The record-union., 1894-08-15
ROYAL BAKING POWDER.

taken fresh from the cow and placed in
| receptacle with compressed oxygen
and finally stored in twenty-fve-ga gallo n
| cans at pressure of two atmospheres, 1t
will travel for months in perfect condl-
ton. 1t is said that milk thus treated
and sent from Lyons to London develops
neither germs nor ferments, while it will
stand a temperature almost up to the
boiling point without coagulating, 1t is
claimed by NJ. Villon, who has expert
mented in this way with milk on larg Q
scale, that when so treated it is free from
germs of tuberculosis. But this has yet
to be conclusively proved.
FARM NOTES.
Never waste wood ashes. Save every
pound, and use them on the orchard land.
Corn cobs are very rich in potash, and
the ashes Of such should be saved care
fully.
Coal ashes worked into stiff. clay soil
makes it more pliable and easily culti-
waited. Wood ashes help the soil TO retain
moisture.
Breeding stock of all kinds needs
muscle rather than fat, as the latter
means the loss of energy. if not of health
and vigor.
Roses, trees and shrubbery will not
thrive on the edges of q grass plot. The
grass deprives them of plant food and
on clean location, and we'll worked with
a hoe several times, especially if the sea-
SON is dry.
| NJ. A. Thayer, the great small fruit
grower of Wisconsin, has ten acres of
| Warfield straw berries in cultivation, and
| is testing sixty varieties to find better
one if possible. From ten acres of An
| cient Briton blackberries he cleared in
1892 Sc, 600, or $500 an acre.
Grass is essentially milk. cream and
butter food. The finest grain mixture
ever devised will not answer so well.
| When the latter is given it should be with
the idea of making bone and muscle,
while the grass makes the milk. When
the grass is poor the chopped grain is a
good adjunct.
if there are dogs about, put a wide
awake COW or two III the pen with the
sheep at night. Ii the COW has a young
calf she will do especially faithful service.
A billy goat would do the business pretty
well.
All admit that COW needs shelter in
winter; but it is equally necessary to fur
! nish her protection from flies and the
scorching rays OF the sun of summer.
Beef blood is said to be an excellent
food for poultry. as it is rich i'll nitrogen,
approaching the white of the egg in COM
position. One who has tried it says it
must not be fed oftener than once or twice
week. A good way to prepare it is TO
| thicken the blood with a mixture OF
meal and bran, put it into a bag and
boil it.
A house for tools and farm implements
should be provided. 1t IS paying heavy
interest on capital when valuable imple-
ments are exposed to the weather. The
| iron parts become rusty and the wood
warps, the result being that the impie-
ment will never again give satisfaction.
Keep all implements clean and well oiled.
So far as possible the crops on the farm
should be grown TO suit the market, and
the crops that bring the highest prices in
proportion TO the cost of production
| should be grown.
The best way to checkmate low prices
for feed stuf1s, says writer, is to keep
good stock TO eat them. 1t is bad policy
for the farmer to do the hard work and
let the commercial feeder make all the
| pront.
a first class animal is sure to bring a
| good price, but he who has all first class
stock usually obtains "the top of the mar
ket." When they all seem to be of one
mold, and that good one, there are deal
ers ready to take them as a lot, and at
your price.
The SOW must be in thrifty condition to
produce thrifty pigs. Feed her on succu-
| lent food. Cooked or steamed clover, tur-
nips, potatoes, beets, ami a variety OF
food, with due proportion OF grain, will
keep her in the best condition for pro-
ducing thrifty pigs.
| An exchange says: ''The royal insti-
tute for fruit and vine culture at Geisen-
holm, Germany, has experimental sue
| cesstully i'll the use of copperas as a
| stinulaDt for plants that lack green color
"a their leaves. The copperas should De
! dissolved in water and applied near the
roots in early spring."
The butter-maker who puts her pro-
duct on the market in such condition as
not to appear as good as it is, does herself
an injustice. Make the butter first class.
and put it on the market in such man
ner as to make it show for all it is
/ worth.
! The violet does best in a moderately
rich, moisture holding, loamy compost.
with no rank manure within reach OF the
roots. The planting should be firmly
done, crowdlng of the plants not allowed
and but little space between the lights
and the plants permitted, therefore the
foundation OF the bed must not be of a
yielding character, and for this purpose
nothing is worse than manure or tree
leaves.
The farmer should study how to pro-
duce at the lowest cost and how to sell at
the best advantage. His mistakes should
serve to guide him against repeating
them, and where farmer has had wears
of experience his knowledge thus gained
should be as valuable as the capital A
record OF the operations of each year, for
reference, would be found Invaluable
later on.
With many it is becoming fixed opin-
ion that grass farm is not always the
best for the dairyman. 4 succession OF
best crops for dairy food can be had from
an arabic farm, which will produce bet
ter results by 90 per cent, and the prom
inent part made to play by the feeding of
root crops and soiling are well worth con-
sidering.
The handiest and most effective way to
! apply paris green to potatoes is in the
form OF dry mixture with Hour. 1t
sticks better than any other substance:
very small quantity is sufficient. and
with small sitter it may be applied rap
idly and with little waste. 1t does not in
volve such hard work and is really
cheaper for that reason. Carrying water
costs more than the Hour.