The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-17
Farm Talk.

Sour milk, butter-milk and whey,
are excellent for poultry of all ages,
end at all seasons. especially in winter.
To destroy worms in flower pots take
a thin layer of sharp silver sand and
spread over the earth in pots of plants
it is a specific against worms il the soil.
KEEP an eye ON the tent-caterpillar,
and as soon as the prepares his founda-
ton, go for him with a brush or broom
dipped in coal oil a solution ofcarbolic
soap also has a demoralizing effect.
A SIDE window in q stable makes a
horses eye weak on that side a window
in front hurts his eyes by the glare a
window behind makes him squint-eyed
q window on a diagonal line makes him
shy when he travels !; a stable without
windows makes him blind.
HEN manure, where only a small
quantity is gathered, is better adapted
to the growth of onions than anything
ever tried. When large quantities are
saved, it should be made fine, mixed
with two or three times its bulk of gyp-
sum, and applied to the corn-hills at
planting time.
A WRITER in Les Mondes says that he
is enabled to materially reduce the num-
Der of insects which prey upon the flow
ers and fruits of his garden, bycovering
the inside of an old tub with liquid tar,
and at twilight putting a lighted lantern
within, leaving the whole over night.
The bugs, attracted by the light, try to
reach the lantern and are caught and
held fast by the tar.
a FARMER who had a calf of value and
no milk to give it was advised to give it
hay tea. He did so, and the cali is re-
ported us doing finely, though it has
neither received hay nor meal since he
got it. He cuts the best and finest hay
he has, about two inches long, and pours
boiling water over it /; lets it stand I'M
til cooled to about the heat of milk from
the COW, when the tea is given to the
calf and hay to the COW. Both calf and
20 thrive on their feed.
A STANDING antidote for poison by
oak, ivy, etc, is to take a handful of
quick-lime, dissolve it in water, let it
stand half an hour, then paint the
poisoned parts with it. Three or four
applications will never fail to cure the
most aggravated Ease. Poison from
bees, hornets, spider bites, ETC., is in
stantly arrested by the application of
equal parts of common salt and bicar-
Donate of soda, well rubbed in on the
places bitten or stung.
A MARYLAND farmer dissolved II
pounds of copperas in water and soaked
a bushel of seed corn in it for twelve
hours. The corn was then rolled in
plaster and planted across a large field.
On each side of this soaked seed was
planted corn that had not been thus
medicated. The cut worms did a great
deal of damage to the unsoaked corn,
but did not trouble that to which cop
peras had been applied.
THE following is said to be an efica-
cious method of cleaning rusty plows.
Take a quart of water and pour slowly
into a pint of sulphuric acid. tThe
mixture will become quite warm from
chemical action, and this is the reason
why the acid should be poured slowly
into the water, rather than the water
into the acid. Wash the mold-board,
or any other iron that is rusty, with this
weak acid, and let it remain Oh the iron
until it evaporates, and then wash it