Show n i INDOORS AND OUTs OUT-s i j The Farm Orchard Garden and Household i SUITS AND NOTES FOR ALL y 1 Rd i i I t j i 1 i Selective a j Bull = Garget Erysipeln t i Tulips Gladiolus Blilk i weeds t f 1 4 Eggs for hatching should not be over 1 two weeks old t Increase the ventilation of your I i stables as the weather grows warmer 1 t The most imperative work of early j spring is to remove every atom of de i i caving vegetable matter from the cellar give it a thorough airing and sweeten it t with lime or copperas f I k I J In taking slips of geraniums it is cus r 5 i tomary in making the cuttingsto let only t I i two leaves remain but equally as good r a results might be secured more were E fi I left on in which case a little moister atmosphere would be demanded 7 I r 4 l I Salt is being used freely by nurserymen i nursery-men in their pear nurseries for blight it J i J Iron filings and copperas in solution have been used for the same purpose J < If these remedies do not prevent the t I f j disease they at least correct a disposition i f 11 disposi-tion to blight Ex 4 j t 3 f C Gloxinias thathave been left over since s last season in sand or in their pots s 1 t should now be replanted in good rich peaty sandy soil with good drainage i Itis best not to give them too much n t head at first let them come out slowly t I without giving much water for fear of t r rotting the bulbs i i The Prattle Fanner advocates this f cure for erysipelas A poultice of fresh or canned cranberries applied to any part of the body affected with erysipelas t is almost sure cure and specific for that F f disease It is far safer than the use of I I d nitrate of silver or iodine Cranberry i f Cran-berry sauce should also be used for food i with sugar as palatable Veal soup can be prepared in a similar i I l manner to beef soup It is unnecessary i e however to boil the meat the day before it is wanted Three hours is sufficient ° = 1 F I length of time for it to be over the fire The same proportions of meat and water are used as for the beef Be careful care-ful to skim it close and if not clear to j j strain it through a colander If macaroni 4 f = f ti maca-roni is used put a little butter in with it j e i before adding to the soup 1 An experienced raiser of poultry in J i reporting to a meeting said that when ti chickens are first hatched after they i h are twentyfour hours old he would i feed them with milk mixing their feed m it such as crumbs of bread eggs chopped very fine and when older feed 1 them small grains cracked corn and in the morning a feed of meal made into dough with milIk = Skimmed iuilkis 1 TSettertmnrwhole milk because it is nol t no-l so rich while the other properties remain I i re-main I A New York exchange says about I training grape vines The best form for f a trellis combining neatness with utility 1 is simply to set out stout posts in the ground eight feet apart and eight feet i m height with a 2x4 piece of scantling f ri fcecnrely spiked on top to keep the whole a d in position Heavy galvanized wire is 1 1 1 then to be tightly stretched the entire i ft t length of the trellis fastening to each I 1 post with small straps or wrapping g around large nails which perhaps is the better plan The wire may be about It twelve inches distant perpendicularly J A correspondent of the New York 1 Tribune says There is nothing poisonous poison-ous to growing crops in the exhalations 7 of black walnut trees but they are 1 enormous feeders particularly after I coming into bearing and the ground i 1 would have to be rich and kept well manured to support a flourishing crop Ai 3 fi of anything else near them A farmer 4 I planted a row bordering a road As they grew up it was observed that over the pence in the field to the south was an almost barren belt of land that increased dl in-creased annually in width till when the trees had attained their full height this belt was nearly four rods wide J If milk weeds grow in cultivated fields J we would give deep plowing near the J time ol blossoming if possible and j plant a hoe crop We would follow up i 1 with thorough cultivation and hoeing 1 Most plants are more readily destroyed g when growth is nearly completed and fj the vitality of roots weakened than at f any other time If the weed grew in pasture or meadow we would mow at r I about tha same stage of growth or between i be-tween blooming and maturity and repeat I if re-peat if they appeared again the same season and be ready for them again the 41 1 next season There are few weeds that cannot be subdued if attacked and followed r fol-lowed up with energy and perseverance 11 n Ear 11I EarWhen G 1 j When a cows teats become obstructed il ed with thick stringy matter and when this is forced out and thin watery stuff is drawn out instead of milk it indicates f indi-cates garget This trouble may be caused in various ways Lying in a I sold wet spot out in a field at night a t sudden change from hot weather to k cold squeezing the full udder as she + < lies down chasing about with a full r1 ndder indigestion from any cause all i r 1 these will cause it and so will bad milk d t rog such as leaving some bad milK in i a L 1 the teats When it happens the cause 1 should be discovered and the proper t remedy applied Usually a dose of lin eed oil or a pound of Epsom salt with r 1 f a teaspoonful of ground ginger and + rub the udder with camphorated ointment oint-ment will remove the trouble in twenty 1 four hours The udder must be completely com-pletely cleared of the matter and milk fJ a l 1 l I in ItEx i A correspondent of the Indiana j farmer gives the following condition J I f 11 powder for horses and hogs Onehalf tl t pound resin onehalf pound sulphur I J J u two ounces of alum one ounce of saltpeter l I salt-peter one quart of unslacked lime I I r twentyfive pounds of salt Pulverize and mix thoroughly Dose for horse I J one handful twice a week For hogs i ene tablespoonful for each hog once a week Given o chickens in meal twice h week it will stop the chicken cholera I In bad cases of hog cholera give the C hogs nothing to eat for half a day and 4 then administer a pint of this mixture > 1 n in a pail of warm slops mixed with a a 1 < d little bran The dose to be repeated I t1 three times a day for a week or morel more-l i gradually adding bran to the slop f t This recipe was obtained from an old I farmer I German farmer who was a successful r t stock raiser Now is the time to plant out gladiolus I bulbs and if you want a succession o f flowers plant a few every ten days until the middle of July Dr Flint is reported to have said that many lives arelost by starvation owing to an overestimate of the nutritive value of beef tea and meat juices In typhus and typhoid fevers he says there is no good substitute for milk and eggs When tulip flowers begin to fade they should be cut oft As soon as the stems of the tulip turn yellow and the leaves begin to dry they may be taken up and put in a cool dry place When dry thoroughly clean off the old skin and dirt and put away in paper bags ready for planting out again next October To remove clinkers from the stove sprinkle common salt on the linings when the stove is cold Use plenty of it Build a moderate firewood and coal and in a day or two the clinkers will be gone This is a sure remedy and does away with the liability of cracking the lining by the use of hammer and chisel Clam shells are used only for the salt in them A Vermont paper describes the manner man-ner by which hickory nuts which were drying all winter were made to grow Under ordinary treatment the young sproutwould never reach the outside of the dried and hardened shell Each nut was placed in a vice and the screw cautiously turned till the shell is heard to crackbut not breaking openthen dropped into water three or four days and planted in mellowsoil and most of them grew It is hard to estimate indollars and cents the exact value of a dairycow There is a vast difference in the milk butter or cheeseproducing qualities between be-tween the different animals This is also true between different cows of the same breed All Jerseys are not equally good butter ows all Holsteins will not give an equal quantity of milk even though they are recorded in a herd book all Ayrshires will not produce the same amount of good rich milk nor are their teats all equally shortEx Nothing can be more simple than the culture required by the peach It is simply to keen the surface always mellow mel-low and free of weeds In other words it needs only the culture that one would give corn For the first two years alto r planting hoed crops may be planted between the trees with advantage after which time they require the entire strength of the soil Grain crops of all kinds are very injurious and it is rare that peaches will succeed in sod or grass In making the annual plowing in spring it is well to use a light plow plowing very shallow that tie roots may not be mutilated or disturbed Ex xThe The stomach of an average sized horse will not hold more than from ten to twelve quarts The average farmer thinking he is doing the greatest kindness kind-ness feeds as if his horses Jiad capacity enough to hold a bulk half their size To get a correct idea of the size of an average horses stomach look at a three gallon bucket Taking everything into consideration the decision Is easily arrived ar-rived atfeed oftener and in less quail titles But the mistake lies in assuming liatsuolian nmpunto foodjsneeded They may eat it all and do well but very often they would do better on leas It is safe to say that nine out of ten ol he farmers throughout the country feed more to their horses than is necessary neces-sary Ex A bull ought to be the most handsome of his kind He should be tall and well made his head should be rather long but not coarse as fineness of head indicates indi-cates disposition to fatten as it is designed de-signed by nature to be the chief instrument instru-ment both of offense and defense it ought to present every mark of strength Horns clean and bright large black eyes lively and protuberent ears long and thin hairy within and without muzzle fine nostrils wide and open neck strong and muscular not incum jered with a coarse wreathy skin but firm risingwith a gentle curve from the shoulders tapering to the part where its it-s connected with the head dewlap thin and but little loose skin on any part His shoulders should be deep high and moderately broad on top bosom open breast large and projecting well before the legs back straight and broad even to the setting on ef the tail which should not extend far up the roof but be strong and deep with lank hair on the under part of it ribs broad and circular rising one above another so that the last rib shall be rather the highest high-est The forethighs should be strong and muscular tapering gradually to the knees belly deep straight and also tapering a little to the hind thighs which should be large and square roof wide particularly over the chine and hips hooks legs straight shortjoint ed full of sinews clean and fineboned knees round big and straight feet distant dis-tant one from another not broad nor turning in but easily spreading hoofs long and hollow hide not hard or stub born to the touch hair uniformly hick short curled and of a soft tex ture and the body long deep and round filling up the shoulders and into the groin so as to form what has not properly been termed a rounder barrellike carcass Ex |