| Show I = = INDOQ Sim > QPT The Farm Orchard Garden and Household NOTES AND HINTS FOR ALL a EggsHot KolUAbout d Berry naked BakeWater Cure Hums and Scalds Young Women i TO make a carpet look fresh wine with I a damp cloth after sweeping Anne A-nne of the best coatings for tree founds is gum shellac and alcohol It Deludes air and the wound quickly pals i over Afew drops of hartshorn put into a little water will clean hair brush very nicely If very dirty ue a little soap also After cleaning rinse in clearwater clear-water tie a string around the handle and hang up to dry The Wealthy apple still seems as popular pop-ular as ever for cold regions where the tree must be an ironclad The Wealthy is a fine apple in regard to size color early productiveness good for cooking and dessert Our Northern friends should try the Wealthy The Wealthy j is too early to be valuable for the Middle Mid-dle States earlier perhaps than the 1 Baldwin but much hardier Farm and Garden The hens that lay extremely small eggs are so old as really to rbe past their prune or else prematurely old The production of such eggs frequently goes r before absolute sterility and in fact the hens are sterile so far as chickens are concemedfortheeggs are abortive andat least thevery small ones will not hatch When young hens lay such the cause is almost invariably too high feeding and the cure of course the reverse There is no chance of recovery in the case of old fowls With the disuse of wood fires there is a smaller supply of ashes on most farms and this may in part account for the difficulty in growing fruit No more profitable use of wood ashes can be made than in apple or other fruit orchards or-chards It is best applied early in the spring that it may be washed into the soil Where wood ashes cannot be had in quantity the German potash salts are the best substitute and a quantity should be got now for use in the spring around all fruit trees ExIt Ex-It is probable tbatiour small grain is own more tWckly than it should be There is no enemy to the wheat plant so dangerous as another wheat plant contesting with it for light and room in i the struggle for existence Both want the same food when there is not enoagh for both The result is a puny growth however the field may be fertilized The same is true of oats and barley Farmers Farm-ers will understand the bad effects of too thick a stand of corn in diminishing diminish-ing the grain yield Three stalks in a hill give more sound corn than a greater number of stalks and with some varieties varie-ties even two stalks will yield more than three The same fact holds true with regard to small grain ExIt Ex-It is a common fault with many amateur gardeners that they attempt to raise too many kinds of ornamental plants They are attracted by the pleasing descriptions in seed catalogues and order fifteen or twenty species of plants which they never tried before They are most always sure to be disap pointed in a good part of them from their own lack of time and knowledge in managing them To get the most enjoyment en-joyment from flowers they should give as little anxiety as possible It is wiser to learn to cultivate one plant well than to half grow a dozen different kinds Tryonly two or three jiew sorts each year and get well acquainted with them before trying othersorts = Et Thousands of young women who feel health declining and independence out of sight need butto take a few resolute steps io feel their load lightening and their prospects for the future bright by imitating the example of the young woman on the verge of physical hula who I restored health and competence with of sweet content by faking two acres land forberryand vegetable culture j nfttiui on half which she soon became able to work aau a day at a time without resting land b ProYIdm e to 41 dlsfinguish of course and if to they procure are good but that is not difficult to work and can learn how to discreetly manage it and allts products there is no more healthy and Pleasant occupation for women and men folks of all ages than that m the of spending < a few hours each day garden or orchard For burns and scalds there i < = nothing which may be than the white of an egg ch overrule It t cn Inay be poured oyer the noun c IS softer as a varnish for a burn than cOllodIOn wnK nnd being always on hand can be n moaPPlled immediately It Is also more Cooling than the sweet oil and tni Owhich was formerly supposed bethe e Surest application to relieve tw theth smting the pain It is the contact d iscomfort air which gives the extreme mfort experienced from in a ordinary which auidents of this kind and anything ma eludes air and prevents jnflam aplied matlonis the best thing to bo at once OrPtd The egg is also considered one the best remedies for Be1tee dysentery sn a up lightly with or without blti and allowed at a gulp It tend flan e ollient qualities to lessen in SM matton of the stomach and intes inpT au by forming a Transient coat ugenthese asnW u organs to enable nature to diume her healthful sWa the dtae edbodhealthful sway over e I F Says a correspondent of the Paird t hard r The Hot Water Cure fog r fo-g milkers mentioned in December is water Ut he practice of putting the iLt J on with the hand and then wip UK UTV nrHU < With the with a cloth is not good e hand cannot Ya you cannot get the the Inllkirigs ° n properly will and the cloth in Pair of1KnSSwill smell worse than aside sockS fomretreeweeks in sideapylrof worn for three weeks in pair of rubber boots A small oPOnge is s sma yponge Ls the best aMfeJspthe thing with which to the saIne water aud to dry the teats at Way ametmie I it is also the quickest 1 all mv COws Use itA summer and winter for i barrel hoop A Sponge a piece of iron are indio ap and a good pair of cards Clean lndlspensible and in a cows stable eglns at good flavored milk and butter 111 the tLe milking rick milk begins iiian draw manger M and the Pasture No one flaakand lean milk from rednk a duty reeking fed cow udder neither will an ill h hejoiaclo nUlk One can sTraina < l or err eaf no rSie a clover out buthecan aotstwinontnuierilej outbStlie can ateron the a bad flavor Pour the slone always clean to keop trip water Ay recipe for coffee custard Make a rich custard atleast half cream r to a quart of cream and milk allow four eggs sweeten to your taste cook in a farina kettle when done stir in two thirds of a cupful of cold coffee and one teaspoonful of corn starch the coffee should be strained through a cloth When you plant an orchard plant the early apples near the house where the hogs can consume the fallen fruit and where the apples are easily gathered The winter apples plant away from the house that the worms that breed in the early apples will not attack and render worthless the winter apples as they do when together To make baked berry rolls Make a biscuit dough roll it thin and cut it in squares of five or six inches Spread over with berries or other fruit double the crust over and fasten the edges together to-gether Put the rolls into a dripping pan > close together until full then put into the pan a little water sugar and butter Bake and serve with any desired I pudding sauce A Missouri correspondent of the Prairie Fanner writes With the inten tion of having a few eggs this winter I built a tight new house with glass front my hens are fat and lively and I get some eggs every day but a neighbors hens that roosts on the trees lay twice as many eggs as mine Why Because they set an abundance of the right variety of food around the kitchen door Inference The right kind of food in variety is more essential in egg making than good shelter At a recent meeting of New Jersey horticulturists there was not a single advocate for the employment of stable manure on lands planted with peach trees Very many had learned the lesson of the evils resulting from the use of such manure in the premature death of manurei dew and fungus One raiser said If you are going to use stable manure burn your trees at the time of planting and save thereby the loss of time value of land vexation and selfrespect for you will be very fortunate for-tunate if you get even one cropEx The season has now arrived for tree planting as preliminary of garden and outdoor > agricultural labors Most inexperienced in-experienced persons select trees of large growth in their desire to obtain quick eresults of their planting Experienced persons select small trees in preference because having smaller rootlets they are more likely to recover and thrive more equickly after transplanting In planting plant-ing spread out the roots and tread or pack the soil close and firm around the roots If the short roots are not likely to hold the tree firm in position secure tby tying it to one or more stakes otherwise the swaying of the wind will make a hole around the tree admitting hicto ftrthJriit urwhichTvill tend to dry the roots anil xuLtlie tree Cut back all or nearly all of the lastgrowth of wood of the transplanted trans-planted tree Use the knife unsparing ly Most persons prune orcut back too little for the good of the trees Everyone who was present in this city during last June and July will remember the disagreeable experience with the loathsome worms that then infested the trees and bushes Notwithstanding Notwith-standing the vigorous efforts made by many property owners to eradicate them enough eggs were laid by the resultant re-sultant moths to punish us with another and more terrible visitation during the approaching summer months Unless these eggs are gathered and destroyed I within the next three or fourweeks we shall have millions of them hatched out Examine the small young twigs of vour fruit and shade trees and you will find a small ring of eggs encircling the twigs or branches If you want to prevent the annoyance of the worms eating all the foliage and killing some trees cut off these small branches lt esth rtt gncl and burn them in the house stove Or if you will take the trouble break the eggring off from the branches holdin a pan underneath in your other ham to catch the falling eggs so you can burn them This vigilance is the only remedy prevention is always better than cure |
