The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-05-06
P FOR THE FARM.

TOPICS FOR THE FARM.
To Destroy Lice.-Use carbolic pow
der in the busting bins occasionally to
destroy lice.
A SuggestiQn.-Wash your roosts
and the bottom of laying nests once a
month in winter, once, a week in sum-
tner, with kerosene.
Rockweed.-There is no doubt rock
weed would be an excellent fertilizer, |
however, applied SO as to decompose it,
and if thrown among b%arnyard droppings
would make good manure for corn.
Starting a Horse.-Always start a
horse with the voice, never with the
cut of the whip. In starting, turn a
little to n side; in stopping, when 60
ing up a hill, do the same.
Trichina in Pork.-Never, on any
account, eat a piece of uncooked hog
meat. It is dangerous to do so on ac-
count Of trichina that may be lurking
therein.
What Tillage Means.-Tillage means
the destruction of weeds among the
hoed crops, so that all the fertility of
the land may be profitable to the
farmer.
After the Lice.-The Scientific Ameri-
cdn says that an Immediate and effective
remedy for lice on co VS. and ether cattle,
also for ticks on pigs, is to wash the af-
fected parts with potato water, water
in which potatoes have been boiled.
A Glandered H0rse.-The only
proper thing to do with a horse that
has the CHAMBERS is to shoot him. He
can't be cured, and he is constantly
spreading the disease among horses, and
even men. In some countries it is I'M
lawful to drive q glandered horse.
Lime for Hens.-Laying hem need a
great deal OF lime, in order that their
eggs may have the proper thickness of
shell. Nothing better can be given than
raw bones crushed fine. They are of
special value on account of the fatty
matter contained in their cells.
Wall Cement.--Slsck one peck of
lime, and while hot and at the thickness
of cream, add a pint of linseed oil and
a quarter pound of dissolved glue.
Let it stand a halliday before using.
This, for interior walls is far superior
to simple lime and water.
Grating Wax.-Grafting wax may
be made by melting together four
pounds of common rosin, two pounds of
beeswax, and n pound of tallow. If
to be 1sed in the orchard in cool weather,
add a quarter of a pound more of tai
low, or a little raw linseed oil.
Lay Your Plans.-one of the most
successful farmers of the country gives
this secret of his working: Gin winter
I draw a plan for the next years opera.
tions; L spend m time in grog shops
nor in whining about the busin. IS OF
farming; I read all l can and endeavol
to select the best IDEAS"
Do Pumpkins Injure COrn2-A cor
respondent of The Country Gentleman
asserts that Lis corn has been earlier
and the yield larger since he abandoned
the practice of planting pumpkins with
the corn. He thinks the increase in the
corn crop has more than compensated
IOI IuC IOSS W InO pun hlhos
SYSTEMATICALLY making a new or
chard, says a fruit grower, systematic
matters by setting your apple trees 81
that your summer apples will be to
gether, then your fall apples, then you
winter apples, and so On. 1t will b,
much easier to gather them; you will
not be compelled to haul owe the or
chard.
Chicken Ch0lera.-Kerosene oil wil
cure cholera in poultry, by giving then
a t~ea-spoonful mixed with black pepper
also battle the crop and breast witt
kerosene oil. This will cure ever,
time. 1 have success when / have uset
it; have not lost a fowl the operation
Please publish and let the public know
this fact.-Pouttry Yard.
The Wheat Cr0p.-The Indian Farme
says: 1t won't do to make calculation
on a big price for wheat next fall. Tn,
breadth is unusually large in our owl
country and the prospect is still re
markedly good; but more importan
Marx Lane (London), Express, that 9Th
CIOP HIOcPCClS III GbSidhu alV pCkkC
now than for years past"
Potato Planting.-A farmer says:
pow in all my potatoes when piowinI
first, dropping in every third furrow 70
early rose and all clustering varieties
and every fourth furrow for peacl
blows and tie like spreading varieties
: then harrows as 500 as the weeds, j
q a~- IN nn1 r.Daof no nf&a. n
; weeds show, until the tops of the potatoe
are six to twelve inches high.
The Garden-Qften we have urge,
that the garden should be laid out s
! that it can be worked with a horse. ]
to be cultivated with a hand hoe it get
neglected, or the women-Iolk have I
: DO the work. With many, in the bus
. season, there really does not appear t
t be any time for work in. the garden, bu
E our remedy will generally prove eI
= fective-have it SO that it can be worke
: by horsepower. Two hours once a weel
i will do the business. Then the me
will find time when otherwise the
e would not.
I A Rich Manure.-Wood ashes wi
|, dssompose bones. Expose to tn
weather a barrel filled with alternat
three-inch layers of broken bones an
ashes for several months, when, on e1
+; animation, the bones will be found t
be reduced to a jelly1ike substance
i forming phosphate Of potash, oneof tn
4 most powerful as we'll as lasting fertile
! ing material known, and one which
0 when exposed to the SUI for a few day
o may be easily reduced to powder-th
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