Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-07-28
Agricultural.
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

"worked high up on the White Thorn hal
proved perfect success" in the vicinity o.
Des Moines Iowa. A case is mentioned O.
q tree grated thus IL years since, which
has borne full crops OF fruit for eight OF
nine wears, four bushels of pears having
been taken from it in single season.
TRAINING TOMATOES. The Gardeners
Monthly says, after trying all kinds Of
trellisses recommended, tomatoes wN dc
best tied up singly to strong stakes. II
thinks, however, it would be more profita-
BILE on account of the less work, to let them
grow as they will on the ground, although
they will not yield as much.
Coal On. FOR MOSQUITOES. There is a
cheap mosquito bar in vogue among the
plantation hands and boatmen in some
parts of the South, which answer every
purpose to the letter; it is common coal
oil. A small quantity of oil is dropped on
a piece of cotton and then squeezed out as
dry as possible; after which the cotton is
rubbed over the face and hands. No mos
quito will alight where the scent has been
left. | have tried it, and then exposed
myself to clouds Of them on various occa-
sions without experiencing the slightest
annoyance. Thousands Of them would
hover within ON inch Of my face and sing
BY the hour, but none would dare touch.
Without having tried it one would naturally
suppose that the smell of the coal oil
would be very disagreeable. Not SO. One
never smells 1t at all in five minutes after
it has been applied. American chronological
VALUE OF SHEEp.-When I went into
sheep feeding it was for the purpose of
improving my land, which at that time
would hardly grow good crop OF beans.
My Success has bnen beyond anticipation.
/ wanted to get NO spears Of grass where
/ then had but one. / have certainly got
three, and my neighbors say four. From
meadows which formerly cut one-half ton
to the acre. now get two. Then l could
not raise rye. Last year got from sixteen
acres 400 bushels and straw enough, if |
had sold it, to have amounted to $500. u.
WINS
THE GARDEN-DRY WEATHER. The West
ern Rural holds the following opinion on
this subject The practice Of continually
watering plants OF any kind In the open
ground is not desirable, as it prevents the
in search of moisture. Plants that depend
for moisture on artificial watering, form
surface roots to receive the water, and do
not send down tfeir roots deep into the
slbsoil. If the artificial watering is with
held for 8w days, they wilt, and do not
recover their vigof until they have made
new arrangement, for obtaining the moist |
ure by sending down thtir roots and pump- |
ing it up from the subsoiL A moderate
quantity of water given in the evening on
fine mellow soil will have better effect |
than much larger quantity applied during |
the day to q stiff lumpy soil. In watering |
plants in the open ground, or in tubs, pots,
or boxes, the soil should be stirred and |
softened, if it Is not already mellow and
friable.
\ n.,ocuia manure tank will be found ex-
ceedingly yaluao,,o TO the garden in dry
weather, as it furnishes means OF giving i
water and manure at the same time. A
large cask sunk in the ground and covered !
securely to prevent the entrance OF rain !
water, will answer ifa regularly construct !
ed tank cannot be provided, lpto this all |
manurial liquids from the tcuse, etc,
SCOT, plaster, superphosphate, etc., may be |
added in suitable quantities, according to
circumstances, and when the liquid has
fermentod and is ripe" In application it
should be pumped out of the tank into
large sprinkler, have n nose sufficiently
large to prevent obstruction from the thick
liquid. None but those who have apl lied
liquid manure to vegetables and plants of
various kinds, are aware of its extraor
binary effects upon vegetation, especially
III dry, hot weather.
JUNE PoR CUTTING GRAIN. A writer in
the Germantown Telegraph has the follow
ing to say on this subject: Wheat should
be cut before fully ripe, say while in the
claugh; when 1t is cut in tdat state it should
then be cured sufficiently to stack without
heating and moulding, then stacked and
let stand until it passes through the sweat
AS il will sweat in the stack and grain
both. Wheat cut in this stage will shrivel
somewhat, but the process of passing
through the sweat in the stack restores it
to It's former plumpnoss, aud il makes
much winter and better aour, as the bran
is not so thick and the grain not so hard
and hinty, Wheat may be cut when fully
ripe, and then threshed, without stacking,
and it will pass through the sweat, and il q
quantity is put in heap It will be apt to
heat and spoil besides, it does not restore
the grain to plumpness like when it passed
through the sweat in the stack think all
experienced farmers will bear me out in
this.
Oats should be cut ripe, if to thresh, il
to feed III the sheai, rather green, as they
shatter off but little when so cut. Iprefel
feeding in the sheaf, and thresh only for
seed and to sell, Many OF my neighbor
farmers differ with me in the cutting of
oats, as they feed sheled oats altogether.
EARLY Cur HAY Annually, as the years
come round, our agricultural papers are full
of advice about early cutting hay. The
universal recommendation is to cut early.
Early, says one, is not merely before the
h..ossom natures, but actually before the
blossom appears. We cannot but think
that much Of what we read about this
subject is mere 'notion, and not the re-.
suit of any acute observation, or well.con.