The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-07-17
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harVest rs soon the tops
die down. Store 10 o cool airy place
S7"ostes.-keep clear ofbu,s b,
hand picking. Let the vioes s,rik,
root at the joints.
1omatoes.-Keep from the proup,
by frames or trelIises. Brush or hay
Is better than nothing.
Celery -Sitin rows three feet
spart and six inches in tho row on
the ievai, in well MANFRED soil. The
trench system has nearly gone ou,
Of practice.
me S9uthern Planter says the
leaves Of mulleo scattered anon, the
corn in the crib, will efFectually pre.
servo 1t from the ravages of rats. aod
that corn soaked in q solution of sul-
puate OF iron (copperss) previous TO
the planting will not be troubled
with molcs.
PoRtry.-The Alck should now be
weeded out all Improbable fowls
poor layers, and poor mothers, should
DC used or marketed. Two weeks
feeding in a coop will be sufii ciept 10
make them fat. A few of the bss,
OLD hens may be kept over for early
sotting, but many ln a flock ore no.
profitable.
Co'os.-A cool, dark, clean stable
ior The cows, is for many reasons pre-
ierablc, to hot pasture in the mid,
die OF the day. Cows that bave
Deen Kept up on moderate feed, will
shrink iu their milk. on bein, turned
into luxurious pasture on no, day.
Dry earth or sand makes a better
Dad'og than straw during the hot
season.
Pfgs.-Young pigs may be made
ready Tor market, in 100 days il dc,
sired, by good feeding. The SOW
should be well fed with rich slop, to
iorcc good flow Of milk, and a feed
ing place for the pigs should be pro,
V'aed' IN which they eau get spare
milk with little fine ground barlv
meal or wheat middings.
The utmost cleanliness should be
preserved about the premises in the
hot weather. All wastes aud garb,
age should be disposed of on u com.
post heap; load of good soil and
s0ds from fence rows will DO useful
ms the bases for it. Weeds should
DO gathered aud addol to the bean 5
Liberal additions of plaster will pre-
vent disagreeable oders.
Ihod a mare s,me years az, ,ba,
Lad large wart on her side wbero
The harness rubbed and kept it sore. {
in summer the flies made il worse /,
10 prevent this put on good daub a
OF tar, and 10 few weeks the wart
was killed and disappeared. I have y
frequently tried it since on cattle !
and horses, and seldom had an oc- y
cas'on to use second application.
The remedy is simp le and effective
Prairie Farmer.
P"re drinking ,cater is of the first
Importance. More dangerous poisops
are taken into the system with the
wafer w used, than in any other way
nat from brooks is dangerous, as
WASH from mhnured fields, and s,ak.
lse from the soil flows into them ,
water from clear wells and springs |
onIy' should be given to cattle, and
1 such precau.ion is needed for III ,m ST
i Is equally so for the owners n
Much aV0idable disease is due to i'm. ~ !
pure water.
Eye Lotions.-First- On. Of ,ho ns 1n
post liquids is very diluted solution ao ao
u saiphate Of copper, or acetate of
cad Second-Sulpha,s Of zinc, 81. il
VI eight grains glycerine, two =
water, four table.
poonsful. Drop two or three drons
n'o the eye highland moruine. and n
'a'h the lids frequently. For stves ~
'all out the eye lash in It's cen,s, 7
nd touch the stys very carefully pa, pa,
WIN lunar raustic mois'ened. A,
'ed time apply bread and milk
=, thl
no" Mad Dogs are Produced -Io, cao I9I
ny one stand in a crowded thor -
ughiare at noontide at this season ,ie %,
ays the New York Times, and he gNIo
VII have a good chance Of seeio, 1
'aa dogs manufactured. An animal stg
et' as'rhy, and runs aboot amid the Z
arriage wheels, cursed and wLoonsd Ma
t. Soon his tongue protrudes. He aa
ufps tllg UNI, .,J A.. '"'