The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-06-06
FARM AND GARDEN,

N A little green bug is destroying the
g blue grass in Kentucky Great fields
4 are said to he ravaged by it. the grass
d looking as if it had suffered protracted
drolth.
g Pruning wounds should be covered as
+ soon as the sap ceases flowing. Graft
y ing wax, applied hot, will make a good
r. covering and will avoid further serious
i trouble.
a The Good Farmer Loads with the
b Rest.
Prairie Farmer, IL
Farms, like steamships, have n given
: carrying capacity. and he only is an adroit
!, farmer or IN ariner who loads with the best.
The Amount Of Water Absorbed and
e ExhaIed BY an Acre Of Corn.
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d Trustworthy scientific experiment have
\ proved the fact that an acre Of corn fodder,
e during the season of growth, absorbS from
the ground and exhaies through the leaves
.16 tons OF water.
a \ Number Of the Diseases Imaginary
r The National Lire Stock journal squelches
: several prevalent diseases by saying: The
|, !, so-called black teeth in hogs is an imagiu
= airy ailment, like "wolf teeth" and "lampas"
in horses, and "hollow horn" and tail ail'
in cattle. The subject occupies prominent
I place in the vocabulary Of quacks and COW
, leeches.
5 The Things To Make a Wan Happy.
Ruskin, the famous art critic and writer |
] on general literature, says: 40 watch |
corn grow and the bloom set, TO draw |
hard breath over the plowshare and spade,
TO read. TO think, TO love, to hope, to pray,
these are the things TO make a Liam hap
py."
Lime Injurious to Manure.
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The addition of Stacked lime 70 rotten
manure while in the dung heap is altogeth-
er Objectionable, because lime possesses the
power OF again Gberatipg the combined
and fixed ammonia, az the powerful and
pungent odor, which Is by this means
evolved, makes sufficiently evident.
To Prepare Green Beans for Winter
Use.
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gather and string them The same as
though | was cooking them. Spread out
on cloth, and dry in the shade, where the
wind can blow on them. They are better
if the bean is large in the pod. Soak the
night before cooking them. Put on quite
early in the morning, for it takes longer to
cook them than fresh beans; try them,
sister, and see If they are not good. l will
Close by asking some one to tell me how to
put up pickles like we BUY.
Advice About Visiting the Sick
| Room.
Nobody should venture into sick room
~ n perspiration, for the moment
/ ."" " becomes cold 1t is in a
state iiteiy to absorb the infection; nor Wis
it sick person il the complaint be of
contagious nature, with an empty stomach,
nor swallow your saliva. In attending a
sick person, place yourself where the air
passes from the door or window to the bed
| of the invalid, not between the invalid and
the fire, as the heat of the fire will draw
| the infectious vapor, and there Is danger In
breathing it.
Guinea Hens Protectors OF the Farm.
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| let avorv farmer loo, Gu;na, hons They
will destroy all the hups They eat them 8
"a fast a. hens eat corn and fnrtbermore !
will keen ALI bups and insects III every kind s
off Garden vines Mr. Seville estimated 1
thar one hen 10 the acre will protect the c
no,atoes lie aIso ,rgned in favor al these 1
fowls that thew will nat scratch like other B
kinGs or harm the most delicate Mint c
Their eggs are valuable, and they Law =
oftenrr than the common hen: and lastly.
they are valuable As a weather indicator,
for Just before storm they set up terrible /
screeching, which is kept up until the storm q
is upon them. :
treatment Of Mango in Hog. :
Texas Cor. CoIeman's Rural wo;ldl
| have bred the Chester White, for Gf-
teen years. nave tried everything, ana al Il
Make a little uen where the hoes cannor
turn around or get ont. I'd. Get broom .
end some soft soap and warm water. Wash | =
them well and then clean off with clean .
water. 81. Use ! sulphur, good lard y
mix, and rub on with brush of some =,
kind. Don't use the hands for their is dan d
ger. q
Another Rat Exterminator. u
4 mixture OF two parts OF well bruised :.
common squills and three parts of finely ;.
chopped bacon is made into stiff mass, J
with much meal as NAV be re-
qui,ed, and then baked into small cakes, VI
which are put down for the rats 10 eat.
Several correspondents of the German Ag-
reui,uuui Gazene write to announce the COM
plete exterpation of rats and mice from fl
their cow stalls and piggeries since the h
adoption of this simple plan. II
How 10 Determine Good Flour. n
Prairie Farmer, IL Sc
When -four is genuine, or OF the best a.
kind, it holds together down IN mass u
when squeezed by the hand, and shows the o.
impressions of the fingers, and even OF the 81 81
marks of the skin, much larger than when u
it is bad or adulterated. The dough made N N
with good -four is very gluey, ducIile and u y
elastic, easy to be kneaded, and NAV be u.
tiattened and drawn in every direction ~
without breaking. Il
The Hest Ornamental Trees. u,
Prairie Farmer,Il ~
Mr.. George ElIwanger. at the late meet ID
ing at the Western New York Hor,icuI-
turaI Society. gave the following as a lIs, y,
of deciduous ornamental trees possessinq u.
real merit for planting. For a small place VI
he advocated: Birch. cut-leayed. yellow e.
wood; thorn, Paul's double scarlet; Judas 81
tree beech. Rivers smooth-leayed purple -.
alder. imperial cut-leayed: Kolreuteria w
magnolia soulangean: mountain ash. oak 81
leaved willow. Kilmarnock. For larger =,
places to the above he would add: Elm. IT,
weepipg and Blapdform lin ~
den, white-leayed oak. scarlet. birch -
Youps's sw eepipg beech. weepipp and cut ~
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49, - a 49, CUT pa
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o d., 10, ~Ax |ns WAX a,
Inc ffdofoas fdmer publishes the follow, OF
ing formula Tor making an excellent liquid In