The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-15
RARM NOTES.

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. a day Of first, adding two hours every da
thereafter, until II Is kepton continually,
the usual remedy. Rest from work
helpiul7to u cure,
A BREEDER Of poultry says: "Evel
Q spring ! procure o quantity Of cedt
boughs and scatter them plentifully |
u and around the lien house. This Is q
that is necessary, as the odor OF cedI
keeps away the lice"
GARDENIN0 10 regularly and PRACTICAL
. taughtin 10000 primary schools in France
Every school house has its garden, an
teachers must I've not only good gardener
, but qualified to teach horticulture, orthe
cannot pass examination.
GRowER Of fruit should bear in min
that now Is the time TO look after thei
fruit. II the trees are crowded, the In
perfect fruit should be pulled or knOcker
OIL to insure a Crop Of sound, well.mature,
fruit In August or September.
LAND which without an application Q
manure will give a yield OF fifteen busheI
OF wheat per acre, will, by the addition o
eighty pounds Of nitrogen in q iavorabl,
season, give from thirty.hve 10 forty bush
els Of wheat with q proportional increasl
Of straw.
THE National Lire Stock Journal says: "a,
slop made Of corn and oats, ground IL
about equal parts, with q little oil mea
added, makes the best food for the SOY
while sucking to increase the flow O
milk and this, with clover pasture ant
plenty Of soaked corn during the summer
will promote a rapid and healthy growth
ofthe pigs"
To make a good harness polish take oil
mutton suet two ounces; beeswax, siS
ounces; powdered sugar, six ounces
lampbIack, one ounce; green or yellow
soap, two ounces, and water, one-haif pint
Dissolve tho soap in the water, add the
other solid ingredients, mix well and ado
t%urpeltine. Lay on with II sponge and
polish of with q brush.
POTATOES 81 lar more from weeds than
any other CrOr. One weed will take up
ahd evaporatc a good deal OF moisture
from the soil, and rob the crop of what Il
greatly needs. This loss OF moisture Ia
not often thought OF in considering the
effects OF weeds, but it is very important,
When too late to be killed by cultivation,
the weeds should be hand.pulled.
nILUTED carbolic acid is found to be q
complete exlerminator Of the potato. beetle
and other insects iniesting crops, and il
should be used in preference to Paris
green. But it is destructive to plant life
unless it is sufficiently diluted with water
-one pint Of carbolic acid to one hundred
parts Of water. This important fact should
bO borne in mind, and, doing so, there is
perhaps no better insect destroyer known.
ANunfeeling correspondentrecommend
the cruel method OF splitting the tongue
OF q COW that sucks herself. Rather than
adopt the barbarous treatment we would
dry the COW and fatten and sell her for
beef. We bare published better remedies
than this, and herewith give another.
Make q bride with a medium.sized wire
for a bit, and iasten 1t upon the head Of
your s~eltsucking COW, and she will quit
the habit
Carrots seem to have some peculiar et-
fects on the health OF horses, rendering the
skin especially glossyand healthy looking.
For mich cows carrots are valuable fOrthe
golden unge and richness which they i'm
part to the butter. They are also more
nourishing for cows than turnips are. In
feeding carrots, care must BIZ taken that
tie pieces arc not cut in such a shape as 10
choke the animal. Cut large carrots length
wise, not across.
The Agricultural says; "When hogs are
put up to fatten and led on dry corn, it is
the practice TO give them but little water;
but they require seine. 1t would not be
possible for a hog to live for weeks with.
out water or other drink when feeding on
dry corn, although when fed on new
soft corn, a very small quantity Of water
will be sufficient, and possibly, II the corn
is very soft and unripe, water might not
be Indispensable"
The following, furnished to an sgricult-
ural paper by an old farmer, is particular
ly seasonable just at this time. In time Of
droughts keep the soil in the finest posi-
Bile state: When the entire surface is an
impalpablepowder, and stirred frequently,
no crop will be destroyed by any drought
that can DO experienced on the Atlantic
slope. Fine dust is a great absorbent Of
moisture, and OF the fertiliziug gases that
pervade the atmosphere.
A WRITER in the Ohio Farmer says: at
is the belief Of observing enes that the
seeds or spores OF mildew exist during the
winter and spring on the bark and buds Of
vines, ready to vegetats anew when suit
able weather occurs in summer. As a
possible check to this ! am about to wash
! most OF my vines, before the buds open,
with c~aITs"nllC soapsuds. think this will
also tend to lessen the mischievous work
of the steel beetle on the buds"
PROFESSOR HARRINGTON, in asummary Of
the experiments begun in 1870 by the
Maine Agricultural College to ascertain
which has the greatest value as q food for
swine, cooked or uncooked meal, says:
"We have, by an experiment which has
been continued from three to four months
OF each Of the nine yearS since It's begin
ming, obtained evidence that ali the mon:
ey and labor expended in cooking meal
for swine is more than thrown away"
A CORRESPONDENT in the Country Gentle.
man, who has been experimenting in corn
culture on q clay loom, has come 10 the
conclusion that a good sod turned under
is equivalent to an increase often bushels
Of corn to the acre, and that it is not wise
TO use manure the same season, hut apply
them the next season. He found that
potash fertilizers did notdo much good on
Clay looms, but the result from the use Of
bone dust, which contained much phos.
phoric acid, the best results were obtained,
A CORRESPONDENT, speaking OF crops,
says that farmers should have y diversity
of crops, so that il there is q failure in one
there may be a hit iu another, The In
telligent farmer lays his plans US much as
tho leader OF military. He looks ahead to
see what will make him money; and he
don't put all his eggs under one hen, fol
she might leave the nest and all would be
added. Farmers should plan wisely and
carry out the plans to the best Of their
ability.
Is the care and management Of the
dairy COW the milking should be done
with exact regularity as to time, and each
COW be MIXED by the same person, and
in tho same order from day to day II pos
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