The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-05-23

A MIXTURE ofguano, superphosphales
of lime and potash salts is an excellent
ieILiliz,r for beets,
THE Hcssian fly only nourishes in
damp or wet seasons, while the chinch
bugs lourishes in dry years.
IT il estimatad that over 100000 trees
were planted in Ote county, Ncb, Arbor
day and the day previous.
THE bill TO provide for establishing an
agricultural experimental station in New
York State has passed the assembly and
bids fair to become n law. The amount
appropriated by the bill is $4,000.
PLANT Gala lilies in the garden in
summer, and in the autumn pot them as
follows; One.third sand and the re-
mainder good garden soil water with
hot water, and in the pot saucer keep II
sponge saturated with ammonia.
lT is economy to feed ground grain to
work horses. A pailful Of moistured cut
hay with three quarts of ground feed
mixed with it is II good quantity feed
for n horse. Give it nearly dry. A
good feed for a work horse is equal parts
of corn, oats and wheat bran.
AS soon n the upper portions Of the
straw of the cereal become yellow, no
further increase takes place in the
weight of the seed. II the grain be not
cut down o o after the appearance of
this sign, its quality deterioratcs and its
weight diminlshes,
THE Point Keyes estate in California,
is credited as being the largest dairy
farm in the country. 1t keeps an agrrc-
gate OF 1900 cows, whose milk il worked
up by thirty diaries. Among the items
credited to this "ranch" is 55O,O 600
pounds OF butter, valued at $4,000.
II Is quite COW pasture"
TO KILL the Rose Slug.-Dnst the
plant weekly with powdered or air.
Stacked lime road dust or ashe., and
repeat AZ often as may I've required; or
the plant may be thoroughly sprinklcd
and washed with a strong suds made of
soft soap. Another excellent remedy is
whale oil soap, one pound TO eight gallons
OF water; bend the bush over and apply
with n whisk-broOm.
AFTER Il wet piece of land has been
undetermined it may be hest seeded by
blowing and sowing with cats rather
thinIy. Oats succeed well upon cold,
moist ground and upon a sod, and if
there are no more than two bushels OF
seed per acre used, the grass seed will
take very well with this crop. A mixture
of four quarts of timothy, r bushel OF
red top and a bushel of blue grass per
acre would be preferable American
Agricultulist.
FARMERS who live in sparseIy settled
districts, Astounding in large, dry pas
lures, ri afford To give the time OF a
faithful and intelligent lad the whole
summer through, to be devoted exclu.
s'vely to rearing turkeys. The Young
broods must be watched rs constantly ~
ever a shepherd watches sheep ina region
infested by wolves. Every night, or
during the day, on the approach of rain,
they must be driven tn n roomv shed
WIN a tight roof. The mother birds.
and the young, can be soon trained IN hS
u'lseh w easily IA COWS are driven tn
PASTURE. ulve good forage ground. and
Keep out OF rain and dew, and success is
almost certain.-[Th Poultry World.
HUNGARIAN grass, it sown for hav
should be cut before the seeds form
This will allow Of its being fed regularly
to stock, and will he found a proftabIs
e. and gssd ierage. II allowed IN
crren the seed before cutting, there i,
danger in feeding II regularly, because Of
strong diuretic properties Of the seed
We had, last season. a report from a
stock raiser in the blue grass region of a
serious and fatal malady among his stock
which we attributed to overfeeding and
pro'racted feeding on Hungarian hay
TIE hay was discontinued, and there was
liz further trouble. Seed may be sowu
1T any saon, as it only requires ab,ui
SKY i've days To mature if sown broad.