Year: 1873




THE Gardeners Monthly, in speaking
of the black knot on plum and cherry
trees, says it should be cut out as fast
as it appears, not as the black knot, but
as a mere sappy abrasure, green and
spongy, above the bark. It is no use to
cut it out after month old. This delay
is probably the secret of many failures
in removing the black knot.


WE do advise painting the shingle
roofs of buildings as matter of econo-
my. We have ample evidence that it
pays to do SO Just as surely as it
pays to paint the balance of the ex-
terror of any building.-NeaO York
Herald.


FUMIaAT1NG poultry houses with sui
phur, thrown on glowing Goals in an
earthen vessel, and keeping the house
closed for several hours, is said to be
perfect remedy for insects of all kinds.
The poultry must be removed before the
experiment.


THE Stock Journal, after giving a
number of experiments in feeding corn
to pigs, remarks that these experiments
show that there is within fraction of
twenty-four pounds of pork in a bushel
of corn and the effort of every farmer
should be to endeavor to get out as
much as he can of it. And to do this
he must have the right kind of hogs ;
they must be placed in the right condi-
tion, and fed in the right manner, with
a view to profit.


AN Ohio correspondent of the Coal,a-
try Gentleman says t: am using a
remedy for driving away insects and
bugs that works to charm, and if any
of your readers have not tried it, I adj
wise them to waste no time with SCOT,
ashes, ETC., but ask their druggist to
order for them pound of carbolic acid,
No. 5, which will cost rs cents. If air
slaked lime is to be had, use teaspoon
full of acid to quart of lime mix well,
and dust over the plant. One applica-
ton is frequently sufficient. The cab
bage flea Dumping jack threatened to
destroy my plants of cabbage and ruta-
bagas, but one dose was sufficient to
is not slaked, take one teaspoonfu1 of
acid to pint of hot water, and slake
the lime with the mixture.


Fowls can be fattened well in fort
night if they are cooped up where they
can obtain gravel and lime and are fed
on scalded corn-meal, given three times
day, while ears of corn are always at
hand. For drink, skinned milk is very
desirable, and if warmed little will be
drank with eagerness. Pulverized char
with their feed, will materially assist the
fattening process.


SonING, as now practiced by the best
dairy farmers, really means stall-feed-
ing in summer, wholly or in part, ac-
cording to the condition of the pas
lures, or the circumstances of the farm
er. The old definition of the word
"soil, according to Webster, is to feed
cattle or horses, in the barn or an in
closure, with fresh grass or green food /;
as to soil horse.


TIE clothing of the horse in the
stable should be neither too hot nor too
cold. But if kept too warm he will be
more likely to take cold when he goes
out to exercise on a cold or chilly day.
The stable should be well ventilated
with pure air at all times, and all
poisonous air and gases, particularly
the ammonia which is formed from the
urine, should be allowed free egress
from the stable, as the animal cannot be
expected to keep in good health while
compelled to inhale such malaria.


To BRom TOMATOES. toma-
toes make a delicious dish. Select
those that are not over-ripe, and cut
them in halves crosswise dip the cut
side into beaten egg, and then into
wheat flour, and place them upon a
gridiron, whose bars have been creased
previously. When they have become
well Drowned, turn them over, and
cook the skin side until thoroughly
done. Then put butter, salt and pep
per upon the egg, and serve upon a
platter.