The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-29

and lime. Here there is no use Of this
at present; and, in addition to the rich
yield of fine clover hay, the clover seed
Is profitable to take care of. We hope to
see Western farmers giving this subject
more attention. Western Agricultural.
COLORADO POTATO BEETLE.-They
will be on hand early in the spring, as
soon as the potatoes are up-not to eat
the young stalks but to deposit their
eggs, each one about a million. The best
way is to pick the old ones off by hand.
When the young ones get too thick for
comfort, give them dose of Parisgreen (;
mix enough with water to make it a
dark green. Apply with common
watering pot with fine nose. DO not
handle them if you have sore or cut on
your face or hands. When burning, the
smoke from them is poisonous. Eastern
farmers who have not received a call
from them yet should be prepared for
them, for they will surely call on you.
Kill the first one you see and keep on
killing. Commence in time; don't let
them run two or three years, as we did.
They did not injure the crop at first, and
we thought they wculd leave in few
years; but they came to stay. We have
got them thinned out little.-Ruwal
Ne,0 Yorker.
SWEET AND SOUR COMBINED IN ONE
APPLE.-Doubts are entertained by
some pomologists as regards the truth of
tho statement made that apples have
been grown in which two or more varie-
ties were blended into one, that is, apples
having one section sweet and the other
sour. We have seen such fruit, and
therefore know that it has been produced.
A tree bearing apples of this nature
formerly stood in a gentieman's garden
in Georgetown, Mass. 1t was of large
size, and in some years produced several
bushels of fruit. The owner sold the
apples as curiosities, and frequently in
dividual specimens brought large prices.
twas exceedingly interesting to examine
the crop, as one apple differed widely
from another, and there was difficulty in
finding two precisely alike. A few were
found in which almost exactly One-half
was sweet and the opposite sour, but a
majority were made up differently. Sec
tons, one-quarter or One-sixteenth, more
or less would be sweet or sour, and the
remainder would be of the opposite
kind. The line of demarcation on the
skin was distinctly defined, the sour por-
ton having reddish color, while the
sweet was pale green. There was no
installing the flavor; the sour portion
was very sour, and the sweet very sweet.
On the same trees apples grew which
were uniform i'm kind, some being entire
" sweet and some entirely sour. This
genealogical freak was brought about by
a careful process of budding, two buds
of different varieties being divided, and
one-half of each joined together, so as to
adhere and grow in that condition. AS
none of this fruit has been seen of late
years, we conclude that the tree has
STANDARDIZATION Journal of Chemistry.
HELPING TO HATCH.-Can you render
the chick advantageous assistance during
its Matching? Yes, most assuredly. The
eggs of some varieties, particularly the
Asiatic, are sometimes exceedingly thick
shelled, the shell "pips," and here the
little bird breathes his last, if helps not
given. The fine membrane becomes
glued to him and contracts, and it, with
his downy covering becomes, as it were
coat of mail to crush out its life. No
tice, and if the Matching is slow, have an
eye to your nest until the business is
through with; for sometimes it appears
as if epidemic. Many chicks go by the
board in this way. Help should be rem.
dered so take small sized bodkin, and
carefully thrusting its point short dis
lance under the membrane and shell
gently tear the first and crack the latter
as you proceed around the circumference
of the egg. If the shell is very dry
drop few drops of tepid water at the
point of pressure. Having taken off the
top of the shell, drop about ten drops o.
warm water around the body of the
chick, and put the egg, as it now stands
under the hen, the open side uppermost
Behind or under the fluff is the best sit
uation. This done, the chick is, min,
times out of ten, safe, and will hatcf
vigorously.-Poultry Bulletin.