The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-08-22
FARaI AND GARDEN.

In rolling ground, never do it when
wet, but when it is firm enough to get
the necessary pressure from the roller.
If you have pasture with bare
places on it, harrow, new seed and roll
them, and you win have a uniform pas
ture.
A pail Of milk standing where it is
exposed to the scent Of strong SMELL
ing stable, OF any other offensive odor,
will absorb taint that will not leave
it.
Pulverized alum possesses the prop
erty of purifying water. A large spoon
ful stirred into a hogshead of water will
90 purify it that in few hours the i'm
purities will all sink to the bottom, and
the water will be fresh and clear. Four
gallons may be purified by a teaspoon
fnl of alum.
Garden beds are rarely dug deep
enough, and the manure is oftentimes
so fresh from the stable that it burns
the seed. Seeds planted in such soil
might as well be thrown into the fire.
The manure which las either rotted in
the heap or has been used as protee-
tion on beds during the winter, and
hen-dung, make a rich and acceptable
soil for most descriptions Of flowers.
A farmer claims to have found sure
cure for potato bug, by ten years ex-
pertinent in Colorado. His plan is sim
ply to plant one or two flax seeds in
each hill of potatoes. He says that
the bugs will shun it every time, and
that for ten years he has been success
full, while Others have failed. The pro-
posed remedy is simple, and it costs al
most nothing to try it.
In 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 per
son, and In the same order from day to
day if possible No change of mixers
or change of time for milking should
be allowed, except for the most urgent
reasons. Above all, never allow in
temperate dispositioned personsto milk.
Very slight causes often cause a shrink
age IN milk which cannot be brought
back.
Carrots seem to have some peculiar
effect on the health of horses, render
ing the skin especially glossy and
healthy looking. For mich COWS, car
rots are valuable for the golden tinge
and richness which they impart to the
butter. They are also more nourishing
for COWS than turnips are. In feeding
carrots, care must be taken that the
pieces are not cut In such a shape as to
choke the animal. Cut large carrots
lengthwise, not across
An INSECT DESTRoYER.-Ane expert
eneed gardner gives the following meth
cd for effectually destroying insect
pests; both indoors and out: Take a
barrel half filed with eoal tar and fill
II with water and let it stand awhile.
Then the water may be sprinkled on
the leaves and stems by means of a
wisp-broom or a watering pot. This
will kill all the insects that come in
contact with the plants If the coal
tar cannot be obtained, hellebore OF
Paris green may be used with perhaps
equally good results. By the use of the
coal tar water the plants are not in the
least injured, and supply of water
may be daily added to the barrel Of
cold tar.
To destroy bugs on squash or cucum-
Der vines, dissolve a tablespoonful OF
saltpetre in a pailful Oft water; put one
pint Of this around each hill, spreading
the earth 80 It viii not spread much,
and the thing Is done. Use moro salt
petre, if you can afford it, it is good for
vegetables, but death to animal life.
The bugs burrow IN the earth at nigh.
and fail to rise in the morning. I'll
also good to kill the "grubs" In peach
trees-only use twice as much, say a
quart to each tree. There was not a
yellow or blistered leaf on twelve OF
fifteen trees to which it was applied
last season. No danger of killing any
vegetables with It; a concentrated solu
ton applied to beans D:akes them grow
wonderfully.
A correspondent of the Massachu-
setts Pgosonan, with whom we fully
agree, asserts that flock of hens will
pay for themselves before they are one
year old, if they are rightly cared for
You can then sell them, if you choose
for good price and raise another lot
but It is not advisable to do so, as the
second year is the most profitable, but
do not keep them after they are two
years old, for after they are that age
the, do not pay so well. Do not keeE
mongrels, for they will not pay as vel
as thoroughbreds. One cross between
two pure breeds viii make good fowls
but do not 60 any further than that, i
you do they viii be very poor hens t.
keep for profit. The best cross is Il
use White Leghorn cock on Ligh
Brahma hens; [ say White Leghorn
because that cross viii produce uni
form color; there will be no parti-color
ed feathers, which is an advantage il
preparing poultry for the market. /
you can give your fowls large range
keep the pure White Leghorn, tbey
viii produce more eggs than the large
breeds, in number, and as eggs arr
sold by the dozen, you will gain by S,
doing. The Plymouth Rocks ara no
bic breed; they make good layers ant
good mothers; they lay good eggs and