Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1847-08-14
HORTICULTURAL.

HORTICULTURAL.
Water may be Purified, by sprinkling a
table spoon full Of pulverized alum into
hogshead of water, stirring it at the Same
time. After the lapse of few hours, the
impure articles will be precipi,ated to the
bottom. and the water 80 purified as to be
found to possess nearly all the freshness
and clearness of the finest spring water
A pail full, containing four gallons, may be
purified by single tea spoon full.
Before 'Slaughtering Animals, they
should be allowed to fast for something
like twenty-four hours, in order that the
stomach and bowels may become empty
This is particularly true of sheep or horned
cattle, or in fact any animal that Eliminates
as such animals retain their food longer
than others.
The Prairie Farmer adds, that the meat
of an animal butchered while the stomach
is full, is much more liable to purify in
warm weather than that killed in proper
condition, hence this rule is specially 10 be
regarded at this season of the year.
So,oing Grass Sceds.-There is much
difference of opinion as to the best time to
do this. A correspondent of the Prairie
Farmer recommends the latter part of
August. In the Spring of 1916 he sowed
thirty-fve acres, part in February and the
other in March. The seed caught well and
looked finely until harvest; after which it
begun to wilt, and finally died-the change,
from the protection Of the wheat, TO sudden
and entire exposure to the sun, being too
much for it. He recommends the last of
August or the first Of September. About
the Goth of August, 1915, he sowed bor-
der around the field that was seeded in
March. He gave the ground thorough
narrowing put on the seed, and then rolled
il. He got good crop of grass from it
last year, and tried the same plan on two
different pieces last year, and with a COM
mon season thinks he shall get good crop.
He has as yet confined himself to timothy;
but intends to try clover this winter.
To kill the Peach Grub, a writer in the
Genessee Farmer recommends the follow
ing:
/. In the spring examine the roots thor
oughly, as long as they exude red gum con-
tanning the eruris of the grub. Draw
with the hoe, mound of earth about six
inches high around the body of the tree,
and not remove it till the first frosts, and
then examine; if there are any grubs they
will be so high up that they are easily dis
covered and killed.
2. Draw away as before and apply
around a quantity of strai ght straw, about
one foot high, letting the lower ends run
out few inches on the ground, to cover
with earth. and bind with straw or other
band in two places.
3. Bind on sheet Of straw, paste board
or binders boards, and if tarred, all the
better. In all cases clean the tree the first
frosts, as after that period there is no dan
ger of the fly impregna,ing the tree, being
past its season. 1t is of no use to tar or
appy any offensive substance to the body
Of the tree, for as it grows and expands,
f The bark cracks and exposes the tender part.
J where the fly deposits its eggs.
| The parent of this grub is not unlike the
5 black wasp, with steel blue wings, and a
yellow ring around its abdomen. Its habits
are very sly and active, and not easy 10
detect. In July the grub goes into the
r chrysalis state, enveloped in reddish roo,
!, of the tree.
: To manure and improve peach orchard
n already set out put il under the operation
t of some hoed crop. Manure and work
e among the trees as if they were a grea,
corn hill, and so keep doing till it is in q
Y thrifty stale. when it may lay awhile in
e grass, but not TO clover; their long tap roots
|. get rather more than their share of the
q nutriment and moisture of the soil.