow plant three or four rows of
sunhowers across the piece. ) When the
flower stems begin to grow driye some
lath in the row about six feet apart, braeing
the outside ones well; then stretch two or
three lengths of binder twine on each side
of the row, winding them once around
each lath, and wind some cotton twine
around the middle pair of strands between
each cluster OF flower stalks to keep them
from falling or being blown down. The
seed heads must be gathered as fast as they
ripen and open enough To show the seed,
out thoroughly, when the seed can he
rubbed or threshed out with o light stick,
and cleaned in tanning mill OF winnowed
out by the wind. In the fall plow up
which are left standing through the winter;
harrow and work down fine and plant
onion sets at once. The hedge Of sun
flowers will catch and bold the snow, aud
so protect the onisas during the winter
that when the snow is off the gfS,apd IN the
spring they will start at once into growth
and furnish the first early green onions.-
american Agricaltardlist
Lard softened with kerosene until it will
just flow in summer heat makes as good
oil for mowers, etc., as that sold by deal
ers at 100 per cent. protit-much better
than some of it,
When "a limb is cut from a tree it should
be as close TO the body as possible. The
cut should be a smooth one, without
bruising the bark, aud the cut surface
should be covered with some kind of cheap
paint, mixed with oil.
You can overfeed as we'll as underfesd
nourishing food from the start, but do not
force them They are neither hogs nor
steers, and the early maturity business
may be oyerdone if you Try to force them.
Too much land means taxes ON that from
which only partial crops can be obtained.
1t is the small plots, we'll manured, that
yield the profitable crops. 1t is more ex-
pensive to attempt to secure large yields
from a tract requiring portion Of the time
to be lost in travelling over it, than TO con
centrate all the labor on Il small area.
The impression that seems TO be current
10 great extent, that better butter can be
made in factories, or rs they are properly
called public creameries, than in private
dairies, is an erroneous one. II is true that
better butter is made in factories than
there is in many private dairies, but there
is no reason why just as good butter can
not be made at home on the farm as at apy
factory or public creamery.
EXCELLENCE OF SALT.
If the feet are tired or painful after long
standing, great relief can be had by bath
ing them i'll salt and water. A handful Of
salt to gallon of water is the right pro
portion. Have the water as hot as can be
comfortably borne. 1mmerse the feet and
throw the water over the legs as far as the
knees with the hands. When the water
becomes too cool rub briskly with a flesh
towel This method if used night and
morning, will cure neuralgia of the feet
Carpets may be greatly frightened BY
first sweeping thoroughly and then going
over them with clean cloth and clean
salt and water. Use a cupful of coarse
salt to large basin Of water.
Salt az a tooth powder is better than al
most anything that can be bought, 1t keeps
the teeth brilliantly white and the gums
hard and rosy.
If after having tooth pulled the mouth
Is filled with salt and water it will allay
the danger of having hemorrhage.
TO clean willow furniture use salt aud
water. Apply it with n nail brush, scrub
well and dry thoroughly.
When broiling steak, throw Il little salt
on the coal. and the blaze from dripping
fat will not annoy.
Brass work can be kept beautifully bright
by occasionally rubbing with salt and vtps
egar.
Wash the mica Of the stove doora with
salt and vinegar
Salt in whitewash will make it stick bet
ter.