National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-05-17
Farm, Garden anu Household.

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GRuB IN SHEEP. - Tobacco.smok,
blown NJ the nostrils of the sheep has
sometimes been effcctual in dislodginl
the grubs it is not often that sheep die
with grubs, though they are often nm
noyed by them, TO prevent them keep
the Sleeps noses smeared with tar dur
tho the warm summer months, Leu
the fly sbounds.
LIME AND SALT MIXTURE. -"D. V
H." Washington Co., H., asks how
lime and salt should be mixed fornpply-
ing TO wheat and when it should be up
piled. Stake the lime with quantity OF
water in which salt has been dissolved
until it can take up no more, sufficient
to reduce the lime to fine dry powder.
Five or six bushels per acre of this mix
ture may he spread early in spring over
the wheat. Its effect is generally to
stiffen the straw.
Corn, Nothing is moro important in
raising corn than to secure "good
start" IT is half the race. A fine, mel
low soil is of the first Importance, The
best way to secure this depends on cir
cumstances, Every farmer must deter
mine this matter Cor himself. As rule,
we seldom han he land sufficiently.
Corn can not TIN. among clods, Oar
own practice, whel planted in hills, is to
soak the corn from twelve to twenty-four
hours in warm soft water and dry it with
plaster by exercising due precautions,
the same thing may be done when SOW
ing with drill.
HINTS FOR THE SEASON
Sod Land can be plowed after soak
ing rain earlier than fall plowed or stub
hles. And II steel pillow will make clean
furrow slice where cast-iron pillow will
clog. But it is doubtful whether it is or
is not advisable to avail ourselves of these
facts. Sod land is just as wet as the
stubble land, and if one would be Injured
by blowing, it is not easy to understand
why the sod land would not be injured
als'. Ii is one of those points, however,
on which We need more light
Oats can be sown on great range of
soils from black muck to the heaviest
clays OF all the small grains they will
stand the greatest neglect, but well re-
pay good cultivation. They are sown /
on ncw-plowed sod land, and occasionally |
uo "oi. cHou8h 10 IL" zee farmers 70 con
.lhne 1he piac'ce' notwithstanding the
l'rt !h''' III nihe cases out o. ten the re-
suit is anything but satisfactory. Better
plant corn on the sod land, and SOW oats
ai.ef the corn
Peas IN many sections are so much af-
fected by the pea-beetle, or what is i'm
properly called "thc bug" that their
culture is almost entirely abandoned
There Is at present no known remedy.
Getting seed entirely free from bugs, or
dipping the seed for moment in boil
ing water, are popular remedies. but are
not oasea on any satisfactory reason.
hi'e sowing Is 10 certain extent rem
Guy ptl 'he crop Is almost invariably a
poor one. Better SOW as early as posi-.
PIE ana Try to raise great crop, and
leea out the crop to pigs before the bug
eats out much OF the substance Of the
fon''
Fotatoes do much better on ii rich clo-
yer sod than on rich stubble land. 1t is
time we paid more attention to enriching
tne SOIL Tor this crop The labor of dig ,
elnS an acre .yieldi lg only 80 bushels, is
aorn ~ liz a. sleat as dl88in8 an
49, H. . w; VIZ yieic -oV puSheIS' ana II
Wv, M, 1oli - ~ 6c9u c9hdl'ion' the latter
oo1 , uaH W. S"leiS ca'fula,eo on WIN
1uro Is thn y, ,'Iu soot c,'l.l1ali9n, Nia-
Cd into tho ~ az to''e,' "'iu wen WORK
disease pIa 1"t;, noG9 HoI increase the
onnrt o,o,' i''n.'nS III HilIS 'nree 1eet
booin1 orI jinr,;ro ,'''o. ',nJi ~
land is cheap. is undonLfo5i2' tha Lattar =
ban bnt nl3nt;nn IN I,.;iiS t H. ocsleI
one wov and sets dronned fr1n 'nf ~ 81 l''[
inches in the row, will. provided fine n
land is rich enough, produce Il sreater V
crop per acre.
Glover seed on winter wboot sbo,ld Iva Z.
sown already. But we have sown il as +
ate rs the middle of May, and had a good +
'rop. Much depends on the season and a
The condition of the land We prefer S
% delay sowing until the ground is dry f
enough to harrow.
Grass and clover seeds sbop1d NOT bo a.
covered more than half nm ineb doon y
Far more seed is lost from cnycr;ra td 20 e
Iocn than from ho;no 1lr. us Wv -
posed to the surface. A fine. mellow z
oil is the great essential condition. II
The roller is NOT 90 n,,o,, ,o1 :.
honld be in tbn snr;n n't tho ,'3J' a? a. ~
omelimes usel wborai i d. ''iU"sn ~ -
han good. 1t is easier 70 brooL nlnds r.
ghen wet than when dry. but If Won con W
freak them when dry, the pulyerizing 81
fleet is far greater. Clavev land rolled nj