Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1879 — AGRICULTURAL. [ARTICLE]

AGRICULTURAL.

Of me S‘ od J ß worUl » great deal of money on the form as elsewhere. sHrSSSS* U P tom the flower bed this foil can be hung up in Vaem that are to remain outside all deep ones, should ~* ve to® sod removed from them, as crackihem* will swell and Plant plenty of hardy bulbs this foil —hyacinths, crocuses, tulips, aarcissus, etc., and they will reward you next oolorf Wlth togranoe, and bright In gathering late potatoes all that are dug should be put away safely before night At this season it will not be safe to leave this tender tuber exposed over night, as a slight frost mayjspoii niftny. % i ! Very few forms keep account of theii orops, though they are commencing tt wake up to the importauee of such transactions. If we do look into such matters it is not strange that forming does not pay. Chrysanthemums can be flowered la a cold pit. On the approach of oold weather, remove them to the pit where they will bloom freely until early vkter. They bear considerable frost without injury., A slow milker makes a cow impartient, which causes her to hold up her milk. The “strip pigs” are the richest part, and if a cow is milked quiety, os well as quickly, there will be more, as well as richer milk.

The Science of health says: "If formers would avoid suddenly cooling the body after great exertions, if they would be careful not to go with wet clothing aud wet feet,and if they would not overeat when in that exhausted condition, and bathe daily, using much friction, they would have little or no rheumatism.” We have kept many hundred bushel of apples simply by picking them earenilly in the fall and burying them n shallow pits in ths open ground, covering over with straw, and four or six inches of earth over that, in about the same manner as we preserve turnips from frost through the winter. Manure applied broadcast to meadows early in autumn or later, if it has not been done sooner, Increases the luxuriance of the growth before winterand gives the grass an early and luxuriant start iu spring. Manure, which was too coarse or fibrous early in the season, has rotted enough, it piled, iu heaps, to spread well. : ' 1 In cases where iusects of any kind infest trees a good drenching or water, with one pound of potash to eight gallons of water, two or three times a week will kill the last one. The same amount of copperas dissolved in eight gallons of water aud applied in the same way will dispel all insects and has a tendency to make the tree hardy. Harness that has been soaked with water will dry hard, unless it to dressed while damp with some kind of nondrying oil. First wipe off the harness with a sponge, and then wipe with a cloth kept for this, purpose, you can apply the oil or dressing thoroughly. A coating of waterproof dressing given now will be useful, hut the harness should be thoroughly washed aud made prefectly clean. French mode of killing poultry: Open the beak of the fowl, and with a sharp-pointed, narrow-bladed knife make an incision at the back of the roof es the mouth, which will divide the vertebrae, and cause instant death, after which the fowls are hung up by the legs. They will bleed perfectly, with no disfigurement: picked while warm, and. if desired, scalded. In this way the skin presents a more natural appearance than when scalded.