The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-08-28
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

n ohA7k ulStdke Is maUC ny IdTIl1tT
who think that stock must not be fed a
home after the appearance of grass
Stock will show this false eco. 1omy al
through the season.
GUINEA fowls are the most acti We de.
Ssroyers of the Colorado beetle, a writer
claaming that one guinea hen will pro
tect an acre of potatoes. Whether an
not they possess such y surprising ca
4 pacfty Of gizzasd, they certainly prey
ON thu: beetle as well az on many other
insect pests ,...... .l.-gsjt f ga
EARHS lambs may be pushed forward
! by giving them little cow 3 milk They
will soorD learn to drink this from q pam
| The milk SHOULD be given warm from a
| fresh cow, quarter of q pEnt TO meal.
DO not overfeed any young ;sAiJlaI; that
rstards instead of assisting ggOwth.
MICHIGAN sets an example, by appro-
priating S12, 800 to establish - school
where girls mSs learn certain Branches
of the pursuit otagricultue. The lead
ing course of studies proposed is the
making of butter, cheese. and bread,
rearing of poultry, and thseult6NatiOn
of small fruits and, vegetables. it
THE Chinese are said, to, preserve
grapes for a very considerableperi0d by
cuttinga circular piece out of ~ ripe
pumpkin or gourd, making an aperture
large enough to admit the handt The
interior is then thoroughly cleaned out,
the ripe grapes are placed inside;and, tine
cover replaced and pressed I'M FIRMLY
The whole is then kept in a cool place.
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The thriftiest calves should be closelS
watched when turned to, pasture. lest
they be attacked with g black quarter. ~
This is the effect of two rank and wate--
~ food, which impSirs digestion. Am
ounce of EPSON salts may be giveniwith
advantage to each calf when turnedlOut,
as precautiOn against this frequent dam
ger.
A VERMONT farmer recommends the
use of sawdust asa bedding for cattle,
to keep them clean and absorb the liquid
manure. An experience Of twenty years
in using on large farm shows that it
does not injure the soil, being freely APP
piled in this way. Some soils no doubt
wcnld be improved by the addition, of
savdust; others might be injured some
what for time until the sawdust de-
cayed.
THE result of late experiments in
England show that fifteen and one-half |
quarts of the milk of Shorthorns are re- |
quiyed for pound of butter. The same /
amount was produced from ten and |
ohe-half quarts of Ayrshire milk, nine
and One-half quarts of Galloway milk
and eight and one-half quarts of Kerry
mills, the milk being produced, as near
" rs possible, under the same condi- |
lions.
A FARMER says: "Four years ago |
my farm was fearfully infestedMith rats. /
TheT were so numerous that I.had great |
fears of my whole crop being, destroyed |
by them after it was housed; but having |
two acres of wild peppermintthat grew
in Il field of wheat cut and bound With
the wheat, it drove the rats, from my
premises. 1 have not been troubled 4
with them since, while my neighbors
have any quantity of them"
TIE following remedy for gapes in
chickens we find in the New York Times |
Its efficacy is easily tested: Put a cup
full of slaked lime and q few chickens |
affeetsd with gapes in paper flour-sack, |
OF any similar receptacle, and give it a |
good shaking. The object is to cause
the chicks to inhale the lime-dust, which |
either kills the gape-wOrm or elects it by |
the violent sneezing which is caused. !
That this method is effective know by !
frequent trials
FLOUR of sulphur, says Prof. Beal of |
the Michigan Agricultural College, has
long been known as valuable remedy |
for mililew on grapes. Where there is
a probability of its approach, apply sui
phur on the foliage of all the plants be-
fore it appears. A hand bellows can be
made with a curved rose on the tip. |
Fill this partly full of sulphur; hold it
so as dD blow the flour of sulphur on the !
under side of the leaves. 1t will take
thirty or forty pounds for an acre. 1t
costs emily few cents a pound, and a
man-can go over an acre day. Again,
later in the season, 90 over the vines
where any n1ildew appears. Good drain
age is important. Whether sulphur has
been used for grape rot in the way above
mentioned or in any other way, the wri-
ter is not informed. 1t is worth trial.
I'm some portions of Ohio grape rot is
kept off by tying paper sack over each
cluster of grapes when half grown; also
in some cases by placing boards a foot
wide horizontally over the trellis.