Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-04-28
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Horses Mt Pasture,

n lew FARMERS ana OJner wnSrS
seem TO think that IL horses or colts,
OF mares and colts, are turned to
pasture the whole problem is solved.
Though grass is watery food, yet
the necessity for good and an ample
supply OF water for horses at pasture
Is indispensable. Every pasture should
have n secure salt box for rock salt,
An alfalfa or clover plot should be
kept TO feed the horses In the stables
In dry and hot fly time, turning them
out at night. The colts and unused
horses should be brushed with kero
sene and carholic acid In fly time,
either in pasture or stable, especially
applied under the throat and chin. The
same may he said OF stable horses,
Rutternut or walnut branches should
be hung up in the stables in ny time.
Exchange.
Starting Celery Plants
Celery is becoming less and less n
luxury VI the city market and its
culture is now matter OF interest
to farmers III general. However, the
great check upon the common culture
of this vegetable In kitchen gardens
Is the difficulty experienced In growing
good plants. To get good plants
press finely prepared hotbed soil
firmly into trays one foot square by
two inches deep lthe bottoms Of
which should he perforated). and SOW
the sede quite thickly In very shallow
drills, which are made one inch apart
across the tray. Grow at least five
hundred plants TO each tray. "A
soon rs sown cover the surface OF
each tray slightly with finely picked
sphagnum or other like material
water all carefully and stack the
trays upon each other, covering tho
top one with board In this condi-
ton set them in moist, warm sit
uation eight Is not importantly until
termination is well under way. Then
spread them out on the bed. exposed
to best possible light and watered by
subirrigation by setting the tray in
about an inch OF water whenever
watering becomes necessary. VIM.
b. Atwood, Virginia Experiment sta
ton
Soft Soap.
Five pounds OF grease will make
nine gallons of excellent soft soap
Melt a pound can Of pure potash with
a quart of water In large clothes
h.Nl l.lI ha oh ah fAp
minutes, then add the Ave pounds cf
grease and stir 1t we'll, Let the nix
ture boil slowly for an hour. stirring
II frequently. At the end of this
time stir two gallons OF hot water into
II. Pour the whole into n ten-gallon
key and stir well, In fifteen minutes
add two gallons more Of hot water.
Stir often, and after an hour add four
gallons OF water. This water need
not be hot blood-warm water Will
do Stir the soap often in the next
two or three hours, and then let It
stand over night, In twelve hours
It will be of iine clear. jelly.lke
consistency, thoroughly cold End
ready for use. 1t Is better THAI any
manufactured soap for cleaning rough
kitchen floors, for washing disnes ard
kitchenwares, for cleaning bathtubs
| and for use in the kitchen boiler
New England Farmer. as.
Ringing Grape Vines.
The fact that cutting ring
through the sap wood OF the current
years growth, 80 as to check II re-
turn, will both increase the size and
hasten the ripening OF grapes, is well
understood by most grape growers.
YET wherever the fruit will rip9n
naturally It should be left to do 10,
as It's quality is not nearly 80 GOOD
when 1t is ripened by the .ingiig
process. A better way Ia to divert
growth OF all the outer shoots, This
will improve the quality, and cause
earlier ripening. The grapes VIII
not look so well az those that have
been ripened by ringing the ylncg
But they will create a demand for
more, which the ringed grapes Will
not. American Cnltiyator.
Flavor OF Butter.
1t is one thing to have pleasant
grass flavor and quite another TO
have rank grassy odor to the milk.
traces Of which will be found IN the
butter The cause for the rank favor
can be found In intestinal dcrange-
ment due to the change OF feed. A
radical change in feed should always
be made with caution and be made
gradually. To change suddenly from
| dry feed to green feed will derange
the digestive apparatus as surely as q
sudden change from green feed to
dry feed. And the change should
always be made when the stomach is
iul. That is. do not give an animal
food to which II In unaccustomed
when the stomach Is empty. Give II
first feed OF that to which II IL ac-