Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-12-29

! tNN" w Nh0 lawn, where We expect
to have as fine looking catalpa as
though they were nursery grown
George w, Grown In Ohio Farmer.
! Hens In Winter.
Keep Your hens healthy by regular
FEEDING tnot over feedingl, change
their feed quite often, Keep their
water pots clean and give them plenty
or fresh water az often ~ needed, dur
ing the hot weather. Also vegetable
leaves from the garden, mako a
warm bran mash feed, when the
weather gets cold, with pepper and
salt, about twice week and sulnhur
once Close the hen house MT night "a
early as September, as the nights are
chilly and they are moulting; have
window lights and keep tho hons con-
lined during cold, stormy weather, and
have straw or leaves or hay seeds aud
fodder and scatter their grain screen
ings or corn and let them hunt Il out
to keep them exercising. Have crushed
osyster shells. gravel aud lime, and
box or road dust to lie In, To keep the
roosts froe from lice, change them
often or scald, always have plenty
OF eggs In winter, but Il takes labor.
soak the feed, corn and oats. Worth
trying Feed warm In morning, also
gtve fresh butcher offals or cooked ha.
con skins, j, ", H., IN Garden and
Farm,
Uses Of Fruits
have eaten apples all my life, but
never learned how to mako tho best
use Of them till last winter writes
correspondent to American Gardening.
Now we eat apples half an hour before
breakfast and dinner instead of after
ward
Tho action OF the acid Ia then adj
mirable In aiding digestion, while II
eaten after meals the apple Ia likely
to prove burden.
We follow the same limo In using
grapes, pears, cherries and berries. IL
disturbed by a headache or dyspepsia
In summer, climb cherry tree and
cat all can reach and relish.
In order To have cherries all summer,
| cover dozen trees with mosquito
netting TO keep of the birds,
Currnnts aud gooseberrlos find very
wholesome eaten raw from the bushes
before going TO the dining table. Ma
ture has prepared n large amount OF
food already cooked, exactly fitted for
all demands of the human syatem,
am by no means Il vegetarian or a
Unitarian, but am convinced that we
have not yet measured the value or
fruit as u diet with milk, eggs and veg
etables,
Hints on House Plants.
Probably more mistakes are made In
watering window plants than In any
other part Of their culture. DO not
keep the saucers filled with water; II
has u tendency to sour the roots, Do
not wet little; even II tho top OF the
earth looks damp after sprinkling tho
roots may be very dry, Water freely
untfl the moisture oo2os ont of the bot
tom of the pot then you can BIO sure
tho roots arc wet, and the little water
left In tho saucer after good top wet
ting viii soon be sucked up,
Sponge or syringe tho foliage. A
brass syringe or rubber utomizor such
az florists use, IL best, Tho leaves
thoroughly sprinkled daily with the
atomi2er will be free from insects.
Carefully remove the dead leaves and
branches. and stir the earth occasion
ally about the roots. TO prevent Its
packing, which would keep the water
from permcnting tho soil,
Plants Will not thrive II tho air Of
the room Is too dry; they dislike fur
mace heat and gas, II the air OF the
room In unusually dry and hot
sprinkle the plants twice u day. A
tablespoonful of household ammonia Ia
the Watering pot twice a week IN an
excellent strengthenrr, and win make
plants nxuriunt In foliage aud bloom
New York Tribune
Water Horses Frequently.
II Is not natural for the horse to 20
long without water. His stomach is
small and cannot hold water supply
for long time Watering morning,
noon and night wi II NJ work In sum.
mer time Is none too often. II the
| WIN ~ WI i'uhps WV lAblNoIlOohcN
full Of oat meal stirred In the pail will
make the horse drink better. and will
also prevent so much cold water from
lnjuring the stomach. II IL a mistake
To suppose that horse or any other
domestic animal prefers 10 drink water
only few degrees above the freezing
| temperature. IL II In lukewarm, tho
horse will drink more freely and the
water will be less apt TO injure him
American Cultivator.
A Fault In Butter.
What Is nown az q "cheesy taste"
In butter, which IL often found In but
ter made at this season, IL precisely
what II Is called. II is a part OF the
albumen of the milk, which cannot be
separated from the butter. II always
comes from churning too long after the
butter has come
The first butter formed separates
from the cream In small granulets. and
II these are taken out and worked to-
gether after being washed with cold