Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1880 — Farm and Garden Notes. [ARTICLE]

Farm and Garden Notes.

Wandth saves feed, helps fattening and prevents sickness among live stock. Back wheat flour is recommended for giving the hair of horses a fine, smooth, brilliant appearance. A man in Esston, Maine, harvested j 10,000 bushels of potatoes from forty-five acres of ground. ( Stagnant and impure water which cows , drink while at pasturage is one of the most prominent causes of bad odor in mj Ik. Give hens constant access to lime in some form. Hens must have the raw material in order to manufacture shells; they cannot make them out of nothing. A Jersey cow in Memphis surprised her owner and the farmers thereabouts by’giving milk that made three pounds ox butter from one gallon of milk. Guinea fowls will keep all bugs and iqsecta of every description off garden vines, They will not scratch like other fowls or harm the most delierte plant. A Mississippi farmer dashes cold water into the ears of choking cattle. This causes the animal to shake its head violently and the muscular action dislodgeethe obstruction. Farmers should bear in mind that frozen meat will not absorb salt. Before eitlter frozen beef or t>ork ia pat in a barrel for salting it should be thawed oat. Itls stated that on James L. Ray’s farm in Lewis and Clark county, Montana; one acre yielded 102 bushels of wheaVthe largest yield of wheat ever When a hone is' worked hard his feed should be chiefly oats—if not worked hard his food shonld l>e chiefly hay, because oats supply more nourishment and flesh making material than any other food —hay not so much. The reason cabbage emits such, a disagreeable smell when boiling is because the process dissolves the essential oiL The water should be changed when the cabbage is half boiled, and it will thus acquire a greater sweetness. To utilize t!u feathers of ducks, chickens and turkeys, generally thrown aside as refuse, trim the plumes from the stump, enclose then in a tight bag, rub the whole as if washing clothes, and you will secure a perfectly uniform and light down, excellent for quilting coverlets, and pot a few other purposes. Prod L. B. Arnold advises skimming milk as soon aa sourness is perceptible, and to chant at 60 degrees instead of 70, before the cream gels very old and sour. Wltan the butter comes in granules, enough cold wator or twine should be put in to reduce ihe mass to 55 degrees, when, after a little slow churning, the granules will become hard and distinct and the butter be in condition for washing out all the buttermilk. The B&lt should then be worked in with ns little labor as poetible, and after standing awhile it will be ready to pack.