The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-05-15
FARM NOTES.


pigeons.
Saturate corncobs with kerosene and
hang them on the plum trees IN order to
get rid Of the ''curculio.
A thorough dressing of the bushes with
Underground plaster Of paris Is said to be
the most efficacious remedy Tor the currant
worm.
Patent tube COW mixers are pronounced
humbug by English iairymen. They
not only lessen the yield Of milk. but IN
some cases have actually spoiled the
cows.
The pea is the most nutritive Of the
leguminous crops, and its wholesomeness
as an article of food is attested by its great
use in Sootland-the country Of grea, men
and able bodied laborers.
A correspondent says: AT present
prices of milk, butter and young stock,
there is no margin for profit IN farming.
save in the manure pile. There's luss
where il is-and yet farmers don't fail.
Celebrated as is England for its high
farming there are yet A.cO0.oUo acres OF
waste or uncultivated land In that country
"a possible means of home food production
to that island that is certainly very prom
ising.
Manure your orchards heavily and cul-
tivate annually. Com. potatoes. buck
wheat and all root crops may occupy the
we'll MANFRED orchard. hut : no consiiera-
ton allow the growing Of oats. Oats are
almost a sure death to fruit trees OF any
kind.
1t is well for the dairyman to remember
these proportions: A quart OF average
milk which has a specific gravity OF lou
at 60 degrees Fahrenheit. weighs 2.i2
pounds. One hundred quarts OF milk are
equal to nine pounds Of butter, or l2's
pounds Of cheese.
Ii is some satisfaction to learn that pur-
slain is no new plague 10 the farmer. but
throve, in all its present vigor, IN the corn
fields Of the Indians centuries ago. IL Is
described by Champlain IN his voyages to
this country in 1905, and the French cs-
teemed 1t as an esculent.
A Michigan lady writes that 10 XII III
sects she uses one teaspoonful of kerosene
10 a gallon Of water and sprinkles j, on
the plants with hand broom. Ii destroys
green flies, currant worms and other pests,
and was used without injury on fuchsIas.
geraniums, callas and other plants.
For every hundred heads OF cabbage
take quarter of pound OF black pepper.
ard put IT in a box large enough TO -slft
out we'll. Go into the patch before the
dew is off and pepper the cabbage well.
Two or three times will be- sufficient. The
worms go through the leaves and die.
A successful grower Of green peas says
in the American IyricHifTaiisf: Select
as dry and warm spot as can he allotted
TO them. and applying fair quantity OF
weli-rotted yard manure, SOW ON the same
day at least two varieties IN rows ~ soon
as the snow is gone. and the ground can
be worked without packing.
A solution Of an ounce OF gum aloes.
powdered, and large Tablespoonful OF
common soda, 20 each bali gallon Of toll
ing water, is said 10 he useful in Kidding
young cabbage and other plants Of insects.
sprinkled from a can with very tine rose,
or in the case OF but few plants from
rubber spraying bag.
To raise good tomatoes, says an excel
lent authority. take away wbcelbairow
Of earth from where each vine "a 20 stand,
fill with half soil end half coal ashes and
therein set out the plant. Plant- thus
treated will bring out nearly double the
fruit Of other-. and much smoother and
larger, in this soil. though Ia Gaze OF
drought the plants require water sooner
and more Of IT, than those growing ~
common soil.
A farmer. who has praeticed II prohta-
bly,, gives the following recipe for feeding
poultry: A warm mash Of corn meal.
seasoned with red pepper and chopped
onions alternately. with occasionally
little sulphur added; a cabbage daily
the winter months, lukewarm
water and a small plot OF ground to run
over In the afternoon give them buck
whea. and other grains. varying the dit
ierent kinds weekly.
Moles are a nuisance in gardens. Their"
are VARIOUS means OF Destroying them or
driving them away. Correspondents OF
Tick's MoydSiHe say soak corn until soft,
then with a penknrfe opea each kernel.
and place in a dose Of stryobnia, and
close up again. Open hole through the
dirt over their roads. drop IN the corn and
cover again. Another says plant IN the
garden the,seeds Of the mole tree EEpsor-
bin Lathysis). hardy annual. syIDe'imes
called caper sPurge.
Grating can Dc continued tall the buds
Of the trees are nearly pushed INTO leaf.
Sometimes, from a pressure Of otker
work, some valuable SCION. have been lett
on hand too late 10 work. II may be in
10 know that IL such scions are
put into the ground. much the same n "
they were cuttings. they will keep good
for az weeks OF two months, by which
time the bark will run freely. when the
scsons NAV lie treated a. buds. and will
succeed lust as well a. buds taken from
your summer shoots
Sheep. owing 20 their shyness. should
be treated wi.a great kIndness. Ibey
treatment should be scch that they vii
actually learn 70 entertain an affection icT
their keeper. A flock Of Wild sheep 10
abou. the mos. improbable investment
that a farmer can make. They are con
tinualiy getting themselves into trouble
and causing great annoyance. II not loss
10 their owner Never haul them about
BIZ the wool, bot place the arms afoui the
body and round the fore leg. In cath
ing them take them BY the hind Ieg. Ju'f
above the hook.
During the 18th century the waSes a
farm han3s IN England -as afiy cents per
week. In th. neIt century they had zs-
sansed sfteen cents. spd continued % adj
vance slowly Until in the last century fh~y
lad reached eI.s7. The average for farm
labor in the zane coun;n.s ro~ % fj-r9
Der week. Whsa; IN the ,hiyt>sntb cen
tary averaged II esn's. CT y day. iaisoS
a bu.hel Nov wheat 10 worth al ~hsse-
sale IN Engizrd zboat fl-;s ! ts5sisi. O,
~ days lzbor. IBssn centuries Gsszi has
nearly ireblsd 10 prloe. .k.le wage. have
increased norr than sevenf0ia-
wksn yo1 81 hs1s 10 ezrsfsl 10 have
them -. vh>re they Oil no; b. dss'urhej
by other kens. ArS esuecially tsrs.ys.
Prepare . good Zee, asd lef thsn - for
fec day, on . nsz: egx-s wooden - ylss-
ter p2ris oa- u good sDOush-Er.ll tbs
ben 10 establishes 10 b>r notions a ~
ting. Then tzks 90; The ness esy. ysi N