Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-12-15
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Saving Coal Ashes.

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are much better than sand or loan,
which Is often recommended for that
purpose, for these last, and particular
ly the sand, only act mechanically to
rub yermin from the hens, while sifted
coal aches art so fine that their dust
fills the breathing apparatus of hen
lice, and thus destroys them. So for
putting into henhouses the bits of coal
that are mostly present should be sift-
ed out Wood ashes may be used for
a dust bath where coal Is not burned
as 1t is not in many farmers homes
The fowls will eat bits of charcoal
from wood ashes, and they will not
injure them, though likely to make
the colored spots that are often seen
in egg shells where fowls get at coal
and eat it.-American Cultivator.
Turkey History.
Turkey is from a Hindoo word
meaning peacock, and at the time OF
the discovery of America the turkeys
imported from the new continent were
called American peacocks. The Jew
poultry merchants who adopte1 the
| Hindoo name, called them "tuki,"
which became the modern turkey. The
word was formerly spelled "turky." -
! Ploughman.
Chrysanthemum Hints
In repotting your plants be sure to
use dishes large enough to prevent the
roots from being crowded
| Bring the plants indoors in good sea-
son; If they get chilled by frost or
wind 1t will cause the blooms TO be i'm
perfect in some way.
Water with liquid fertilizer once or
twice week. Chicken manure is one
of the best fertilizers. Put the manure
| in a coarse bag Of muslin and pour on
! boiling water, reducing it with clear
water if the liquor is darker than a
very weak tea. BE careful for should
| the water be too strong 1t viii lnjure
! the roots of the plant.
! Tobacco smoke is good TO keep the
| aphis down after the flowers have
opened Before they bud spray with
kerosene emulsion.
| To produce fine blossoms it Is best
to go carefully over the plants, pinch
! ing off the smaller, inefrlor buds from
each branch Mayflower
Facts About Honey.
Honey is the only sweet that may be
eaten in any quantities and for long
| time without interfering with the ac-
ton of any of the vital organs. Its
food value is twice that of pork, pound
eT,. 4, hoe hoF
persistent honey eaters are not nearly
so liable 10 disease of the respiratory
organs as those who do not use It'll
at all.
1t Is calculated that the entire honey
product OF sixty bees during their en-
tire working life will not amount to
more than one pound of honey, an
amount that a man with a good appe
lite would eat in day without think
ing much about II.
Beeswax is almost entirely indigesti-
BILE, and, while 1t does no harm when
swallowed never enters into the food
value of the honey it contains
Extracted honey that has candied
should be liquetied by subjecting it to
very low heat otherwise the volatile
oils which give 1t flavor will evaporate
and the honey be made simply sweet
without its delightful perfume-like
taste which nothing can be found to
initiate.
Honey should never be exposed to
the air. II will not ferment or sour
but it loses flavor and sometimes be
comes the least rank in taste when air
| is'admitted freely. Farmers Voice,
Simple Way to Cook Pork.
/ Cut mess or clean pork into quarter
| inch slices, soak in milk (sour or
sweet over night. In the morning
wash, drain and wipe dry put neatly
in bake pan. set in a hot oven. bake
until done, not Drowned or dried up
| In the meantime make a batter or one
beaten egg, milk and -four in proper
ton to quantity OF pork Dip the pork
in the batter, fry quickly Tin the
grease poured frob bake dish into a
/ SPIDER a golden brown.
Sugar Maple.
| Ii | we're starting on a farm as a
\ young man would certainly set out an
acre or more of sugar maple. There
\ Is no more beautiful tree, and grove
\ of them would pe ornamental, and in
/ Is or 20 years it could be tapped and
/ would give the luxury of maple syrup
| | am not sure how the seed of the hard
maple should be managed but | think
/ 1t should be gathered when ripe and
/ kept in damp sand until fall, and then
+ Sown in shallow drills. on well drained
/ ground. and lightly covered with SAND
or woods mould, or the seed could be
sown thickly in cold frames and trans
planted as soon as it shows in the
/ spring. In localities where there are
/ old maple trees the young trees come
/ by myriads in the spring and can be
/ taken up in the seed leaf, or small
] trees can be found in the woods ana
/ transplanted when one or two reel
! high Three hundred or more trees