The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-04-27
FARM AND HOME.
Saasonahle Hints.

Seasonable Hints.
A FEW pieces of bark off the root of
sassafras put in their nests will prevent
or cure lice on hens.
IT is said that the seed of the castor
oil bean, if planted where moles are
most troublesome, will drive them away.
This remedy, if it is remedy, is easily
tried and is worth testing.
WATER contaminated with decomposed
animal matter is common cause of dis
ease, and this polluted water is very
often that which is alone used by the
farmer and his family.
GOOD dairymen contend that milk is
partly absorbed when kept for a long
time in the udder, asserting that cows
MIXED thrice day produce more and
better milk than if they were MIXED
only twice day.
THE English feed for tattening sheep
consists of cotton seed and turnips.
They claim it will put on the most fat,
is the safest feed, makes the best mutton
at a less cost, and produces the best and
strongest manure.
AN English grape-grower, whose vines
were much affected by the mealy bug,
applied, with a small brush, mixture of
pint of spirits of wine and four ounces
of petroleum. He describes the result as
wonderful;" the insects were destroyed
and the plants suffered no harm.
The best time for transplanting ever
greens is just as the buds are beginning
to swell in spring; but if much earth is
carried with the roots, or enough to hold
them erect against the wind, standing
on the surface of the ground, they may
be set at almost any time, except when
at the most rapid period of growth.
A ST. ANNE Qll) correspondent of the
Prairie Farmer writes: have found
way to protect peach trees against
frost, which consists in training the trees
in bush form and tying packages of
branches. and twisting prairie hay about
them; the hay having been twisted into
rope. This is very rapid and cheap
way to protect them.
FARMERS should have a few grape
vines From no species of fruit can SO
much be produced upon given area of
ground space. Planted along on the
south or cast side of the fence, they can
be trained up on treilisses to quite a
height, if desirable, and the amount of
most delicious fruit that can be grown
upon well managed grape vine of the
right variety is astonishing.
IT is now high time to strike cuttings.
The most of the soft wooded plants, that
will strike at all, may be placed in sau-
GERS of thoroughly wet sand and kept So.
Place the cuttings in the sand from l to
Il inches in depth, the sand being 8 or
4 inches deep. Place them in the sum
light, and when roots have formed half
an zach long, transplant them.-Prdtrte
Farmer.
JUST before the chick breaks from it's
narrow cell, the last of the yolk is taken
into the stomach, which gives it the
strength to make its own grand effort for
freedom. This food will certainly last
twelve, if not twenty-four hours after it
is free During that time no other food
is needed; only rest is required for the
little stranger after its exhausting labor.
Poultry World.
HoRsERADIsH is plant easily grown
and is very agreeable to most persons as
a seasoning to meats, and is considered a
healthy excitant of appetite. 1t can be
grown from cuttings in any deep, rich
soil, or even in mucky one. 1t is best
after standing out all winter. In the
vicinity of cities it is extensively culti-
waited as market crop, and is found to
be very profitable. For family use a
few plants will suffice.
Do those extra teeth in colts, called
"wolf teeth" injure the sight? Should
they be removed, and how? DIR. Horne
gave the results of the examination of
over 1000 horses, of which 20 per cent
had then, or had previously had, wolf
teeth false molars), and only one showed
signs of any disease in the eyes. If the
extra teeth trouble the horse in eating,
they should be pulled, which can easily
be done with heavy pair of DENTISTS
forceps.-C Country Gentleman.
AN orchardist, who CREASED trees with
lard to keep rabbits away, tells the Gar
dener's Monthly that the application
caused the bark to peel, and that new
bark grew, on part of them. A neighboI
rubbed carbon oil on a fine lot OF
trees" for the same purpose, and the
next summer they were dead as door
nails. He adds that when he wants q
young tree to make fine growth be
ties hay or straw from the branches tC
the ground, and thinks he has thus in
sured the life of several which could not
otherwise have been saved.
For early spring use, SOW cucumbers
in hot-beds, leaving three plants in one
hill to each sash. For general crop, SOW
in May or beginning of June, after the
ground has become warm, in very rich
soil, in hills four or five feet apart each
way, elevating the hills little above the
ground. Put eight seeds in each hill
having buried some warm, half-rottec
manure therein, cover half an inch deel
with fine soil, and lightly press the eartl
!, over the seeds with the back of hoe
Keep the ground loose and clear o.
weeds; in dry weather water occasion
ally. Thin out, leaving four thrifty
plants in each hill, then insect danger il
past. Sprinkle vines with plaster, 500
or air-slacked lime to protect from in
sects. A warm location is most suitable
Sow early varieties of cabbage in hot
beds from February till April, thin on
the plants to hasten development, ant
admit plenty of air. The later varietie
are sown in May, for general crop in tn,
open ground. Transplant, when si1
inches high, into well-manured soil dur
ing the month of June, if sufficiently de
veloped. For early varieties. one and
half to two feet each way between tn,
plants, and two and half feet apart TO
the late varieties, are the RESPECTIVE,
proper distances. Transplant before
shower, or in moist weather, giving eacl