The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-05-16

KILLING THE PEACH bORER.-An
Ohio farmer sends the following TO an
exchange: One pins Of crude carboIic
acid, costing 25 cents, IL sufficient for
20 gallons Of soft soap, with ~ much
hot water to thin II; then stir In the pint
Of carbolic acid and let Il stand over
night or longer to combine. Now add
~ gallons rain water and stir well; then
apply To the base Of the tree with short
broom or old paint brush, taking pains
to wet the inside OF all crevices. This
will prevent both peach and apple bor-
ers. It should be applied in the latter
end of June In this climate, when the
moth and beetles usually appear.
KEROSENE IN THE PoULrRY-YARD.
Kerosene oil judiciousiy applied is .
valuable article In the poultry.house.
Perches washed with It occasionally will
remain free from vermin; il is also ef-
fectlve in the cleaning Of nest boxes. II
appears. however, that there Is wrong
as well As right way Of employing this
pungent substance. According TO the
Poultry World kerosene should be APP
piled beneath the nests and upon the
wood work only. 1t Is too stroig and
penetrating TO be placed where II will
come in direct contact with the eggs
that are being set on or to touch the
bodies Of the fowls. Therefore, where
it is carelessly or too profusely scatter
ed, so that the hen sits upon It or her
eggs are touched with the liquid, It does
more harm than good, often permeating
the shells and destroying the embryo
chicks. According to the authority re-
ferred to, IL the eggs are smeared with
kerosene oil at any period, either when
first laid or when being set, their vitali-
tv is as surely destroyed As it would be
if the shells we're punctured or crushed.
TRANsPLANTING SEEDLINGS Thou
sands Of good seedlings are lost e-ery
year through the most reckless careless
ness in transplanting. Not one person
in five hundred knows how to put out
living plants as il should be done. In
the first place the plants should be taken
up correctly Let the soil where they
are growing be thoroughly saturated
with water several hours before the
plants are to be taken up. Then, instead
Of laying hold of them roughly, and
pullingup large handful and thus leave
most Of the roots in the ground, thrust
q trowel or spade beneath them and
loosen up dozen or more. BY this
means each plant can b. taken up with
large portion of the fibrous root still
adhering to the main root, with little
ball OF fine soil. When the roots have
no ball of earth adhering TO them they
will not take a vital hold Of the soil I'M
til after the lapse Of from one to four or
more days. But As soon as the small
rootlets begin to spread through the soil,
leaves will be produced as fast Is they
can be sustained.
When there are many plants to be set
out it is good plan to take an old milk
pan, into which put about two quarts OF
cows droppings and the same quantity
Of fine muck. Add warm water and
stir until the mass Is about the consist
ence Of thick Cruel. Into this liquid the
plants should be placed with care until
the pan Is filed with plants, all standing
erect. Garry this pan TO the place for
setting out plants and put them in the
soil carefully, one at time. Plants OF
any sort viii be more likely to live II put
out towards evening than II transplant
ed during the first part Of hot and dry
day. II the weather 10 cloudy, one time
will be no more favorable than another
for transplanting, and il the seedlings
are well watered and shaded from the
next days sun, you will hardly lose one
plant, or even have leaf curl--Amer-
team G,rdener.
BROoMs AND BRoOx Corn CULTURE.
Any ingenious boy may easily learn TO
make a very good and durable broom,
without any further instruction than an
old, worn-out broom. All the needed
machinery may be extemporized on al.
most any farm. II fathers would en-
courage the boys Ia some such enter
prise, II would give Them moro encour-
agement TO remain on the farm, and 10
become better farmers. In the making
Of brooms ,only one 81 two things need be
purchased These are twine or broom
wire, and perhaps, unless you conclude
TO learn by using secoBd-hand handles.
which, by little sandpapering, will
often answer well. To tie the brush,
the Irvine or wire must be drawn tight,
which may be done by first softening
the brush stems in water, and by wind
ing the wire or Irvine around q stick, 10
or IL inches long, and by placing this
under the feet, the brush and handle ON
q table, or suitable horse, it may be
drawn with the hands tight as needful
A needle for sewing or tacking the
brush may be extemporized by taking
wire from an old umbrella, cutting il to
length, and sharpening the end on
grindstone, using the hole in the other
end as an eye for the Irvine. Take the
old broom to pieces, car fully noting