White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1870-06-09
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A REnEDy roa BIseHr o. AFrLs TnEn-l
Many Of the apple trees Of this section Of the
country are being affected with blight. the ends |
Of the young limbs and tender dying in mid
summer, and which, unless arrested, will grad
ually spread until the tree 10 destroyed. Many
persons have tried cutting Oh the dead branci,
q, each year, bot only to find the difficulty
increased the next, showing plsinly that the
disease is not local 10 the limbs bat gen eral
In the body Of the tree. Mr.. John Chapman,
of this town, Who has given much attention to
this subject, has discovered that the trouble
has its origin in the sap or juices Of the tree
perhaps growing out Of peculiarities Of the
soil on which IL Is grown, and has devised =
remedy which he has used with marked sue
cess and certainty for several years. The rem
edy Is this: carefully bore . hole (accordirg to
the size Of the tree,l half through the body of
the tree and Gil il with sulphur, then carefully
close the ori6ee with pine plug fron a fourth
TO half an inch in length, taking care not to
bruise the surrounding bark, always operating
upon the North side to prevent its being afec-
ted by the sum- and in year or Two the wound
will be entirely healed over and the tree re-
stored TO perfect health and vigor.
TIE TgasIr FLY.--In notes on the season,
the Farmer gives the following hints as to pre-
venting the ravages Of this destructive pest:
Gas preventive. We have always placed
great dependence on the use of hot lime, our
practice having been 70 apply 1t . short time
previous 70 sowing; and although We have suf-
fered SEVERELY from the Ay' when we omit
ted, for any particular reason. to apply lime.
We we're always safe when We did use it. In
other cases, We have knoSn hot lime applied
Q few days after the turnip seed had been sown,
and with uniform success. The use Of manure
which stimulates rapid growth in the young
plants is Of the greastest possible utility, be-
cause the Ay' ceases to ipjure them as soon as
they get into the rough leaf Keeping the
land clear of charlock. &C., il most useful in
preventing attacks Of the fy,' as the insect
feeds upon and is nourished by plants, even at
other periods Of the rotation than the turnip
break. As Q remedial measure says Ste
phens, q long haired hearth brush switched
along drills by the 6eld.workers would caufe
the insects to fall from the plants better than
any board or net; and, II quicklime we're
strewed Immediately upon the plants, their des-
truction would likely be more certain"
REnEpY FoR Hor LICE. W. Collins, an
experienced hop grower. recon mends the follow
ing liquids 70 be applied to the vines with
pump or syringe:
'.Soap suds a. strong - left from An ordinary
washing; add salt and salpetre to make it a
weak brine, not strong enough for pickle foI
meats, a. that might injure the plant; one
pound of copperas to Eve gallons Of liquid.
All these ingredients are healthy for the plant
If not too strong. and safe for the party apply.
ing it. Another wash 10 used in parts Of Eng
land. One Of my agents sent me the following
remedy for lice and Aeas:-20 lbs. coarse to-
bscco soaked in 90 gallons Of water three days;
IL the LIQUID is too thick, reduce it BY adding
water. I think little salt and copperas would
make II more sure in this climate, and would
render it effectual II applied to worms on our
currant bushes. The hop plants Of America
suffered severely the last year from vermin
In some cases an entire failure resulted; ia
others the crop was lcssened more than half
A remedy becomes Of great importance.
TINE OF CUTTING TIMBER FOR FENCES "A
correspondent of The Germantown Telegraph
gives his experience in cutting timber for fen
cling, In which be states that timber cut in April
and May, when the sap is in full flow, he finds
will last for posts from seventeen to twenty
years. The same kind of timber cut in Feb
ruary and used for fence posts became rotten
and worthless at the end of six years. He
advocates setting the posts green. or before
they are seasoned, because when the sap is
displaced by seasoning, all the cavities are I'll.
led with air, which when buried In the ground
become partially dislodged BY water, producing
amixture very unfavorable to the durability
of the wood. When posts are planted in a
green state, he says the sap prevents, in part,
the admission Of the air, and hence their las
ting longer. He aairms that If timber is cut
for rails when the sap is running, the bark
stripped Of, and the rails made Immediately,
they will last one.four,h longer than II cut at
any ether time and have the bark left on.
Fouls IN SHEEP.-Sheep are much less sub
ject to this disease than cattle are, but en-
counter it, il kept in wet filthy yards, or on
moist poachy ground. It is an irritation Of the
integument in the cleft of the foot, slightly
resembling ineipient hoofail. and producing
lameness. 1t occasions, however. no serious
structural Reorganization. dis appears without
treatment, is not contagious appears in the wet,
weather of spring and fall, instead Of the dry,
bot period of summer, when the hoofail RACES
most. A little solution Of blue vitriol, or .
little spirits of turpentine either, followed BY
coating Of warm tar. promptly cures it.
For foul noses, dip q small swab in tar, then
roll it in salt; put some on the hose, and COM
pei the sheep 70 swallow . small quantity
jennings.
To SOW corn broadcast for fodder requires
more seed, gives less fodder, and leaves the
ground less clean than when sown in drills.
Plow the ground a. for other crops; furrow
three feet apart; scatter the corn along the fur
row BY hand, and then run harrow along the
burrows. About three bushels are required per
acre. With little practice one can SOW the
seed almost a. fast % he can walk. Al about
10 graiss per foot, It 10 drought, the best fod-
der and most of il is produced.
TIE PooR FARnER-His hens roost in trees
during the storms of winter, and he complains