Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-11-21
MOB.
AGRICULTURAL.

nScs W "otnc So" leatS IN hOt water
when the cow attempts to hold nm her
milk. 1t is claimed that the muscles are
relaxed and cow is powerless. 1t is
simple remedy, worthy of trial at least.
Virginia fruit-grower sprayed his
plans with Paris green, using one table,
spoon in five gallons of water, applying
with Whitman force pump. He sprayed
soon after the blossoms fell, and again in a
week or ten days. The result was the
most perfect crop of plums he had ever
grown.
The wet weather sometimes forces the
eabbages to burst OF crack This is due to
continued growth, caused by the rains. To
prevent the bursting of the heads 20 over
the field and pull each cabbage nearly ont
OF the ground, but not wholly SO, in order
to loosen the roots, which will check
further growth and prevent injury to the
head.
The amount of water that falls upon ex-
posed manure during the winter ia very
large. and as il passes through the heap it
carries of all matter that is solnble, leav-
ing large pile of material containing but
hitie hutrition for plants. but which costs
Just as much to haul as that which is more
valuable. A cheap shed, or covering of
any kind (even if only of boards laid ON
the heap). will save more than the cost of
protecting the heap.
The Scientific american gives the fol
lowing hint for cheap and effective way
l" remove stumps: Bore a hole i inch in
diameter and Is inches deep INTO the centre
OF the stump. aud put in one ounce of salt.
petre, filling up with water and plugging
up the hole. This should be done in the
iaii In the spring the plug is to be taken
ont, half gill of Kerosene poured into the
hole and set on fire. 1t will burn out the
stump u the farihest root. Another way
is to bore an inch hole 10 inches deem in
the centre of the stump and put in haif
pound of vitriol and plug up the hole tight
~. In six months the whole stump, even
to the small root, viii be so rotted as to
be easily removed.
There ought to be fewer divorces this
year than usual. The failure of the apple
crop and in consequence the absence of the
apple butter b'ilin' will remove one of the
most prolific sources of family discord.
Every cloud has its silver lining.
The farmers of New York raise a profit
able crop that the Pennsylvania farmers
pay little attention to. This is the hop
crop. This year the quality is very fiue
aud prices high. A dozen of the central
counties of that State will realize nearly
five millions of dollars from hops. One
farmer in 0tsego county raised 10000
pounds on l39 acres, for which he will get
a return of $4,000. after paying oil ex-
panses. This is at tho rate of 1924 per
acre. At this rate ten-acre field of hops
would he worth the price Of good sized
farm hereabouts. Mostly, hops are worth
about twenty cents per pound. This year
1t is from forty to fifty cents.
Soapsuds are well worth saving for their
iertilizing properties and no farmer or
family with a garden should allow them to
na wasted. An excellent plan Is to have a
compost heap on which the suds can be
thrown and aid in its decomposition.
When sprinkled around plants from q
w ltcring pot they serve double purpose.
the sprinhlirg noisteps the ground. aud
fta nfapfc h. g
pant food they contain. Instances are
siven where the sids of washing DAYS,
wnen habituall thrown on the ground
around the grapevines, havo produced ex-
ccllent effects.
To make All impermeablc glue, soak or
dinary glue in water until 1t softens, and
remove it before it has lost its primitive
form. After this, dissolve it in linseed oil
over slow fire until it is brought to the
consistency Of jelly. This glue may be used
for joining any kinds of material. In ad-
ditioa 10 strength and hardness, it has the
advantage Of resisting the action of water.
A naughty exchange says there is
a CunuUt uO WIN
hairpin. They use it to pick their teeth,
button shoes, clean finger nails, punch bed
bugs out Of cracks, fasten up stray bangs,
clean out their husbands pipe, scratch
their head, pick their toe nails, run it into
cakes to see if they are done, and about a
million other things that the poor deluded
,len know nothing about.
Timothy grass takes its name from Tim
cthy Hanson, farmer of Maryland, who
brought it into general notice as q hay
grass after he had cultivated it extensive
ly for his own use for years. Timothy
came from Europe, but just when no one
knows.
A few days since a man living in the
west wanted to pay off grudge against
neighbor without any risk to himself, and
placed dynamite cartridge in a sheaf Of
wheat. The cartridge was discovered be-
fore it went into the thresher, and no one
was hurt. This suggested an idea to an
Ohio coward, who tried the same plan, and
succeeded in blowing up the machine,
burning the barn and injuring several men,
but killing no man. If bad examples were
rs slowly followed as good what fine
thing it would be.
now MUCH WHEAT IN A BARREL OF rLoURf
Ordinarily AZ bushels are counted equal
10 barrel of -four, but there is reason for
thinking that, taking seasons run in a
good mill. with careful milling, on average
wheat, with record of receipts and sales
Of -four accurately kept, the score will run
very close 10 five bushels Of wheat for
barrel of -four. Only last week we'll
hnown winter-whcat miller told me tnat
his record of wheat received and hour
mnde, ON the grind of The 1899 crop, call
ed for Il figure so close 10 five bushels tnat
he was content to let il go at that.-Mht-
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WHY BREAD GROWS STALE.
1t IA generally supposed that tho fact
that bread grows stalo arises from the bread
tacoming actually dryer by the gradual
,oss Of water bu; this is not the case. Stale
Tread contains almost exactly the same
proportion of water as new bread after it
} as became completely cold. The change
ia merely ia the internal arrangement OF
the molecules OF the bread. A proof oil
this is that if we put stale loaf into
closely covered tin, expose IL for half an