Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-03-21
FARM, HOUSEHOLD, AND KITCHEN.


THE English and Continental farmers
know the value of bone dust, and the
Americans will soon find it out.
Mr. M. l.. SULLIvANT, the great Hi.
nois farmer, of Livingston county, has
contracted for the erection of fifty tene.
ment houses on his farm at Gibson.
Or guano, as n permanent fertilizer,
there is some doubt but as a stimulan,
of growing crops, on good soil, it is in
valuable, either on grass or arabic lands.
Soor is a most valuable manure, eth.
er for grass or for turnips, as it quickly
forces the plants, it prevents the fly
from committing its ravages. 1t is also
excellent for destroying the grub in
onion beds.
A GRINDsToEE should not be exposed
to the weather, as it not only Injuries the
woodwork, but the suns rays harden
the stone and render it useless. Neither
should it stand in the water in which it
runs, as the part remaining in water
softens so much that it wears unequally.
| AN Ohio farmer suggets that the
oranges set themselves about introduce
ing the English sparrow for the protec-
ton of fruit-growers. The sparrows
breed fast and eat good deal. A pair
of sparrows having family to bring up
will consume over three thousand cater
pillars week.
A MAN in Woodbury., n Y, raised
and marketed from tive-eighths of an
acre on his farm, egg plants which sold
for $499. Is; radishes which sold for S7S
making II total of S577.15 cash in
hand. Besides this his family was sup
piled and some given away. There
We're 1929 hills of the egg plants, 81 by
4 feet apart.
PEOPLE who, at husking time, have
barked their sore fingers and broken
their worn nails in the effort to make
space to start a shovel in wagon load
of ears which they desire to transfer to
the CRIB, can thank The Journal
Of the Farm for this suggestion of
better way : "In loading corn take to
the field piece of pine board six feet
long and little wider than your shovel;
place an end on the tailboard close to
one corner of the wagon and the other
on the bottom end fill up as usual.
In unloading, shovel down the board to
the bottom of the wagon, and not an
ear need be touched by the hands"
To cure a wart on horse, take
common suture needle, large sewing
needle will do, but if slightly crooked
at the point, better thread it with
double cord, each one containing three
threads of fine saddlers thread well
twisted and waxed. Pass the needle
through the center of the wart close to
Oh
through. Cut the cord next to the nee
die, and tie each half separately with
surgeons or other secure knot, as
tightly as possible. Cut the ends off
close to the knot, and the wart will soon
disappear. If the wart is small at the
base, the cord may be tied around it as
close to the base rs possible, and the
same end will be accomplished.
1T is a mistake in wheat culture to
SOW inferior seed Indeed this is very
foolish in regard to any and every crop.
Like begets like Weakness and dis
ease are propagated in the plant world
very much as they are transmitted from
parent to child in the world of human
beings. The greater pains should be
taken to procure the choicest seed that
can possibly be had. 1t will pay the
farmer who depends upon his own
growing of seed, to cut out the best por-
tions of a field, when there is a per-
ceptible difference, and devote them to
this important use. Indeed, it is wise
policy to select the earliest and finest
heads, and from these grow seed. 1t is
also well to obtain a change of seed
from time to time, as successive sowing
in the same soil and climate seems to
induce more or less degeneracy. The
farmer should never grudge little ex-
ira outlay in the purchase of choice
seed. Such outlay is pretty certain to
be well rewarded.