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Farm, Garden and Household.

Farm, Garden ana hAusen0id. U.
GRUB IN SHEEP.-Tobacco smoke
blown up the nostrils Of sheep ha.
sometimes been 'efeetual in dislodgina
tie grubs it Is not often that sheeI
die with grubs, though they are otter
annoyed by them. To prevent them
keep the sleeps noses smeared will
tar during the warm summer months
when the fly abounds. : -. 80.
LIME AND SALE N1xrrRE.-"D. v
H." Washington Co., H., asks how
lime and salt should be mixed for ap-
plying to wheat snG when it should
be applied. Stake the lime in guam
tity Of water in which salt has been
dissolved until it can take up no more,
sufficient to reduce the lime to a fin :
dry poEder.j Five or six bushels per
acre Of; this mixture may be spread
early ia spring over the wheat. It's
effect is generally to stiff fen the straw.
CoRN.-Nothing is more Important
in raising corr; than tossecureua a good
start" 1t is half the raoe.G A fne,
mellow soils of the first Importance
The best way to secure this depends
on cireustapees. . Every farmer5mus1
determine this matter for himself
AS rule, we seldom harrow the land
sufficiently! ! iCorn .! cannot thrive
among, cIods. " Our, own practice,
when planted in hills, is to soak the
corn from twelve to twenty.four
hours In warm, soft water, and dry it
plaster BY exercising due precau.
lions, the same thing may be done
when sowing with drill. f.,'.. 80 ~
HINTS FOR THE SEASON. ~ i
Sod land can be plowed after a
soaking rain, earlier than fall plowed
or stubbles. And q steel plow will
make q clean furrow slice where q
cast.iron plow viii clog. But it is
doubtful whether it is or is not advis-
able to avail ourselves of these facts.
Sod land is just as wet as the stubble
land, and IL one would be injured by
plowipg, it's not easy to understand
why the sod land would not be in
jured also. II is one Of those points,
however, on which we need more
light. .,
Oats can be sown on great range
of soils, from a. black, muck to the
heaviest clays. Of all tho small
grains they will stand the greatest
negleee, but will repay good scultive-
tioa. They are sown on -ploWed
sod land, and occasionally do we'll
enoug gh to induce farmers to continue
the practice Notwithstanding the fact
that in nine cases out Of ten the re-
suit is anything 'but satisfactory
Better plant corn on the sod land and
sow oats after the corn. ..... ''.
Peas in many sections are SO much
Affected by the pea beetle or what is
Improperly called ":the bug" that
their culture is almost entirely aban-
doned. There is atcpresent no known
remedy. Getting seed entirely free
from bugs, or dipping the. seed for a
moment in boiling water, are popular
remedies, brit are not based on any
satisfactory reason. Late sowing is
to certain extent a remedy, but the
crop is almost invariably a poor one.
Better. sow as early as possible, and
try to raise great crop; and feed out
the crop to pigs before the bug eats
out much Of the substance of the peas.
Potatoes do much better on q rich
clover sod than on rich stubble land.
1t is time we paid more attention to
enriching 1he soil for this crop. The
labor Of digging an acre yielding only
80 bushels, is nearly or quite as great
as digging an acre that will yield $50
bushels and if the e2soil is in good con
dition, the latter yield can be srfely
calculated on, with a good variety,
and good cultivation. Manure, If
thoroughly rottsd and we'll worked
into the soil, does rot increase the
disease. Planting ia hills three feet
apart each way, saves seed and labor
in planting, hoeing, and digging, and
where land is cheap, is ulIdou btedly
the better plan; but planting in drills
threesfsct one. way, and sets dropped
FROM fto 5-inehesin 'thesroa~, will
provided the land is rich enough, pro
dnce p greater crop per acre. =. !
Gaver' seed on winter wheat should
be sow1n already But we. have sown
it as late as the middle Of May, and
had Q good crop. Much depends on
The season and condition of the land.
Wespseferto sdelay sowing. until the
ground is dpy enough to harrow. ''''
Grass and clover seeds shonld not
be covered mote than5 hsN an' inch
deen.I Ean more seed is lost from
covering too deep than from being
lerts#b6lly; exposed ito the surface
"A fine mellow soil is the, great essen
tial condition. 90, ",..S,, -, -,
The roller is not,a much used as i
should be in the spring, though, tits
sometimes Used where it does more
harm. than good. 1t is easier ito
break clods when wet than when dry,
but if you can break them when dry,
the pulverising effect is far greater
Clayey land rolled when wet forms q
hard crust. '.'|'' 2: -, -. ~ : 80
Horses, after their winters rest,
should be worked only moderately at
'tirsk sssLook tozthss shoulders, and
;y.sb >, thorrr freat,ently- with cold