Fisherman & farmer. [volume], June 07, 1889, Image 7

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THE FARM AND GARDEN.
BEMEDY FOR ROSE BUGS.
Bose bugs arc killed by means of a
spray of water in which insect powder is
mixed in the proportion of one teaspoon
ful to a gallon. This is sprinkled over
the foliage by a hand-spraying S3-ringe.
The most effective fertilizer for flowering
plants is a solution of a pound of nitrate
of soda in a barrel of water, of which a
quart is poured around the plants directly
after a shower or when the shower is fall
ing. In dry weather this solution is in
jurious, as it rapidly increases in strength
by evaporation of the water. A good
liquid fertilizer is made by infusing wood
ashes and hen manure in water; about
one shovelful of each to a barrel of
water. New York Times.
SHIPPING BEES.
Bees can be shipped long distances if
only precautionary measures are taken to
confine them to the hive. They also
need ventilation while in transit. Our
hives are Lanstroth with porticoes, and in
preparing some colonies for transporta
tion to Nebraska lately, good, strong
colonies were chosen, in which the frames
were securely fastened with propolis or
bee-glue. A couple of thicknesses of old
blanket were wrung out lightly of warm
water and spread over the frames, plenty
large enough to reach over the sides of
the hives, and then a board nailed on.
The dampness in the blanket served the
double purpose of keeping the bees cool
and furnishing water while in transit.
Wire gauze was nailed securely over the
front of the portico. Bees fixed up in
like manner, missing their destination,
and that were knocking about as freight
for three weeks, yet finally arrived at their
destination all right. The bees we
shipped were sent by express. Prairie
Fanner.
TSHMAEL OP ANIMALS'.
The mule is a hybrid with no pedigree,
belongs to no genus or species, has a bad
reputation, and has been abused all his
life, sas Galen Wilson in the New York
Tribune. If persistent treatment of any
kind will finally breed that characteristic
into the blood and bones he has sufficient
excuse for being an Ishraael among other
animals, with his heels against all of
them. Even in the questionable sawdust
circle he has no place of "trust, honor or
emolument," but is ever compelled to be
a guy and a clown, and yet he possesses
many solid virtues. He matures quicker
than the horse, is hardier, will subsist on
less and oarser food, is less liable to dis
ease, is stronger in proportion to weight,
needs less care, will do as much work
every day and live twice as many years,
and as such commends hirnseisto all who
have occasion to employ beasts of burden.
His ample, elongated, auricular append
ages denote acuteness of hearing, and the
bones, muscles and sinews of his physical
anatomy are noted for their flexibility
and aptness at sudden impulses of ac
celerated impetus.
CHICKS ON THE FARif.
Poultry reared with free range of orch
ard and meadow are the largest and also
finest in plumage and symmetry. They
have a prouder carriage and a look of
thrift and health not often seen in chicks
reared within the limits of town lots. If
the breeder must, of necessity, limit the
range, he must provide artificially the ad
vantage which the country naturally sup
plies. Insects he must replace with
chopped meat, and, lacking grass range,
he must cut grass and clover daily. Shade
must be provided during the summer,
otherwise failure is sure.
Poultry raising and fruit culture go
hand in hand, and may be combined on
the same ground. An orchard is much
benefited by allowing fowls free range, as
the crop of harmful insects is kept down.
In the heat of summer the young chicks
will grow and thrive in the shady orchard
and pick up much of their living in it. If
the breeder lacks these advantages and is
compelled to raise his fowls in confine
ment he may by extra care raise fair birds,
but even with the best attention they will
never equal in beauty of plumage and
vigor of constitution and size the country
reared chicks that have developed their
muscles in many a foraging expedition.
New York Herald.
PLOWING WET GROUND.
Nothing is gained by beginning plow
ing too early. Important as early seed
ing may be, and hurrying as farm work
may prove after it fairly begins, it is
better to wait until the ground will turn
up pliable rather than sticky. Under
draining is a great advantage to the
farmer in enabling him to plow early.
The soil is made porous by the sinking
away of superfluous moisture, so that
where the drainage is thorough the plow
may be started almost as soon as frost is
out of the ground. Once plowed with
the soil not sticky it is to the depth of
the furrow much more thoroughly ex
posed to air thaa before. But if the soil
is wet stirring only puddles it and makes
it harden into clods during the summer.
Clayey land is often injured for years by
being once plowed when too wet. Fall
plowing with the surface left rough is
the best corrective to such land after it
has been brained. Without drainage the
wet mass runs together and the sun
hardens it as bad or worse than before.
If the land is in sod it will bear plowing
when somewhat wetter than if it were
naked. The sod under the furrow will
not press down closely, and this leaves
chances for the warmer air from above to
enter and dry it. Early plowed sod
ground brings much better corn or po-
tatoes than that plowed just before plant
ing, provided the land was not too wet
at the earlier plowing. The mistake of
too early plowing is more apt to be made
in hurryinff to get grain sown. Better
wait a few days later, puton more teams,
or merely cultivate the surface and then
sow or drill in the seed. Boston Culti
vator, TRAINING YOUNG ANIMAL?.
It would be impossible to compute the
immense loss that is sustained each year
by farmers, owing to the improper train
ing of young stock. rendering the animals
in many cases vicious and unsafe ever
afterward. Some suggestions on this
b abject .re given by a correspondent : In
most sections of agricultural practice we
Waave opde a decided advance, and it is
J Bomewnat singular that in the rearing,
K raining and breaking of animals what
we might style the education 01 animals,
so conductive to the comfort or discom
fort of man we still pursue a course that
is closely associated with the dark ages.
One common foundation cause forms the
basis of our non-success in the education
of animals, and it is the root and the re
sultant cause of the evils that follow.
We assume that all animals at birth
possess hereditary vice, and that vice
must be eradicated before the animal can
become a useful servant to man. This is
most certainly a mistake, and one that
leads up to numerous evils. The same
erroneous practice prevails in the training
of horses, bulls, dogs, etc., but it is
probably in the case of horses where the
greatest mischief results.
In the education of a colt or a filly, or
a young bull, the same care is needed as
that of a child. The disposition should
be studied, and defects eradicated by
kind yet firm treatment. At present, if
a foal is of a lively temperament, it is at
once put down as vicious, and if either of
its parents have showed what is mis
called vice, the result of mistaken
brutality in their education, then the foal's
liveliness is put down as hereditary vice,
and a prolonged course of harsh conduct
and beating is deemed necessary to effect
a cure. If, on the other hand, the young
animal is of a slow and heavy nature, it is
erroneously supposed to be the result of
vicious sullenness, and the same treat
ment as in the case of the lively foal is
undertaken harsh treatment and beat
ing to bring them into so-called sub
jection. In each case this cruel dis
cipline had just the opposite effect to
that sought, and hence we have sadly too
many kicking, biting, jibbing and bolt
ing horses. In place of having horses
which entertain affection for man we have
them in constant fear of man, ever ex
pectant of a blow, and their worst actions,
often leading up to accident or death, are
too often the result of this fear; possibly
some movement of the driver not con
nected with them being misconstrued into
the intention to inflict a blow. In the
breaking and education of all young
animals firmness should blend with kind
ness, but never with harshness or brutality.
London Live Stock Journal.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Exercise is cheaper than medicine.
Fresh water is abundant and cheap.
Carbolic acid is cheaper than cholera.
Did you ever sow beans in drills? Try
it.
Lime is cheaper than rupe and fumiga
tion than lice.
Parsnips sown early make an excellent
food for stock.
Don't neglect tq prune the rose bushes,
cutting them well back.
The wild cherry trees form a breeding
place for the tent caterpillar.
The hen is a scratching bird ; therefore
let her scratch but not in the garden.
The best stock is the cheapest; there
fore never sell the best and never buy
anything but the best.
A crop of buckwheat will rid land of
the wireworm, says Professor J. A. Luilie,
New York State Entomologist.
Basswood is pronounced by good au
thority probably the best honey plant in
the world, all things considered.
The Southern Cultivator does not con
sider any green crop turned under a de
sirable preparation for a crop of peas.
By planting sweet corn every week for
a few weeks, a supply of green fodder
may be had the whole season through.
Vick pronounces the spirea one of our
best flowering shrubs, ranking next to
the hydrangea for general effect and ease
of culture.
4 Always have a nice bunch of hay be
fore the calf, to induce her to eat, there
by expanding the stomach," advises a
cattle-breeder.
No good housewife can set a good table
without plenty of eggs. Hence the
necessity of every farmer keeping a nice
flock of poultry.
Calves should be watered regularly,
says a farm authority. They often suffer
greatly from thirst the milk not being
all the drink they need.
Feeding silage from the top, rather
than cutting it down from the sides, is
considered preferable by Professor Cook
and many other good authorities.
In no other way can the farmer so radi
callv do the work of nature to his advan
tage as by using tile ; for underdrainage
both lengthens the seasons and deepens
the soil,
Any novice can propagate current and
gooseberry bushes from slips, and every
home should have at least a half acre
devoted to this kind of fruit. An acre is
not too much for the mcst of our homes.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
APPETIZING FISH PIE.
Fish pie made as follows we think
very appetizing: Cut any solid fish in
neat pieces, clearing it of bone and skin;
mix finely shredded parsley, powdered
marjoram, salt and pepper, and strew this
seasoninir over the fish : dip the pieces of
fish in warmed butter and put them in a
pie dish, leaving room for liquid to flow
between; beat well four or five eggs and
mix them with half a pint to a pint of
cream or good milk. Put halved oysters
or sardines between the pieces of fish:
pour the cream over, cover with a light
paste, brush it over witn egg and bake.
Sew York World.
THE BEST CHOCOLATE.
If you have a large or rather elaborate
dessert chocolate may be served with,
say, the third course, as an accompani
ment to the remaining part of the meal;
or, if the dessert be light, chocolate may
be served the last thing with whipped
cream and a sweet waifer. A Senator's
wife who is said to serve the best chocolate
in Washington gave the following recipe
to Miss Edith Ingalls: Three-quarters of
a cake of chocolate, one quart of cold
water, one quart of sweet, rich milk,
sugar to taste. Grate or scrape the
chocolate and mix with Jthe water,
thoroughly and smoothly; then sweeten
and allow to boil until it it quite a thick
paste. Boil the milk separately and stir
it into the chocolate mixture and cook a
few minutes longer.
ORNAMENTAL FROSTING ON CAKE.
To do ornamental frosting, such as
confectioners put on cakes, one needs a
frosting bag and tubes or frosting points.
The bag is of very thin rubber sheeting
and shaped like a cone or funnel. At
the end of the funnel is a small hole.
The tube or point is put inside the bag
and pressed firmly into and through this
little aperture. Then the bag is partly
filled with frosting, which is squeezed
through the point on to the cake. Some
points are simply round tubes, others
have got teeth that cause the frosting to
assume the form of leaves, crinkled lines
and other devices. A supply of points
of various shapes can be procured at any
housefurnishiug store, and one can make
three of the rubber bags out of a quarter
of a yard of sheeting. After the neces
sary practice one can ice cakes very nice
ly. Washington Star.
SCHMIERKASE.
Improperly-made schmierkase, or cottage-cheese
as it is sometimes called, is
not fit to eat. When made in the fol
lowing manner, our folks think it a treat:
Take thick "loppered" milk; set it on or
near the fire until it curds. Great care
should be taken that the milk does not
become hot, as that would harden it and
render it unfit to eat blood-heat is about
the right temperature for the milk.
When the milk has sufficiently curdled to
show like little islands in the whey, pour
into a coarse linen bag and hang up to
drain. This will take some hours. Do
no press the curd, but when the whey
has been all drained from the curd, re
move from the bag and set in the cellar
till wanted for use. It will keep several
days. Serve with sweet cream poured
over it, and season with pepper and salt.
Some like sugar on it. Prairie Farmer.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Ten common-sized eggs weigh one
pound.
Two tablespoons of powdered sugar or
flour weigh one ounce.
For nose bleed, get plenty of powdered
alum up into the nostrils.
To restore gilt frames, rub with a
sponge moistened in turpentine.
When dress silk becomes wet pat it be
tween the hands tcdry quickly.
If the cover is removed from soap
dishes the soap will not get soft.
Rub your lamp chimney with salt to
increase the brilliancy of the light.
Sandpaoer applied to the yellow keys
of the piano will restore the color.
Tissue or printing paper is the best
thing for polishing glass or tinware.
The best of tea make? but an indiffer
ent decoction unless the water is fresh.
For corns and bunions nothing is as
cooling as the beaten white of an egg.
Cucumbers cut into stripes and laid in
places infested with ants will drive them
away.
Patient rubbing with chloroform "will
remove paint from black silk or any other
material.
Young veal may be told by the bone in
the cutlet. If it is very small the veal is
not good.
Crockery that has been "soaked" with
grease may be cleaned by slow boiling in
weak lye.
A solution of alum, ten grains to an
ounce of water, is excellent for bathing
tender feet.
Egg shells crushed and shaken in a
glass bottle half filled with water will
clean it quickly.
Lemon juice will remove from the throat
the dark stains often caused by wearing
black fur next it.
Brooms dipped in boiling suds once a
week will last longer and do better ser
vice than without.
When boiling cabbage set a vessel con
taining vinegar on the stove and the
smell of cabbage will not be apparent.
Salt extracts the juices from meat In
cooking. Steaks ou ht not therefore to
be salted until they h ive been broiled.
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