The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-06-23
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en- dish WHICH the bugs cannot climb an
pass on his knees aud search out every bu
10 be found turn up The vines, frs, on on
siGe then on the other side and so a
round the hli, aud search out and gashe
every Bcst Of eggs Tie eggs are attache,
10 the underside head, crowded together !,
thick clusters, and are yel!3w. Eehtish am
reddish yellow. The leaves are broken Of
and placed IN the basin with the bugs, an,
when picked are all burned together in ;
stove Or better by fire made in open ali
on purpose. a. the fumes arising from burn
ing Bugs are Poisonous. They can be burn,
10 the stove, if the quantity is not toc
large, by closing the stove Immediately afte.
plt IN a the bugs lay their eggs on the
leaves 81 pigeon grass, pgweed, and red,
root the potatoes should be kept clean oil
weeds that there viii be nothing in the
way OF determination is the bugs fire.
quentiy drop TO the ground when approach,
ed anu remain on their backs, as still! a,
death, careful search on the ground and
about The roots OF the vines will be necess.
airy to get them ALL
" GOD AsHEs.-Iany farmers are ia the
habit OF selling the wood ashes that thew
make, to soap makers for Is or 70 cents
per bushels. Oar advice IS, that the next
tme an ash cones along, the driver ex>
GAINING, any ashes to sell p TO reply.
NO, emphaticaIly; you needn't call
mere again. We are NOT such fools to sell!
ashes at - cents bushel, when they are
worth W cents bushel to US.
Well, they are worth - cents bushel to
any iafiner II obey are pure wood ashes
c9ai ashcs are not W0r Ii the carting to the
heid. The chemical constituents Of wood
~ .E,,
o2iie manganese, potash, soda, sulphuric
aoiu' phosphoHc ACID, chlorine, and car
bOnlc acid.
These constituents are all essential to the
growth OF vegetation; but potash, the prin-
Gipal constituent, Is the most important
IL decomposeS organic substances and rcnS
ders many inorganic substances soluble.
sanity SOILS are benefited by the aupliUa-
ton OF weod ashes, and the following crops
are particularly increasing by applying ash
eS: Potatoes, carrots, beans, peas, clover,
and grass generally
4 compost made of hen manure, soil and
ashes, Is powerful fertilizer for corn, Put
about three parts OF any finely pulverized
soil to one part OF hen manure and two
parts OF unleached wood ashes. Nix we'll In
March or April, wetting the compost thor
oughiy; and at corn planting time it will
be III good condition to use. Apply hand
iul 10 a hill, and the result VIII be satisiac-
ory.-L.cchuHge.
HE STRIPED BIC. Every gardener
knows that this is most destructive insect
among melon, cucumber, and other young
vines, sometimes damaging the crop serl-
ously. Many remedies have been suggest
cd some OF them no doubt good in their
way, but troublesome Now, we have
tried for several years another, which has
proved with Us complete success. Instead
vi aiming 10 drive away the insect by SCOT
ashes, ETC., we pet It, or rather furnish il
with TODD better than the young melon and
cucumber plants. We sow around each
hiIi at the time OF each planting a lew rad
lsh Sead, and coming up about the same
time, the tops supplying pa4ture tor The
bug which 1t much prefers to the vines -
Lettuce will also answer, but the radish is
rather liked the best. While our vision
tol It, the young radIsh tops are completely
perforated.
Should this fail, which is seldom the
case, and has never been with US, sprinkle
the vines with a solution Of whale~oil soap
and water. No other insect but the cur>
cullo can stand this soap GerAlunt0wR
IehgFdph.
u FARMER BOYS Farmer boys your
destiny IS glorious one; your education
may never have extended beyond the rudi-
7Dents OF the common branches, acquir-
al at a district school you may be awk~
ward, homeiy, lazy, and ignorant, but
never mind; some lovely, accomplished
young lady Is waiting for you. \ on
may be uuabie TO provide her a piano. but
dish pan viii answer the purpose she
will rcnu4uish her silks aud aces ior The
Inestlmable privilege OF coo King your pork
and uolatoes-wll torego novels, operas,
fashions, and the trlyU.Iues oil ate, all Tor
your sweet sake.
But, boys, perhaps your representatives
are mistaken. There may be some among
these admirable girls who DO not consider
1t indispensable that the coming man
should be a farmer or mechanic; who pre-
fer light literature to market reports, and
are more interested III new bonuUts than IN
improved self rakers. There are many
others, strong minded you call them, the
ultimate thule OF whose ambition is other
than the superintendent OF dairy.
Many can be found, even among the
girls Of the period, who not IDLY SIT by
the window watching tor the coming
man, resting assured that he will arrIv,
in due season and believing that he who
looks for perfection in the woman OF hi,
choice, should possess something angelic II
his own character lItstcrn Rural
Mis-. Il. c. Davis.
INDIGESTION IN HORSES. W henege
the evil is noticed, the animal must have
piece of rock salt and chalk constants.
placed in his rack, and a little pipe-ciay
InagneSia, or other autiacid, in his water
1t wurins have been passed, give tire
drains of aloes dissolved in TWO ounces Q
oil and turpeutine ana a pint Of Cruel
Half an ounce each Q. ginger and gcntiau
and half d-achm of suIrhale OF iron
should subsequently be administered twic
day, TO lmpart tone TO the digestive OF
gans. Turning the animal out to grass i
the Spring OF the year, when It can be beI
Gifted by exercise and fresh air, will
found to be. very beneficial. -imerjca
Stool; Journal.
MoDEs OF STRAWBERRY CULTURE I'll
editor Of The AsIlculturlst, who mas ylsl
ed krox' fruit farm AT Pntsburg, stats
that Mr. Knox tried several methods
eulturiug the straw berry, IN order 70 reac
the greatest success. At first the plan