The Red Cloud chief., 1878-06-13
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
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FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
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II. :. Todd. Of Huron county Ohio,
ON treating his trees for the borers,
writes: II have a n orchard @,
two acres, planted eight wears ago.
About five years ago ! found the borrr.
nj work IN all the trees, more or less,
The bark would turn black and peel oil,
and then would appear decayed In spot.
b size Of my hand and larger. I com,
menced To scrape with my knife. and
found u white grub working between
h bark and tree. In some trees | found
as many as ten wormsi in tree. They
killed two If my largest trees. and in.
jured five others so that they died. |
first tried soft soapsudsi i, seemed "a
Kill them by drow ming af,crward
o strong I've, that would float an egg;
this killed all that II touched. | dug
out several worms after using the I've,
and every one was dead. | have washed
my trees, in May and September. ever
since. and have not lost a tree since. |
should like To hear from others as Ia
remedies.
Much butchcry Is committed by un.
skillful persons under the delusive idea
that they are judiciously pruning. A
young orchardist told Us u few years
since. with evident dissatisfaction, tina,
In the thorough pruning he gave his
apple trees the previous spring. he had
cut of than he had left ON. Is IL
any wonder that the orchard refused 10
bear any considerable quantity Of frui,
for several yearsp A skillful pruner,
by taking a glance at u young tree, can
easily see what buds are To be removed
and what should be left, and can prune
II with his thumb nail so that the tree
will require little more care for the sea-
son. Trees managed In this way will
have few large limbs requiring TO be cut
away. Sometimes u limb Is cut of
leaving a stump two or three inches
long on the tree. Aside from the un-
slightly appearance, such u wound can
never heal owe II il Is necessary Ia
remove a limb. it should be sawn oil as
closely as possible to the stem. and then
smoothly trimmed of with sharp knife
or chisel.
Aromatic Principles In MILK.
Prof. Segelcke, of the Royal Agricul.
turalCollegc Of Denmark. states that his
experience, based on continued study
and experiment. puts 1t beyond u doubt
to his mind that the aromatic principles
Of butter do not exist In natural milk.
and that it is the decomposition Of the
principles of this latter-probably of
ever utterly inodorous principles-that
gives rise To aroma Of butter.
To sustain this theory he states that
ifthe temperature Of the milk when set
for cream be from so to So degrees or
more, it decomposes, forming Tactic acid
and several other new principles. among
which are aromatic principles, while
needs but to churn the cream To OBJ
tain nm aromatic butter. II, on the
other hand. the temperature Of the milk
at such time be near freezing point the
decomposition for the production of mr..
omatic principles is held in check. and
consequently. the aroma Of butter OBJ
tanned from fresh cream is SO feeble it
is not perceptible to persons accustom-
ed to butter prepared rs above indica-
ted. But II IL be desired to obtain a
more aromatic butter all that Is required
Is to place the cream in circumstances
favorable for tactic fermentation, ands
few hours will produce the required 70.
suit. - Chicago Prairie Farmer.
VIII Poultry Pay:
This Is a question that Is often asked:
Will poultry payp III course II will pay.
The lazy good-for.nothing tramp, sleep.
ing in the barn, begging or stealing
from door to door, could make a good
Lying by renting ar acre Of ground and
rAising chickens. The poor farmer,
who gets deeper and deeper In the mire.
every year, because his grocery bill II
larger than his wheat sales, might keep
that grocery bill paid up in eggs and
fowls, II he were not so welded To his
idols and SO averse to progressive farm
ing. We hear of a woman in Stanisi-
aus county who last year sold over el.-
900 worth If eggs and poultry. the la
Dor Of her own Individual hands. But
then she was different from most men
and most women who we meet on the
farm. You cannot make her believe
that il was a .'smair' business, unwor-
thy the dignity and standing which are
supposed o attend farming. You can
not induce her TO believe that II was a
mental employ ment. On the other
hand. she found many pleasures in it,
the business genteel and easily man.
aged, and the product convertible into
cash nj her own door. She raised one
thousand chickens and turkeys, and Is
making money.
The Walking llals Of Bsrv~s.
Much has been said lately by the
agricultural journals in favor Of cult
waiting the walking gait Of horses. and
agricultural societies are advised To Offer
premiums for the fastest walkers. This