The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-07-03
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD:
Farm and Garden Notes.

lully IL Is well TO have One-slXth OF then
two years old, one-sixth three, and tn
same number of the ages Of four, five
six and seven years.
There is no reason why green pea
should not be eaten during the entire
summer. The majority of the people
however, who have gardens content
themselves with one or two paintings oi
this wholesome and delicious vegetable
Frequently we see grape trellises
made wholly of wooden bars, which the
vine tendrils cannot clasp or climb on.
Vertical wires, eight inches apart, are
neatest, and carry the weight of shoots
loaded with fruit without yielding, but
light rods or neat twiggy brush answer
well for the vine TO climb by, and such
support is essential for free and perfect
growth.
Some sensible writer truthfully says
that "most diseases of cattle are pro-
duced by wrong treatment-too mueh
feed at one time, too little at another;
too rich at one time, too poor at another,
etc. If all horses and cattle were fed
and watered and used properly there
would be little disease, and all ailments
could be cured by simple remedies, which
every man has or may have at hand"
Ploughing green crops into the ground
to act as q manure was long practised by
the ancient Romans, and is done in Italy
and in many other countries where the
soil and climate are favorable. This
mode of fertilizing is specially suited to
warm countries where vegetation is
rapid and luxurious. In the southern
countries of Europe the harvest is early
and the crops removed in time sufficient
to allow the maturity of the green plants
the same season.
The best time to cut wheat, according
to Missouri farmer, is "when it is
passing out of the stiff dough, or when
the kernel is plump yet soft enough to
mash with the hand; but when so cut it
must not lay many hours in the hot sun
to cure, but should be bound immedi-
atelv and set up in shocks very soon
after. If wheat stands on the haulm
until dead ripe it will make less and
inferior -four, because the bran will be
thicker and harder and will 'cut up in
grinding, thus giving the -four a darker
shade. The sheaf should be made of
medium size and should be laid by the
binder either to right or left as need be,
so that four or five swathes are thrown
together, which will save much time in
shocking"
This timely item appears in the South
eTT Hus6Gndnadn. To destroy bugs on
squashes and cucumber vines dissolve a
tablespoonful of saltpetre in pailful of
water, put pint of this around each
hill, shaping the earth so that it will not
spread much, and the thing is done.
The more saltpetre, if you can afford it
1t is good to vegetable but death to
animal life. The bugs burrow in the
earth at night and fail to rise in the
morning. 1t is also good to kill grub
in peach trees-only use twice as much,,
say quart to each tree. There was not
yellow or blis,ered leaf on twelve or fif-
teen trees to which it was applied last
season. No danger of killing any vege-
table with it-a concentrated solution
applied to beans makes them grow
wonderfully.
Protecting COrnnelds from Birds.
The crow, the blackbird, and the
bluejay are the only birds that molest
our cornhelds, and this for period of
about two weeks, starting from the time
the corn is up. To protect the fields
against their depredations many devices
are resorted to, two of which at least are
etfectual, the rest doing little or nothing
In averting the mischief. The first is
the running of twine around the field,
elevated six to eight feet from the
ground on poles; but this requires time
and is somewhat expensive. The other
Is to SOW corn over the field to feed
ir1d 10
to extend this sowing over more than q
small portion of the ground at two or
three different places, at the head lands.
The depredatOrs would soon discover
the charitable donation, and be perfect
~ satisfied with the arrangement, leav-
ing the young plants unharmed. In pro-
viding the remedy the time spent would
be trihing, and the whole cost from
half to bushel of corn. But it should
be remembered that the crow never
eats hard corn. If found hard it is car
ried off, six to eight grains at time,
and buried until it becomes soft. There
fore, the corn, before being scattered, a
portion at a time, should first be we'll
soaked. With this precaution, we think
we can promise any cornfeld to be free.
from the depredations 80 much COM
planned of in certain seasons. German
tolOn Telegraph.
To Tell A Fully RIpened Water-AIeIOn.
When the melon begins to change
color inside, and its seeds to turn black,
a small Elack speck, scale, or blister,
begins to appear on the outer cuticle,
or rind. These are multiplied and en-.
larged as the fruit natures. A ripe
melon will show them thickly sown over
the surface. A partial development only
indicates half-ripened fruit. A full crop
of blisters reveals its perfect ripeness.
When hundreds of melons are strewn
along the sidewalk; you will have to look
pretty sharply to find one that exhibits
a satisfactory " escutcheon," to borrow
term from M. Gnenon. But it is un-
failing when found and nv folIowinO