American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-08-23
AGRICULTURAL.

The CHOKE-CURE FOR REFRACTORY
HoRsEs.-My method with balky horses
and | think it equally good in cases of
kicking or backing in harness, or run
ming away-has proved very successful
with my team, requires but moment
in its execution, and is not, | think, in
the least inhumane. | take Il strong
string Uhree-ply broom Irvine is the
besD, long enough to reach from the
horses neck to the carriage, fasten one
end around the horses neck in hard
knot, so the loop will not slip, bring the
throat-latch through the loop to prevent
the string from working back on the
neck. When the horse balks, do not
strike or shout at him, but sit quietly in
your seat and pull on the string until
you choke him. If the horse is very
stubborn you may have to choke him
severely, but he will be willing to pull
before he is choked down. Two or
three chokings will render him afraid to
balk. | tried this on my team last fall,
and have had no trouble with them
since.-Cor. N. Y. Tribune.
DESTROY the WEEDS BEFORE They
SEED.-At this season of the year farm
ers are generally crowded with field
work land unless great care is exercised,
many things about the farm will be neg
lected. There are few more repulsive
sights about farm than a garden over
grown with tall noXious weeds. 1t is q
matter of economy as well as neatness
that these weeds be destroyed before
they mature their seeds, and they be-
come scattered over the ground. One
weed allowed to 90 to seed at this sea-
son, will make a great many weeds next
year, and it is clearly to be seen that
unless care is taken to prevent it, lit
tie negligence now will cause much trou-
Bile another year. A few hours each
week spent in the garden with cultivator
and hoe, will be sufficient to prevent
this evil and the time, taken at odd
spells, when there is little else to be
done, will hardly be missed. 1t is not
practicable to entirely exterminate the
weeds from garden, but if little care
is exercised in preventing them from 60
ing to seed, great deal will be done in
that direction. A well managed kitchen
garden will hel p to reduce the current
expenses of a family, but at this season
of the year it must not be neglected or
the weeds will soon become the chief
occupants of the soil. A quarter of an
acre of garden, as some are managed,
will grow more weeds than 10 acres of
farm land. Fence corners are also apt
to be neglected. When a crop of grass
or grain has been removed from field,
the fences and fence corners should be
moved out with scythe. This will
add greatly to the appearance of farm
and many weeds will be prevented from
scattering their seeds to adjacent fields
and farms-Rurul New Yorker.
The INSECT QUEsTION.-An interest
ing discussion of the above question
took place at the last meeting of the
Berks County Agricultural Society. Mr.
Frederick Lauer, in referring to the prev
alence of the tent caterpillars in Berks,
advised the use of coal oil as an excel
lent remedy, and suggested IA law i'm
posing penalty for not destroying then
nests. Harry A. Tyson, of Exeter,
recommended Paris green for potato
bugs andsuch bugs as infest currant and
gooseberry bushes. DIR. Greene opposed
the use of Paris green as being one OF
the deadliest poisons. The feeding OF
| pulverized sulphur for lice on cattle was
recommended by President Zerr. DR.
Smith thought there was no danger in
the application of Paris green to potato
bugs Alexander Burnett advised the
every bug in its soft, pulpy state. A. S
Jones said he had tried tobacco-juice or
grape-vines to kill thrips, without sue
cess. DIR. +. S. Garrett of Robson said
that neighbor of his who had 800
peach-trees hauled loads of tobacco.
stems from Reading and put them un-
der the trees without destroying the in
sects. Secretary Fox stated the main
| difficulty of DISCRIMINATING insects
| to be the want of concerted
action by farmers, and that the nests OF
the tent caterpillars may be removed by
the discharge of gunpowder into them
with which suggestion Mr.. John Colt
shall fully conceded. Judge Stitze
stated that he found the best remedy tC
| be to use coal oil adulterated with water
| saturate straw fastened to the end of 9
| pole with the solution, and then swaf
the nests. No quarter should be giver
to the insect pests. The potato beetle
exists SO plentifully because some care
less farmers actually breed myriads o.
them. Many fields of potatoes were
abandoned to them last year, and the
neighboring country was thus stocked
| for this year. This is one insect that
might be abolished by a combined effort
| for year or two. Another is the cattle
| CAD fly, which may be found now in the
| backs of the cows and oxen in small
| humps or t,Imors, called MARBLES. The
grubs may be squeezed out of these tu
mors through the breathing holes and
| destroyed. Otherwise they will escape
| change to flies, and continue the mis-
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