Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-04-27
Agricultural rTatters.

VERMrN RIDpASoE.-Half an ounce Of soap boil$
ed in pint Of water and put on with brush while
boiling hot infslably destroys the bugs and their
eggs. Flies are driven out of q room by hanging
up bunch Of the pl0nain heswort plant after it
has been dipped in milk. Rats and mice speedily
disappear by mixing equal quantities of strong
cheese and powdered squills. They devOur this mix
ture with greediness, while 1t is innocuous to man.
When it is remembered how many persons have lost
their lives BY swallowing mixtures Of strychniDe,
etc, it becomes 8 matter of humanity 10 publish
these items.-HaIPs Medical Journal.
THr BEST sTooK ALONE PROFITABLE The cele>
brated Mr.. Blackwell, of Dishley, was heard to say
that the road for the farmer get rich to breed
the best of their kind; as the best consume
food than the worst. Good farming, said Mr.. B.,
was getting dinner for your appetite whilst bad
bad farming merely gains an appetite for your din
ner.
SEED POTAToBs FoR EARLY CRoPs.-A cultivstor
Of early potatoes for the London market, living at
Lands End, England-baving heard that If seed
was procured from some warmer country, enjoying
an early spring, they might probably obtain earlier
crops in CornWall-proeured some seed from Portu-
gal and from them obtained potatoes fortnight
earlier than from any other sets.
To KILL BURDocK AND OTHER NoxIoUs WEEDS -
The fence corners and road sides often abound with
Burdoek Canada Thistle, jamestown Weed and elm
liar unpleasant encumbrances. These may be kill
ed out root and branch by cutting them off at the
surface Of the ground, inch or two below, just
at that period when growing with the greatest lux
uriance, or about the time they in full bloom;
repeat this year OF two and they will give no fur
Their trouble. No attention need be paid to the
phases Of the mOon but rather to the condition of
the plant in its stage of growth.
SETTING FENCE PosTs-The common practice of
ssttiDg fence posts is to plsce them in the ground
butt end down; this method gives the advantage Of
greater stability 10 the fence account of the great
er size Of that part Of the post being in the ground;
but set in this way it is with the disadvantage of
more speedy decay Posts set small end in the
ground that is in opposite direction from which
the tree grew, will last in some instances than
twice as long as when set butt down. The cause of
this is probably owing to the peculiar nature Of the
tubes OF sap vessels Of the wood in one way they
retain the juices of the wood and moisture of the
soil, while in the other it passes out more freely.
TIE PEACH WoRM.-The greatest enemy to the
peach tree is the borer white grub that ness the
root near the surface of the ground. With little
timely labor, we have never suffered any material
injury from this inseet. An inspection twice year
occupying few hours, suffice to 60 an orchard
of Q hundred trees, and remove every worm. This
being repeated with regularity each year q great
increase is cut short We usually employ garden
ers trowsl and pruning knife. Every tree that is
infested if with but single worm, shows unmis-
taxable signs of its presence by the gum and saw
dust-like excrement mixed with it that issues from
the wounded bark. With the trOwel remove the
earth an inch or two below the surface and with the
knife cut away the dead bark where the injury ap>
pears and after little experience need fail
to discover the enemy in every instance. The worm
is very tender and readily killed. This exsmins
ton should be attended early in the Spring. The
eggs are deposited in June, and if an examination
is made in October the young worm may be found
near the outside of the bark, and may be destroyed
by simply rubbing the freshly eaten spots on the
bark on the outside VALLEY Farmer.