Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-12-09
AGRICULTURAL.
Suggestions 10 Farmers.

Suggestions 20 Farmers.
1t is Stated as a new discovery tina
wonderful effects may be- obtained b.
watering fruit trees and vegetables will
solution of snlphase of iron. Undel
this system beans will grow to nearly
| double their size, and will acquire
much more savory taste. The pear seem:
to be particularly well adapted to this
treatment. Old nails, thrown into wa
ter and left to rust there, will impart nj
the necessary qualities for forcing vege-
tation as described -Briish Medica
Journal
AS our houses and gardens are al
ways more or less infested with yermin,
it is satisfactory to know that benzine,
an article well known as detergent,
Use ificacious as an insecticifie. Two
drops are sufficient to suffccate the
most redoubtable pest, be it beetle,
cockohaffer. spider, slug, caterpillar, or
other creeping thing. Even rats and
mice decamp from any place sprinkled
with few drops of bspzine. A singu-
lar fact connected with this application
of benzine is, that the bodies of insects
killed by it become so rigid their WINGS,
legs, etc., will break rather THAI bend,
If touched. Next day, however, when
the benzine has evaporated, suppieness
is restored Boston Gazette
The condition in which large por-
ton of the corn crop of 1864 reaches
market should convince all that IL is a
useless waste Of money to leave corn
exposed to the snow and rain of winter
a a1y oh r
some sort Tor the corn crib. Even If
corn is at low price, it makes ma
terial difference whether it sells for No.
/, or No. 2 and rejected. One of the
most absurd things in farming is to la
Dor the season through to produce
crops, and throw away large share of
their value by thoughtiessness and neg
ligence.
The books generally advise winter
pruning, or during the month OF Feb
ruary. The objections to that season
are, the work is liable to run into March
which does not allow the cut to become
dry enough TO check the flow OF sap a
little later; the weather is apt to be cold,
rendering it uncomfortable; besides the
wood is frozen much of the time, in
which state it Ought not to be disturb
ed. There is sufficient leisure now, the
vines are pliable and can be handled 1T
will. while the mild weather will dry and
harden the cuts so there will be no
danger of bleeding in the spring. 4
pair of pruning shears will be found
very convenient in making the cuts-in
fact they are almost indispensable to
the horticulturist in trimming his shrub
berry, roses. honeysucklcs, blackbeIries,
etc, in addition TO the grape vines.
The London Reader states that a
new method of destroying the insects
which infest old trees has been employ
ed with success by III. Robert, who it
appears had thus saved the old limbs of
the Boulevard d'Enfer from decortica-
ton. NJ. Robert first shaves off a little
of the old bark, in order to facilitate
the operation; he then impregnates the
whole of the trunk of the tree with a
concentrated solution Of camphor In al
cohol; this not only destroyed all the
insects then In them, bat since, not a
single insect has attempted to pene-
trate the bark.
Five cents worth of either lunar
caustic, or caustic of potash, will cure
warts on the teats of cows. Keep the
caustic in vial; take stick, wet the
end with water or spittle, and rub it on
the warts. Two or three applications
will suffice. Be very careful with the
caustic of potash or it will eat too deep
and make a sore.
The Country Gentleman SAYS: Hav-
ing horse that would kick everything
to pieces in the stable that ne could
reach, and having found remedy for
it, latter trying many things, such as
lettering, whipping, hanging chains be-
hind him for him to kick against, &c. J
/ send it to you. 1t is simply fastening
q short trace train. about two feet long,
by strap, to each hind foot, and let
him do his own whipping if he can not
stand still! without it, and he will not
need te have boards nailed to his stall
every day.
If it is designed to keep onions till
spring, the cheapest and best way is to
freeze them. To do this select the
northwest corner of some out-building
under which the air does not circulate,
spread the onions about two freet from
the building; let them get thoroughly
frozen, then cover them closely with an
old eail, or any cloth to keep the hay
from mixing with them, ard spread the
hay two feet or more in depth above
the covering; also pack fine hay closely
between the heap and the sides of the
building. Here let them remain IN
touched until the frost is entirely out,
when they should be spread at once,
well aired, and turned often until
thoroughly drled.-J. j. H. Gregory.