The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-10-30
THE PRESS.
Farm Notes.

fdrh NOG0S.
For iron rust take dry cream OF tartar and
rub on with the finger while the cloth is wet.
Hang or place where the sun will shine di-
rectly upon it. Should the rust not come oil
with the first application, repeat
IF strawberry beds are to be protected this
winter. the material used should not cover
the soil with seeds. Probably straw or even
the leaves or small stalks of corn are as good
as anything that can be used
The Rural New Yorker says: "We take
the liberty to regard the use of bags as a
covering for punches of grapes, thereby pro-
tectng them from the birds and insects, as
one of the vagaries Of enthusiastic horncul-
tursts."
The most satisfactory results with bees
may be expected if abundant stores OF honey
can be found within two miles They will
work more freely upon blossom at some
distance from the apary than upon those
close by.
In nearly all cases small-boned animals
are good feeders, will mature early and pos
sess fine flesh. On the other hand, coarse
bones and large joints indicate poor feeding
quality and coarse flesh, with q large proper
ton of offal.
A cellar that is cool and dry and dark, and
yet well ventilated, is the best place for pre-
serving potatoes in large quantities. When
smaller quantities are to be preserved, there
is nothing like dry sand The same may be
said of fruits and roots of all sorts.
A farmer at Waynesboro, Vt, says he be-
lieves a number of his sheep have died with
epilepsy When found they were lying
down and all four feet were in rapid motion.
They were foaming at the mouth, and then
came diarrhea shortly ending in death.
The Cultivator and Country Gentleman
saws that when a horse is affected with
worms in the rectum, there should be in
iected in the rectllm once daily for week
mixture of one pint of linseed oil and two
drachms of oil of turpentine. Feed at the
same time bran mashes and oil meal
Cold and wet do much harm to young
stock and stop the growth, which is rarely
commenced again until the warm weather
of the next season. A rough shed in the
pasture will furnish useful protection, and
small supply of rich food is of value in keep
ing up the thrift.
In blowing it is never good plan to turn
up a mass of crude earth of several inches
in depth, never before exposed to the sun
light and air. 1t WILL unless heavy manur-
ing is given as a top dressing, result in loss.
In deepening soil it is better to pillow up
an additional inch each year.
An old farmer writes to the Country Gen
teman as follows: "The value OF corn
nuSkS Ill Iile lfiS Is HUGH SEtdltl tIitb
realized by the generality of farmers in feed
ing, although as fodder l consider them
worth as much per pound as the average hay
for cattle. They are used for a variety of
purposes. If our farmers would pick the
corn from the stalks, husks and all, they
could safely house it in good weather and
pull the husks under cover, thus saving
them by themselves, either for sVle or other
purposes as desired. The husking could be
done at times when out of door hnsking
would be very disagreeable or impracticable
Good, clean corn husks are sometimes sold
to upholsterers at high prices, and are al
ways in demand by them"
\ Cheap Ice House.
In giving the following cheap plan for an
ice house, the Fruit Record leaves one with
out excuse en- the ground of expense. eff
you have no house ready, draw one hundred
or more blocks of ice; pack them close to-
gether in a solid block on the North side of
the building where the drainage will be good.
After the ice is all packed together, build up
around tia cheap board or rail fence, one
foot away from the ice, packing the space
between the sides and ice with straw; over
the top throw few inches of sawdust and
putting over all cheap roof, leave a good
air hole in the top Ice may be kept in this
way until September or October.