Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-06-23
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Fnru, Notes.

FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Fnrm Notes.
CARE OF OxEN.-Oxcn should be card
q cd and cleaned every day, especiall
. while shedding their coats; increase thei
+ allowance of grain as their labor increases
q and remember that they are slow feeder
/. and require long mornings.
VALUE OF DucKs.-Many conside
1 that ducks are more valuable than hens
n for home use, taking into account til,
| number and size of the eggs hid by
them. The solid matter and oil in
3 ducks egg exceeds that Of hens egt
Y by fully one-fourth.
DISEASED PEACH TREES. The follow
ing is said to be n sure remedy for the
yellows in peach trees: One part o
saltpeter to two of salt, placed close tc
the body of the tree before rain. II
seems not only to destroy any fungoid
growth of vermin which may be infest-
ing the root, but to act as M excellent
fertilizer.
Two-YEAR-OLD PEAS FOR SEED.-It is
recommended to SOW peas that are two
years old to escape the rayages of the pea
weevil, as the bugs all escape or die be-
fore the end of the first season, but not
before planting time. This remedy
would be sure one, if all would adopt
the same course, but not otherwise.
MIaNONETTE FOR BEE FORAGE
There is no plant within the range of our
knowledge rs valuable for bee forage as
mignonette, and why =? 1t will keep in
bloom year after year if not disturbed by
frost, and it has longer period of use.
fulness than any other plant. 1t gives
more blossoms in n given space, and
therefore gives more forage than any
other plant we have seen. Honey made
from it has the most delicious fragrance,
and where it has been tested in market
is far ahead of that produced from other
plants.-Bce Keepers Magazine.
VALUE OF COTTON SEED.-A ton of
cotton seed yields about 700 pounds of
cake or meal, thirty-fivo gallons of oil, a
few pounds OF lint cotton, ashes and other
refuse. The meal is worth $18 per ton,
the cake from 1924 to 1923, and the crude
oil thirty-eight cents per gallon. The
oil is valuable in paints and chemicals,
and when refined makes an excellent Ia
bic oil. The cakes are shipped to Eu.
rope for stock feed, the refuse is used in
the manufacture of soap, and the meal is
in constantly increasing demand as
sugar cane refner.
LIME DUsT.-The following has been
recommended as the best mode for pre-
pairing lime dust for slugs and other in
scots, for mildew, etc.: Take, say,
peck of fresh or sharp lime, broken up
into small pieces; then add four pounds
of flour of sulphur, or in like proper
tons, if in smaller quantity. Add one
third as much boiling water, or just
enough to slack the lime to dry powder,
and cover the vessel as soon as the water
is poured on. BY adding water, it may
be made into an excellent whitewash for
trees, the sulphur increasing it's efficacy.
Paris Green in the Orchard.
Some time since an inquiry was made
as to whether there is any way to destroy
the canker worm on apple trees. -Four
years ago they attacked my orchard by
and few days after it looked
at distance as if fire had passed
through the branches-not a leaf left.
In the orchard 1 had about $50 trees
twenty years old. had taken great
pains with my trees, and they did ex-
tremely well up to this time. I felt
almost discouraged, and knew of no
remedy. After time the trees all leafed
out again, but grew very little that SEQ
son. The following season the trees
were loaded with those pests by billions.
50 that if one passed under the trees he
would be covered with the destroyers
md their threads, which hang down
with worm at it's end about as thick as
'he warp of open gauze; on these
threads they swing as a pendulum when
he wind blows, and by this means pass ,
N to the next tree if near enough. This
ime, too, they left scarcely a leaf, and :
hen disappeared. The trees leafed out
gain, but looked weakly, and grew but
title. The third season 1 was On the
ook-out. As the trees leafed | found !,
hem again covered. could stand it :,
% longer, but declared war, bought :.
and-pump and So worth of paris green, 3
ut kerosene barrel into my wagon, !
lied it with water, added one table =
poonful of green to a pailful, gave it a :,
God stirring, had a man to drive around =;
nder the trees and keep the mixture :,
ell stirred; I took the pump and :,
orinkled about pail evenly as possible y
u each tree. The second day after I T.
perated second time, with weaker :, l.
'lution and less quantity, as found =,
leir number but few, and those not in 8. 8.
bod health. The past season I kept a :
BOD look out, but failed to find one. :,
i've other orchards, but so far have not - :.
zen troubled. 1 keep my war material :.
ready now; if the enemies appear, 1 -
all storm their works Immediately.
here are a number of orchards here =
'out nearly destroyed by the canker "
'rm.-E H., Guiyord, III.