Connecticut western news., 1879-06-25
FARM AND~GARDEN.

saAauss IaoAsneS, CurnlpS ana othef table vegetables, and some of our papers rather unadvisedly give similar advice here, where it is by no means so applicable. In the English climate the weather is mol or less congenial during the whole summer for peas, turnips, onions and all the class which we can only grow well in the temperate months of May and June, or September and October. They have no intervening tropical term during which our corn, tomatoes, string beans, et,., grow so luxuriantly-crops which are entirely excluded from English gardens because of the paucity of their sunshine. Our proper method of producing succession of peas, for instance, is by planting early and late sorts on the same day, and that the earliest day that finds the ground in sufficiently friable condition. Thus, too, we avoid pottering." We do the job of planting at once, and have but one care as to the wedding, and cultivating of all the peas we grow.
 THE PEACH BoRER.-The white grubs or peach borers will usually be found near the bark or in the soft white wood, as they never penetrate the heart wood of trees of large size or those over one or two years old. If there are borers in the trees, you should have no difficulty in finding them by removing the exuded gum, and then cut away the bark care- fully over their burrows, which often take very tortuous course. The parents of these borers are small moths; the fore wings of the female are blue and opaque, and the hind wings transparent, and the bodies of both of bluish- black color. The moths appear late in spring or summer, the female depositiug her eggs on the bark of the tree near the ground, where they soon hatch, and the young grubs bore into the stems, where they are readily found any time thence forward until the following season. The insect does not confne itself to the peach tree, but is also found in the wild cherry, and we have found them very abundant in the dwarf towering almonds, so much cultivated as ornamental shrubs.
 TIE ARMY-WoRM.-The army-worm differs both in appearance and habits from the cotton-worm. The first is a consumer of any green crop which chances to lie in the line of its march, while the cotton-worm subsists, as it's
 name indicates, on the foliage of the cotton-plant. The army-worm is also
 longer lived than the cotton caterpillar
 and travels faster. It is not, however,
 so subtle an enemy, and therefore is less
 difficult to overcome. The planter is often appraised of the advance of the army-worm in time to prepare for his reception. Probably as effective an ob- stacle as any in the path of the army
 worm is ditch of moderate depth hav- ing smooth perpendicular sides. An other precaution employed is scattering straw or dry sedge grass In the ditch and renewing it as fast as burned, so as to keep bed of hot cinders or line of fire between the field and the advancing pests. As not only cotton-felds but all garden..crops that lie in the line of m arch are devoured, a patrol of plough and spade to keep open the ditch is ad vised when this is at all practicable.
 How TO CARE FOR HARNESS. The first point to be observed is to keep the leather soft and pliable; this can be done only by keeping it we'll charged with oil and grease water is destroyer of these, but mud and the saline moisture from the animal are even more destruc- tive. Mud, in drying, absorbs the grease and opens the pores of the leather, making it ready prey to water, while the salty character of the precipitation from the animal iniures the leather, stitching and mountings. It therefore follows that to preserve harness the straps should be washed and oiled when ever they have been moistened by sweat or soi.ed by mud. To do this effectually, the straps should all be unbuckled and detached then washed with 8 little water and brown soap then coated with a mixture of neatsfoot oil, and be allowed to remain undisturbed until the water is dried out; then thoroughly rubbed with a woolen rag; the rubbing is important, as it, in addition to removing the surplus oil and grease, tends to close the pores and gives 8 finish to the leather. In hanging harness care should be taken to allow all straps to hang their full length brides, pads, gig saddles and collars should be hung upon forms of the shape of each. Light is essential to the care of leather, and when the harness closet IS dark the door should be left open at least half of the time during each day. All closets should be ventilated, and when possible they should be well lighted. To clean plated mountlngs use a chamois with little trip oil or rotten stone, but they should be secured as little as possible. Rubber covered goods are cleansed in the same way. Leather covered needs to be we'll brushed and rubbed with woolen rag. If 8 har- ness is thoroughly cleaned twice a year, and when unduly exposed treated as we have recommended, tho leather will re- tain it's softness and strength for many Journal.
 TEDDERs AND HAY CAPs.-In the Northern States where the weather at having time is liable to be uncertain the tedder has come to be very generally used for the purpose of shaking up and the hay. Should rain overtake the hay before it is put into cocks it is a useful and convenient means by which to lift the hay from the
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