The National tribune., 1896-11-05

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THEW have a graceful stateliness and beauty
that belong to few other plants; they are
tropical in their luxurianee, massive, and IN
harmony with any room or any style of fur
nisbing; and they are better able to bear
such conditions as exist in ordinary rooms
than most plants. Do you want tall plant
for a corner? You can End nothing finer
than healthy Seaforthia, with leaves five
or six feet in length, arching outward from
the center of the plant like gigantic plumes.
Do you want plant that does not grow tall,
to stand before mirror, or in some other
place where low mass of foliage 10 appro-
pirate? Then a Latania Borboaica will
surely please you, with its broad, fan-sbaped,
shining leaves. Ph@nir reeliRata is another
most excellent palm, not as tall or stately III
| its habit as Seaforthia eiegans, but In many
ways more desirable. 1t has an iron consti-
| tuition and is the sturdiest of all the family.
Plants of this species, as, indeed, of all kinds
| of palms, increase in value with age, if
healthy, and specimen eight or 10 years
old is worth considerable sum- and always
salable. Areca fufeseens is palm of medium
size, very graceful in habit, and well adapted
| to use of stands and jardinieres. Licaala
| (Pritehardial grandis, shown in the accom-
| panying engraving, is one of the Doblest fan
| leaved palms in existence, but owing to the
, comparatively high price at which 1T Is held
| it has not become as popular as its exquisite
| beauty deserves.
To grow palms well, you must give them
| deep pot or vase. This is quite important,
as the roots run down, if given chance to
| do so, instead of spreading out Provide the
best Of drainage to guard against the evils OF
overwhelming. Use rich garden loan, In
which some sharp sand should be mixed to
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| When plants are kept standing in shady
place for long at time, be very careful
about watering. Evaporation will take
| place slowly, and it will not be necessary to
| apply water oftener than once week in
| Summer, and not so often in Winter. Ii too
much is given the soil will become heavy
and sour 1t is advisable to move the plants
to light and airy place as often as possible,
leaving them there until wanted for decorat-
ing the room again. Thus they can be kept
in health. Wash the foliage once week.
american Agriealturist.
Reasons for Using the Separator.
Every person who keeps five or more cows,
with the object of making as much butter
from them as possible, who makes gilt-edge
butter, and who is interested in progressive
dafying, would find in the hand separator
money-making machine. 1t effectually
skins the milk, thereby saving all the cream
or fat.
Where impurities have fallen into the
milk such as hairs, dirt, manure, ETC., the
separator removes them, so that their IN
fluence on the cream Is much diminished.
In Summer separator cream is free from
milk curds, which often occur in cream
SKINNED by hand and cause trouble in
butter-making. The separator is also a
labOr-saving device when one becomes IA
miliar with its use and care. The necessity
for caring for many pans and cans is done
away with in large degree. The amount
of force required to run hand separator is
not great enough to tire an average man
seriously.
Cut Straw and Leaves.
There is one point of advantage in the use
of cut straw or leaves which largely in
auences laying in Winter, and that is the
warmth retained in the poultry house. It
is not that these materially create warmth,
but they keep the winds from coming in
along the floor, and as they also absorb
dampness they prevent the settling of moist
ure on the walls. Let anyone 60 into q
stable or stall that has four or five inches or
| more of lea yes on the floor and the stall will
| be found warmer and more comfortable than
one having the floor bare.
Crossing of Geese.
Heretofore it has been claimed that the
best crosses for market were obtained by
using Toulouse ganders and Embden females,
but recent experiments at the Rhode Island
Station did not confirm the claim, the best
results, in majority of cases, resulting when
| the male was of the Emblem breed. As the
Embden is pure white in plumage it has also
an advantage in producing feathers that are
white.
Protect the Trees.
If an orchard is worth planting it is worth
protecting Some orchardists OF course live
in localities where there is no need of pro
tecting, because there rodents to be a
menace. But in the thin1y-settled regions
the ravages by rodents is very great. The
best protector is shield of wire and latE,
the wire being used to hold the lath to-
gether. The cost is small. tree is the
work of years, but it may be destroyed in .
single night by rabbit.
Farm Notes.
The New York Experiment Station found
that in the case of five cows the first pint of
milk contained only three per cent. of fat,
while the last pint contained 6.S5 per cent,
and the mixed milk from the whole milk
, ing averaged 2.55 per cent. In every in
stance the first half contained only one-third
to one-half as much fat as the last half.
Similar results are reported in Connecticut,
also in Indiana and New Hampshire.
The farmer who has the care of young
colts should make up his mind not to let
. them lose pound of flesh at weaving time
The colt should pass his first Winter in the
best of condition, and without hitch in his
growth.