The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-08-04

to an apple tree will send canker worms
spinning to the ground, and further that
if once off, these crawling pests could
make no Roadway over dry, looses soil,
providing their course was up hill. A
complete barrier to their return is formed
by heaping up dry ashes about the apple
trees.
AS soon as the harvest is over remem-
Der the strawberry beds, which have
yielded such luscious treat few weeks
back. Ii the weeds have not been re-
moved now is the time to attend to it..
1t is also the best time to form new beds
for next years bearing, by taking the
early-rooted runners. If taken up with
a ball of earth attached they will
scarcely feel the removal. With this
care small bed may be made to yield a
full supply of fruit next year.
THE trunks of peach trees, large, or
small, ought to be washed now with soap
suds from the branches down to the
ground. If hot all the better. Hot wa
ter will kill the eggs of the peach borer
and will not iniure the tree. 1t is bad
economy to let the eggs of the peach
tree moth hatch and the grub half girdle
the tree before anything is done. Take
out five pail kettle near the orchard,
heat the water to boiling, put in some
soft soap or not, as convenient, then with
pail and broom scrub the trees and de-
stroy the peach worm before it is worm
the same as a good cultivator does
weeds before they are weeds.
VERY green, or over-ripe grass, will
shrink more than that which is Just in
the height of blooming. 1t is very easy
matter to cut sample of grass, and after
weighing it, dry by fire heat, and then
re-weigh. This will determine the shrink
age for that specimen. A few hours
only are required to dry grass over a
cook stove. The shrinkage will be found
to range from seventy to eighty per cent.
THE syringe will drive lice from leaves
with cold water alone, if applied forcibly
and from beneath, and still more easily
and thoroughly with water at 100 degrees
or not over 40 degrees, or with copperas
and water, half a pound to the gallon, or
soap and water, with as much carbolic
acid or coal oil as the soap will cut COM
pletely, leaving some floating. These
are effective, but the rose BUSHES should
be rinsed afterward with pure water to
prevent stains, which would mar the
beauty of the foliage nearly as much as
the insect ravages would. For cabbage
worms use hot water with some saltpetre
dissolved in it.
FINE cut straw or hay and clean oats
are good material for packing eggs, but
chaff should never be used. The packing
should be perfectly sweet and dry, as
musty and damp material will impart a
bad flavor to the eggs that come long
distances Place two or three inches of
the material at the bottom of the pack
age, then lay a layer of eggs with the
ends toward the side of the packages, but
not touching the side of an inch or more
then put on several inches of packing
pressing down gently with follower
remove all but an inch in depth of the
packing and put in another layer of eggs
in the same way as the first, taking care
that the packing is pressed between the
ends of the eggs and the side of the pack
age, and so continue until the last layer
is in, which should be covered with at
least two inches of packing and an inch
of hay, and the cover of the package
pressed down closely. Eggs packed in
this way can be transported long dis
tances without injury.