The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-20

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- y AROUND the Farm. -.
SHOULD your wheat be too rank and il
danger of lodging, you may go over Il
with a long roller before ID shoots into
head. It will check the growth tn,
wheat will rise again. 1t has been known
to save crop. Z
A GALLON of warm water poured on 9
pailful of walnut leaves will make safe
wash for horses and cattle, and save then
the annoyance of flies. We recommend
its use daily until we hear of something
better
M. CHAToT recommends common sal,
as an antidote for mildew on vines. BY
sprinkling handful of salt around the
base of each vine, the effect, he says, was
marvellous; and vines hitherto covered
with this fungus grew luxuriantly, and
had an abundance of grapes entirely free
from oidum.-Paris paper.
WHEN planted in very rich soil, toma.
toes often produce much wood and little
fruit. The best crop of tomatoes / ever
saw was furnished by main stems as free
from side growth as walking-stick.
All growths, except the leaves and flow
ers attached to the principal stem, had
been pinched off as they appeared.
The Garden.
We are often recommended not to give
manure water to grapevines until the
fruit is swelling. / always apply it freely
from the time when the young shoots are
one inch or two inches long until the
fruit is coloring, and find it to do far
more good in strengthening the shoots
and produce before the lunches are in
flower than at any subsequent period.
Northern Gardener.
SOME of the best hay which we have
found in the market this year has been
that made from Nepaul barley the yield
of which on some tule farms exceeds
three tons to the acre. The greatest
hay-producing district this year will in
clude the reclaimed lands, and even
lands partially reclaimed, the owners of
which have no complaints to make about
drought, northers, or heated terms. San
Francisco Bulletin.
Mr.. STEERE said if we could attract
the birds TO our orchards and fields, we
would find a great help toward sue
cessful victory over insect enemies.
Among our best friends is the little
wren. The blue jay he does not like for
his destructive habits toward other
birds, and he has waged deadly war
against them. Our common house cat
is very destructive enemy Of birds, and
should be watched carefully. Michigan
Farmer.
A DERRY correspondent of the Neaos-
Letter writes as follows Don't kill
the crows even though they raise a little
corn on their own hook. A farmer in
our town shot one last week, and found
his crop literally packed with potato
beetles. These are meaner than
crows" We are informed that a Lon
donderry farmer is this year successfully
fighting the bugs with a little army of
guinea hens, and there are some who
claim that ducks will earn an honest liv-
ing destroying the bugs.-MirrOr and
Farmer.
HEADING Down NEWLY PLANTED
TREEs.-This subject has been written
about for thousand or more years, but
a note now and then to new planter of
trees may be useful. In transplanting
more or less of broken roots have to be
removed these must be balanced by
the top which they have to support.
However carefully we may transplant a
tree there is certain check given-a
certain disorganization of the system
takes place. When the roots and tops
are shortened at the same time, the
check administered is two-fold. We
must, therefore, prune very carefully
the top OF newly-planted tree and ac-
cording to the injury given to the roots.
IT is possible to raise calves without
giving them fresh new milk, for with a
little skinned milk and hay tea they
will thrive almost if not quite as we'll as
upon the pure tactical fluid. Fifty years
ago Sir James Stewart Denham, of Scot
land, instituted experiments in raising
calves with hay tea, taking them from
their mothers when three days old, and
those experiments were eminently sue
cessful. Two pounds of hay were
stepped in twenty quarts of water, and
then boiled down one-half, and to this
was added quart of skinned milk In
some instances molasses was added also
to give sweetness, and the calves not
only thrived upon this diet but preferred
it to fresh milk.-Farmers' Union.