National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-07-14
Farm, Garden and Household.

BUGS ON VINES. 1t is said that Iii
cleanings of wool carling machine o
a lock of wool soaked in oil, place
near the roots of the vines, will drive o
the bugs.
MLDEw on GRAPES. - MARSHALL I
Wilder says: Il have used sulphur T.
prevent and destroy mildyw for nor
than fifteen years, and III no instanc
has 1t failed TO effect speedy cure
Spread the sulphur on the ground be-
meath the vines ana ON the foliage"
KEEPING Zoos. poultry grower an,
egg producer in Maine keeps eggs, from
spring time when The price is low, to win
ter when it is the reverse, by placing
the eggs on movable racks in a dark bu
well ventilated room. He changes tn,
position every few days by passing alone
the racks and lightly moving them 50 Il,
to turn the eggs
MusrY WHEAr CrRED.-A correspond
ent of the R0roi New Porter had a LOT
OF wheat get mnsty in pile. He says
81 put 1t on my hop kiln, dampened il
slightly with water, put fire under i,
with birthstone on the stove. When il
cooled of found the mustiness had en-.
tirely left it. We tried it for bread. and
it made as good as any wheat.
MARKING SHEEp.-It is barharous TO
split the ears. A better method is TO
hase the initial letter of the
owners name cut i'll pasteboard and
with small, stiff brush and some paint
made with lamp black or red lead, lin
seed oil and little spirits of turpentine,
stamp the letter on the rump or shout
der OF each sheep As it is sheared. 1t
serves all practical purposes and avoids
the lnhumanity OF cutting or punching
the ears.
For TOMATOES. The cheapest md
most convenient trellis for tomatoes is,
to make tCur-square frame for every
NIL, OF four pieces Of hard wood, two
feet long and one inch square, for the
corner posts. Let three pieces Of lath
each foot long. be nailed on each side
Such trellises will cost only few cents
each, and they Will save four times their
cost in the value of tomatoes. Let such
treilis be placed over each hill, before
the plant has begun to bend sideways
then the fruit will all be kept off the
ground.
The CORRECT WAY 70 FELL TREES. -
When tree stands perpendicular. and
it Is desirable to cut it so that it will fall
to the north, for example, let the kerr on
the north side be cut at least six or eight
inches lower than the kerr on the south
side and let the tree be cut at least two.
thirds through the north side. If the
wind does not blow from the north,
tree cut IN the foregoing manner will GER
talnly fall toward the north. The chips
which lily from the axe will indicate ex-
act!y the direction which the tree will
TALL. IT the tree is to be felled toward
the south, let the south side be cut lower
than the north side, and be chopped
Llore than half way through the body.
70 prevent long splinters from draw
ing out of the heart of tree. let the
middle be cut entirely off, leaving the
outer edges to BE cut away last. A tree
which does lean will fall the way a chop
per cuts it to fall. 4 friend wrote us a
few days since, that an estimable citizen
was crushed by q tree that fell in the OPP
posite direction from what the choppers
had calculated. When it is desirable to
fell a leaning tree in the opposite direc- .
ton from the way it leans, hitch long
rope to it twenty or thirty feet from the
ground then secure the other end to a
long lever. with the short end of the .
lever resting against post or a tree,
having team hitched to the long end OF
the lever. A tree that leans much can
readily be pulled over by such an ar
rangement. As the tree begins TO fall.
drive the team speedily to the right or
left
SAVING SEED OF INDIAN CoRs. Let
every tller of the soil who has not i'm
proved his seed corn by selecting the
best and first ripe ears for ten years past.
make calculations to save a supply of
seed the present season. Choice seed of
any kind of grain is one of the condi-
tons of success in the production of
large crops. A successful PENNSYLVANIA
farmer writes: "For TIE last fifteen
years L have been accustomed to save my
seed with care. In every instance the
seed grown one year has been planted
the next season. The ears tend to en-
large, so that the Target ears are select
ed for seed, rs they are found To- riuen
earlier ea.'h year. At the beginning of
the experiment it required nearly one
hundred days to perfect crop. The ,
past season / planted stepped seed and !
discovered glazed corn on the sixty-sixth
day from the day of p'anticg. Soil is
no doubt improving. While harvesting
last fall. care was had in looking for
running down and deteriorating evil
dences, but none were visible. Ears !,
were measured I; one was eleven inches
long my ears were ten inches long, cap :
ped over at the tips SO that all the cob !!
visible was the broken butt. The long
est ear planted was not over seven inches
At first. We aim at early crops instead {
Of large otherwise we would plant large r
ears. Every matured kernel OF corn is. a
when planted. capable of producing the /
root, shoot, leaves. stalk, cob, husks, I
siiks, tassel and pollen-in short, the ]
whole. ripe, perfect ear, capped over 10 q
the UP. without aid frs1n any other ker- G
mel and also Of transmitting the same S
powers OF reproduction to its species (
from generation onward till time ends, " :