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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1870-06-17, Page 7?`TNE jades Cut Outer and Taste BRC S4 GRSF ;` Goderich Street.. p5I rp Guaranteed. QCE;RATE. oit‘zTo- )rug Store, OUSE ! ALL KIDS OF iry Produce. FRIES OOT)S! rL ASS 'AY'S ON HAND,, ,p AS ANY IN 53— .I.TEME.HT a WAILS AT eaorh. cashing for those r GnODS. demand Mr. Dent haat: :to renew his RCHASES, eturned with a LING STOCK an ever. I ALF I = 'ALUE. 5 e prices... SEAFORTH. I30-tf. a Fresh Stock of UGS GADS s, Combs,, Hasa,. Tooth French,; English,, aerican. M:EIY. STUFFS the best duality .. ttlo Medicines f. Powder-, S Gar efully and wear- „ t LUMSDEN,. g TS, TRADERS, k• t received a large asso: .1ERS, JOURNALS, }bks,; Counting -Hous, res,. .es for 1870, S, Psalm Books—and a llaneous books in splend- able for Christmas and sol Books t I- cl ets, &c. e Paper and Envelopea oI Books, etc. stl mets violins, Violin Stria a,: cclges, &c, Pipes, and Fa S For Girls and Boys, DEN aS .;r Drug and Book,Stor Rs 53-tf. 1 'Tune 17, 187o, Agr ,cultural, The Loaded Team. Wearily creaking, a farmer's cart, Rolled on its way to a distant mart, Much had those heavy spokes to. bear, .And there was mud in the road to spare. Out from the town came a dandy sprig, Flying along in a shining gig ; Seeming, what one would. at once_ suppose, Only' a figure for taylor's clothes..•_ "Give Give me the road, if you please, good man, I cannot turn out, sir, but you can." "That I will, . was the answer high, "Just as you like," Was the cool reply, Spurring his coursers, the brainless fop, • Tipped from his gig like a run-down top. Ditchward he rolled, while the man of toil Musingly murmured, "free soil, free soil.?! MORAL. Morals are easier things to draw, More like the gig than the cart we saw ; " - And this floats down like a leaf on the atream; Give l fe's.best 1 oad to the loaded tear,. VERY weak phosphoric .acid, say one ounce of the acid of commerce dissolved in thirty gallons of water, is 'a strong poison for all kinds of insects, and yet helps plants by adding to the soluble phosphates in the soil, and can do them no harm. Extensive use of it is predicted in agriculture. DRIED APPLE SAUCE.—Place the apples in a stew -pan, cover with water and set on the stove. Add water as may be necessary, but do not stir them when they are soft ;. sprinkle on sugar pretty freely, adding a lit- tle currant juice, which has been kept seal- ed for this purpotie, and stew two or three hours longer. At least six hours will be re- quired-to e-quired-to cook them as they should be, but they will amply reward the trouble taken; and if you have not stirred them the apple quarters will come on the table unbroken, - A r SIKE CLOVER.—It not only yields a large quantity of honey and of good quality, `but is a profitable crop for farmers to grow for stock or seed, or for both. It grows nearly or quite as large as the common clo- ver. The stalks are finer and not as woody. It has many branches, consequently affords a uultitu:de of blossoms which are very fra- grant, and mach, enjoyed by the ` bees. It does not -blossom as early by a week as the red clover, and. remains in bloom about four weeks. It is particularly adapted to !hoist ground. The roots being fibrous, are not the liable to be injured. by the frost heaving:,.� ground. It is prolific in. seed, yielding from six to eight bushels per acre. - THE UsEs OF SOOT, -John Hague. :Olin.. ton, Iowa, writes that in.. England fanners' and gaideuers pay high prices for. soot to chimney sweeps, and use.it hberally,•especi- ally upon root crops. He adds : " it is an old and well-known remedy for the turnip fly, and hundreds of bushels of it are used, being thrown or sowed broadcast on. young turnips on dewy mornings, r nings, and many a mop of onions and carrots has been saved by sow- ing soot on the young plants when infested with insects, and if a liberal sowing of it be made, say three times between 4 carrot or onion being an Kinch grown from the seed and its final growth,'it will pay the man or woman thrit does it, There is no ` dan'gee of its hurting the plants after they have grown an inch or so." BONE -DUST 'FOR STRAWBERRIES:—Bine- dust may be sown broadcast overr strawber- ry beds in early spring or at any time during summer. It is better to apply in rainy wea- ther, as then the absolute portions are im- mediately carried down to the roots f the plants. If the strawberries are cultivated in hills, then a handful of bone to each will be sufficient We usually apply it to the surface, and then work it in with a hoe and -cultivator. The quantity to be applied per acre should be varied according to the rich- ness of the soil ; if poor, a half ton or even. a ton will clo no harm, but much good, We consider bone a valuable fertilizer for all kinds of soil, and there is little danger of applying too much, provided it is mixed with the soil.—I.Ieari1i and Home. POTATOES,—Cut potatoes before planting is reccommended by a correspondent for the following reasons -" The tubers in that time become shrivelled, rare)y produce more than one or two sprouts sto the piece, and there thus being fewer stalks olid more mom, better and larger quantities of potatoes are the results. Having before seen the plan reccornmended I was at the trouble to test by experiment, in order, t3 ascertain wheth- er or not the partial curing of the bud by previous cutting had anv effect. I ascer- tained that the beneficial results were ow- ing to the shrivelled pota.toe, producing few- er tubers, and that if you plant immediate- ly after cutting, and will thin to one stalk after they come up, all the advantages of. prior cutting are secured, and a -saving of seed into the bargain." Hpw TO RISE REFRESHED.—,Every per son who toils daily at any kind of labor re quiring great physical or mental exertion, should be extremely. careful topractice a re - gala,/ system of ablution at the close of each daj's work. Sometimes a person may become -so completely exhausted as to render this any thing but an inviting per- formance; yet by its omission a great deal of refreshment .which the hours of repose are designed to impart is lost. To he cleanly is a strict religious duty, and is absolutely essential to sound and refreshing slumber ; hence the labor .of keeping one's person elean,is amply repaid by the elasticity which follows nightly - ablution before reliving Heed this advice and:the reader will sleep soundly; disregard it—go to bed unwashed, and youwill.rise in the morning unrefresh- ed, with feelings of lassitude which the ex- ertions of the day will hardly remove. FACTS IN AGRICULTURE.—All permanent improvements of land look to lime for their basis. ' Periodical application of ashes tend to keep up the integrity of the soils: THE HFUROI EXPOSITOR. All grain crops should he harvested be- foi a perfectly ripe. To manure or lime wet land is to throw n ia nure, lime and lauor away. Clover, as wall as grasses intended for hay should be mowed when in bloom. Shallow ploughing. operates. to impoverf ish the soil, while it decreases the produc- tion Punctuality in engagements is as noes-. sary to the agriculturistas it is to a mer- chant. Deep ploughing greatly improves the pro- ductive powers sof every variety of soil that is not wet. Subsoiling sound land .that is not wet is' eminently conducive to an increased produc- tion. Always provide an equivalent for the sub- stances carried off -the land to the products grown thereon. The chopping or grinding of grain to be fed to stock operates as a saving of at least 25 per cent. A bushel of plaster peacre, sown broad- cast over clover, will add : one hundred per cent to its produce. . WHITEWASH. --Whitewash is one of the most valuable articles in the world when properly applied. It not only prevents the decay of wood, but conduits greatly to the healthfulness of all buildings, whether of wood or. stone. _ Ot t -buildings and fences, when not painted; should be supplied once or twice a year with a good coat of whitewash whim should be prepared in the following way :—Take a clean water barrel, or any other suitable cask, and put into it a half bushel -of lime. Slack it by pouring water over it boiling hot, and in sufficient quanti- ty to cover it five inches deep, and stir it briskly till thoroughly slackened. ;When • the slackening has been thoroughly effected dissolve it in water, and. add two pounds of sulphate of zinc and one pound of common salt ; these will cause the wash to harden and prevent a cracking, which gives an un- seemly appearance to. the work. If desira- ble, a beautiful cream colour may be com- municated to the above wash, by adding three pounds of yellow ochre, or a good pearl or lead colour by the addition of lamp vine or ivory black. For fawn . colour, add four pounds of umber, - Turkish or Ameri- can—the -latter is the cheapest—for - one pound of Indian red, one pound of common* lamp black. For common stone colour, add four pounds of raw umber, and two pounds of lamp black. This wash - may be applied with a common !brush, will be found much superior both in appearance and dura- bility • to the common whitewash. HOw TO: FF ATTEN A Poon IIoRSE,-Many good horses devour large quantities of grain or hay, and still contiriae thin and poor ; the food eaten is not properly assimilated. If the usual feed ha,3 been unground grain and hay, nothing but a change 'will effect any desirable alteration in the appearance of the animal. ' In case oil meal cannot be obtained readily, mingle a bushel of flaxseed with a bushel of barley, one of oats, and another bushel of -Indian corn, and let it be ground into fine meal. ` This will be a fair proportion for all his feed. Or the, meal or the barley, oats and corn, in equal quauti- ties, may first -be procured, and one-fourth part of oil -cake mingled with it, when the meal is sprinkled on cut feed. Feed two -or three quarts of the mixtures two<or three trines daily, shingled with a - peck of cut hay and straw. If the horse will eat that greedily, let the- quantity be gradually increased until he will eat four or six quarry at. every feeding three times a day. So long as the. animal will eat this al- lowance. the quantity may be •increased every day. But avoid the practice of allow- ing a horse to stand at a rack well filled with hay. T.n order to fatten ahorse that is run down in flesh, the groom should be very particular to feed the animal no more than he ,will eat up . clean and lick his manger for more. WHEN TO SON GRASS SEED.—A corres- pondent of the New England Farmer says "Tubas been the practise of most farmers to sow grass seed in the spring, with wheat, barley, an oats This will do if the land is in good col clition to seed down in April or early in Ma . But when the land is too" wet to work until late in May or early in June, it is better to sow grain without grass seed, and when the grain is taken off, plow in the stubble, put• on the manure, sow on therass-seed, and lay the land down smooth g It is better for the following reasons — 1st. The young grass will make a more vig- orous growth thaniwhen sown late in May, with -grain, because the grain will grow up quick and overpowEr• the young grass, which. will be but feeble . at best. And when the grans is taken off, it will sometimes the out by drought and the heat of the sun, and if it does not die, it will make but a " sickly growth. 2nd. The land is generally dryer in August, and in better condition to seed down, and it puts the stubble out of the .way, and farmers have more time to do the work well.: 3rd. Farmers can grow their own seed for less than half the present high price. Therefore, farmers that have land in grass, and no grass seed on hand, would do well to wait until grass seed grows before seeding down, and let speculators keep their seed for their own use until they are glad to sell at a fair. price." SHADE • TREES IN PARIS --All the boule yards in. Paris are planted with trees, many of which were, however, destroyed during the revolution of 1848.- New trees were therefore planted, and their growth fos with an amount of skilful attention t has produced astonishing results when t natural disadvantages are taken into con- sideration: The trees are planted in loam that•nas been previously mixed with sand, and tkansported to the city. This is con- tained in large receptacles, lined with brick, sunk below the surface of the footway, and o coated with cement, so as to render them impervious. They,, form, in fact, gigantic flower -pots, and into them are conducted the. roof -drains of each house -block, from which the Sarah receives its water supply. These vessels or flower -pots are built of a capacity sufficient to admit of considerable expan- sion of the roots .bf the trees: An orna- mental circular, grating, set flush with the footway, is placed over the 'basins, _ and a- round the trunks of trees. This admits of air for the proper support of the roots. The roots of the trees are thus removed from the deleterious influence of escaping street gas, and the poisonous emanations from sewers, causes which are well known to have de- stroyed the vegetation of the streets of many cities. MARIxa SOAP.—Every farmer's wife is proud of a good barrel of soap, but some are so, unfortunate as tc, seldom get one.. They try hard enough,but the ashes are some- times poor or the.right proportions of lye and grease are not used, other times the soap appears to be good when put up but changes entirely after standing a few days. The last trouble usually arrises from getting the soap too strong and diluting with water. If very strong, it will be thin and dark, and by adding cold water and thoroughly stirring, the color is changed many shades lighter, and the mass thickened, giving it the ap- pearance of a number one article, when in reality it is very poor. Hickory ashes are the best for soap mak- ing, but those from sound beach, maple, or almost any kind of hard wood, save oak, will answer well: A common barrel set upon an inclined platform, makes a very good leach, but' much prefer one made of boards set in a trough in V shape, for the strength of the ashes is better obtained, and it may be tak- en to pieces when not in use and laid up. First, in the bottom of leach put a few sticks ; over them spread a piece of carpet or woolen cloth, which is much better than straw ; put cn a few inches of ashes, and from four to eight quarts of lime ; fill with ashes, moistened, and tramp down well-- tramp ell—tramp the firmest in the centre. It is diffi- cult to obtain the full strength of ashes in a .barrel without removing them after a day's leaching, and mixing them up and replacing. The top should be first thrown off,, and new ashes added to make up the proper quantity. Use boiling water for second leaching. Take about four gallons of lye, and boil up thoroughly with this twelve pounds of clear grease, then add the lye as it is obtain- ed, keeping a slow fire and stirring often, until you have .a barrel of soap. After boil- ing the grease and four gallons of lye toge- ther, it may be put in a barrel and the lye added .there, which will form good soap: if frequently stirred, but the heating process is the best when weather and time will permit , the work to be done. . IGS OF TIIE CIRCULAl; SAW! Wm., Robertson 0' Co. DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF 'SHELF AND HEAVY HARDWARE Paints, Oils, Iron, Glass, Putty ►steel, Blacksmith Coals, Hubs, Rims, Spokes, Weavers' Supplies of all kinds. JACK SCREWS TO HIRE. SEAPORTS,. JAN. 28, 18 7 0. 112— Agents I Read This AVEwill pay agents a salary of $30 per week y and expenses, or allow a large commission, to sell our new wonderful inventions. Address, M. WAGNER & Co., Marshall, Mich. .JSEATTER EXCHANGE BROKER, And dealer in Pure DRUGS. CHEMICALS. AND DYE STUFFS The Drug Department is under the: special care of an experienced Clemist. • J. SEATTER, Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870. 5O-tf. A Ct co W C•v ,z; cc p..= Lt.. CJ 51.2 Cv Pni CI! 4) Pow Pit P tt Emi NEW FALL & WINTE$ GOODS: KIDD & M'MU'LKIN, a ADZE prepared to show the Largest Stock of DRY GOODS ! Consisting of: the Latest Styles of Dress Patterns, in Irish and French Poplins, all Wont Plaids, French Merinoes, and Twills of various kinds, ever offered in Seaforth. T heir Millinery Depart t ment, Is furnished with a large assortment of Hats, Bonnets and Mantles of the Latest Fashi- ons, VERY CHEAP. READY-MADE CLOTHING ! For the Million. 000D TWEED SUITS FOR TEN. DOLLARS. BOOTS & SHOES CHEAPER THAN EVER. Also a very choice stock of Fresh Groceries Be sure and call for their $1.00 Tea. 25 lbs. Rice for $1 •11 lbs. Raisins. and 10 lbs, good bright Sugar. F1 TE AND COURSE SALT, Give them a Call. NIDD & McM LK1N. Seaforth, Jan'y 5th, 1870. VAS EG1�01 D,S WOOLEN FACTORY, SEAFORTH, STILL AHEAD A Y, 1870' This is the Season for WOOL CARDING, and VanEgmond's is the place to get it done CHEAP AND iiiTgLIA 4 Cardig Machines, IN SPLENDID ORDER, Enables the above Mill to give all parties their Wool home with them the same day as thatuponwhich it is taken in. All other kinds of Woolen Work, such as Spin- ning, Weaving, Colouring, Fulling, and Goth Dressing, done in the best possible manner. TERMS.—CASK OR, WOOL. A Large Stock of Tweeds, Full Cloth, Flannels, Blankets, &c., to exchange for Wool, CASH ALSO PAID FOR 128-tf— WOOL. A, G. VAsEGMOND, Proprietor. QtCarriage Factory. MAIN STREET, ,SR. AFORTI AND 3 `EARLY OPPOSITE, SHARP'S. HOTEL T•TIE undersigned ..would intima,te to the in habitants of,. Seal orth and surrounding, country, that they haven hand a large -stock of' first-class HICKORY BUGGY STUFF They are now ready to receive orders for all kinds of Buggies, Carriages &c., 'shade up by experienced Workmen, in the very latest styles. • Old Work repainted by a first-class Carriage Painter. REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. CHARG1S MODERATE. GIVE THEM A CALL. McIN TOSII & MORRISON. Seaforth, Jan'y 21st, 187 0. 111-tf. GASH FOR EGGS! MHE subscriber begs leave to tender his thanks 1 to his numerous for -their liberal patronage during the last -three years, and also:to state that he is still'prepared to pay the Highest Cash Price For any quantity of wood Fresh Ergs Delivered at his shop, Main Street, Seaforth- D. D. \ " LLSON. SEAFORTH, Feb,28, 1870. 125-tf. • MILLiN]EY, DR ESS 1 MANTLE MISS M INTOSH, TA1(Ethis op ortunity of returning thanks for the liberal patronage extended tohersince coming to Seaforth, and would respectfully inti- mate to customers and others, that she is still to be found OVER MR, CORBY'S STORE. All orders will'receive the UTMOST ATTENTION. With regard. to TASTE, NEATNESS and the LATEST STYLES, cannot be EXCELLED IN SEAFORTH. STRAW and HAIR -WORK CLEANED ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE. SEAFORTH, March 31, 1870. 121-- JOFIN 1..Ot;A9V'S SPRING GOODS FJR 1870, POSSESS ALL THOSE GOOD QUALITIES WHICH HAVE ESTABLISHED THE MANCHESTER HOUSE AS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES FOR DO- ING BUSINESS IN CANADA. SEAPORT'S, April 28, 1870 1524f. MORHEN'S PATENT PEA HARVESTER, WILL raise the peas from the around no mat-- ter how they may be laying. The price of the Pea Harvester is +26 It can "be attached to any machine. In ordering, state the name of your machine, the distance -the teeth are apart, and length of cutting bar, and you can have one to suit. - GEO. BUNCE, Brucefield P. 0. 12 -4ins. Agent for Huron.