Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1876 — HOME, FARM AND GARDEN. [ARTICLE]

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—Every farmer should have a good woodshed, and during the fall it should be well filled with wood. Dry wood stored in the shod will be much more pleasant and economical to use during the cold, rainy and unpleasant weather at winter, than will that which has remained outof doors. —When fence rows are cleaned out do not throw the trash over the fence into the road, or into the corners, but burn it, or, where there are gullies which wash out, throw the trash into them, and so prevent any further damage, but never waste or destroy anything which may be turned into manure. —Have a particular place for every implement about the premises, and when not in use, be sure to keep it there. By so doing a great deal of time, trouble, vexation ana hard feeling will often be saved. Put everything where you can go directly to it and place your hand on it in the darkest night. Don’t leave your farm tools exposed to the weather, or they will soon rust and rot out, and you will be compelled to buy new ones.— Ohio Farmer. —Among the things which every farmer should have is a well stocked orchard of fruit trees. Whenever a tree dies it should be replaced by another, and by having trees of different ages, he may be almost certain of fruit every year. A liberal supply of apples and peaciies should be planted, together with a few pear and cherry trees. Small fruits for family use should not be neglected, and good care should be taken of all. Fruits are among the most healthful of our foods, and no farm should be without them.— lowa State Register. —A neighbor of ours recently informed us that he had lost a most valuable horse by a casualty by no means uncommon. A knowledge of a simple remedy would have prevented this loss. The horse trod upon a nail which entered his foqt. Lameness followed, the nail was extracted, but lockjaw supervened, resulting in death. An unfailing remedy in such cases is muriatic acid. If, when a nail is withdrawn from a horse’s foot, the foot should be held up and some muriatic acid be poured into the wound, neither lameness nor lockjaw need be feared. Why the iron should have the effect which it frequently' has, and the rationale of the above remedy, we are unable to explain; but of the certainty of the counteraction of disease by this perfectly safe application, we are well convinced.— Rural Home. —Roses intended for forcing in pots next winter (having been kept in their pots during summer) should be taken out at this time, the old soil well shaken from the roots, and repotted in the same sized pots. The soil most suitable for rose culture is good, fresh loam, mixed with about one-third well-decayed cow manure, which is much superior to horse manure, or any other kind of animal manure—horse droppings are apt to create fungi when used for any purpose under glass —and, besides, oow manure is cooler, and consequently more suited to the requirements of the rose. What is termed a stiff, mellow loam is what the rose does best in; very loose, open soil does not produce such fine buds, nor are they so highly colored as when grown in ihe stiff soil. When potting, firm the soil well around the roots, and leave no empty space around the edges of the pot. Prune the plants well back when they are taken out of the pots; it is not only much more convenient doing it at this time, but they generally make finer breaks that when left until later.—Gardner*’ Monthly.