The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-07-19
AGRICULTURAL.

der, sowed thick enough to prevent the fol
nation of ears, does not exhaust land, bu
rather enriches it, We raise four successiv
crops ON a piece of land of medium fertility
ana each was larger than its predecessor
The roots left in the soil added more tina
was taken away i'll the stalks The resul
would no doubt be different when ears ar
borne on more thinly grown plants.-Coun
try Gentleman.
OBSTRUCTION OF STUNrs.-We have l,eart
OF two methods of getting rid of stumps
which as they appear feasible and inexpen
slve, we hope some reader will try and re
port upon Bore with two-inch aueer t.
the heart or centre; fill the cavity thu.
made with snlplmric acid, or with crude oi
OF petroleum.. In the first case, the acid be
comes the destructive agent within few
months; in the latter, when the stump be
comes saturated with the oil it is fred, an.
will then burn out to the last particle lik
a candle.
To DESTROY THE WIRE WoRM.-A cor
respondent of the Gardeners Chronicl
says that he destroys the wire worm in hi
flower garden by using a liquid compose,
of one gallon of sulphuric acid to twenty o
water,and applying it plcntifully to til,
done blooming, and early in spring, before
vegetation commences. 1t is better to list
1T on the soil before the plants are set on
OF the seed is sown, as, when it comes il
contect with the larva, it is very injurious
to them. He says he has tried it on sol
and it killed every one of them. @~
Bones FOR FowLs.-Bones usually have
attached to them Il quantity of flesh and fat
which render them valuable The fat cna-
bles the fowls to resist the cold; the flesh
gives them muscle and material for the
formation of eggs the carbonate of lime
furnishes egg.shells, and the phosphate
yields materials for bones and for the It's
sues. boy can in a few minutes, chop up
with a Ratchet, all the lesser bones that
come from the table, and we regard them
as very valuable. If we were to start a
poultry establishment on a large scale, we
should certainly make arrangements to pro-
cure all the fresh bones possible. 1t would
not be difficult to devise machine that
would crack them into fragments the size
Of large beahs,v at,tl-we- wetsllda ggee paid
twice-frst through the chickens, and Sc
condiy, through the improved character Of
the manure.-Farmer's Home Journal.
TOMATOES VS.. THE BoRER.-One of the
most intolerable pests of the orchard is the
borer. A correspondent of the New England
Farmer says: Tomatoes planted near the
tried and very important, if true. We copy
as follows: / saw in your last paper, an
inquiry by some one rs to what he should
do to keep borers out of his trees. Two
years ago, in looking over my trees in the
fall, l found borers in all of them but one.
that tree, thought that perhaps the smell
| of the plant might be the reason Last
| year l tried it, and found none, where
had tomato plants. Speaking to a neighbol
with borers, but lie had always had toma.
toes by the side of the trees. i shall try it
this year, setting the plant us near the
trunk of the tree as possible. it n
trial all OF you who are troubled with
bOrers.
ing is approaching, we publish the follow
ing discreet advice from the Ohio Farmer :
I" Don't dry your hay too much. Hay NAV
be dried till it is as worthless as straw. AS
a good coffee maker would say, sdon't burn
your coffee, but brown it; so we say don't
dry your hay, but cure it, Our good old
of apothecary medicine, gathered their
herbs when in blossom, and cured them in
the shade. This is the philosophy of making
good hay. Cut in the blossom and cure in
the shade. The sugar of the plant when it
is in bloom, is in the stalk, ready to form
the seeds. If the plant is cut earlier, the
sugar is not there, if later, the sugar has
been converted to woody matter. Hay
should be we'll wilted in the sun, but cured
in the cock. Better to be a little too green
than too dry. If, in putting it into the
barn, there is danger OF heating in the
NOV, put on some salt. Cattle will like it
none the less"
THE TIDE TURNfNG.-It used to be
thought that many of the garden vegetables
which fourishes SO luxuriantly in the north
ern and middle States, could not be raised
Mt the South. Persons noticing the large
piles of cabbages on the hurricane decks of
steamers bound South from this port, have
often asked why such large quantities of
this vegetable were sent to the Southf and
the reply was, cabbage cannot be raised at
the South, and the same may be said of
onions. 1t was generally believed also that
Irish potatoes could not be raised there to
any advantage-they would afford very
small yield, and that of very poor quality.
Many Il man has made a snug little fortune
by shipping garden truck and vegetables
to the South Z; but now the tide is turning.