The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-05-05
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Farm Hints.

has more than trebled in the last thirty
years.
1t Is said that over twenty thousand
COWS are kept for dairy purposes within
q radius of twenty miles of Wheaton, Ill.
Twenty horses die in New York city
every day, which gives total of moro
than 5000 a year. Their carcasses are
sent to the rendering companies.
{. Central New York farmers estimate
that, with average culture, good soil and
manure, the cost of producing wheat is
seyenty-two to seventy-eight cents per
bushel.
A witness in Catskill law Office de-
scribes the poverty of a field of corn as
follows: "The crop was so stunted and
short that the toads could sit on their
launches and pick bugs off the tassels.'
If your,hens are inclined to eat their
eggs give them liberal dose of cold
lard chopped up in pieces as you would
mince-meat. This was told me by
lady friend, who said it cured her hens
of this habit.
One speaker at tie Maine agricultural
society meeting confessed that he "used
to chase the creatures around the barn
with pitchfork, and Thought the devil
was in the cows; but he discovered by
treating them kindly that the devil was
In himself instead"
A cholera remedy is named by CORE
spondent of the american Rural Home
as follows: This disease is very easily
treated as follows: For fifty fowls take
two quarts OF wheat bran and stir into q
pot of boiling water; add one teaspoon
ful OF saleratus, one ditto of black pep
or oil
where all the fowls can get some-the
hotter, the better.
Grinding tools calls for the exercise of
great judgment in the determination of
the angle, and skill in handling 80 as to
secure true edge. Workmen make a
mistake In grinding down to the edge.
This should never be done unless it is
nlcked or otherwise rendered irregular.
as the grindstone leaves q rough edge
which must be cut away by the oil stone.
By grinding we'll down to the edge.
without reaching it, the iron is given the
required shape, and q very little rubbing
ON the oil stone will produce good
keen edge.
Buciwhent for Orchards.
For some reason buckwheat, which is
not much CT n crop in itself, is found to
be Just the thing for growing IL
orchards. The dense shade afforded by
the plant keeps the ground light and
frlable, and this tendency is further in
creased by Plowing under the green
buckwheat ut least once year. If the
orchard is old it is as well not to try to
grow the grain, but keep succession of
growths through the year to be turned
under when in blossom. Buckwheat is
usually cheap, and needs only half
bushel per acre for seed. If allowed
to rpen crop occasionally, what is &C.
cldentally scattered will furnish s,ffi cient
seeding. This is the cheapest mode Of
keeping large orchards in good condi-
ton, as the grand requisite is to keen
the soil, especially the surface soil.
loose. Glover Injuries the growth of
young trees, and it takes two years to
get crop ready to pillow under. A new
advantage of buckwheat is that when
nightly managed it becomes an aid in
fighting the codling moth. If the trees
are kept smooth and no chance for a
lodgment of the worm on the trunk,
many will hide in the stalks of buck
wheat. Flowing the ground lust before
winter sets in destroys the enemy, as il
winters in the pupa state, and cannot
live In contact with moist earth. Where
all the loose stuff, weeds, and rubbish
are plowed under, just before freezing,
thousands of the codling moth are de-
stroyed, thus greatly lessening the evil
the following season. This has been
practically tested by apple growers of
the Grand Traverse (Michigan) region.
who find buckwheat the best crop to
Keep their orchards in good condition.
Flowing orchards late in fall, or during
winter when the weather is warm enough.
Is advisable wherever it can be done.
Spring Suggestions.
A great many farmers imperil their
crops Dy seeding before the ground is in
matter II the season is late, it does not
pay to SOW seed upon cloddy. lumpv.
half-pulverized soil. There is no seed
that We know of that should be sown
upon ground in such condition. Seeds
cannot. terminate, in the first place, if
sown among a mass of clods and lumps
OF earth. The soil must be fine and
compact about the seed in order to in
sure termination. If, by chance, q por-
tion OF the seed does get properly COW
cred, it will not make healthy, rapid
growth for want of proper soil in which
TO extend It's roots. Early seeding under
such conditions retards the growth, re-
suits in loss of seed, and the plants are
never 30 healthy and fruitful as when
the seeding is delayed until the sand-bed
ls IN proper condition. Make haste
slowly. therefore, in sowing seed-that
is, make all possible haste after the
ground rs in proper condition, but not
before. -
1t is better to buy roots, even pota-
toes, If the farmer has not got them. to
feed with haY and GRAIN To hia afoclr