Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-04-24

worms secreted under the rags and
wherever | find them, until the frnit is
off the trees. 1 have all the green fruit,
OF every kind, carefully picked up as
soon as it falls, thereby destroying
many of the curculio as well as the
apple worms. Ii future l intend to
poison the rags made use OF 10 capture
the insect"
As FARMERS are now about employing
help for the season, there are various
questions to be consulted in doing so.
Cheap hands are seldom profitable. An
inefficient, sloyenly, careless or vicious
man is not fit to be trusted with busi-
ness. Hire men known, or who come
recommended by men who are compe-
tent to judge OF their capacity and dis
position. Hire first the good hands in
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF good parents.
Blood Is just as important in man As
In horse or hog. Hire all the help
that Will be needed for the season, SO as
not to be compelled TO rely on tramps
under any circumstances. The past
seasons are sufficient caution, in the
brutal invasiOns OF property and person,
TO warn farmers OF the necessity of re-
fusiBg to give aid or comfort to such
men tor "A week or even day. Let the
word 90 out from all parts of the coun-
try, of the unalterable determination TO
give rramps no quarter. Combine by
cooperating with your neighbors to do
such work as you have formerly done
by hiring temporary relief. A farmer
had better toll half the night in harvest
to accomplish his work than to sit up
nights to watch his family, his horses
or his barn.
ARrIcHoKEs FOR HoGs.-Experience
has demonstrated the fact that arti-
chokes are excellent food for hogs, and
that they are particularly valuable in
those localities where corn is the prin-
cipal food. As more than a usual guam
tity is likely to be planted this spring,
a word or two of caution may not be
out OF place. 1t is not good plan to
plant them in the centre OF field, for
when once established they are very
difficult to eradicate. 4 better way is
to plant them where they can remain
for any length of time desired. We
would not recommend planting more
than an acre or two, unless the person
has had some previous experience with
them; although those who make hog
raising business often plant as many
as five acres. AT all events the arti-
chokes should be planted where it is
convenient to turn IN the hogs, so that
after the frost has killed the tops in the
fall, they will root up and eat the prin
cipal part of the crop. Enough of the
tuDers will usually remain at the time
winter sets in to seed the ground.
SHADE IN PAsTUREs.-rheO only real
argument against shade trees in pas
lures is, that the animals collect there
and deposit manure where it is not
wanted. This may be avoided by erect
ing temporary Shades that can be re-
moved from time TO time TO different
parts of the field, and thus do double
duty, affOrding comfort to cattle and
manuring land. These temporary
shades may be placed on barren knobs
and the poorest spots in the pasture,
having the effect OF inducing increased
fertility where most needed.
allowed 10 live without the risk of acci-
dents and disease which he incurs in
his usual work, is about twenty-five
years. Instances of greater longevity
are recorded on good authority and
there is reason to believe that OCCASION
ally he has reached thirty-fiye or even
forty years, but these are rare excep-
tions, and there are few which live be-
yond the twenty-eighth year while
large proportion die before the twenty
fifth.
The breaking up of winter brings
heavy roads and severe work for teams.
When extra eXeTtiOn is called for, il
should be done deliberately and with
caution. Chains ard harness should be
strong; sudden jerks are dangerous TO
the teams, harness and wagons. Above
all things a driver should be patient
and gentle. Willing animals should
never be fretted by the Obstinacy or
stupidity of ignorant hired men. just
now let the farmer keep a sharp eye on
his horses.
GRASS FOR WET MEADOW AND TIMBER
LAND.-1imothy and red-top mixed at
the rate of a peck of the first and
bushel of the latter per acre, would do
well upon moist, drained meadow.
Orchard grass aud Kentucky blue
grass, a bushel of each per acre, would
be the best for open timber land.
WATER is an essential part of the food
of plants, partly because it serves as
medium by which they can imbibe
other substances, and partly because
they can decompose it, anu assimIlate its
constituent parJs.
Locomotives without Steam.
The London papers publish an ac-
count of what is known as the Walker
substitute for coal i'll the generation of
steam for locomotives or marine engines.
This plan, it appears, covers an arrange
ment by which air is converted into
hydrocarbon gas of great heating power,
and is then stored in a chamber subject
ed to considerable pressure. From this
it is forced out again, through pipe to
the perforated tubes, from which COM