The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-05-28
TGre Gmpuria Yews,
SATURDAY. MAY 90. 1864.
ITEMS FOR FARMERS.

put into the ground and then let alone this,
however, is the general practice and the
result is, irregularity in the hedge-some
growing too fast, others too slow; weeds
and grass spring up and choke thu shrubs.
In some places there are openings, just
what is not wanted sometimes torn and
destroyed. All this is very discouraging.
A hedge, TO be successful, must have
careful attention. Now, who is wiling to
bestow this e? He is the man to plant
hedge, and he only.
Il is notin the planting where the diff
Guilty les. Attention afterward, and that
constant, is the thing. A couple of yards.
on each side should be cultivated with the
cultivator as one would corn, keeE!!sE out
weeds grasses, &2., and the ground mel
low. This is the main point. as it will give
uniform growth, Just what is wanted. The
trimming is but a small affair. But to keep.
the ground in order yearly is not so small
thing. A man, therefore, should consid
er this before he sets out hedge Valley
Farmer. IN a....
New METHOD OF SucKERING TOBACCO
a contributor to the Valley Farmer gives
the following:
Last season I made an experiment on the
tobacco plant, which think ought to en-
gage the attention of the raisers Of the
weed. Isimply took the little blade of my
knife and bored the suckers out of num-
Der of plants; boring about quarter of
an inch downward, between the stalk and
leaf. This effectuaIly killed the suckers, so
that they never came out. These plants
grew more thrifty than others whose suck
ers were allowed to come out and then pull
ed off. l think I can sucker half as much
, in day by this method as in the ordinary
way of pulling them of besides I can be-
gin from 10 days earlier, as this ought
to be done just as the sucker begins to make
: its appea rance above the surface of the bark.
At this stage Of the plant it is only neces-
sary to gouge out the bud; but when the
sucker gets a firm hold upon the plant, it
will require deeper boring. With an in
slrument made for tie purpose, to fasten TO
the end of tie fors-fnger, 1 think it will pay.
MAD I4cn.-This disease frequently &C.
ours in theWest. A writer 10 the Valley
Farmer has sensible article on its pre-
venliOn,- He says;
Mad itch arises from feeding cattle and
hogs together. The latter chew the fodder
and the cattle take it up after them, and can
not digest it.
The rstsymptoms are scratching and
rubbing of their heads, ears and necks
They win rub them till they become per-
fectly raw. In the meantime they suffer
great deal, which they show by their run
ming and believing in a piteous manner, af-
Ter which death ensues. Before they die,
their. heads, necks, bodies and tongues
SWELL, their eyes become bloodshot and they
suffer a great deal. Death is certain TO en-
sue If the disease is taken, for have tried
various remedies, such as pint of castor
oil with one, pint OF lard with another,
and teaspoonful of calomsl with another,
and all to no effect, as lost nine head in
one week
The hogs chew the stalks and get all the
moisture out, when the cattle come along
and eat them, and il lodges in the manifold
and becomes hard and day, So that when
you take it out and break it, you can press
no moisture out Of it. The manifold has
two entrances, about three or four inches
apart, and both on one side, so that medi-
cine can pass through without interfering
with this hard, dry substance that is killing
them.
To SroP BLEEDING ON MAN OR BEAsr.-
A. Kemper, Ross county, Ohio, says that
bleeding from wound on man or baast
may be stopped by mixture of wheat flour
and common salt, in equal parts, bound on
with cloth. Ii the bleeding be profuse,
use large quantity, say from one to three
pints. 1t may be left for hours, or even for
days, if necessary. In this manner he
saved the life of horse which was bleed
ing from wounded artery; the bleeding
ceased in five minutes after the application.
1t Was left on for three days, when it work
ed loose, was easily removed from the
wound, which very soon healed.
How TO RAISE GABBAT.r-. An oId' sue
cessful raiser of cabbage. says hen uuus Is
the best thing for THE plant-hen dung aud
plenty Of water. He mixes hen dung vfith
new milkand soaks his seed in it for half
a day, then sows, aud when large enough
transplants in bed enriched with hen ma
nure and ashes-unleached preferred. L
is known to every one that the cabbage is a
water loving plant 1t also likes cool
weather, but viii grow well in warm wealth
er with plenty Ct rain. We have known
cabbage raised ia almost miraculous guam
tity on the north side of buildings, in rich
soil. A barn-yard is good spot: SO is a
hog pen.
RHuBARB vINEGAR-By those who have
nsed it, rhsbarb vinegar is said to be as
good as cider vinegar. Add pound or
more of sugar to gallon of the juice, and
set where warm.
SWEET FLAG FOR WopNDs.-The Dutch
p of ,Fordsboro apply sweet flag to the wounds
/ of their horses aud cattle with great advan-
tage. 1t is a common practice among them.
BEES RoBBING.-When bees are robbing,
close the entraneA0 so nearly that but one
bee at time can escape. At sundow re