Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1887 — FAKM AND HOUSEHOLD. [ARTICLE]

FAKM AND HOUSEHOLD.

TO “Bright fairy of the morn, with flowers arrayed. Whose beauties to thy young pursuer seem Beyond the ecstacy of poet’s dream s hali I o'ertake thee, ere thy lustre fade? "Ripe glory of the noon, to dazzled eyes A pageant of delight and power and gold, Dissolve into mirage manifold— Do I o'ertake thee, or mistake my prize? {—"Dull shadow of the evening, gaunt and gray, At random thrown, beyono me, or above, And as memory in the arms of love — Have I o’eru'en thee, but to cast away?" “No mom, or noon, or eve am I,” she said, “But night, thedepth of nightbehind the sun; By all mankind pursued, but never won, t Fatil my shadow falls upon a shade.” It. D. Blackuoue in Harper’s Magazine. THINGS TO DO. Kill your next year’s weeds now, says the Country Home. Pull, dig, mow, rake, pile and burn all the weeds, you can find in tilled land, meadow, pastures and by the roadside, now. and you will have destroyed untold millions of weed seeds which otherwise next year would have developed into noxious, labor-making, manure-con-suniing, crop-weakening weeds,enough to make the heart stick, the back ache and the pocket empty. There is a good deal of refuse and rubbish in every garden that can with profit be disposed of by feeding it to the cows. Beet tops, turnip tops cabbage leaves; etc., can be fed to advantage and without perceptible injury to the flavor of the milk, if they are eaten just after milking and in moderate quantities. But it will not do to let cows cat such stuff’ “to excess or in large quantities. FOR HEALTH'S SAKE. On the whole, the health-seeker will do well to make the flesh of the sheep and ox, in moderate quantities, his? staple, so far as albuminoid food is concerned, but he must vary this constantly with chicken, game and fish, when in season. He will hardly need to be told that beef and mutton, when good and properly cooked, give him life and energy, and therefore comfort and to a great degree happiness, but I may remind him that an undue proportion of animal foood readers him more liable to inflammatory troubles, whether acute or chronic, and again, if subject to rheumatism or other blood complaint, he must be cautious in the use of such viands. TO FATEN STOCK. Complete quietude is also a matter of the first importance, as it is well • known that an animal in confinement will fatten much faster than one whose liberty is not so restricted as to prevent him from taking too much physical exercise. Musculaf exertion increases respiration and accelerates the flow of blood, which, as it passes through your lungs, becomes charged with atmospheric oxygen, and which latter introduced more freely burns out the fat. Hence it is that in confinement as soon as a hog begins to fatten the less inclined he is for physical exercise, and consequently accumulates fat the faster. In other words. tlVe faster he grows the more sluggish he becomes and the more rapidly he takes on fat. LADIES CROCHET HOOD. Make a foundation chain of 132 stitches, crochet Afghan or any pretty crochet stitch, /larrow every foij’th row- This is done by crocheting two stitches together at the beginning of a row and drawing the thread through two stitches instead of one at the beginning of a return row. Narrow till yo|i have but. five stitches on needle; draw thread through these and fasten oil’. Border—The border is made sepaI rately and sewed to hood. Crochet a foundation lung enough to' go all round hood: make first, second" "quiff" third rows of double ci’ochet (putting needle through both top stitches). Fourth row—Seven double cjochet with white: now fasten on blue or pink, and crochet seven pivots; these are composed of five chain, one single crochet, the single to be put into the first of chain: this will make a line of picots. On the edge of these picots, crochet double all round; now joint this line together, making a round rosette. Li t the loop on needle drop, insert the needle through on the under siffe. Continue right on npw with double croffhet for seve:: -titches. then make another rosette, and so on the whole length of border. ——— Fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth rows —Double crochet of the white " wool. ‘ i. ' ■- -——- Ninth row—Fasten on colored and crochet scallop of one double, two treble, two doUble-treble. ’ one double, one single crochet. -Sew to hood. CHOICE OF GRASSES. In the near future, if not to-day. the j question of grasses will be an important one for Northwestern farmers, ..The I . ---. . ~ . . 7..*.

following said by the Country Gentlemah, in answer to the question, ••What are the best grass seeds to sow for permanent meadow ( and pasture?” Js. worth reading: Grasses admirably adapted to some soils and situations may be of little value in other coijdi-1-ions. A dry, gravelly hillside would be a very poor place on which to »ow timothy, red-top and -ttlsikc, and yet that same dry hill-side, if resaonably fertilized. would grow abundantly hard fescue, sheep s fescue, crested dogstail, Kentucky blue and white clover. The superficial terms, light .spit, medium light soil, moist peaty soil, gravelly loam, sandy loam, dry hill-side, stiff or gravelly as the case may be—these are the most common designations, and r as such, whether applied to arable or to grass lands, will do for the purpose of stating what kinds or varieties of jjrasses are best adapted to such soils and situations. ' First, then, as to average light soils, or sandy loam, on such, if intended for meadow, should be sown timothy, meadow fescue, Italian rye grass, yellow oat grass, and medium red-clover. If intended for pasture, then the best varieties would be Kentucky blue. Pacey's rye grass, orchard and .meadow oat grass, rough stalk, and a modicum of white clover: these would produce early, medium ai d late pasturage. On medium light soils, if not peaty, the grasses just named would do well for meadow and for pasture, omitting the red and substituting for it the white clovers. On heavy dry soils, for meadow, sow timothy,perennial rye grass,tall fescue, and medium red clover; and for pasture substitute Kentucky blue and orchard, grass for the timothy, and w hlte for red clover. ———— On moist heavy soils, for meadow, sow timothy, red-top, and Italian rye grass, rough stalk and medium red clover: and for pasture, omit the timothy, the rye grass and red clover, and substitute Kentucky blue, orchard grass and white clover. On moist peaty soils, for meadow, sow timothy, water meadow grass, red-top and alsike; and for pasture, Kentucky blue, red-top, foul meadow grass, and alsike. These grasses are; not only adapted to moist situations, but will form a sod not likely to be heaved out by frost. On sandy soils, and sandy loam, in lowland, for meadow, sow timothy, tall fescue, yellow oat grass, sweet vernal, and large'red clover. On firm gravelly loam, sow for meadow and for pasture the same mixtures as above indicated for heavy, dry soils. On dry hill-sides, having soil either stiff or friable, the pasture grasses should be sheep's fescue, Pacey’s rye grass, crested dogstail, Kentucky blue, Sweet vernal, and white clovers. It is sometimes desirable to grow grass in partly shaded worc’land. _.pa&a. tures. For such places the best varieties are orchard gi’ass, red-top, foul meadow grass, meadow oat grass, and wood meadow grass, in about equal proportions. In all the foregoing indicated mixtures, for meadows, timothy, of coifrse, should be the predominating grass. Orchard and meadow oat grasses are not lit to grow in a meadow with timothy, as the two first named ripen so early that by the time the timothy is fit to cut these are over-ripe, dead, dry and innutritions. But for a meadow, either for early hay or to grow fo r soiling purposes, nothing can be more profitable than these champion grasses, •the meadow oat grass and the orchard grass, when grown together in the proportions of three-of the latter to one of the former. The orchard grass, when not sown very thick, is inclined to grow in tussocks, while the oa t grass stools and thus fills up the interstices. 9 FOR THE FARMER. The season has been very favorable to. the growth of young strawberry plants, the loss in some sections being very small. Use no stable manure on your peach treesr- A mixture of some kind of mineral fertilizers is better. Experiments have shown marl to be excellent for peach trees.. A prominent nurseryman Says that nursery practices in peach propagation and culture have weakened the vital power of the tree, which is imable to resist as depressing formerly, when the trees from seedlinggrew well and lived to old age. Young pigs will usually commence to eat when aboift three weeks old. and the more attractive the portion put .within their reach the quicker they will learn to make a full feed. If thej' can have a little fresh milk at the start so much the better, but by common consent skim milk is counted suilicent to meet piggy’s notion. With milk as a starter they Soon take to slop made of mill feed;